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A student prepared solutions of (i) an acid and (ii) a base in two separate beakers. She forgot to label the solutions and litmus paper is not available in the laboratory. Since both the solutions are colourless how will she distinguish between the two ?

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In the absence of litmus and other indicator like methyl orange , phenolphthalein etc. can be used . Otherwise a natural indicator like turmeric can also be used.
Some common indicators with characteristic colour are tabulated below
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