A solution turns red litmus blue, its $pH$ is likely to be

You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contaln an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectlvely. If you are glven only red litmus paper. how will you identify the contents of each test tube ?

Metal compound $A$ reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to produce effervescence. The gas evolved extinguishes a burning candle. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction if one of the compounds formed is calcium chloride.

$10 \,mL$ of a solution of $NaOH$ is found to be completely neutralised by $8 \,mL$ of a given solution of $HCl$. If we take $20 \,mL$ of the same solution of $NaOH$, the amount of $HCl$ solution (the same solution as before) required to neutralise it will be …… $mL$

Name the substance which on treatment with chlorine yields bleaching powder.