Question

A salt of sulphurous acid is called.

• A. Sulphate
• B. Sulphurate
• C. Sulphite
• D. Sulphide

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Sulphite

Answer 2

$H_{2}SO_{3} + 2NaOH \rightarrow \underset{\begin{aligned} & \text{Sodium} \\ & \text{sulphite} \end{aligned}}{Na_{2}SO_{3}} + 2H_{2}O$