Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : A Buffer solution is the mixture of a salt and an acid or a…

Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : A Buffer solution is the mixture of a salt and an acid or a base mixed in any particular quantities. Statement (II) : Blood is naturally occurring buffer solution whose \(\mathrm{pH}\) is maintained by \(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{CO}_3 / \mathrm{HCO}_3^- \Theta\) concentrations. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  2. Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  3. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Solution

Buffer solution is a mixture of either weak acid / weak base and its respective conjugate. Blood is a buffer solution of carbonic acid $\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{CO}_3$ and bicarbonate $\mathrm{HCO}_3^{-}$
Statement 1 is false but Statement II is true.

Asked in: JEE Main 2024 (08 Apr Shift 2)

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