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Dilute sulphuric acid on electrolysis liberates :
  1. hydrogen at the anode
  2. oxygen at the cathode
  3. oxygen of anode
  4. SO2 at the anode

A
hydrogen at the anode
B
oxygen at the cathode
C
oxygen of anode
D
SO2 at the anode
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In electrolysis of dilute sulphuric acid Water oxidise at anode and liberates oxygen gas. The reaction is as follows:
At anode:
H2OO2+4e+2H+.

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