Acid - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Researchers have found that chlorine/chloramines react with iodised table salt to create a new type of acid. What is this acid called?

a. Hydrochloric acid
b. Hydropoidous acid
c. Hypoiodous acid
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypoiodous acid

Explanation:
As per researchers, chlorine or chloramines in tap water can react with the iodised table salt added to food, creating a kind of acid called hypoiodous acid. The acid reacts with food and other organic material to lead to the generation of cooking iodinated disinfection byproducts (I-DBPs) - molecules that are almost completely new to researchers and now found to be toxic.