Take turmeric power in a tea-spoon. Make a paste by adding few drops of water.

Question

Turmeric :- Take turmeric power in a tea-spoon. Make a paste by adding few drops of water. Now spread this paste on a thick white sheet. Cut this sheet. into small pieces on  drying. Now add few drops of lime water on this turmeric paper. What do you observe ? The yellow colour turns into red.

Test the following solution given in table and note the observation in table and conclude the results.

a. What do you observe?

b. Test due to bases solution given in table and fill/note the conclusion table.

S.No.	Test solution	Effect of turmeric paper on solution	Conclusion (Solution is Acidic or Basic)
1	Amla juice	............	............
2	Lemon juice	................	...............
3	Lime water	.............	..............
4	Curd	................	...........
5	Milk of Magnesia	...............	.............

1. Take some turmeric powder in a spoon.

2. Mix small amount of water in it and make a paste.

3. Spread this paste in a piece of white paper. 

4. Cut into small strips after drying. 

5. Now put some drops of lime water on turmeric paper.

Answer 1

a. The colour of turmeric changes from yellow to red.

b. 

S.No.	Test solution	Effect of turmeric paper on solution	Conclusion (Solution is Acidic or Basic)
1	Amla juice	turmeric colour	acidic
2	Lemon juice	turmeric colour	acidic
3	Lime water	colour becomes red	acidic
4	Curd	turmeric colour	acidic
5	Milk of Magnesia	colour becomes red	acidic