Q.

For the redox reaction,

MnO4-+C2O42-+H+Mn2++CO2+H2O

The correct coefficients of the reactants for the balanced equation are:                  [2018]

1 MnO4--16,     C2O42--5,     H+-2  
2 MnO4--2,     C2O42--5,     H+-16  
3 MnO4--2,     C2O42--16,     H+-5  
4 MnO4--5,     C2O42--16,     H+-2  

Ans.

(2)

The correct balanced equation is  

2MnO4-+5C2O42-+16H+2Mn2++10CO2+8H2O