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A salt solution which gives a reddish-brown precipitate with NaOH and a white precipitate with BaCl2 solution is:

  1. CuSO4
  2. Ca(NO3)2
  3. Fe2(SO4)3
  4. FeCl3

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Fe2(SO4)3

Reason

Reddish-brown ppt with NaOH indicates Fe3+ ions.
Fe3++3OHFe(OH)3 (reddish-brown)\text{Fe}^{3+} + 3\text{OH}^- \rightarrow \text{Fe(OH)}_3 \downarrow \space (\text{reddish-brown})

White ppt with BaCl2 indicates SO42- ions (forms insoluble BaSO4)
Ba2++SO42BaSO4 (white)\text{Ba}^{2+} + \text{SO}4^{2-} \rightarrow \text{BaSO}4 \downarrow \space (\text{white})

So the salt must contain Fe3+ and SO42-, which is Fe2(SO4)3.

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