Metal oxides which react with both acids and bases to produce salt and water are known as:

non-metals

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amphoteric oxides

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basic oxides

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acidic oxides

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Solution

The correct option is B amphoteric oxides
Amphoteric oxides are oxides which either donate or accept a proton.

Hence these metal oxides react with both acids and bases to form salt and water.

The best example is that of $A l_{2} O_{3}$ .

$A l_{2} O_{3} + 2 N a O H \to 2 N a A l O_{2} + H_{2} O$

$A l_{2} O_{3} + 6 H C l \to 2 A l C l_{3} + 3 H_{2} O$

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