Question

Hydrochloric acid reacts with a metal X to form a gas Y which burns with a 'pop' sound. Sodium hydroxide solution also reacts with the same metal X (on heating) to form the same gas Y.

 Name X and Y

Answer 1

X is the metal zinc (Zn) and Y is hydrogen gas.
Zinc reacts with hydrochloric acid and forms zinc chloride salt with the liberation of hydrogen gas (Y), which burns with a 'pop' sound. Zinc displaces hydrogen from hydrochloric acid.
Hence, X is zinc and Y is hydrogen.