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Question
The chemical mostly used in the preparation of most of the soaps we use is
(a) Sodium chloride
(b) Potassium hydroxide
(c) Sodium hydroxide
(a) Potassium chloride
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Solution
Sodium hydroxide
Hence, the correct answer is option (c).
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