Acidic and basic nature of oxides MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

In general school-level chemistry, metal oxides are basic in nature because they react with acids to form salt and water. Therefore the statement that metal oxides are acidic is false. Non-metallic oxides are generally acidic because they react with bases and often form acids with water, such as carbon dioxide forming carbonic acid. Therefore the statement that non-metallic oxides are basic is also false. Since both printed statements reverse the usual nature of these oxides, the correct response is that neither statement is true.