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Q. Hydrogen peroxide in its reaction with $ KIO_4 $ and $ NH_2OH $ respectively, is acting as a

JEE AdvancedJEE Advanced 2014Redox Reactions

Solution:

$KIO _{4}+ H _{2} O _{2} \rightarrow KIO _{3}+ H _{2} O + O _{2}$
$NH _{2} OH +3 H _{2} O _{2} \rightarrow HNO _{3}+4 H _{2} O $.
From this above reaction, we can easily figure out that hydrogen peroxide is acting as reducing and oxidising agent respectively.