The gas that gives brown colouration in brown ring test is
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The gas that gives brown coloration in the brown ring test is Nitric Oxide (NO). When FeSO4 is added to a solution containing nitrate ions and concentrated H2SO4 is carefully added down the side of the test tube, a brown ring appears at the junction of the two liquids, indicating the presence of nitrate ions. This is because NO reacts with iron(II) to form a complex ion, [Fe(NO)(H2O)5]2+, which gives the brown coloration at the interface of the two layers. The other options in this question, CO and CO2, do not produce a brown ring in this test.