a student adds 5.85 gm of NaCl to 1 litre of water (the pH of which was measured to be 7.0) in a flask (X) to make 0.1 M solution. He transfers 500 ml into another flask (Y). He covers the flask (Y) with tissue paper and the original flask (X) with a watch glass and goes to watch a movie. When he returns to the lab the next morning, he checks the pH of both the solutions using a perfectly calibrated pH meter. Then, what is the pH of liquid in flask (X) and (Y) ?

Dear student,
The pH in X =Y=7 because NaCl is a strong electrolyte and does not undergo hydrolysis . 
Therefore the pH of both the solutions will be unaffected by atmospheric conditions and will remain the same.
NaCl+H​2ONaOH +HCl  
neutral solution so pH =7.
Regards!

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