Water's lack of smell and taste is described as?

• A. Odorless and Tasteless
• B. Odorful and Flavored
• C. Metallic
• D. Bitter

Answer: (A)

Water’s lack of smell and taste comes from its pure form having no volatile compounds or dissolved substances that would trigger the senses. Odorless means there is no smell because there are no airborne compounds to detect, and tasteless means there’s no detectable flavor because nothing dissolved in the water stimulates the taste buds. In everyday life, any faint smell or taste in water usually comes from minerals or impurities, not from pure water itself. So the correct description is odorless and tasteless. The other descriptions imply some smell or taste, or refer to unusual tastes like metallic or bitter, which don’t apply to truly pure water.