Arange from lowest pH to highest pH Plz!?

Without doing any calculations, arrange the following solutions from lowest pH to highest pH. Explain how you arrived at your ranking.

0.0020 M sodium chloride
0.0020 M ammonium chloride
0.0020 M sodium acetate
0.0020 M sulfuric acid
0.0020 M lithium hydroxide

Answer:
this is not too difficult since all of the concentrations are equal

sodium chloride = neutral salt
ammonium chloride = acidic salt
sodium acetate = basic salt
sulfuric acid = strong acid
lithium hydroxide = strong base

the answer would then be:
highest = lithium hydroxide
sodium acetate
sodium chloride
ammonium chloride
lowest = sulfuric acid
sodium chloride solution-neutral pH=7
on hydrolysis will yield sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid which will neutralize each other.
ammonium chloride solution-acidic pH<7
(on hydrolysis it will yield ammonium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid.hydrochloric acid is a strong acid and ammonium hydroxide is a weak base hence it will be a more acidic solution.)
sodium acetate solution-alkali pH>7
(on hydrolysis it will yield sodium hydroxide and acetic acid(ethanoic acid).sodium hydroxide is a strong base and acetic acid is a weak acid.therefore the solution is more alkaline.)
Sulphuric acid pH<7
strong acid has low pH
Lithium Hydroxide pH>7
strong alkali has high pH
this is the pH relation
Lithium Hydroxide>sodium acetate>sodium chloride>ammonium chloride>sulfuric acid.

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