When the turnings are added to silver nitrate solution, a blue coloured solution is formed after some time. It is because copper:
(I) Displaces silver from the solution
(II) Forms a blue coloured complex with AgNO₃
(III) Is oxidized to Cu2⁺
(IV) Is reduced to Cu2⁺
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[C] (I) and (III)
Copper is placed above silver in electrochemical series and thus reaction occurs
Cu+2Ag⁺ → Cu2⁺ +2Ag