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Burning of charcoal in a closed room will produce(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Nitrogen dioxide(c) Carbon monoxide (d) All of these

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Burning of charcoal in a closed room will produce(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Nitrogen dioxide(c) Carbon monoxide (d) All of these

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Burning charcoal in a closed room primarily produces Carbon Monoxide (option c). This is because when charcoal is burnt in a limited supply of oxygen, incomplete combustion occurs, leading to the formation of Carbon Monoxide, a poisonous gas.

While it can also produce Carbon Dioxide (option a) if there is enough oxygen to allow for complete combustion, Nitrogen Dioxide (option b) is not typically a byproduct of burning charcoal. Therefore, the answer is not "All of these" (option d).

So, the correct answer is (c) Carbon Monoxide.

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