When ethanol is heated with concentrated H₂SO₄ at 443 K, it undergoes

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B. {'text': 'Dehydration to form ethene', 'label': 'B'}

1. Concentrated H₂SO₄ acts as a strong dehydrating agent.
2. At 443 K it removes water from ethanol.
3. CH₃CH₂OH → CH₂=CH₂ (ethene) + H₂O.
4. So ethanol is dehydrated to ethene under these conditions.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Science, Ch 4 "Carbon and its Compounds", §4.2.4_

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{'text': 'Combustion', 'label': 'A'}

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{'text': 'Fermentation to form CO₂', 'label': 'C'}

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{'text': 'Esterification', 'label': 'D'}