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Burning coal in insufficient oxygen forms which poisonous gas instead of carbon dioxide?

ASulphur dioxide
BNitrogen oxide
CMethane gas
DCarbon monoxide
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Carbon monoxide
1. Complete combustion gives carbon dioxide. 2. Insufficient air gives carbon monoxide. 3. It is poisonous at high concentrations. _Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 16, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources._
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