A purely motor cranial nerve is

Olfactory

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Optic

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Abducens

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Vagus

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Solution

The correct option is C Abducens
The abducens nerve (or abducent nerve) is the sixth cranial nerve (VI), in humans, that controls the movement of the lateral rectus muscle, responsible for outward gaze. It is a somatic efferent nerve or purely motor nerve.
Hence, the correct option is (C)

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