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A Windmill utilises kinetic energy of air to do mechanical work.

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Solution

The correct option is A True
A turbine of a windmill takes the kinetic energy of a moving fluid, in this case, its air, and converts it to a rotary motion i.e., mechanical energy.
Hence the statement is TRUE.

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