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Air contains highest percentage of oxygen.


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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is B False
  1. The Earth's atmosphere contains various gases like nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, ozone, etc.
  2. Among all these gases nitrogen is present in a high percentage i.e. about 78%.
  3. Oxygen is the second most abundant gas constituting about 21%.
  4. Other gases like argon is about 0.93% and carbon dioxide constitutes 0.04% in the atmosphere.

Final answer: The given statement is false.


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