Carbon atom which is further attached to four different atoms is called :

carbon centre

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chiral centre

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nucleus centre

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is B chiral centre
Carbon atom which is further attached to four different atoms is called chiral center.
Such a molecule is optically active and is not superimposable on it's mirror image. In the above image two molecules of same compound containing chiral C atom are shown. These molecules are non superimposable mirror images of each other.

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