________ charcoal is the purest form of carbon.

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Solution

Sugar charcoal is the purest form of amorphous carbon which is readily available.
It is prepared by destructive distillation of cane sugar or by dehydration of cane sugar with concentrated sulphuric acid. So the correct answer is sugar.

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(ii) a superior type of coal

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(iv) none of the above

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(i) coal tar

(ii) coal gas

(iii) coke

(iv) all of the above

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(ii) a crystalline form of carbon

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