Coal mainly contains
(a) carbon.
(b) carbon and hydrogen.
(c) carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen.
(d) carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.

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Solution

(a) carbon
Coal is mainly composed of carbon. It may also contain varying amounts of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur.

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