During distillation of iodine and methyl alcohol, the non-volatile substance is iodine.

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Solution

The correct option is A True
During distillation of iodine and methyl alcohol, the non-volatile substance is Iodine and the volatile substance is methyl alcohol. Thus, during distillation, methyl alcohol distills out and is collected in the receiver and iodine remains in the distillation flask. This is because the boiling point of iodine is more than that of methyl alcohol.

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