Ethene and ethyne are examples of .............. hydrocarbons.

unsaturated

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saturated

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supersaturated

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ionic compound

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Solution

The correct option is A unsaturated
Compounds of carbon having, at least, one double or triple bonds between the carbon atoms are known as unsaturated carbon compounds.
Some of the examples of unsaturated hydrocarbons are ethene $(C H_{2} = C H_{2})$ , propene $(C H_{3} - C H = C H_{2})$ , ethyne $(C H \equiv C H)$ etc.

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