Ethyl alcohol is commercially manufactured from

Wheat

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Sugarcane

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Solution

The correct option is D Sugarcane
Sugarcane (Saccharum or Hidnarum) is the main source of commercial ethyl alcohol. Source is extracted from the juice of sugarcane as a commercial product, but this leaves a syrup called molasses which contains glucose and fructose. Ethanol is produced by the fermentation of molasses by using yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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