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Fe2O3 (s) + 3C (s) 4Fe (s)+3CO2 (s)
The oxidising agent in the given reaction is.

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Fe2O3
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CO2
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Fe
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Solution

The correct option is A Fe2O3
An oxidizing agent oxidises other element or compound and gets reduced itself.
Addition of oxygen atoms is one form of oxidation. And similarly, loss of oxygen atoms is reduction.
In the given reaction, Fe2O3 behaves as an oxidising agent as it oxidises C to CO2 anf itself get reduced to Fe.

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