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Fuel used in thermal power plants is


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Water

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Uranium

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Biomass

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D

Fossil fuel

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Solution

The correct option is D

Fossil fuel


In a thermal power plant, the chemical energy stored in fossil fuels such as coal, fuel oil, natural gas or oil shale and oxygen of the air is converted successively into thermal energy, mechanical energy and, finally, electrical energy.


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