is the reducing agent in the reaction $Z n O (s) + C (s) ⟶ Z n (s) + C O (g)$

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Solution

The correct option is B C
A reducing agent or reductant is a substance which supplies hydrogen or any other electropositive element or removes oxygen or any other electronegative element. Alternatively, a reducing agent is that substance which itself undergoes oxidation in a chemical reaction.

Here $Z n O$ is reduced to metallic $Z n$ . $C$ is oxidised. Thus it is the reducing agent here

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