Meso-tartaric acid is optically inactive due to the presence of:

molecular symmetry

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molecular asymmetry

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external compensation

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two asymmetric atoms

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Solution

The correct option is A molecular symmetry
Meso tartaric acid is optically inactive due to internal compensation or plane of symmetry.

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