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Standard VIII
Chemistry
Fractional Distillation of Petroleum
Paraffin is a...
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Paraffin is a by-product of?

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Cottage industries involving bee-keeping
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Processing of agricultural wastes
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Petroleum refining
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Leather industry
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The correct option is C Petroleum refining
Paraffin, a white or colourless, tasteless, odourless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum in Petroleum Refining.

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