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Sand, grit, iron filings and chalk powder are the common adulterants of

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Soji
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Coffee powder
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Common salts
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Wheat flour
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Solution

The correct option is C Soji
Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Adulterated food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome food. In soji, sand, grit, iron filings, chalk powder are added as an adulterant.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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