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The main constituent which is common in sodium chloride and bleaching powder is _________.

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chlorine

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sodium

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C

oxygen

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D

calcium

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Solution

The correct option is A chlorine
Both sodium chloride $(N a C l)$ and bleaching powder $(C a (O C l)_{2})$ contains chlorine.

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