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The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is ___ .


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21%
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Argon

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Oxygen

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Carbon dioxide

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Solution

The correct option is A 21%

The abundance of gases in the atmosphere in the decreasing order is as follows: nitrogen, oxygen, argon, water vapour, carbon dioxide. Hence nitrogen constitutes 78% of the atmospheric air and is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.


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