The substance(s) which is/are obtained during the destructive distillation of wood are

Tar

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Turpentine

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Charcoal

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Ethanol

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Solution

The correct options are
A Tar
B Turpentine
C Charcoal
Destructive distillation of wood is carried out to prepare methanol at a small scale. In this process, wood is heated in absence or in limited supply of air to produce a mixture of tar, turpentine, charcoal and methanol.

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