Transverse waves cannot travel through

An iron rod

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Hydrogen gas

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A stretched nylon string

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Lubricating oil

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Solution

The correct option is B Hydrogen gas
Transverse waves cannot propagate in a gas because there is no mechanism for driving motion perpendicular to the propagation of the wave.
so the answer is B.

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