Treatment of calcium carbide with water gives:

ethene

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Solution

The correct option is B ethyne
Calcium carbide when reacts with water, gives acetylene, IUPAC name of which is ethyne.
$C a C_{2} + 2 H_{2} O \to C a (O H)_{2} Calcium hydroxide + C_{2} H_{2} e t h y n e$

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