What is a hydrocarbon that contains only single bonds called ?

Unsaturated

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Saturated

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Fully bonded

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Saturated
A hydrocarbon is termed as saturated if it contains only carbon-carbon single bond.
for example- Ethane, Butane, etc.

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(C_{2} H_{4})

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