When a chlorine atom replaces a hydrogen atom in a methane molecule, it is categorised as a/an reaction.

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elimination

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substitution

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Solution

The correct option is C substitution
Chlorine $(C l_{2})$ replaces a hydrogen atom in methane $(C H_{4})$ very quickly in the presence of sunlight to give chloromethane $(C H_{3} C l)$ . This type of reaction is called substitution reaction.
${CH}_{4} (g) + {Cl}_{2} (g) sunlight - --- \to {CH}_{3} Cl (g) + HCl (g)$

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