When zinc granules are added to copper sulphate ..........is deposited at the bottom.

Copper

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Zinc

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Oxygen

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Solution

The correct option is A Copper
When zinc granules are added to copper sulphate solution the below reaction takes place

$C u S O_{4} + Z n \to Z n S O_{4} + C u$
In this reaction, zinc is more reactive than copper so when copper sulphate reacts with zinc, zinc sulphate forms and some precipitate of Copper is formed.
So copper is deposited

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