Which of the following species are oxidised and reduced in the following (unbalanced) reaction?
$C + Z n O ⟶ Z n + C O$

ZnO Reduced ; C Oxidized

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C Reduced ; ZnO Oxidized

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Neither of them reduced or oxidized

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A ZnO Reduced ; C Oxidized
In the following (unbalanced) reaction,
$C + Z n O ⟶ Z n + C O$ , ZnO is reduced to Zn and; C is oxidized to CO.

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\begin{matrix} s . n o . & C h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n & S u b s t a n e o x i d i s e d & S u b s t a n c e r e d u c e d & O x i d i s i n g a g e n t & R e d u c i n g a g e n t 1. & 2 H_{2} S + S O_{2} \to 2 H_{2} O + 3 S 2. & Z n O + C \to Z n + C O \end{matrix}

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