Zinc oxide reacts with charcoal to form:

zinc and hydrogen

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zinc and water

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zinc and carbon dioxide

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zinc and carbon monoxide

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Solution

The correct option is D zinc and carbon monoxide
$Z n O + C Δ - \to Zn + CO$
Charcoal can be used as a reducing agent in extraction of metals. Charcoal is almost entirely made of carbon. When heated with carbon, metal oxides are reduced to form pure metal along with oxides of carbon.

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