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What is true about natural gas?
a) Its main component is methane and is used as a fuel in motor cars.
b) It is used as the raw material for manufacturing of fertilizers.
c) It is used for the generation of electricity.
d) It is an inexhaustible natural source
  1. A, B and C
  2. C, D and A
  3. B, C and D
  4. D, A and B

A
B, C and D
B
D, A and B
C
C, D and A
D
A, B and C
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Natural gas is a fossil fuel.
It is a natually occuring hydrocarbon.
Methane is its main component.
It is used as fuel, in generation of electricity and also in the manufacture of fertilizers.
It is exhaustible.

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