Multiple choice

Products obtained by the process of destructive distillation are

  1. petrol, diesel, kerosene

  2. coke, coal tar, coal gas

  3. paraffin wax, bitumen

  4. compressed natural gas

  5. all of the above
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Explanation

In destructive distillation, coal is heated strongly in absence of air. It changes and forms coke. The gas released in the process is passed through water. On doing this, some of the compounds get condensed and settle down at the bottom of container and coal tar is obtained.

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