Multiple choice

Which of the following statements correctly defines coal?

  1. Coal is soft and black stone like substance formed from the remains of dead animals.

  2. Coal is hard and black stone like substance formed from the remains of dead plants.

  3. Coal is soft and black stone like substance formed from the remains of dead animals and plants.

  4. Coal is hard and black stone like substance formed from the remains of dead animals and plants.

  5. Coal is hard and black stone formed by deposition of sand.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is the correct answer. It is hard and black stone like substance formed by the decomposition of the dead remains of plants when they got buried under high temperature and high pressure.

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