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Zinc oxide is treated with carbon.

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When zinc oxide is treated with carbon, it is reduced to zinc. In this reaction, carbon acts as reducing agent.
`underset("Zinc carbonate")(ZnCO_(3(s)))overset("heat")rarrunderset("Zinc oxide")(ZnO_((s)))+underset("Carbon dioxide")(CO_(2(g)))`
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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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    A
    C is getting reduced to CO
    B
    ZnO is getting reduced to Zn
    C
    No substance is getting redused
    D
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    A
    Oxidation is loss of electrons and reduction is gain of electrons.
    B
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    C
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