Choose the correct statement. (A) Octane number of i-octane is zero (B) Octane number of paraffins increases with increasing number of carbon atoms (C) Branched chain paraffins have higher octane number than straight chain paraffins with same number of carbon atoms (D) The aromatics have lower octane number than naphthenes with same number of carbon atoms

Choose the correct statement.
(A) Octane number of i-octane is zero
(B) Octane number of paraffins increases with increasing number of carbon
atoms
(C) Branched chain paraffins have higher octane number than straight chain
paraffins with same number of carbon atoms
(D) The aromatics have lower octane number than naphthenes with same
number of carbon atoms
by

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Answer :

(A) Octane number of i-octane is zero
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