When one of the following hydrocarbons is burnt in excess of oxygen, the volume of ${\rm{C}}{{\rm{O}}_2}$ evolved is just double to that of hydrocarbon taken. The hydrocarbon is:

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When one of the following hydrocarbons is burnt in excess of oxygen, the volume of

\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{O}_2}

evolved is just double to that of hydrocarbon taken. The hydrocarbon is:

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Correct option: B

{\mathrm{C}_2}{\mathrm{H}_6}

Option B (

{\mathrm{C}_2}{\mathrm{H}_6}

) is correct because the combustion of ethane produces twice the volume of CO2 as the volume of ethane taken.