MCQ
Benzene is obtained from
  • Coaltar
  • B
    Plant
  • C
    Animal
  • D
    Charcoal

Answer

Correct option: A.
Coaltar
a
Benzene was first discovered by the English scientist Michael Faraday in $1825$ in illuminating gas. In $1834$ German chemist Eilhardt Mitscherlich heated benzoic acid with lime and produced benzene. In $1845$ German chemist A.W. von Hofmann isolated benzene from coal tar.

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