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Q. The only alcohol that can be prepared by the indirect hydration of alkene is

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Except ethyl alcohol, no other primary alcohol can be prepared by this method as the addition of $H _{2} SO _{4}$ follows Markownikov's rule. Generally, secondary and tertiary alcohols are obtained.