Q. A major component of gober gas is

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Solution:

Biogas or gobar gas is a methane rich fuel gas produced by anaerobic breakdown or digestion of biomass with the help of methanogenic bacteria. It is made up of methane (50 - 70%), carbon dioxide (30 - 40%) with traces of nitrogen, hydrogen sulphide and hydrogen.