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प्रश्न
The commercial unit of energy is :
(a) watt
(b) watt-hour
(c) kilowatt-hour
(d) kilo-joule
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उत्तर
(c) kilowatt-hour
Kilowatt-hour is the commercial unit of electrical energy.
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