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Question
Sunlight and air are inexhaustible natural resources. Comment.
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Solution
These resources are present in an unlimited quantity in nature and are not likely to be exhausted by human activities. There is a never ending supply of these resources in nature. These resources can be used again and again. They last forever.
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