Cordite
Blasting Gelatine
Dynamite
Amatol
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The correct answer is (d), Amatol.
Cordite is a smokeless propellant consisting of a mixture of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. Blasting gelatine is a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine and a gelatinous binder. Dynamite is a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine absorbed in a porous material such as kieselguhr. Amatol is a high explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
Amatol does not contain nitroglycerine as an essential constituent. It is a mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT, which are both high explosives. However, nitroglycerine is not present in amatol.