Woollen clothes are used in winter season because woolen clothes

  • [AIIMS 1998]
  • A

    Are good sources for producing heat

  • B

    Absorb heat from surroundings

  • C

    Are bad conductors of heat

  • D

    Provide heat to body continuously

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  • [KVPY 2012]