Q.

Fullerenes form a class of carbon allotropes. The first one to be identified was -

A. C-59
B. C-60
C. C-61
D. C-69
Answer» B. C-60
Explanation: The first fullerene to be identified was C-60 which has carbon atoms arranged in the shape of a football. Since this looked like the geodesic dome designed by the US architect Buckminster Fuller, the molecule was named fullerene.
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