Benzene hexachloride (BHC) is used by farmers for

Making up mineral deficiency

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Killing harmful insects

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Removing salinity of the soil

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Making the soil rich in nitrogen

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Solution

The correct option is B Killing harmful insects
Benzene hexachloride (BHC), any of several stereoisomers of 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane formed by the light-induced addition of chlorine to benzene. One of these isomers is an insecticide called lindane, or Gammexane. So, the correct option is "B" (Killing harmful insects).

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Benzene hexachloride (BHC) is used as

[MP PMT 1994; KCET 1999]

The harmful chemical which is accumulating in the humans being through the food chain is :

(a) benzene hexachloride (b) dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane

List-I (Chemicals)	List-II (Use/Preparation/Constituent)
(a) Alcoholic potassium hydroxide	(i) electrodes in batteries
(b) Pd/BaSO₄	(ii) obtained by addition reaction
(c) BHC (Benzene hexachloride)	(iii) used for β-elimination reaction
(d) Polyacetylene	(iv) Lindlar’s Catalyst

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