Chloroform is kept in brown bottles because:

It evaporates easily

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It reacts with

C O_{2}

of the air

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It easily oxidize to poisonous substance.

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It absorbs moisture

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Solution

The correct option is C It easily oxidize to poisonous substance.
In presence of sunlight chloroform get oxidized and phosgene forms so chloroform is kept in brown bottles to stop this reaction.

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