Question

Match the pollutants listed in column I with the respective diseases mentioned in column II:
$\begin{array}{cccc}& Column-IPollutants& & Column-IIDiseases\\ A& S{O}_x& e& Hypoxaemia\\ B& Domesticsewage& f& Bronchitis\\ C& Mercury& g& Minamatadisease\\ & & h& Amoebicdysenetry\end{array}$

• A. A - f, B - h, C - g
• B. A - e, B - f, C - g
• C. A - h, B - g, C - f
• D. A - g, B - e, C - h

Answer 1

The correct option is A

A - f, B - h, C - g

Sulphur oxides or $S{O}_x$ are air pollutants and cause lung disorders including bronchitis. Domestic sewage can pollute water sources causing many infectious diseases like amoebic dysentery. Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by mercury poisoning from consuming shell fish and fish that had bioaccumulated methyl mercury. Methyl mercury is a water contaminant from industrial sources.