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Pollutants and Their Sources and Their Effects

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One of the major photochemical oxidant is:

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O_{3}

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H_{2} O_{2}

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nitrogen oxides

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Peroxyl Acetyl Nitrate (PAN)

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Solution

The correct option is B nitrogen oxides
Oxides of nitrogen are the major photochemical oxidants which itself gets reduced and oxidise other components.

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