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The cause of the fireworks disaster at the Puttingal Devi temple near Kollam was possibly due to potassium chlorate. The Potassium chlorate can be used:
1. as a reducing agent,
2. as a disinfectant,
3. in safety matches,
4. in cultivation
5. in pyrotechnics.

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Only 1,3,4 &5
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Only 2,3,4&5
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Only 1,2,3&4
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All1,2,3,4&5
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Solution

The correct option is B Only 2,3,4&5
It is used as :
as an oxidizing agent,
to prepare oxygen,
as a disinfectant,
in safety matches,
in explosives and fireworks,
in cultivation, forcing the blossoming stage of the longan
tree, causing it to produce fruit in warmer climates.

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