Question

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.

• A. Only 1,3,4 &5
• B. Only 2,3,4&5
• C. Only 1,2,3&4
• D. All1,2,3,4&5

Answer 1

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.