The chemical name of the insecticide gammaxene is:

DDT

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benzene hexa chloride

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chloral

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hexa chloro ethane

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The correct option is B benzene hexa chloride
Lindane, also known as ***gamma*-hexachlorocyclohexane, (-HCH), gammaxene (6,6,6), Gammallin and erroneously known as benzene hexachloride** (BHC).

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