The major pollutant behind the infamous `Bhopal’ leakage was
A
Isocyanic acid
No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
B
Methylene
No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
C
Methyl isocyanate
Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses
D
Hydrogen cyanide
No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
Open in App
Solution
The correct option is C
Methyl isocyanate
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, 1984, was a catastrophe that had no parallel in the world’s industrial history. In the early morning hours of December 3, 1984, a rolling wind carried a poisonous gray cloud from the Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (India). Forty tons of toxic gas (Methyl isocyanate, MIC) got accidentally released from Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant, which leaked and spread throughout the city.