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Which one of these causes blindness?

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Ethanol
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Methanol
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Chloroform
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Carbon tetrachloride
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Solution

The correct option is B Methanol
Methanol also called wood alcohol commonly used as an organic solvent.

Intake of methanol affects our optic nerve resulting in blindness.

Hence the correct option is B.

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