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NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 1998

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                Carbon mono-oxide is a pollutant because:                                                                                            

    A)              it reacts with \[{{O}_{2}}\]

    B)                    it inhibits glycolysis

    C)              reacts with haemoglobin                                

    D)              makes nervous system inactive

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                Carbon monoxide, when inhaled, combines with blood haemoglobin to form carboxy haemoglobin at a rate 210 times faster than the rate oxygen forms oxyhaemoglobin. Thus, respiration is impaired.


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