State PCS PYQPrelims 2018

UPPCS · प्रश्न 55

Ultra-violet radiation from sunlight causes a reaction that produces which of the following?

  1. CO
  2. SO2
  3. O3
  4. Fluorides
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण

उत्तर: (C) O3

स्पष्टीकरण

UV radiation splits O2 molecules into atoms, which combine with O2 to form ozone (O3). In polluted air, sunlight drives photochemical reactions that also form ground-level ozone.