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Railways PYQCBT 2 2017

RRB NTPC · Question 73

Which of the following pollutants in water causes 'Minamata' disease?

  1. Salmonella

  2. Methyl Mercury

  3. Lead

  4. Perchlorate

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Answer: (B) Methyl Mercury

Explanation

Minamata disease, first seen in Minamata, Japan, in 1956, is mercury poisoning caused by eating fish contaminated with methyl mercury from industrial waste.