JIPMER 2011
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2011
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Environmental Issues
JIPMER 2011 · Botany · Environmental Issues
Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because it
Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because it
Options
- Areacts with oxygen
- Binhibits glycolysis
- Creacts with haemoglobin
- Dmakes nervous system inactive
Correct answer
C. reacts with haemoglobin
Step-by-step solution
Carbon monoxide, when inhaled, combines with blood haemoglobin to form carboxyhaemoglobin at a rate 210 times faster than the rate of oxygen forms oxyhaemoglobin. Thus, respiration is impaired.