MPSC Rajyaseva 2013 GS Paper 1 — Question 54
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डायक्लोरोडिफेनिलट्रायकलोरो इथेन (डीडीटी) सर्वप्रथम क्लोरेनिडेटेड ऑरगॅनिक कीटकनाशक असून परिणामकारक कीड नष्ट करणाऱ्या त्याच्या गुणांकास्ता पॉल मुलर यांना मेडीसीन व फिजिऑलॉजीचे 1948 चे नोबेल पारितोषिक प्रदान करण्यात आले. वरील कोणती विधाने खरी आहेत ? Dichlorodiphenyl Trichloro Ethane (DDT) is the first chlorinated organic insecticide for the discovery of its effectiveness as an insecticide Paul Muller was awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine and physiology in 1948. Which of the above statements are correct ?
(a)डीडीटी मलेरिया पसरविणाऱ्या मच्छरांविरुद्ध परिणाम कारक आहे. / DDT is effective against mosquitos that spread malaria.
(b)डीडीटी टायफस वाहतूक करणाऱ्या उवांविरुद्ध (lice) परिणामकारक आहे. / DDT is effective against lice that carry typhus.
(c)डीडीटी पाण्यातील माशांकरिता अत्यंत विषारी आहे. / DDT has high toxicity towards fish.
(d)प्राणीजन डीडीटीचे सहज चयापचय प्रक्रिया (पृथक्करण) करू शकत नाहीत. / DDT is not metabolised easily by animals.
DDT is a historic synthetic insecticide credited with stopping vector-borne diseases like malaria and typhus. It affects aquatic life negatively and persists in animal fatty tissues due to poor metabolism.
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