Question

In the hooch tragedy (casualty occurring due to the wine poisoning) sometimes the incidents of blindness occurs due to the poisonous substance:

(a) ethyl alcohol

(b) methyl alcohol

(c) amyl alcohol

(d) benzyl alcohol

Answer 1

(b) methyl alcohol

Explanation:

In most of the hooch tragedies methyl alcohol was used as the chief adulterant in **. Toxicity of methyl alcohol manifests as permanent blindness or ultimately due to respiratory **.

The main reasons for its use as adulterant are being similarity in appearance and taste with ethyl alcohol and easy availability.