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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 304

Q304

DDT was first of all made by the scientist

A.
Zedler
Answer
B.
Hymen
C.
D. Herelle
D.
Faraday

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
DDT was first of all made by the scientist Zedler.
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride.
DDT was first synthesized in 1874 by the Austrian chemist Othmar Zeidler. DDT's insecticidal action was discovered by the Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Muller in 1939.