1. Presence of nitrogen in high concentration in contaminated air reduces partial pressure of oxygen in lungs, thereby causing asphyxia (suffocation) leading to death from oxygen deficiency. Concentration of N2 in contaminated air at which it acts as a natural asphyxant is ? __________ percent.
A. Biological oxygen demand (BOD) is a characteristic and not a constituent of water.
B. BOD is a measure of the amount of oxygen which will be demanded & used in 5 days by the biological decomposition of the organic matter present in water stream present as food for the living organism.
C. BOD is expressed in mg/litre (typically, BOD=2.5 mg/litre for potable water).