Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) may not be a good index for pollution for water bodies receiving effluents…

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) may not be a good index for pollution for water bodies receiving effluents from
  1. domestic sewage.
  2. dairy industry.
  3. petroleum industry.
  4. sugar industry.

Solution

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is not a good index for pollution for water bodies receiving effluents from petroleum industry as the generated waste is mostly non-biodegradable in nature.

Asked in: NEET 2016 (Phase 2)

Practice more Microbes in Human Welfare questions on Aicharya