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Microbes In Human Welfare

Question
CBSEENBI12002649

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in a river water

  • remains unchanged when algal bloom occurs

  • has no relationship with the concentration of oxygen in the water

  • gives a measure of Salmonella in the water

  • increases when sewage gets mixed with river water

Solution

D.

increases when sewage gets mixed with river water

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) is the amount of oxygen used for biochemical oxidation by micro-organisms in a unit volume of water. Polluted water has high BOD. Thus, when sewage gets mixed with river water, BOD will increase.