Analytical Chemistry Question 162

Question: A colourless gas with the smell of rotten fish is

[AFMC 2005]

Options:

A) $ H_2S $

B) $ PH_3 $

C) $ SO_2 $

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ H_2S\to $ colourless gas with unpleasant odour of rotten eggs. $ SO_2\to $ colourless gas with a pungent suffocating odour $ PH_3\to $ colourless gas with unpleasant garlic like odour or rotten fish odour.