In the hooch tragedy (casualty occurring due to the wine poisoning) sometimes the incidents of blindness occurs due to the poisonous substance:

Options

A. ethyl alcohol
B. methyl alcohol
C. amyl alcohol
D. benzyl alcohol

Answer

B

Explanation

In most of the hooch tragedies methyl alcohol was used as the chief adulterant in liquor. Toxicity of methyl alcohol manifests as permanent blindness or ultimately death due to respiratory failure.
The main reasons for its use as adulterant are being similarity in appearance and taste with ethyl alcohol and easy availability.