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A colourless gas with smell of rotten fi...

A colourless gas with smell of rotten fish is

A

`H_(2)S`

B

`PH_(3)`

C

`SO_(2)`

D

None of these

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The correct Answer is:
B
`PH_(3) to` Colourless gas with unpleasant garlic like odour or rotten fish odour.
`H_(2)S to ` Colourless gas with unpleasant odour of rotten eggs.
`SO_(2) to ` Colourless gas with a pungent suffocating odour.
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