Question

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I (Toxic Element)	List-II (Effect of toxicity on Animal)
(A) Fluoride	(I) Abdominal pain and diarrhea can be common clinical signs in animals exposed.
(B) Arsenic	(II) Short-term exposure may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, increase in blood pressure or heart rate, skin rashes and eye irritation.
(C) Lead	(III) Cattle can show clinical signs of depression, weakness and ataxia with postmortem findings of gastroenteritis and degenerative changes in the renal tubular epithelium.
(D) Mercury	(IV) Abdominal pain or colic, vomiting, a staggering gait and weakness, incoordination, rapid weak pulse and shock, diarrhea, followed by collapse and death.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

• (A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)
• (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
• (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
• (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

Hint:

Match the classic toxic syndrome of each element to its description, arsenic gives the most severe shock like picture.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Arsenic poisoning in livestock is classically described by intense abdominal pain, a staggering gait, weakness, vomiting, rapid weak pulse with shock, and diarrhea that ends in collapse and death, so Arsenic matches (IV).
Step 2: Mercury exposure typically causes short term effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, a rise in blood pressure or heart rate, skin rashes and eye irritation, so Mercury matches (II).
Step 3: Fluoride toxicosis in cattle produces depression, weakness and ataxia along with postmortem gastroenteritis and degeneration of the renal tubular epithelium, so Fluoride matches (III).
Step 4: Lead is left with the general presentation of abdominal pain and diarrhea, so Lead matches (I).
Answer: (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II).