Which one of the following is not an explosive matter?
- ATrinitro toluene
- BDinitro glycerine
- CCyclo Trimethylene trinitramine
- DNitrochloroform
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Correct answer: (d) Nitrochloroform
Explanation
Nitrochloroform (chloropicrin, Cl3CNO2) is a toxic agent used as a fumigant, pesticide and tear-gas, not as an explosive.
TNT (trinitrotoluene), nitroglycerine and RDX (cyclotrimethylene trinitramine) are well-known high explosives.
Explosives release large energy on rapid decomposition, a property chloropicrin lacks.