The characteristic odour of Garlic is due to

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A fluorine compound

A sulphur compound

A chloro compound

Acetic acid

answer is B.

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Concept: Sulphur compounds include inorganic hydrogen sulphide, elemental sulphur, and organic sulphur, including thiol, sulphide, thiophene, sulfoxide, sulone, sulfonate, and sulphate, etc. The most common sulphur compounds are sulphide and thiophene compounds.
Elemental sulphur is used in the production of phosphate fertilisers, black gunpowder, matches, pyrotechnics, rubber vulcanization, fungicides, insecticides, fumigants, and the treatment of several skin conditions. However, the manufacture of its compounds is the main usage of sulphur.
Garlic is known to cause awful breath and body odour, depicted as a sharp “garlicky” scent to sweat. This can be caused by allyl methyl sulphide (AMS) .
The sulphur compound allicin, delivered by crushing or chewing new garlic, produces other sulphur compounds: ajoene, allyl polysulfides, and vinyl thins.
Hence, the correct answer option (2) .

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