Solution:
The volume of the hall is , where l is length, b is breadth and h is height.The length of the hall is 20 m.
The breadth of the hall is 16 m.
The height of the hall is 4.5 m.
The volume of the hall will be
The volume of air needed per person is .
The number of persons that can be accommodated in the hall will be:
Thus, 288 people can be accommodated in the hall.
Therefore, the correct option is 2.