SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) was developed as the first of the modern synthetic insecticides in the 1940s. It was initially used with great effect to combat malaria, typhus, and the other insect-borne human diseases among both military and civilian populations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is an insecticide used in agriculture. The United States banned the use of DDT in 1972. Some countries outside the United States still use DDT to control of mosquitoes that spread malaria.

Detailed explanation-3: -By World War II, scientists had developed the first synthetic pesticides: chlorinated hydrocarbons (organochlorines) and organophosphates. In the years following the war, farmers rapidly adopted DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbons in American agriculture.