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Question
Give suitable explanations for the following :
One should breathe by nose and never by mouth.
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Solution
One should breathe by nose and never by mouth because nose contains hair and mucous to trap dust and micro-organisms, so that the inhaled air becomes pure and the respiratory passage is free of dust and micro-organisms.
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