This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Bagassosis is due to inhalation of: September 2012 
Select and explain. 
A. Cotton dust, B. Silica dust, C. Sugarcane/Bagasse dust, D. Coal dust
C: Sugarcane/Bagasse dust
Answer: C: Sugarcane/Bagasse dust 
Explanation: Ans: C i.e. Sugarcane/ Bagasse dust Bagassosis It is an interstitial lung disease, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis attributed to exposure to moldy molasses (bagasse). Bagassosis has been shown to be due to a thermophilic actinomycetes for which the name thermoactinomycetes sacchari was suggested.