<prompt> Bagassosis is due to inhalation of: September 2012Cotton dustSilica dustSugarcaneBagasse dustCoal dust  <response>: 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. 