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  • Question
  • Denitrification is carried out


  • Options
  • A. usually by facultative anaerobes
  • B. predominantly by Pseudomonas spp
  • C. predominantly by Bacillus spp
  • D. all of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • all of the above 


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    • 1. Which of the following is not the biofertilisers producing bacteria?

    • Options
    • A. Nostoc
    • B. Anabaena
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. Clostridium
    • Discuss
    • 2. Bacteria, as a group, are responsible for

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    • A. nitrogen oxidation
    • B. sulfur oxidation
    • C. nitrogen fixation
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following species of different genera of bacteria are not capable of transforming nitrate to nitrogen?

    • Options
    • A. Achromobacter
    • B. Agrobacterium
    • C. Alcaligenes
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. The conversion of molecular nitrogen into ammonia is known as

    • Options
    • A. nitrification
    • B. denitrification
    • C. nitrogen fixation
    • D. ammonification
    • Discuss
    • 5. __________ play a key role in the transformation of rock to soil.

    • Options
    • A. Cyanobacteia
    • B. Pectin decomposing bacteria
    • C. Nitrifying bacteria
    • D. De-nitrifying bacteria
    • Discuss
    • 6. The crops which are involved in nitrogen fixation are

    • Options
    • A. alfalfa and clover
    • B. soybean
    • C. bean and lupine
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Nitrogen fixation refers to the direct conversion of atmospheric nitrogen gas into

    • Options
    • A. ammonia
    • B. glucose
    • C. ATP
    • D. nitrate
    • Discuss
    • 8. The groups of symbiotic bacteria, which have the ability to fix nitrogen

    • Options
    • A. derive their food and minerals from the legume, and in turn they supply the legume with some or all of its nitrogen
    • B. grow together for a mutual benefit is called symbiosis and so these bacteria are called symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria
    • C. these bacteria are from the genus, Rhizobium
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Nitrogen fixation

    • Options
    • A. changes the free nitrogen (N2) to a form usable by plants
    • B. especially changes nitrogen compounds, mostly amines such as NH2
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. fix the free nitrogen (N2) by which it should not be usable by plants
    • Discuss
    • 10. The energy value of biogas is typically

    • Options
    • A. 400-700 BTU/ft3
    • B. 1,000 BTU/ft3
    • C. 1500 BTU/ft3
    • D. more than 5000 BTU/ft3
    • Discuss


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