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- Question
Excessive use of chemical fertilisers causes shrivelling of the roots and wilting of the plant, because the
Options- A. osmotic pressure of the soil water becomes less than that of the plant sap.
- B. soil becomes too alkaline.
- C. osmotic pressure of the soil water becomes higher than that of the plant sap.
- D. soil becomes too acidic.
- Correct Answer
- osmotic pressure of the soil water becomes higher than that of the plant sap.
- 1. A mixture of phosphate rock __________ is heated in an electric furnace to produce phosphorous.
Options- A. salt & coke
- B. sand & coke
- C. and coke
- D. and sand Discuss
- 2. Urea is a better fertilizer than ammonium sulphate, because
Options- A. it is cheaper.
- B. nitrogen content is higher.
- C. it is not poisonous.
- D. it is easy to manufacture. Discuss
- 3. In an ammonia plant, the purge off is essential to
Options- A. maintain inert gas concentration within a limit.
- B. remove excess poisonous gases.
- C. maintain H2 : N2 ratio at 3 :1.
- D. remove uncondensed ammonia vapour. Discuss
- 4. Out of the following, N2 content is minimum in
Options- A. urea
- B. ammonium nitrate
- C. ammonium sulphate
- D. ammonium chloride Discuss
- 5. In the manufacture of orthophosphoric acid by strong H2SO4 leaching wet process, keeping the reactor temperature above 100°C, results in the formation of undesriable
Options- A. CaSO4 .
H2O and CaSO4 crystals - B. pyrophosphoric acid
- C. metaphosphoric acid
- D. all (a), (b) and (c). Discuss
- 6. Potassic fertilisers
Options- A. are useful during early stage of the plant growth.
- B. stimulate early growth and accelerate seeding.
- C. help in development of starches of potatoes and grain.
- D. none of these. Discuss
- 7. Dehydration of ammonium carbamate to yield urea is a/an __________ reaction.
Options- A. exothermic
- B. endothermic
- C. autocatalytic
- D. catalytic Discuss
- 8. Heating of coke, sand & phosphate rock in an electric furnace is done for the manufacture of
Options- A. phosphoric acid.
- B. superphosphate.
- C. phosphorous.
- D. triple superphosphate. Discuss
- 9. A fertiliser plant is classified as a gas based fertiliser plant, when it uses __________ gas as a source of hydrogen for the manufacture of ammonia.
Options- A. coke oven
- B. producer
- C. natural
- D. coal Discuss
- 10. Nitrolime is chemically known as
Options- A. calcium nitrate
- B. ammonium nitrate
- C. calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN)
- D. none of these Discuss
Fertiliser Technology problems
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Correct Answer: sand & coke
Correct Answer: nitrogen content is higher.
Correct Answer: maintain H2 : N2 ratio at 3 :1.
Correct Answer: ammonium sulphate
Correct Answer: CaSO4 .
H2O and CaSO4 crystals Correct Answer: help in development of starches of potatoes and grain.
Correct Answer: endothermic
Correct Answer: phosphorous.
Correct Answer: natural
Correct Answer: calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN)
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