Fertilizers and manures
Description: fertilizers and manures | |
Number of Questions: 75 | |
Created by: Preeti Dasgupta | |
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.......... plants are responsible for fixing of nitrogen.
Manure helps in
Choose the correct options from the following.
Advantage of fertilizers is/are
Choose the correct options from the following that describe the disadvantage of using manure
Fertilizers contain a much higher amount of ___________ in comparison to what they use.
Fertilizers supply
Choose the correct options from the following.
Advantage of manure
Nowadays, organic farming and organic products are very popular. Which of the following is the reason for people to prefer this kind of products?
Which of the following conditions will give the most benefits? Why?
Which compositing can pay its own cost by selling manure produced?
Leftover material in secondary treatment is used as
Ritesh: Fertilizers increase the water holding capacity of the soil.
Abhishek: Fertilizers used in excess provide lots of humus to the soil.
Which nutrient is not supplied to crops via fertilizer?
Composted manure is produced from________________
The first effect of adding fertiliser to a pond would most likely be to________
Apart from soil fertility, manure also enhances .......... of the soil.
Rhizobium fixes atmospheric _____________
.......... increases crop productivity only to some extent.
Which of the following is a synthetic substance?
Name the macronutrients provided by fertilizers.
Animal manure can be contaminated due to
.......... manure should not be applied to edible crops which are to be harvested soon.
Compost is___________
_____________ is mainly used to ensure good vegetative growth (leaves, branches, and flowers), giving rise to healthy plants.
.......... is a most important fertilizer.
The increased use of nitrogen fertilizers results in .......... in the atmosphere.
Which of the following descriptions is true for describing a fertiliser?
.......... contains large quantities of organic matter and also supplies small quantities of nutrients to the soil.
Fertilizer are used for _______
Fertilizers gets washed away due to
Fertilizers should be applied carefully in terms of .......... , for their complete utilisation.
Why is organic manure considered better than fertilizers?
Which of the following materials of biological origin are commonly used to maintain and improve soil fertility?
Chemical derived from urea-melonic acid and used in inducing sleep is
Among the given options, which one is not correct for the use of large amount of fertilisers and pesticides?
Among the given options, which one is not correct for the use of a large amount of fertilizers and pesticides?
Which of the following is not true for fertilisers?
Which of the following statement is not true for organic manure?
In compositing, solid waste is converted into;
A few gram seeds were placed in each of the three pots A, B and C containing soil. The soil in Pot A is mixed some green twigs and leaves. The soil in pot B is mixed with old cow dung while soil of pot C is mixed with urea. Pots are watered regularly. Which of the following will be observed after 10 days?
Which of the following rotation of crops will reduce dependence on the use of chemical fertilizers?
Fairly good yield of rice can be had over a number of years without adding any nitrogenous manures because
Consider the following microbes
B. Azolla
C. Mycorrhiza
D. Nostoc
Different types manures are
The distribution of fertilizers by aircraft is widely practised in______________
Ignition of manure is possible if__________________
Fertilizers can cause _________________
The unpleasant odor of manure can be prevented by____________
Fertilizers can be classified as__________________
Find out the correct sentence about manure.
i) Manure contains large quantities of organic matter and small quantities of nutrients.
(ii) It increases the water holding capacity of sandy soil.
(iii) It helps in draining out of the excess of water from the clayey soil.
(iv) Its excessive use pollutes the environment because it is made of animal excretory waste.
Why is vivipary an undesirable character for annual crop plants?
Which of the following is true for Cash crop farming?
A crop plant which can grow in nitrogen deficient soils without external supply of it is?
Feathery stigma occurs in.
Krishna/Ratna and 'Jaya' are varieties of
Principal cereal crop of India is
Which of the following plants is used to extract the blue dye?
_____________ is a practice of clearing and burning the forest area for cultivation of crops for 3-4 years and shifting.
When a fertilizer contains at least two or more nutrients is called as _____ fertilizer.
In high yielding `hybrid crop varieties', to exploit hybrid vigour, the farmers need to purchase fresh hybrid seed every year, because
NPK denotes
Which of the following species of silk worm are found in India
Which of the following statements are correct?
B. Biofertilizer culture of Azotobacter is available in the market and it is highly effective for crops like coconut, tapioca, sugar cane, etc.
C. The special type of cell known as heterocyst present in the blue-green algae is responsible for atmospheric nitrogen fixation in Azolla.
D. Mycorrhizal fungi help the plants receive phosphorus fertilizer.
Nitrogen content of urea is____________
Which of the following fertilizer contains insoluble citric acid?
Which of the following fertilizer is used for the increased production of coffee, corn and soybeans?
Potassium nitrate fertilizer contains .......... of nitrogen.
50 kg of superphosphate adds .......... of phosphorus to the soil.
A fertiliser has a formula of three figures $15-9-9$. They stand for percentage of.
Which of the following is the phosphatic fertilizer?
Which of the following is not of the three plant macronutrients included in most fertilizers?
The high protein content of legumes(pluses) is correlated with.
"Fish meal" is widely used as which among the following?
Which one of the following nutrients is not available in fertilizers ?
Fertiliser obtained from sea birds along the coast of Chile and Peru is