Fertilizer Technology MCQs

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Practice Fertilizer Technology MCQs with correct answers and explanations. These questions are from the Chemical Engineering MCQs section.

Raw materials for nitric acid manufacture are___________________?
A. Hydrogen peroxide, air and water
B. Anhydrous ammonia and air
C. Anhydrous ammonia, air and water
D. Wet ammonia, air and water
Plant tranquillisers___________________?
A. Hold back stem growth and halt plants at a desired height
B. Cause early maturation of plants
C. Accelerate ripening of food and grain
D. Produce seedless fruit
Nitrogen content of a nitrogenous fertiliser is 35%. It could be___________________?
A. Urea
B. Ammonium nitrate
C. Calcium ammonium nitrate (can)
D. Ammonium sulphate
With increases in pressure, the conversion of Ammonium carbamate into urea___________________?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unaltered
D. Can either increase or decrease depends on biuret content
Nitric acid is produced on commercial scale in a fertiliser plant by___________________?
A. Oxidation of ammonia
B. Cano3 + h2so4 reaction
C. Passing air through high voltage electric arc
D. None of these
Reaction of anhydrous liquid ammonia with ortho-phosphoric acid produces____________________?
A. Ammonium phosphate
B. Superphosphate
C. Triple superphosphate
D. None of these
-10-5 fertilisers mean that they contain______________?
A. 5, 10, 5% respectively of n2, p2o5 and k2o
B. Only 5 to 10% active fertiliser constituents
D. None of these