FERTILISER TECHNOLOGY QUIZ

Oxidation of ammonia is

Non-catalytic

Autocatalytic

Endothermic

Exothermic

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Monte catini process is a widely used process for the manufacture of

None of these

Urea

Calcium ammonium nitrate

Triple superposphate

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Bio-fertilisers are cheaper, renewable and pollution free. They improve the __________ of the soil.

Nutrient supply

Water holding capacity

All of these

Texture

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Low grade phosphate rock can be used in electrical furnace, because

Of the better CaO/SiO₂ balance for slag formation

CaO content is less

It is cheap

It produces low cost product

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Nitrogen content of a nitrogenous fertiliser is 35%. It could be

Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN)

Urea

Ammonium nitrate

Ammonium sulphate

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Fauser Monte Catini converter is used for

Ammonia synthesis (e.g. at FCI Sindri)

None of these

Shift conversion (i.e. CO to CO₂)

Methanation of CO and CO₂

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Hydrogen is recovered from coke oven gas on commercial scale (as practised in fertiliser plant at Rourkela) by

Cryogenic operations (low temperature cooling)

Adsorption on palladium

Absorption (using ethanolamine or pyragalloll solution)

None of these

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A fertiliser contains 82% N₂. It could be

Urea

Liquid NH₃

Ammonium nitrate

None of these

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Effectiveness of a fertiliser is independent of the

PH of soil

Type of crop

None of these

Nature of soil

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Two gas based fertiliser plants are located in

Maharashtra and Gujarat

Jharkhand and Chattisgarh

Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra and Orissa

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