Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 Agricultural Science Question 47

Practice objective / multiple choice question 47 from the 2024 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 Agricultural Science Objective / Multiple Choice Easy Difficulty
Question 47 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2024 • AGRICULTURAL_SCIENCE • objective

A field receives 150 kg N ha⁻¹ as fertilizer. The crop takes up 45 % of the applied nitrogen and 20 % is lost by volatilisation. The remaining nitrogen is either lost by leaching or immobilised by soil microbes. Immobilisation accounts for 10 % of the nitrogen that remains after leaching. Assuming all nitrogen is accounted for, calculate the amount of nitrogen (in kg ha⁻¹) lost by leaching.

Answer Options

A. 45.0
B. 60.0
Correct Answer C. 52.5
D. 70.5
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
52.5

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 Agricultural Science Question 47. It is one of the objective questions from the 2024 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.

Difficulty level: Easy .

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