Environment and Ecology
2015
Environmental Pollution
Agriculture and Environment
UPSC Practice Question

What can be the impact of excessive/inappropriate use of nitrogenous fertilizers in agriculture?

  1. Proliferation of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in soil can occur.
  2. Increase in the acidity of soil can take place
  3. Leaching of nitrate to the ground-water can occur. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
A.1 and 3 only
B.2 only
C.2 and 3 only
D.1,2 and 3