GK QUESTION#3578
Statement (S): Ammonia is widely used in agriculture as fertiliser.
Reason (R): Ammonia is the systematic name for nitrogen trihydride (NH₃).
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C. S is true, R is false
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The statement is true, but the reason is false. Ammonia supplies nitrogen and is used directly as a fertiliser and to manufacture other nitrogen fertilisers. Ammonia is the retained common name of NH₃; azane is its systematic parent-hydride name, while nitrogen trihydride is a compositional name. Calling ammonia the systematic name reverses this distinction. The compound’s name also does not explain its agricultural use.