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GK QUESTION#3578

Statement (S): Ammonia is widely used in agriculture as fertiliser.

Reason (R): Ammonia is the systematic name for nitrogen trihydride (NH₃).

  1. ABoth S and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of S
  2. BBoth S and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of S
  3. CS is true, R is falseCorrect answer
  4. DS is false, R is true
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Answer

C. S is true, R is false

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Explanation

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.

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