NCERT Solutions for Chapter: Mineral Nutrition, Exercise 2: VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

A farmer adds Azotobacter culture to the soil before sowing maize. Which mineral element is being replenished, whether it is nitrogen, carbon, or potassium?

Fill in the blank with the correct option provided in the bracket.

Plants with zinc deficiency show reduced biosynthesis of _____(auxin/cytokinin/abscisic acid).

Choose the correct mineral from the given box.

(Nitrogen, Calcium, Copper, Carbon)

Pale yellowish leaves are deficient in _____ mineral element.

Name the macronutrient which is a component of all organic compounds but is not obtained from the soil, whether carbon or potassium.

Name one non-symbiotic nitrogen-fixing prokaryote.

Rice fields produce important greenhouse gas. Name it in word.

Complete the equation for reductive amination.

Excess of Mn in soil leads to deficiency of Ca, Mg and Fe. Explain.