Choose the incorrect sentence.

  • A
    The enzyme nitrogenase is highly sensitive to molecular oxygen.
  • B
    Most plants can assimilate nitrate as well as ammonium ions; the latter is quite toxic to plants and hence cannot accumulate in them.
  • C
    To protect nitrogenase enzymes,the nodule contains an oxygen scavenger called leg-haemoglobin.
  • D
    The ammonia synthesis by nitrogenase requires a very high input of energy.

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Which one of the following is a wrong statement?

Nitrates of soil are also leached deep into the earth by . . . . . . .

Match the following columns:
Column-$I$Column-$II$
$(A)$ Water splitting reaction$(1)$ Boron
$(B)$ Uptake and utilisation of $Ca^{2+}$$(2)$ Copper
$(C)$ Synthesis of auxin$(3)$ Chlorine
$(D)$ Redox reaction$(4)$ Zinc

Assertion $A$: Leguminous plants increase soil fertility.
Reason $R$: Azotobacter fixes atmospheric $N_2$.

The agent/s which make/s free atmospheric nitrogen available to plants is/are:

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