State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

UPPCS · Question 77

The aquatic plant commonly used as biofertilizer in water-logged rice fields is:

  1. Wolffia
  2. Trapa
  3. Azolla
  4. Lemna
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Answer: (C) Azolla

Explanation

Azolla hosts the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena and is used as a biofertilizer in paddy.