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NDA 2017 GAT · General Knowledge · Ecology and Environment · medium

Greenhouse gases is released in large quantity from paddy fields and by cattle?

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Which of the following greenhouse gases is released in large quantity from paddy fields and by cattle?
  1. A. Nitrogen
  2. B. Methane
  3. C. Argon
  4. D. Ozone
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Answer: (B) Methane

Anaerobic decomposition in waterlogged paddy fields and fermentation in the guts of ruminants such as cattle release methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Nitrogen and argon are not greenhouse gases. Ozone at ground level is a pollutant formed from reactions of pollutants in sunlight rather than released from these sources. Methane is more than twenty times as effective as carbon dioxide at trapping heat over a century, though its quantity is smaller.
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