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Agriculture · Q750

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 750

Q750

Press Mud is a byproduct of which industry?

A.
Sugar industry
Answer
B.
Tannery
C.
Paper mill
D.
Distillery

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Press mud is a byproduct of the sugar industry. Press mud is the compressed sugar industry waste produced during the filtration of sugar cane juice.
It serves as a good source of fertilizer. Sugar mills in India produce about 12 million tons of press mud as waste from the double sulphitation process.