Field experiment on effect of land preparation methods and planting geometry on growth and yield of machine transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.) was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Gangavathi, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka during kharif, 2012 and 2013 in clay soil under irrigated condition. Pooled mean indicated that, among the different land preparation methods and planting geometry puddling with rotovator fb levelling with spike tooth harrow and planting geometry of 30 x 21 cm recorded significantly higher uptake of nitrogen by grain (62.68 and 71.25 kg ha-1, respectively), by straw (43.81 and 50.73 kg ha-1, respectively) and total nitrogen uptake (106.49 and 121.16 kg ha-1 , respectively), uptake of phosphorous by grain ( 23.33 and 25.49 kg ha-1, respectively), by straw (13.09 and 14.09 kg ha-1, respectively) and total phosphorous uptake (36.42 and 39.58 kg ha-1, respectively), uptake of potassium by grain (19.87 and 22.03 kg ha-1 , respectively), by straw (55.03 and 59.46 kg ha-1, respectively) and total potassium uptake (74.90 and 81.49 kg ha-1, respectively). Whereas, significantly lower available soil nitrogen (233.7 and 225.8 kg ha-1, respectively), phosphorous (47.04 and 43.62 kg ha-1, respectively) and potassium (333.12 and 331.48 kg ha-1, respectively).