List of top Agricultural Engineering and Technology Questions on Farm Machinery

Which among the following equipment utilizes surface texture of the material in separation process
(A) Inclined draper
(B) Velvet roll separator
(C) Spiral separator
(D) Magnetic separator
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A bullock drawn country plough cuts a trapezoidal furrow having 16 cm top width and 4 cm bottom width. The depth of ploughing is 15 cm. If the plough forms an angle of 45° with the horizontal and the average soil resistance is 0.71 kg/cm2, calculate the pull exerted by the bullocks in kgf.
The tractor develops a torque of 35 kg-m at an engine speed of 1350 RPM. Calculate the BHP of the tractor.
The volume of tyre filled with water for ballasting purpose is:
Match List-I with List-II
List-I (Link)List-II (Type of load)
(A) Rock shaft(I) Bending and shear
(B) Lower link(II) Axial
(C) Upper link(III) Axial, bending and shear
(D) Lift arm(IV) Torsion, bending and shear
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Which of the parameter is affected by the peripheral speed of cylinder in thresher?
A tractor operated sprayer has 24 nozzles spaced 50 cm apart. Time lost in turning is 8% and filling the tank takes 7% of the time. If the sprayer is operated at a speed of 5 km/h, calculate the coverage area in ha per hour.
A 2-bottom, 50 cm MB plough is being operated at a speed of 5 km/h. If the time lost in turning is 8 per cent, how many hours will be required to plough 23 ha of land?
Registration and alignment are the cutting knife adjustments related to
Select the most appropriate sequence of involvement of different parts of combine harvester from crop interception to grain collection

(A) Cutter bar
(B) Auger
(C) Straw walker
(D) Cylinder and concave
(E) Reel

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As per BIS, for safe use of threshers

(A) The minimum length of feeding chute should be 90 cm.
(B) The feeding chute should be covered up to a minimum length of 45 cm.
(C) The feeding chute should be inclined to the horizontal at an angle of 5-10 degree.
(D) The feeding chute should be made of stainless steel.
(E) The feeding chute should have an alarming system.

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List-I (Harvesting machine)List-II (Crop)
(A) Digger(I) Cotton
(B) Reaper(II) Potato
(C) Picker(III) Cereal crops
(D) Snapper(IV) Forage crops
(E) Mower(V) Maize

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Which of the following is harvesting machine?

(A) Cotton picker
(B) Potato Digger
(C) Mower
(D) Tree shaker

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Match List-I with List-II.
List-I (Farm Equipment)List-II (Action)
(A) Turn wrest plough(I) Moves all the soil towards same side.
(B) Disc plough(II) Moves the soil in opposite directions.
(C) Disc harrow(III) Used for shallow ploughing.
(D) Vertical disc plough(IV) Has an arrangement that the plough bottom can be changed from right hand to left hand by rotating it approximately 180 degree.
(E) Off-set disc harrow(V) Well suited for working under low hanging branches in orchards.
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Bernoulli's equation is conservation of
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List-I (Property)List-II (Fluid type)
(A)Apparent viscosity decreases with increasing deformation rate(I)Dilatant fluids
(B)Shear stress is directly proportional to rate of deformation(II)Newtonian fluids
(C)Behaves as a solid until a minimum yield stress is exceeded and subsequently exhibits a linear relation between stress and rate of deformation(III)Pseudoplastic fluids
(D)Viscosity increases with increasing deformation rate(IV)Bingham-plastic fluids
(E)Shear stress is not directly proportional to deformation rate(V)Non-Newtonian fluids

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