List of top Agricultural Engineering and Technology Questions on Rice Milling and Parboiling

Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Parboiling process is a mandatory operation in rice milling.
Statement (II): Parboiling maximises recovery of head rice by minimizing breakage during milling.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Process of parboiling reduces breakage during milling due to -

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : T.D method of corn milling results in flour of better shelf-life.
Reason (R) : The major objective of T. D method of corn milling is to remove essentially all germ and hull.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Parboiled rice develops less rancidity than raw rice during storage.

Reason (R): The process of parboiling destroys some of the natural antioxidants present in rice.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Destoner is a form of separator that separates the:

(A) Feed material into two fractions as per the difference in shape factor

(B) Feed material into heavy particles from the lighter particles

(C) Feed material into two fractions only as per the difference in specific gravity

(D) Feed material into multiple fractions as per the difference in specific gravity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: