Agricultural Engineering Set 20

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This set of Agricultural Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Agricultural Engineering Set 20

Q1 | Surface creep is carried out by the action of
  • Rolling and jumping
  • Rolling or sliding
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
Q2 | The mowers are designed to cut
  • Wheat
  • Paddy
  • Mustard
  • Grasses
Q3 | The major controlling factor in separation of grain by fluidized bed separator is
  • Air velocity and weight of grain
  • Shape and size of grain
  • Shape and texture of grain
  • Magnetic and arodynamic properties of grain
Q4 | Suitable lubricant for 2-stroke engines is
  • Crude petroleum lubricant
  • Vegetable lubricant
  • Mineral lubricant
  • None of these
Q5 | The work timing gear is to
  • Control the ignition timing
  • Control the fuel injection timing
  • Control the timing of opening and closing of valves
  • All are correct
Q6 | The six-cylinder engine with possible number of firing orders is
  • 6
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
Q7 | A machine used to cut crops and deliver them in a uniform manner in a row is
  • Combine
  • Mower
  • Reaper binder
  • Windrower
Q8 | The percentage of healthy grain obtained from all outlets with respect to healthy grains received from main outlet by weight is
  • Blower loss
  • Sieve loss
  • Cylinder
  • Visible loss
Q9 | The volume of water discharged per unit time is
  • Drawdown
  • Well yield
  • Specific capacity
  • All are correct
Q10 | Leakage factor is the property of
  • Confined aquifer
  • Semi-confined aquifer
  • Unconfined aquifer
  • All are correct
Q11 | The solar radiation received directly from the sun is
  • Beam radiation
  • Scattered radiation
  • Diffuse radiation
  • Reflected radiation
Q12 | The particle size of silt according to USWA is
  • >0.002 mm
  • <0.002 mm
  • 0.002 to 0.05 mm
  • 0.25 to 0.5 mm
Q13 | When the soil moisture and rainfall are inadequate during the growing season to support healthy crop growth to maturity is called
  • Metrological drought
  • Hydrological drought
  • Agricultural drought
  • None of these
Q14 | In dry milling process, the following operations are done prior to oil treatment is
  • Conditioning
  • Pitting
  • Polishing
  • Grading
Q15 | The lines on a map through places having equal depth of evapotranspiration is called
  • Isohyets
  • Isobar
  • Isopleths
  • None of these
Q16 | In the cylinder sorter, the inclination of cylinder for dry granular material is kept up to
  • 75 mm/mb
  • 100 mm/m
  • 125 mm/m
  • 150 mm/m
Q17 | In diesel engines, fuel injected in the cylinder is through
  • Carburetor
  • Fuel injection pump
  • Fuel injector
  • All are correct
Q18 | The size of seed drill expressed by
  • Length and width of machine
  • Area covered per unit time
  • Number of furrow opener x spacing between two furrow openers
  • All are correct
Q19 | The ratio of reel peripheral speed to forwards speed of combine is termed as
  • Reel velocity
  • Reel index
  • Reel diameter
  • Reel speed
Q20 | The sequence of gears and shafts through which the engine power transmitted to tractor wheel is called
  • Gear system
  • Transmission
  • Both (a) & (b)
  • None of these
Q21 | Kinetic energy of raindrop depends on
  • Terminal velocity of raindrop
  • Drop diameter
  • Rainfall intensity and time in chronological order
  • All are correct
Q22 | Volumetric efficiency of air-cooled engines in comparison to water-cooled engines is
  • Higher
  • Lower
  • Equal
  • None of these
Q23 | In anaerobic digestion, biogas production by bacterial decomposition is
  • Presence of oxygen
  • Absence of oxygen
  • Presence of CO2
  • Absence of CO2
Q24 | Traction coefficient is maximum in a field when
  • It is dry
  • It is cultivated
  • It is irrigated
  • All are correct
Q25 | The pressure of water in confined aquifer is
  • Above atmospheric pressure
  • At atmospheric pressure
  • Below atmospheric pressure
  • All are correct