Farm Machinery Practice Test

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• Which seed drill component is called the boot?
• The true point of hitch of the implement is called
• The hold type thresher is originated at
• What is the cutting width range of a small-size self-propelled combine?
• A machine which cuts the crops and ties them into a knot and uniform sheaves is called
• Breaking of knives of cutter bar in reaper is due to which causes?
• Seed tubes may be made from which materials?
• Spike tooth harrows are used mainly for what?
• The forward operating speed of power sprayer varies from which range?
• For wheat, the recommended speed of the threshing drum is in which range?
• Lead generally recommended for alignment purpose is of how many centimeters per meter length?
• In cup feed metering device, the seed rate is controlled by
• The pump used in most hydraulic sprayers is which type?
• An instrument used to measure soil compaction is
• Plough share is made up of
• The capacity of the tractor-operated peg-type thresher is which of the following?
• Which type of equipment has no driven or moving component?
• The blade assembly speed is expressed in which unit?
• Which line passes through the center of pull, the hitch, and the center of resistance?
• A device used to cut the furrow slice vertically from a land ahead of bottom is which?
• Which plough is suitable for terraced land on hills without upsetting the slope?
• What is the term for equipment used to transplant seedlings into the soil?
• Which sprayer per hectare rate is 5 litres?
• In airplane sprayer, the tank capacity ranges between?
• What is the inclined angle between the cutting edges of the knives on a cutter bar?
• The volume of liquid required for orchard spraying is about
• What is the expected life of a tractor mounted combine?
• The speed variation of a heavy belt drive is typically which?
• The shape of furrow cut by MB plough is which?
• What is the carbon percentage range in mild steel?
• A plough that works effectively in hard, dry and sticky soil is which type?
• Equipment for placing seedlings in the soil is called what?
• A steel with carbon content around 0.3% would be classified as which type?
• The 88° cutter bar setting is used to improve what?
• Which harrow is designed such that side thrust against the front gang is opposed by the rear gang's side thrust?
• The cutter bar of a conventional combine operates at which range of strokes per minute?
• The width of cut for a medium MB plough is between which range?
• Which feature is true about bucket sprayer pumps?
• Planter is different from seed drill in respect to which feature?
• In an angle bar cylinder type thresher, the end clearance between cylinder and concave at the end is what?
• In the vertical conveyor reaper, the crop to be harvested is guided by which mechanism?
• For wheat sowing, which metering mechanism is typically employed?
• The Oldham coupling is used for joining two parallel shafts whose centers are close together. Which option lists this correctly?
• In the vertical conveyor reaper, the crop is held in vertical position with the help of which component?
• In seed metering mechanism, only one seed is allowed at time is?
• Puddling is performed to prevent water from leaching away, achieving what effect?
• The furrow opener used in black cotton soil is
• The mouldboard plough absorbs side forces mainly through which part?
• The maximum operating depth for a disc harrow is about
• The drummy type thresher is also termed as which type?
• Broadcasting seed leads to which distribution pattern on the seedbed?
• A multicrop thresher is equipped with which cylinder types?
• 'The knife section of a reaper makes a
• A manually operated push-type harvester is commonly known as what?
• Main parts of sydicator type thresher include which of the following?
• What is the effect of increasing tilt angle on the disc plough's penetration?
• Which statement about tillage objectives is true?
• What is the carbon content range for high carbon steel?
• The immersion method is used to identify which spraying parameter?
• The cutting height of the reaper binder from ground is about?
• The term harvesting is associated with
• The patela on an animal-drawn plough is primarily used as which function?
• Pressure of power operated sprayers ranges from?
• A strip of unploughed land left at field ends for turning tractors is
• The capacity of a power-tiller operated vertical conveyor reaper is about?
• A subsoiler is used to break a hard pan of soil upto a depth of
• What is the expected annual use and life of a puddler?
• Which nozzle type uses air to aspirate droplets in foam spraying?
• A ridger is used for which purpose?
• The vertical disc plough is which of the following descriptions?
• A machine used to cut crops and deliver them in a uniform manner in a row is
• Which cylinder configuration is used on power threshers?
• Which motion does the reaper knife section exhibit?
• What are the useful working hours of a self-propelled combine?
• In precision planting, where should the seed drop height be relative to the ground?
• Which statement best describes the blade arrangement of a hand dropper?
• Which MB plough throws furrow slices to both directions of travel?
• Compared with bullock-drawn implements, tractor-drawn implements have which characteristics?
• Which category describes an implement that is attached to the tractor and supported by it without a separate frame?
• The device used to sow seeds, which are larger in size and cannot be sown by usual seed drill is called?
• Pneumatic seed drills are suitable for sowing
• Which thresher type is suitable for threshing wheat, paddy, and soybean?
• The useful life of walking type ploughs is about how many hours?
• Which device requires approximately 35 horsepower from the tractor?
• Which statement best describes parasitic forces in plough operation?
• Compared to drilling, the seed rate required in broadcasting is:
• Which mower type uses swinging knives in its cutting section?
• Approximately how much liquid can a man spray in a day?
• To minimize per-hectare liquid usage among the listed methods, which should be selected?
• In a cell feed type metering mechanism, which factor(s) influence the cell fill?
• What is the procedure of testing seed drill for correct seed rate?
• A bullock-drawn harrow mostly has which type of tynes?
• Sweeps are an implement used in which system?
• Which term describes grain that escapes through the sieve with chaff and is blown away?
• Share of mould board plough is made of which material?
• What is the expected annual life of harrow?
• Which spraying method has the smallest per-hectare liquid usage?
• Which statement is true about tractor-drawn harrows?
• A stubble type mould board of MB plough gives which pulverization?
• What is the typical use of a rotary pump?
• The ploughing method in which the plough works around the strip of ploughed land?
• For a tractor PTO operated combine, the typical cutter bar size falls within which range?
• In the bar point share, the bar serves as which two components?
• Notch coulter is specialized for which task?
• Which assembly diverts straw from cylinder toward the straw walker?
• The knife of cutter bar of animal drawn reaper is made of
• The furrow opener type used in zero-tillage implements is which?
• In centrifugal pumps, discharge rate varies with speed as
• The Olpad thresher uses discs of thickness which value?
• Which machine has knives rotating in a vertical plane with travel direction?
• What is the optimum reel index value for minimum cutter bar loss?
• In setting out a field for a one-way plough, the initial furrow to lay out is called what?
• Rotary tillers are used for
• The minimum soil manipulation essential for crop production corresponds to which tillage approach?
• The knives used in dynamically balance mower are?
• What is the function of the star wheel in a reaper?
• Which plough bottom turning through 180 degrees is called a turn wrest plough?
• Which blade shape is used for seedbed preparation in hard and sticky soil?
• The width of cut for a light MB plough is between which range?
• Furrow planting of crops is widely used in which conditions?
• Broadcasting generally requires a higher seed rate than drilling.
• For seed placement in low moisture conditions, which press wheel is used to compact soil around the seeds?
• Which statement about tractor-drawn implements is correct?
• The tank capacity of knapsack sprayer is about
• What term describes the depth of a disc's concave surface measured at the center?
• A key aim of spraying equipment is to distribute droplets uniformly over the plants. Which option best reflects this?
• What is the most common power transmission system used in seed drill?
• Which part of a plough is used to cut the furrow slice ahead of the bottom?
• In a rotary type power duster, the dust can be blown at a height of approximately how many meters?
• The swirl plate is associated with which nozzle type?
• The coupling joining two shafts out of alignment is which type?
• In a rotary cutter, the knives rotate in which plane?
• The shaft of a disc harrow on which the number of discs are mounted is called?
• The knife moves on which plate?
• A strip of unploughed land left at each end of the field for tractor turning is
• The pump used in airplane sprayers is?
• What is the term for a raised center ridge formed when ploughing starts from the center toward the side?
• The disc thickness used in Olpad thresher is which value?
• A tractor drawn semi-mounted mower is operated by
• Which coupling type is generally used when two shafts are not perfectly aligned and require compensation?
• Which harrow has four gangs with a set of two following behind another two?
• In the vertical conveyor reaper, which component is responsible for guiding the crop to the cutting zone?
• The slat type of mould board is used in which soil?
• A swirl plate is a component of which nozzle type?
• What is the maximum speed restriction for a light belt drive?
• Which equipment is expected to be used 2,400 hours annually?
• The cotton stripper is used for which agricultural operation?
• Which plough is suitable for ploughing along hillsides?
• Which statement describes the seed drill's deposition action?
• One way plough requires laying out a field in lands, ending with which furrow?
• Which harrow arrangement is described as two gangs following another two gangs?
• Which combination of factors can contribute to heavy draft of a disc harrow?
• The sydicator type thresher is described as which of the following?
• Which cutting principle is applied by both rotary cutters and flail shredders?
• Threshing efficiency represents the share of total grain input that is separated as grain at the main outlets. Which option corresponds?
• Dibbler is a type of what equipment?
• In centrifugal pumps, power varies with speed as
• For deep ploughing, which plough is typically used?
• The capacity of which machine is about 0.25-0.35 ha/h?
• Animal-drawn patela is used as which component?
• Puddling is done in standing water of
• Minimum application rate with air blast sprayer for orchards is which range?
• The ONK-B sprayer duster is used for which operations?
• A point at which the resultant of all horizontal and vertical forces acts is
• Helical blades of a mower are arranged in which form?
• The C-shape blade of rotary tillers are used for seedbed preparation in
• A man can thresh average grain in a day is about which amount?
• The draft per unit cross-section area of furrow is called which term?
• Which statement is true about mild steel's carbon content?
• The shovel of a cultivator is made from which material?
• The blade assembly of combine operated at a speed of
• The cutter bar of a reaper is made of which material?
• A zero till seed cum fertilizer drill is designed for sowing
• The term furref is associated with which hand tool?
• Between the cylinder and straw thrower in a power thresher, the semi-circular disc is inserted to achieve which outcome?
• Which device has a tank capacity range of 450-2200 litres?
• Which equipment drops seeds in a continuous stream and allows non-constant spacing between plants in a row?
• Till plant equipment used for seed bed preparation are
• Land shaping becomes necessary where often the following implement is used
• A multicrop thresher is capable of threshing which of the following crops?
• The size of a seed drill is expressed by which of the following?
• Threshing efficiency depends on several factors. Which statement is correct?
• The knives of shredders rotate in which plane with respect to the travel direction?
• A combine harvester is designed for which of the following operations?
• Per hectare application rate of low volume sprayer is?
• The group of number of discs mounted on a gang axle is called:
• Secondary tillage is primarily used for which purpose?
• Which tillage operation is finer for seedbed preparation?
• A Olpad thresher is drawn by which power?
• Which seed drill uses a blower as a primary component?
• A flat plate with two cutting edges in the reaper is known as which component?
• Air blast sprayer is used for which setting?
• Rack loss should remain between which range?
• Increasing spraying pressure results in which effect on droplet size?
• The diameter of the disc used in Olpad thresher for threshing is how many centimetres?
• Area covered per day of 8 hours by 4 bottoms, 35-cm tractor plough at a speed of 6 km/h is approximately?
• What is the typical tank capacity range for an airplane duster?
• The application rate of dusters is typically how many kilograms per hectare?
• What is the average threshing capacity of a bullock drawn Olpad thresher per day?
• Which harrow is identified by curved knives as a distinctive feature?
• Which equipment has an annual use of 1,000 hours?
• Notched coulter work well in which field condition?
• The true hitch point of an implement is called
• A vertical plate used to control depth and adjust line of pull in plough is called:
• The minimum tillage method is termed as
• The tractor-mounted groundnut digger shaker is driven by which power source?
• Which cylinder type is used in groundnut threshers?
• Dead furrow is made by which implement?
• How many discs are mounted on the Olpad thresher?
• The purpose of ploughing is
• An implement attached to a tractor along the hinge axis and controlled directly by the tractor steering unit is known as
• What is the blower speed in a rotary type power duster?
• Which metering device is used for precise planting?
• Hold-type thresher originated in which country?
• Per hectare rate of which sprayer is less than 400 litres?
• ASPEE is famous for manufacturing which agricultural equipment?
• Which device is used for spraying in nurseries?
• Flame gun is used for killing the
• Which of the following statements correctly describes the design purpose of a combine harvester?
• The blade used for harvesting in a rotary power scythe is:
• What is the average output capacity of the tractor-mounted groundnut digger shaker?
• Rocker sprayer is used for spraying
• A machine used to cut herbage crops and leave them in swath
• A tractor-drawn harrow mostly has which type of tynes?
• The internal angle between the gangs of a single-action disc harrow is which of the following?
• What is the recommended spray height for effective spraying with a rotary type hand sprayer?
• The part of plough that penetrates into the soil and cuts the soil in horizontal direction is
• The out put capacity of hand beating method is about
• A hollow cone nozzle used on boom sprayers typically has a spray angle within which range?
• What is the working capacity of a two-row potato planter?
• MB plough stands for which term in MB plough?
• Increasing the tilt angle of a disc plough influences which aspect of its performance?
• In bullock drawn mower, the power transmitted to the axle through the?
• A spray gun is commonly known as which of the following?
• The metering mechanism used for mustard seed is
• The forward end of the cutting edge that actually penetrates into the soil and cuts the soil is
• A machine used for cutting of cereal crops
• Plough share is typically made from
• The cutting platform of a combine operates at what height above the ground?
• Offset disc harrows are mostly suitable for working at which setting?
• The length of the cutter bar of a tractor front mounted reaper is:
• The amount of liquid required for spraying plantation crops per hectare is typically in which range?
• The typical speed range for a hand-operated winnowing fan is?
• Which threshing machine is characterized by corrugated flywheel, serrated chopping knives, and a closed cylinder casing?
• The soil condition that determines the optimum tillage condition is which of the following?
• Tank capacity of compression sprayer?
• No tillage system reduces runoff by
• What is the main objective of tillage?
• The mould board used on tractor ploughs for general farm use is
• The spacing between discs in heavy-duty harrow is typically?
• The harvesting of wheat, barley and gram are mostly done under which condition?
• When knife and pitman run in a straight line, the cutter bar is in which alignment?
• What is the useful life of a self-propelled combine?
• The Japanese type rotary thresher is used for threshing which crop?
• A straight line passing through the center of the pull, the point of hitch and the center of resistance is called the
• In the reaper, shoe is provided at which location?
• Cutter bar of reaper is made of
• What is the diameter of the disc used in Olpad thresher?
• Knapsack sprayer is suitable for which of the following?
• A dynamically balanced mower have crank speed of?
• A rotary power scythe is operated by:
• The setting that mainly controls the aggressiveness of soil penetration by a disc harrow?
• Maximum application rate for air blast sprayer in orchards is which range?
• Which of the following is a type of pump commonly used in hydraulic sprayers?
• Which metering mechanism is commonly used in country bullock-drawn planters?
• The fluted roller of seed drill is made of
• An open-trench left between two adjacent strips of land after ploughing is
• Which component is described as the part that lifts, turns and breaks the furrow slice?
• The size of a power thresher is determined by which components?
• Which seed drill is used for direct sowing of seeds in unploughed land after paddy harvesting?
• Which blade is used for seedbed preparation in trashy soil?
• What term describes dropping seeds in furrow lines in continuous flow?
• The bearing types commonly used on disc harrows include which of the following?
• The stubble type of mould board is mostly suitable for which land?
• Which metering mechanism is used in potato planters?
• For better alignment, a cutter bar should be set at
• Manual harvesting involves which action?
• Tractor front mounted reaper is operated at a forward speed of:
• The lower penetration of disc plough is due to
• In a hand dropper, the serrated blades are mounted at angle to each other?
• The part of MB plough to which all other part of plough bottom attached is which?
• Which metering mechanism is commonly used in bullock-drawn planters in the country?
• Which of the following describes the typical output capacity of hand beating method?
• A potato planter is
• The maximum clearance under the landside and the horizontal surface when the MB plough is resting on the ground surface is known as which?
• Which MB plough component transmits the animal power to the plough?
• A part of mould board plough which lift, turns and break furrow slice is which?
• The pump is mostly made of
• A low mould board with gradual twist that inverts the furrow slice with a minimum of break-up, thus covering vegetative thoroughly is called
• Multi crop threshers are equipped with which cylinders?
• What is the term for the angle at which the plane of the cutting edge of the disc is inclined to the direction of travel?
• Which sprayer is best suited for dense orchard canopies?
• Which factor does NOT affect the output capacity of the rotary power scythe?
• Center of resistance lies at a distance from the share wing equal to which fraction of the plough size?
• The disc plough is advantageous over MB plough in respect of which feature?
• For sowing of wheat seed, a suitable metering mechanism is
• Planters are used for sowing which type of seeds?
• In a horizontal plate planter, the cell fill percentage is best described as which?
• In a rasp bar type cylinder, the bars vary in what range?
• The term swath describes the line of cut crop left in the field after harvesting.
• In a standard disc plough, all the discs are fitted on what?
• The vertical disc plough is
• Which machine cuts crops and places the cut material into a uniform row in the field?
• A mower in which swinging knives are used for cutting is called?
• Which material has the highest carbon content among Mild steel, Medium carbon steel, High carbon steel, and Cast iron?
• The nozzle used for band treatments of herbicide along row crops is which type?
• The main function of potato digger elevator is?
• In a disc plough, increasing the disc angle causes penetration to increase while width of cut decreases.
• The harrow used for smoothing and leveling soil after ploughing is the:
• An indigenous plough is classified as which type of tool?
• The shape of furrow cut by an indigenous plough is which shape?
• The purpose of harrowing is to?
• The part of plough that transmits the animal power to the plough is
• The depth measured at the center of the disc by placing its concave side down on a flat surface is called?
• Per hectare application rate of high volume sprayer is?
• An action involves in threshing of crops are
• The function of the shoe in the reaper is to
• The knife head of the cutter bar is connected to which part?
• The part MB plough to which the plough bottom and handle attached is
• The loop type threshing drum is used for threshing which crop?
• Spacing between discs in light-duty harrows is typically within which range?
• Which statement best describes the line of pull?
• Which nozzle is used for weedicides application?
• The mounted type seed drill is attached to a tractor by which hitch?
• The hitching of a plough is done by placing the plough two centimeters below ground level.
• Which part resists side pressure exerted by the furrow slice on the mouldboard?
• The gang angle adjustment range for a disc harrow is which of the following?
• In a disc harrow, which device provides a distance between two discs mounted on the same gang axle?
• According to Colling, the draft of MB plough due to cutting slice is
• Power operated sprayers are suitable for?
• What percentage represents the draft on the ground according to Colling's data?
• The Olpad thresher is mostly used for threshing which crop?
• Which tillage practice combines ploughing and immediate planting in the same field pass?
• Which MB plough is capable of throwing furrow slices to either side during operation?
• The raised feature formed at the center of a strip when ploughing starts from the center toward the side is called what?
• What is the required diameter of the seed tube for different seeds?
• The seeding behind plough is done by a device known as?
• Wheat, barley and gram are mostly harvested under which condition?
• Flooding nozzles on sprayers operate as which spray pattern?
• In hydraulic sprayers, the degree of atomization is primarily a function of which factors?
• The dibbing method of sowing reduces the seed rate by which fraction?
• Which mould board type is used on tractors for general farm use?
• A single piece share with curved cutting edge is
• What is the normal ploughing depth for a subsoiler?
• Which device is used to adjust the lateral movement of a plough?
• Surface planting with conservation feature of contour listing is
• Which deposition action corresponds to seed drill's function of placing seeds in furrow?
• The grain carried over the rear of the sieve with chaff and blown out of the combine is called?
• Which metering mechanism is suitable for metering small and large seeds?
• Hoe-type furrow openers work well in which soil condition?
• Threshing efficiency is defined as the percentage by mass of threshed grain at the main grain outlets relative to what?
• The main function of a sprayer is to:
• Which unit is used to express the output capacity of the groundnut digger shaker?
• Horizontal suction influences which parameter?
• The volume of liquid required for ground spraying of field crop is
• An indigenous plough offers which characteristic?
• Which equipment has a useful life of six years?
• Which components typically accompany the share as part of a plough bottom?
• Threshing in a rotating drum cylinder is due to which mechanism?
• In proper registered reaper, after each stroke a knife shall stop
• A seed metering mechanism with a double-faced wheel, one face has a larger opening for larger seeds and the other face has smaller openings for smaller seeds is called
• What is the suitable clearance between reel and cutter bar for all-purpose operation?
• Blade harrows are used for seed bed preparation in which soil type?
• Per hectare application rate of ultra-low volume sprayer is which?
• A two-way plough eliminates:
• The material that is left by the harvesting machine in row is known as
• Seed drills are used for sowing which type of seeds?
• Air blast sprayer is primarily used for which setting?
• The horizontal component of pull perpendicular to the direction of travel is
• The star wheel of the reaper lifts up the crop and turns at:
• Which type of furrow opener is preferred for root-infested soils?
• Which nozzle is used in foam spraying?
• Threshing drum speeds are typically expressed in which unit?
• Which of the following statements is true about seed drill's deposition action?
• The excessive side draft in disc plough is due to hitching defect
• The length of the cutter bar of a power-tiller operated reaper is approximately what value?
• Which statement correctly describes the Olpad thresher?
• The vertical clearance of the MB plough ranges from which values?
• For paddy, the recommended speed of the threshing drum is in which range?
• A cutter bar of mower is able to cut grasses from ground satisfactorily up to a height of?
• Ultra low volume sprayer is used for application of
• Spinning disc is used in which sprayer type?
• The function of seed drill is?
• The top portion of turned furrow slice is
• Airplane sprayers and dusters are suitable for?
• The horizontal component of pull parallel to the direction of travel is
• A dead furrow is typically formed by which type of plough?
• Power tillage is most suitable for which operation?
• What does a hand dropper consist of?
• The part of a seed drill that conveys seed or fertilizer from delivery tube to furrow is
• The mechanical efficiency of spray pumps ranges from which range?
• The disc used in Olpad thresher for threshing purpose is which type?
• To plough one hectare with a country plough of 15 cm width, approximately how far would a worker have to walk?
• Open center wheel is used for compaction in which moisture condition?
• Which device cuts furrow slice ahead of bottom?
• The bearings of a disc harrow are subjected to which loads?
• What is the term for the forward tip of the plough share that penetrates into the soil?
• Which volume is typical for ground spraying of field crops?
• A mower with high speed knife rotating in a horizontal plane is known as?
• Which ploughing method involves the plough working around a strip of unploughed land?
• A MB plough that throws furrow slice on one side to the direction of travel is
• Which statement about disc harrow operation is true?
• Four-bottom ploughs have what number of bottoms and bottom width according to the material?
• Which component is used to meter seeds in a seed drill?
• The pitman of a reaper is typically made of which material?
• The planters are suitable for maintaining distance between which?
• Which part of a thresher removes seeds from the grain head?
• Which tillage practice is desirable in areas with hard or compacted layers below the plough depth?
• Edge ceil and edge drop plates of the metering mechanism are well suited for planting which seeds?
• The knife in the cutter bar of an animal-drawn reaper is made from which material?
• The part of indigenous plough that helps in stabilizing and balancing the plough while operation is
• The ratio of reel peripheral speed to forward speed of a combine is termed as which?
• What term describes the open space between ploughed strips?
• What is the type of share provided with adjustable bar?
• The width of cut of an animal drawn reaper is:
• In the reaper, a flat plate with two cutting edges is known as which component?
• Which crop is commonly associated with the seeding behind the plough method?
• The clean grain received at the main grain outlet relative to the total grain mixture received at the main grain outlet is called what?
• Which coupling is used to join two shafts in line?
• Tilt angle of a standard disc plough varies from which range?
• In threshing machinery, the main part that removes seeds from the grain head is which component?
• The width of cut for a heavy MB plough is which range?
• Flooding nozzles have a spray angle in which range?
• The L-shape blade of rotary tillers are used for seedbed preparation in
• For seed placement in high moisture conditions, which press wheel is used?
• Among the following, which is a precision planter?
• Which furrow opener is used in zero-tillage implements?
• Which of the following are primary tillage implements?
• A blower is a part of which seed drill?
• What type of engine is used in a rotary power scythe?
• The bearings used in most disk harrow gangs are which type?
• Which metering mechanism does not require a cut-off device?
• A mould board of MB plough is made of which material?
• Which planting method ensures uniform row-to-row and plant-to-plant distances?
• The mowers are designed to cut which crop?
• Which pressure range is correct for power operated sprayers?
• The output capacity of a rotary power scythe is about:
• In a power tiller mounted reaper, the rotating power of the power tiller prime mover is converted into which type of power?
• A wooden pitman is generally used in which piece of equipment?
• What is the primary purpose of the press wheel in seed sowing equipment?
• The speed variation range for a medium belt drive is which of the following?
• A seed drill of size 10 x 20 cm has seed drop in one revolution 40 gram. The area covered by seed drill in one revolution is 9.42 m2. The seed rate (kg/h) is
• The size of a disc harrow is determined by which factor?
• Which type of MB plough throws furrow slices to only one side in the direction of travel?
• The plough used for deep ploughing is
• A thresher causes more seed damage if
• A draft required to pull 4-bottom 30 cm plough working to a depth of 15 cm at a speed of 6 km/h, with soil resistance 0.7 kg/cm2 is?
• The width and depth of cut of a disc harrow is controlled by which mechanism?
• A two-way plough leaves the field nearly level for which purpose?
• Approximately how much area can one person spray in a day?
• To minimize cutter bar loss, the reel index should be set in which range?
• What percentage represents the draft due to furrow slice?
• Which two hopper designs are cited as able to meter maize seeds accurately?
• The star wheel on a reaper performs which of the following actions?
• What is considered the most positive seed metering mechanism used in seed drills?
• The disc angle of a disc plough influences which parameter?
• The coupling used for joining two shafts appreciably out of line is which type?
• In a power thresher, the semi circular disc placed between the cylinder and the straw thrower serves to achieve what?
• Which tool is commonly used for manual harvesting of crops?
• The horizontal suction of MB plough is how many mm?
• Which sprayer is used for application of weedicides?
• Which tillage equipment is primarily used for seed bed preparation?
• Which of the following is a metering mechanism type?
• Where was the hand dropper developed?
• Which component helps move the crop to the platform smoothly?
• The cutter bar length of a power-tiller operated reaper is about
• Which operation is ridger primarily used for in fieldwork?
• Which tillage system is suitable for dry land agriculture?
• A Coulter attachment is used with
• In MB plough, the perpendicular distance from the wing of the share to the line joining the point of the share and the heel of landside is known as the
• A vertical disc plough is also termed as which of the following?
• Back furrow and dead furrows are left behind when ploughing with which type of plough?
• The mounted type seed drill is attached to a tractor by which hitch?
• An undisturbed soil surface of a furrow is
• A two-bullock team weighing 750 kg each pulling an implement at 2 km/h. The horsepower required is approximately
• Rotary pump is used as
• Discharge rate of centrifugal pump varies as
• In a disc plough, which device is used to prevent the discs from clogging?
• The vertical conveyor reaper is mostly used for harvesting which type of crop?
• The coupling used to join two shaft in line is which type?
• What is the expected annual use of seed drill?
• Which statement best describes the relationship between seed drills and planters?
• A true statement about hollow cone nozzle spray angle ranges is that it is between which values?
• What is the area covered per day by a dry land weeder?
• The droplet size range for an ultra low volume sprayer is
• The seed tubes can be made of which materials?
• In MB plough, a small irregular piece of metal have similar shape to ordinary plough bottom is which?
• An animal drawn reaper is designed to harvest the crop up to a height of
• How many cylindrical mowers are in a gang mower?
• In thresher, the percentage of healthy grain dropped from sieve with respect to healthy grain received from main outlet is
• Which operating parameter defines the size of the combine's harvest capacity?
• The size of cutter bar of tractor PTO operated combine is
• Nozzle spacing on a boom sprayer is determined by which of the following factors?
• Power of centrifugal pump varies as
• In the reaper, a knife head of cutter bar is connected to which component?
• A two-way plough is designed to eliminate which furrows?
• The term furref is associated with which hand tool?
• Forward operating speed of a power sprayer ranges between which values?
• The operating speed of a combine harvester in the field typically ranges from
• The drummy type thresher is also known as which type?
• The Japanese type rotary thresher is used for threshing which crop?
• Which company is known for manufacturing sprayers?
• The percentage of grain blown by the blower (along with the remainder) with respect to total grain input is known as which loss?
• The cutting blade used in a subsoiler is made from which material?
• What is the tilt angle of a wheat plough?
• The space between knife clips and wearing plate is about how many centimeters?
• A normal ploughing depth is
• Which adjustment primarily controls the depth of cut in a disc plough?
• The maximum operating depth for a disc harrow is approximately
• What field condition is typically observed after ploughing with an MB plough?
• Where are the coulters of mould-board plough generally mounted?
• Corrugated seed tubes used in seed drills are typically made from which material?
• According to Colling, the draft of mould board plough on the ground is
• The stripping method of threshing is used for which crop?
• The uneven furrow formation in disc ploughing is due to
• Which wheel is used to maintain uniform depth of ploughing?
• The threshing capacity of a large stationary thresher is approximately how many tonnes?
• Planters differ from seed drills in respect to which feature?
• A stubble type mould board on MB plough provides which soil effect?
• The plough bottom of a turn-wrest plough turns through what angle?
• In horizontal plate planter, the percentage of cell fill is which value?
• The constant depth furrow opener is which of the following?
• Which component primarily determines how much soil is cut by the disc harrow?
• The drum type thresher is classified as which type?
• Which nozzle is used for herbicide and fungicide application?
• In a properly registered reaper, after each stroke a knife shall stop at which position?
• Which machine cuts and binds crops into uniform sheaves?
• The share of MB plough is made of
• In MB plough, the maximum horizontal clearance between landside and furrow wall is called which?
• A width of cut around 125 mm would classify which MB plough category?
• The capacity of a hand dropper is about how many hectares per day?
• The disc force is made into the ground by
• Which implement is primarily used to achieve surface finishing of a seedbed?
• A plunger type hand duster is suitable for dusting?
• Which seed metering mechanism is considered the most positive for seed metering?
• Which harrow has tynes that swing back when encountering obstacles?
• A long mould board with gentle curvature used in tough soil full of grasses is which type?
• Which plough generally requires greater draft at the same depth?
• The reel index is defined as the ratio of which two speeds?
• What is the spacing between adjacent discs on Olpad thresher?
• Cleaning efficiency is determined by comparing clean grain at the main grain outlet to which quantity?
• The vertical rotor metering device is used for what purpose?
• A harrow with two gangs placed end to end is
• Which harrow would be most associated with offset arrangement balancing front and rear thrust, commonly used near trees or orchards?
• The furrow opener used for planting cotton seeds in areas where the germination weather is uncertain is which type?
• The mouldboard plough absorbs side forces mainly through which part?
• A bullock-drawn implement typically has which characteristics compared with a tractor-drawn implement?
• What is the process called when separating grain from a mixture of grain and chaff?
• The ONK-B sprayer duster is used for which operation?
• In a pneumatic seed drill, seeds are released in the furrow under what?
• Which material is commonly used to construct the blade of a winnower?
• Which equipment is primarily used to maintain spacing between rows?
• In hill drop metering mechanism, the cells round the edge of the plate admit how many seed at a time?
• Winnowing is used to separate grain from which substance?
• A two-way plough turns furrow slices to which side?
• One primary function of a sprayer is to break the liquid into droplets of what type?
• In a disc harrow, penetration improves by which of the following?
• The spacing option that matches the typical disc spacing for heavy-duty harrows?
• Which seed metering arrangement is commonly described as internal double run?
• The operating speed of combine harvester varies within a range of
• A hammer mill type thresher includes which components?
• What power transmission system is commonly used in fertilizer seed drills?
• In disk harrow gangs, the commonly used bearing is which type?
• The threshing cylinder used in groundnut thresher is which type?
• The tilt angle of a disc plough influences which parameter?
• In angle bar cylinder type thresher, the typical entrance clearance is which range?
• An implement that is fully supported by the tractor is categorized as a
• Which statement about orchard spraying volume is correct?
• In the reaper, knife clips are placed with which plate?
• Which combination best explains the quality of atomization in hydraulic spraying?
• Vertical clearance influences which parameter?
• Which drive source powers a tractor-drawn semi-mounted mower?
• A double disc type furrow opener is most suitable for which soil condition?
• Pump used in power-operated sprayer is?
• A device used for manual harvesting of crops
• The coulters used for cutting heavy trashes are
• In a flail mower, knives operate in which plane?
• The corrugated seed tube used in seed drill are made up of which material?
• The daily threshing capacity of a bullock-drawn Olpad thresher is approximately how many kilograms?
• The mechanism that keeps the crop vertical in the vertical conveyor reaper is called what?
• Hand operated sprayers are suitable for which holding?
• Sweeps on a plough are used for which operation?
• Which tillage tool is designed for deeper soil loosening at a depth of about 45-75 cm?
• Which implement is used for seedbed preparation, ridge making and channel shaping?
• Which component attaches all other bottom parts on a mould board plough?
• The cutting height of the reaper binder from ground is about?
• A mower with rotating helical blades used for cutting is called?
• The hourly output capacity of a tractor-operated peg-type thresher is measured in which unit?
• In electrostatic spraying, the volume of liquid per hectare is typically less than which amount?
• Which equipment has an annual use of 1,500 hours?
• The percentage of healthy grain obtained from all outlets with respect to healthy grains received from the main outlet is called which loss?
• The forces acting on MB plough are:
• A wooden pitman is generally used in which equipment?
• The hopper design to plant accurately meter all varieties of maize and all type of seeds from tomato to beans is
• Pneumatic seed drills are suitable for sowing which seeds?
• Plain coulter used in which field condition?
• A tillage system in which the field is ploughed and followed directly by a row crop planter is called?
• In fertilizer seed drills, which configuration is commonly used to transmit power?
• Which implement is versatile for seedbed preparation, ridge making and channel shaping?
• Which soil condition is considered optimal for tillage?
• A special type of harrow with curved knives is called which?
• In plough analysis, the center of resistance is the point where the resultant of horizontal and vertical forces acts.
• In power operated sprayer, the pump works at a pressure of?
• Sweeps are used for which operation?
• The size of a combine is determined by which parameter?
• Puddling is performed in standing water depth of
• Disc angle of a standard disc plough varies from which range?
• In cup feed metering device, seed rate is controlled by
• The harrow used for smoothing and leveling the soil after ploughing is which?
• The blade of a winnower is constructed from which material?
• The immersion method is used to identify which spraying parameter?
• Ridge planting is most suitable for
• Hand atomizer is used for spraying in which setting?
• The shovel of a seed drill is made up of
• What is the expected annual use of planter?
• The spray angle of flooding nozzles falls within which range?
• In a flail mower, knives operate in which arrangement?
• The speed of the spinning disc in a sprayer typically varies from what range?
• Air blast sprayer was developed in which year?
• An assembly, which diverts the straw coming from cylinder towards straw walker, is
• Which tillage stage is performed first in field preparation?
• Which statement about no-tillage systems is true?
• A improper registration of reaper results in which of the following?
• A width of cut around 180 mm would classify which MB plough category?
• Which term describes the furrow's undisturbed surface on its side after ploughing?
• What is the expected annual use of plough?
• Ploughing is done to
• The broken grain received from the main outlet is caused by which level of concave clearance?
• What percentage saving of water is achieved with bed sowing of wheat compared to flat sowing?
• The hand dropper was developed in which country?
• The uneven fields are left when working with which plough?
• What is the expected annual use of seed cum fertilizer drill?
• The size of a seed drill is expressed by which of the following?
• The most common method in irrigated areas and high rainfall areas to improve surface drainage is
• At proper alignment of mower, the cutter bar is set at?
• The motor of an ultra low volume sprayer is powered by a battery of what voltage range?
• Dibbing is primarily used for sowing vegetables.
• Which MB plough component helps in adjusting the line of draft?
• A gang mower is a group of?
• In harvesting of agricultural crops, which element action is most widely used?
• In a single bottom plough, the center of plough foad is how many centimeters to the right of the shin?
• What are the useful working hours of a mounted type combine?
• How much horsepower is required for a tractor-operated potato digger?
• The tank of hydraulic sprayer is made of which material?
• Seed drills are suitable for maintaining distance between which elements?
• The size of mould board-plough is expressed by
• The cutter bar of a conventional combine operates at:
• Insecticide capsules are used at which positions?
• What is the true angle between the knives of the cutter bar?
• Puddling is done to achieve what?
• When setting out a field for a one-way plough, the layout starts with which furrow?
• Plain coulter are used in relatively which field condition?
• What is the expected life and useful hours of a cultivator?
• Pitman that is used in the reaper is a type of which mechanical part?
• A 3.6 to 4.5 kg of dust is sufficient for dusting of how much area?
• Which material is used to make the MB plough share?
• Acme harrows are mostly used for which operation?
• Which pump is used in airplane sprayers?
• A gang mower is a group of
• For impact cutting, a dual-edge single-element blade requires a velocity of?
• The mould board of MB plough is made of which material?
• What is the disc type used on Olpad thresher?
• The horizontal clevis of MB plough helps in what?
• The size of MB plough is expressed in what measurement?
• In seed drill, the depth of seed placement for better germination should be approximately 5 cm. What is the recommended seed depth?
• What device is used to adjust spacing between discs on a disc harrow's gang axle?
• What is the operation performed to open up cultivable land?
• Which machine is designed to generate and distribute gases or smoke for pest control?
• A potato planter can be which of the following?
• The power consumed in secondary tillage operation per unit area is
• What is the carbon content range in cast iron?
• Pressure of hand operated sprayers varies from?
• The value 0.27 ha/h refers to the output capacity of which equipment?
• A wheel used for maintaining uniform depth of ploughing in different soil is which?
• In a disc harrow, the angle made by the axis of the arbor bolt with the direction of travel is called what?
• The size of cutter bar of self-propelled combine varies from
• Approximately how much area can one hand dropper harvest per day?
• Which change increases disc penetration but reduces width of cut?
• The Pitman used in the reaper is a type of which mechanical part?
• An implement that is pulled and guided by a single hitch point of a tractor is called a
• The plough does not leave any back as well as dead furrow; which plough type achieves this?
• Center of resistance of plough lies at a distance of 3/4 inch size of plough from share wing
• In a disc harrow, which component determines the angle to travel direction?
• Another name of positive displacement pump is
• For impact cutting, a single element sharp edge requires a velocity of how many meters per second?
• The cylinder speed of a rotary type thresher is approximately what RPM?
• Which component in a disc harrow serves as the shaft that carries multiple discs?
• The random scattering of seed on the surface of seedbed is called what?
• A subsoiler is used to break a hard pan of soil up to which depth?
• When the knife section of a cutter bar stops in the center of its guard after every stroke, this is called
• In flail type mower, cutting section has?
• Which plate does the knife slide on?
• What is the approximate tank capacity of rotary type hand duster?
• A system used to operate a hand-operated winnowing fan includes which of the following?
• An implement that is used in till plant system is
• The tank of hydraulic sprayer is made of which material?
• Volumetric efficiency of piston pump is about
• Registration refers to the alignment between which parts?
• The blower of a pneumatic seed drill is operated by which power source?
• Land plane is ideally suited for
• A tractor mounted rotary tiller is used for
• A type of cylinders used on power wheat threshers are
• Drive systems that can operate a hand-operated winnowing fan include which of the following?
• The MB plough works on the principle of
• The seeding behind the plough method of sowing is generally used for which crop?
• The large stationary thresher has a capacity of approximately how many tonnes?
• For angle bar cylinder type thresher, what is the specified end clearance?
• Which of the following plough is not suitable for moisture conservation?
• A two-way plough turns furrow slices to which side?
• The spacing between two adjacent discs in Olpad thresher is what?
• What is the seed drop per revolution in the given seed drill?
• Two-way plough is advantageously used in which field condition?
• The plough bottom is a combined unit and consists of
• More spraying pressure results in which effect on droplet size?
• Puddling is done mainly for
• In vertical disc plough, the number of discs varies from which range?
• The discs mounted on Olpad thresher for threshing are how many?
• The draft requirement in MB plough compared to disc plough for same depth of ploughing is
• A conventional pitman drive mower has crank speed of?
• Which clearance measurement is defined as the distance between the landside and furrow wall?
• For sowing mustard seeds, the most suitable seed drill is
• What is the expected annual life of harrow?
• The front edge of the share which makes horizontal cut in the soil is
• Secondary tillage generally uses what relative amount of power per unit area compared to primary tillage?
• The wearing plate of the cutter bar of reaper is made of which material?
• The indigenous plough is used for which of the following operations?
• The height up to which an animal-drawn reaper can harvest is approximately?
• Which furrow opener works well in trashy soils?
• In angle bar cylinder type thresher, the clearance at entrance is typically in which range?
• In plough terminology, the term 'gang' refers to:
• Which width of cut corresponds to the heavy MB plough category?
• Dibbling is mostly used for sowing which crops?
• Per hectare application rate of smogging is?
• What is the approximate rpm range for a hand-operated winnowing fan?
• Which sprayer is typically associated with a 14-litre tank capacity?
• Jointer and coulter are the parts of
• The hammer mill thresher is driven by which power arrangement?
• What is the drum diameter of a rotary type thresher?
• Macermic cultivator is a
• The common method of planting in semi-arid areas for row crop is
• Which material has a carbon content of 2.5-4.5%?
• Threshing of crop by stripping is done with the help of
• A tank capacity of rotary type hand duster is about?
• Self-propelled combine harvester is provided with
• Mouldboard plough works on the principle of
• A reel of combine helps in
• A machine used to generate and distribute gases or smoke is known as
• For dual-edge cutting in impact cutting, which velocity is required?
• Which sprayer per hectare rate is 5-400 litres?
• Wet dusting is beneficial for which area?
• Bucket type sprayer consist of
• The width of cut of an animal drawn reaper is equivalent to how many meters?
• The action involved in harvesting of crops is:
• The indigenous plough is used for which of the following operations?
• According to Colling, the draft of MB plough due to furrow slice is
• In manual harvesting, the man-hour needed to harvest one hectare of paddy is about?
• The term for a low mould board plough with a gradual twist that inverts the furrow slice with minimal break-up is
• Which statement about knives in a dynamically balanced mower is correct?
• Which belt drive has the highest speed variation?
• The stroke length of the conventional animal-drawn mower is:
• Which statement best describes spacing management by planters and seed drills?
• What is the term for the angle at which the plane of the cutting edge of the disc is inclined to the vertical line?
• Which sprayer type is best suited for large-scale operations requiring high-volume applications?
• Two-way plough is advantageously work in which field condition?
• The hand operated compressed air sprayer uses which pressure range?
• A cultivator whose tynes swing back when encountering an obstacle is called a
• A two-way plough leaves the field nearly level for which purpose?
• What is the carbon content range for medium carbon steel?
• Which MB plough has the plough bottom turning through 180 degrees about a longitudinal axis?
• Threshing in a rotating drum cylinder is due to which mechanism?
• The cutter bar used in the cutting unit of a combine is of which type?
• The reel most commonly used in combine nowadays is
• In the reaper, which component experiences reciprocating motion to perform the cut?
• The output capacity of a rotary power scythe depends on:
• Action involved in manual harvesting of crop
• Seed drills are used for sowing which type of seeds?
• The coupling used for joining to parallel shaft whose center is short distance apart is which type?
• Pneumatic seed drills are capable of sowing which types of seeds?
• Heavy draft of a disc harrow is due to which of the following?
• Which equipment is designed for groundnut digging and shaking?