Dr. A.S. College of Agril. Engg.

, MPKV, Rahuri
GATE 2006 Trial Examination
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Marks:150 Date:
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2. This question paper contains THREE SECTIONS ‘A’,
‘B’ and ‘C’.
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SECTION – A
1 to 20 carry one mark each
Q.1 The droplet diameters in micron observed from
atomizer while testing are as follows: 70,340,260,210,
340.The sauter mean diameter of droplets is
A) 304.16 μm B) 294.47 μm
C) 276.58 μm D) 263.74 μm
2. The shaft power required for mechanical agitation is
proportional to R 0.582, S3.41& L where R is the ratio of
combined width of peddles to tank of length L & S is the
peripheral speed of the of peddles. The peripheral speed of
peddles required for round bottom tank is 1.22 times that
for flat bottom tank .The ratio of power required for round
bottom tank to that for flat bottom tank of same dimensions
will be
A) 0.5
B) 1
C) 1.22
D) 2
3.A 8 row transplanter is to transplant strawberry plants at a
spacing 0.2 m within the row and with 0.8 m row spacing. If
feeding mechanism can deliver up 1200 seedlings / min. The
maximum allowable travel speed of transplanter is
A) 0.5 kmph
B) 1.8 kmph
C) 2 kmph
D) 7.2 kmph
Q.4 The high idle speed of an engine is 2862 rpm the rated
speed is 2600 rpm and the peak torque occurs at 1550
rpm. Calculate governor regulation
a) 9.59 % b) 59.47 %
c) 50.6 % d) 12.62 %
Q.5 Power transmitted by belt is 0.5 KW which rotates on
pulley of radius 0.5 M. The tension on tight side is 20 N and
on slack side is 5 N. The speed of pulley is-
a) 637.00 rev/hr b) 1237.00 rev/hr
c) 76394.37 rev/hr d) 38197.2 rev/hr
6. The vibration acceleration level of tractor at 0.25 dBA,
VAL in terms of root mean square value is
A) 1.01 m/s2
B) 1.03 m/s2
C) 2.23 m/s2
D) 3.16 m/s2
7. If the turning angles subtended by inner front wheel of
4-0 wheel drive tractor is 45°. The kingpins of axle are
140 cm apart and wheel base of tractor is 195 cm. The
angle subtended by outer wheel to avoid skidding of
front wheels is
E) 22.7°
F) 30.2°
G) 59.8°
H) 67.3°
Q.8 Time required to irrigate a check basin of 20 m long 15
m wide to a depth of 5 cm with a stream of 15 liters per
second.
a) 1.0 min b) 16.67 min
c) 1000 min d) 100 min
Q.9 Statement A) When diameter of well is doubled
discharge of the well increases by 10 percent.
Statement B) In order to obtain higher yield from
wells, depth should be increased instead of diameter.
a) A is true and B is false.
b) Both A and B are false.
c) Both A & B are true.
d) B is true and A is false.
Q.10 The pressure outside drop of diameter 0.04 mm is 774
mm of Hg. The surface tension is 7.25 N/ cm of water. The
pressure within droplet is
A) 1.105 bar
B) 0.725 bar
C) 0.0725 bar
D) 11.05 bar
Q.11 A dug out pond has 750 m2 area at top, 450 m2
area at mid depth and 216 m2 area at bottom. Bottom
width is 36 m with side slope 2:1. Volume excavated is
a) 5544 m3 b) 1385 m3
c) 1386 m3 d) 5545 m3
Q.12 In falling head permeameter test, the initial head
is 40 cm. The head drops by 5 cm in 10 minutes. The
time required to run the test for the final head to be at
20 cm
a) 51.9 minute b) 9.99 minute
c) 3.33 minute d) 155.78 minute
Q.13 The threshold salinity of a soil is 2 ds / m and
decreases in alfalfa crop yield is 7.3 per cent per unit
increase in salinity. If the average soil salinity is
5.4 ds / m, the relative crop yield will be
a) 70 % b) 75 %
c) 80 % d) 85 %
Q.14 Power required to operate electric motor is 5 KW. If
pump efficiency and motor efficiency both are 80 %
and the pump is used to lift water against a head of
50m, pumping capacity of the pump is (Assume motor
is of mono block type)
a) 6.52 rpm b) 391.43 rpm
c) 313.14 rpm d) 64 rpm
Q.15 Sigma value is given by –
a) ε = qc / vt b) ε = qc / vt2
c) ε = qc / 2 vt d) ε = qc / (vt2 / gr)
16. If Δ xi is mass fraction of ground particle sretained on a
sieve ‘i’ having diameter (di1 then the average diameter ‘D’
of ground particles expressed by equation
D = 1 1 /3
-----------
n
Σ Δ xi
i=1 ------
di3
for n number of sieves is known as,
a) Volume mean diameter
b) Sauter mean diameter
c) Mass mean diameter
d) Arithmatic mean diameter
Q.17 In a parallel flow heat exchanger if hot fluid enters
at 800C and leaves at 500C. Cold fluid enters at 400 and
leaves at 700 find out number of transfer unit
a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) Zero
Q.18 If one of faces of slab is maintained at 400C and other
at temperature 200C. Find out temperature at a
distance of 20 cm from the face which is maintained at
400 .Thickness of slab is 30 cm
a) 30:60 C b) 26.60C
c) 400C d) 33.330C
Q.19 During falling rate period the rate of drying is
proportional to difference between.
a) Initial m.c. & critical m.c.
b) critical m.c. & equillibrium m.c.
c) Initial m.c. & equillibrium m.c.
d) moisture content below critical & equillibrium m.c.
Q.20 40 kg syrup contains 20 wt % sucrose sodium
benzoate is added into the syrup such that it’s
concentration in the resultant syrup is 8 wt % the
amount of sodium-benzoate added to syrup is
a) 1.24 kg b) 3.5 kg
c) 4 kg d) 3.2 kg

SECTION – B
(Carries 2 marks each from Q. 21 – Q. 75)
21. A single plate friction clutch with both side effective is to
transmit 15 KW at 2000 rpm. The axial pressure is limited to
1 bar if the outer diameter of friction lining is 1.5 times the
inner diameter. The required outer diameter of the friction
lining assuming uniform wear conditions and taking coeff. of
friction 0.3 is
A) 12.428 cm
B) 13.447 cm
C) 18.643 cm
D) 20.171 cm
22. The tractor with turning radius 5200 mm and with wheel
base 3450 mm. The rear tread width is 1253 mm and front
tread width is 1130 mm. The centre of gravity of tractor is
located at 658 mm at rear axle of tractor and 988 mm above
the ground the critical speed at which tractor will overturn is
A) 5.12 m/s
B) 5.69 m/s
C) 18.43 m/s
D) 20.47 m/s
23. In an open loop hydrostatic transmission, a pump
running at 160 rpm is used to supply fluid to drive a motor.
The motor displacement 0.6 x 10-3 m3 /rev. and is to run at
65 rev/min. The pressure drip across the motor is 130 bar
and pressure drop between the pump and the motor is 5
bar. The torque and volumetric efficiencies of both the pump
and the motor are 95 % and 90 % respectively. The torque
required at the actuator is
A) 969.69 N-m
B) 1077.73 N-m
C) 1179.33 N-m
D) 1134.45 N-m
24. A tractor weighing 14.5 KN and wheel base 140 cm is
moving up the slop 1: 20 (Vertical : Horizontal), without
load at a speed of 30 kmph. The C.G. of tractor is located 20
cm ahead of rear axle and 75 cm above ground level. If the
coeff. of friction between the ground and tyre is 0.4. The
distance traveled by tractor after application of both rear
and front brakes is
A) 7.87 m
B) 8.66 m
C) 8.85 m
D) 9.73 m
25. A planter has vertical rotor metering device with no seed
ejector. The unit is operated without a seedtube, the seeds
being released at lowest point of travel and falling freely by
gravity to furrow bottom 90 mm bellow. The peripheral
speed of rotor is 20 m/min and ground speed is 4 kmph. The
angle from vertical at which seed strike furrow bottom when
rotor turns in same direction of ground wheel is
A) 49.61°
B) 80.53°
C) 59.03°
D) 65.22°
26. A manufacture of pressure nozzles specifies that for an
orifice diameter of 0.787 mm, a volume median diameter of
135 μm is obtained at 345 kPa using water when the rated
output is 0.473 lit per min . The same nozzle is to be used
for a chemical whose surface tension is 50 m-N/m. The
surface tension of water is 73 dyne/cm. The volume median
diameter droplet size of chemical if nozzle is operated at 525
kPa is
A) 31.25 μm
B) 66.62 μm
C) 97.15 μm
D) 117.39 μm
27. A right hand offset disc harrow is operating with disc
angle of 15° and 27° respectively for front and rear gangs.
The centres of two gangs are 2.45 m and 4.25 m behind
transverse line through hitch point on tractor drawbar. The
horizontal soil force components are 3.1 KN and 3.35 KN
along the direction of travel and 3.8 KN & 3.8 kN along line
at right angles to direction of travel for front and rear gangs
respectively. The offset distance is
A) 1.06 m
B) 1.44 m
C) 2.12 m
D) 2.5 m
28. A series of soil shearing tests are made with a plate
where l = b = 100 mm. As a result of these tests F1= 105 N
at W1 = 200 N & F2= 265 N at W2= 600 N, where F is
tractive effort & W is weight .The tractive effort at 400N
weight will be
A)160.025 B)162.5 N
C)185 D)402.5 N
29. A forage harvester has eight knives on the cutter head
,which rotates at 900 rpm .The depth of forage at initial
contact of knife is 15 mm .The maximum cutting force is 8
kN .The ratio of average cutting force to maximum cutting
force is 0.64 . The power required for cutting is
A) 28.8 kW
B) 18.432 kW
C) 14.4 kW
D) 9.216 kW

Q.30 The engine is a four cycle engine with a displacement

of 15.649 L. While running at 2100 rev / min, It
produces 1341 N-m of torque. The imep is 1267 Kpa.
Calculate the indicated, brake and friction power.
a) 347 KW, 395 hp, 52 KW
b) 347 KW, 395 hp, 44 hp
c) 463 hp, 295 KW, 52 hp
d) 463 hp, 395 hp, 52 hp
Q.31 A four wheel tractor is traveling across a ground
slope. If the rear wheel tread is 1900 mm and height of
center of gravity of tractor is 750 mm above ground
level the critical angle of slope to prevent sideways
overturning is-
a) 21.00 degree b) 28.20 degree
c) 43.03 degree d) 68.96 degree
Q.32 A wind mill is established in a area of average
speed of 10 m/s. having coefficient of performance 0.59
Radius of wind rotor is 5 m with torque coefficient 0.88. If
wind mills are established at elevation 5000 m from sea
level the tip speed ratio is
a) 19.26 b) 0.50
 c) 0.118 d) 0.67

Q.33 If an engine has peak torque of 590 Nm and high idle

torque of 560 Nm. If the engine has torque of 480 Nm
at the governors maximum. The torque reserve is
a) 110Nm b) 80 Nm
c) 30 Nm d) 505.71 Nm
Q. 34 A four cylinder, four stroke diesel tractor engine
has a cylinder bore of 90 mm and piston stroke of 100
mm. The engine develop 43.5 kw at 2300 rpm . when
coupled to dynamometer. At the same speed and with
the fuel shut off, the tractor engine req. 7.5 kw to
motor it. During the test when 43.5 kw was developed
the engine used 15.5 l/h of diesel fuel that contained
heat energy of 45 MJ/ kg with density. 835 kg/l. Engine
thermal efficiency is
a) 31.52 % b) 50.02%
c) 90.69% d) 76.42%

35. A 2 bottom, 30 cm MB plough is operated in a field of 40

m long and 25 m wide. The speed of operation is 5 kmph.
During operation there is overlap of 4 cm. The turning loss
was found to be 5 sec per turn. Time lost per hectare in
adjustment and repairs is 70 min per ha. Field efficiency of
operation is
E) 69.4 %
F) 62.28 %
G) 67.47 %
H) 69.9 %
Q.36 Sprinklers are spaced 15 m apart on 200 m long line
distance between two lines is 20 m. The application
 rate is 1.25 cm / hr. considering discharge coefficient of
sprinkler as 0.98 diameter of the sprinkler nozzle is
(assume pressure required to operate the pump is 10
kg / cm2)
a) 17 mm b) 5.50 mm
c) 17.5 mm d) 5 mm

Q.37 For an irrigated area the depth to the center of the

drain is 1.8 m and minimum depth to the water table
1.5 m subsurface explorations indicate a hydraulic
conductivity of 0.5 m / day above an impervious layer
at a depth of 6.7 m. The excess irrigation rate is
equivalent to drainage coefficient of 1.2 mm / day. The
drain spacing is
a) 50 m b) 71 m
c) 65 m d) 25 m
Q.38 Determine the capacity of 610 mm diameter culvert of
30 m in length, Ke=0.25, KC=0.049, S=0.032 head water is
2.13 m above inlet invert and tail water is 0.8 m above
outlet invert. Assume full flow condition
a) 1.187 m3/s b) 1.334 m3/s
c) 1.483 m3/s d) 1.348 m3/s
Q.39 Approx. Time required to settle soil particle of
diameter 4 μm. from height of 100 mm is Take G =
2.88 and viscosity water = 0.00855 x 10-4 KNS / m2
a) 1 Hr 36 min 43 sec. b) 5802 min
c) 1 Hr. 26 min 55 sec d) 1.72 Hr.
Q.40 A soil loss was at particular place 18 mg / ha for K =
0.1, L=150 m, S = 8% , C=0.2, P=0.6 what is depth
of vertical cut needed to reduce soil loss to 7 mg / ha.
a) 1.7 m b) 3.35 m
c) 1.67 m d) 3.4 m

Q.41 The water discharge over rectangular weir without

velocity of approach is 0.345 m3/s. The channel is 0.77
m wide with reading of 0.39 m and crest of 0.6 m
above bed. Discharge considering velocity of approach
over suppressed weir is
Take(Cd =0.623)
a) 413.1 lps b) 376.4 lps
c) 357.3 lps d) 437.8 lps
Q.42 In a 140 min storm having following rates of rainfall
were observed in succesive 20 min intervals 3.0, 3.0,
9.0, 6.6, 1.2, 1.2, 6.0 mm/hr Assuming φ index as 4
mm/hr, initial loses 0.8 mm, Determine W-index of
storm
A) 6.8 mm/hr
B) 6 mm/hr
C) 5.00 mm/hr
D) 5.8 mm/hr
Q.43 A cube of dried clay having sides 4 cm long has a mass
of 110 gm. The same cube of soil when saturated at
unchanged volume has mass of 135 gm.
Determine it’s specific gravity
a) 1.82 b) 2.28
c) 2.82 d) 2.77
Q.44 A homogeneous earth dam 50 m. high and having free
board at 3 m flow net has 30 and 5 no. of potential
 drops and flow channels. It has 45 m. horizontal filter
length with coefficient of permeability 3 x 10-3 cm / s
It’s discharge per unit length is
a) 2 x 10-4 cumec / m b) 8.46 x 10-4 cumec/ m
c) 2.35 x 10-4 cumec / m d) 1.8 x 10-4 cumec / m
Q.45 Seepage from a canal is 12 % of the water applied and
deep percolation from irrigation is 25 % Assume an
irrigation depth of 75 mm for every 8 days ,flow rate
from 3 ha area will be
a) 1.2 m3/s b) 72.76 l / min
3
c) 3.4 m /s d) 3.61 l / min
Q.46 A reactangular channel 2 m wide has a discharge of
250 lps, which is measured by a right angled V-notch
weir. Find the position of the apex of the notch from
the bed of the channel if maximum depth of water is
not to exceed 1.3 m. take Cd = 0.62
a) 1.3 m b) 0.493 m
c) 0.807 m d) 2.1 m
Q.47 Pump having a discharge of 38 lps at a water
temperature of 200C. The total friction loss in 10 cm
diameter suction line and fitting is 1.5 m. the pump is
operated at altitude of 300 m above mean sea level.
The NPSH of pump is 4.7 m saturated vapour pressure
at 200C is 0.24 m and factor of safety to 0.6 m
Considering delivery head as 5 m and pump efficiency
80% input power to drive the pump will be
a) 4 KW b) 2.54 KW
c) 4.5 KW d) 7 KW
Q.48 For an irrigated area the depth to the center of the
drain is 1.8 m and minimum depth to the water table
1.5 m subsurface explorations indicate a hydraulic
 conductivity of 0.5 m / day above an impervious layer
at a depth of 6.7 m. The excess irrigation rate is
equivalent to drainage coefficient of 1.2 mm / day. The
drain spacing is
a) 50 m b) 71 m
c) 65 m d) 25 m
Q.49 In a rectangular channel, the maximum discharge is 9
m3 / s per unit width of channel. The velocity of flow is
A) 2.87 m /s B)5.31 m / s
C)2.02 m / s D) 4.45 m / s
Q.50 A peak of a flood hydrograph due to 6 h strom is 470
m3/s. The mean depth of rainfall is 8.0 cm. Assuming
an average infiltration loss of 0.25 cm / h and a
constant bare flow of 30 m3 / s, estimate the peak
discharge of the 6-h unit hydrograph for this
catchment.
a) 67.69 m3 / s b) 70 m3/s
c) 65.59 m3/s d) 60 m3/s
Q.51 A steel ball of radius 25.4 mm is at a uniform
temperature of 699.90K. It is suddenly plunged into a
medium whose temperature is held constant at 394.30 K
Given h = 11.36 w / m2K, K=43.3 w/m.k, CP=0.4606 KJ/kg
K find out temperature of ball after 1 hr.
a) 474.90C b) 474.90 K
c) 4800C d) 4800 K
Q.52 If the capacity of bucket elevator is 280 t / hr. The
spacing between buckets is 500 mm. The bulk unit
weight of material is 600 kg / m3. The speed of belt is 5
m/s. The buckets is changed 750 mm, the speed of
elevator for 300 t / hr capacity will be
a) 3.75 m/s b) 4.05 m/s
 c) 7.5 m/s d) 8.00 m/s
Q.53 A drop of liquid toluene is kept at a uniform
temperature of 25.90C and is suspended in air by a fire
wire. The initial radius r1 = 2 mm. The vapour pressure
of toluene at 25.90C is PA=3.84 Kpa and of toluene =
866 kg / m3 find time in second for complete
evaporation. Take DAB= 6.92 x 10-6 m/ sec. Mto=92 gm
A)1920 sec. B) 1380 sec
C)1924 sec D) 1376 sec.
Q.54 1000 kg / hr of dried potato dehydrated in a dryer
from 80 % (Wb) moisture content to a final product of
X % M.C. Air with humidity 0.015 kg water / kg dry air
enters the dryer at a rate of 500 kg dry air / kg dry
solid. The air leaving the dryer has a moisture content
of 0.0225 kg water / kg dry air find value of x
a) 22 % b) 25 %
c) 20 % d) 40 %
Q.55 Center temperature of a can containing a semi solid
food could be raised from 800C to 900C in 5 min and
from 800C to 1000C in 7 min. Initial temperature of
food was 800C and it was heated in a retart at 1250C.
Time required for the center of can to be heated to
1200C from 800C.is
a) 17.85 min b) 11.32 min
c) 15.3 min d) 13.72 min
Q.56 Wheat weighing 900 kg / m3 is loaded in a circular
concrete silo of 3 m internal diameter and clear height
8 m. The angle of internal friction of wheat is 270 and
that for friction between wheat 8 concrete is 240. The
maximum lateral pressure at bottom of bin section
using Airy formula is
 a) 3.96 kPa b) 4.02 kPa
c) 38.84 kPa d) 39.44 kPa
Q.57 Peas of diameter 5 mm and density 1160 kg / m3
are to be dried using air at 93.30C and 3 atm. pressure.
The void fraction of minimum fluidized conditionis 0.63.
The bed diameter is 0.2 m and bed containg 10 kg
solids. The minimum height of fluidization is
a) 0.274 m b) 0.102 m
c) 0.435 m d) 0.742 m
Q.58 The power consumed in crushing 80 % of feed at
rate of 10 t / hr from 10 mm to 2.5 mm was 20 KW the
work index is
a) 6.32 KWh / t b) 20 KWh / t
c) 632 KW / t d) 200 KWh / t
Q.59 From a dryer air (1) is exhausted at 600C (wbt =
520C). A part of it is mixed with ambient air (2) at 250C
abs. temp (200 wbt) V2 = 0.862 m3 / kg V1 = 1.08 m3/
kg. Temp of mixed stream will be Assume 2 m3 / s of
ambient is mixed with 1 m3 / s of exhaust
a) 50.020C b) 29.130C
c) 320C d) 350C
Q.60 Fruit juice having a specific heat of 3.85 kJ / kg 0K
is being preheated from 50C to 450C in a counter flow
double pipe heat exchanger. Heating agent is hot water
entering at 750C and leaving at 650C. the flow rate of
fruit juice is 1.5 kg / sec and the area of heat
exchanger is 10 m2.
Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficient –
a) 5.3373 W / m2K b) 53.373 W / m2K
c) 533.73 W / m2K d) 5337.3 W / m2K
Q.61 A thin walled pipe of stainless steel (18 % Cr. 8 %
Ni Kp = 19 W / m0 K) with 2 cm ID and 4 cm OD is
covered with a 3 cm layer of asbestos insulation (Ka =
0.2 W / m0K). If inside wall temp of pipe is maintained
at 1200C and the outside insulation at 900C. Calculate
the heat loss per meter pipe length ?
a) 30.82 watts / m b) 35.82 watts / m
c) 40.82 watts / m d) 45.82 watts / m
Q.62 A manufacturer of canned corn desires to reduce the
sterilization time by raising the corn temperature to 135 C.
Previously, the cans of corn had been processed at a corn
temperature of 121C. Assume F0 = 2.5 minutes and
z = 10 C. F135 is
A) 2.5 min B) 1.002 min
C) 0.367 min D) 0.10 min
Q.63 Twenty kilograms of strawberries at 22 C are to be
frozen to –24C.the freezing temp of strawberry is -0.8 C
Cp = 3.89, Cpa= 1.94, and hsf = 307.
where: Cp,Cpa = specific heat values above and below
freezing, respectively, kJ/(kg K) , hsf = the latent heat of
fusion, kJ/kg .The amount of energy must be removed from
the strawberries is
A)8814 kJ B)8782 kJ
C)6951 kJ D)5328 kJ
Q.64 Calculate sp. volume and abs humidity of air at
0
50 C and 15 % R.H. at atm pressure saturation V.P. of
water at 500C is 12.35 Kpa.
a) 2.915x10-3 m3/kg dry air K & 0.012 kgW/kgDA
b) 12.912x10-3m3/kgdry air K & 0.0116 kgW/kgDA
c) 2.915 x 10-3 m3/kg dry air K & 0.0116 kgW/kgDA
d) 941.9 x 10-3 m3/kg dry air K & 0.0116 kgW/kgDA
Q.65 1000 kg of a wheat with 15 % (db) was mixed with
another lot of 1000 kg wheat having moisture content 15 %
(wb). The mixed lot was dried to a moisture content 12 %
(db). The weight of lot is
a) 2000 kg b) 1931.81 kg
c) 1925.92 kg d) 1871.66 kg

SECTION ‘C’
The question numbers 66 (a) to 75 (b) (20
que.) will carry two markers each. Each number in
this series will have two subsections (a & b). The
answer at ‘b’ will be linked with correct answer of part
(a). Only ‘a’ subsection carries 25 % negative marks
for each wrong answer. The marks for correct answer
in ‘b’ subsection are only given if answer of part ‘a’ is
correct
66.
A rotary mower has three blades with radius 300
mm & it rotates at 1900 rpm. The forward velocity of
the mower is 4 % of the peripheral blade speed.

A)The advance per blade passage is

A) 2.388 cm
B) 2.513 cm
C) 7.540 cm
D) 238.8 cm
B) The minimum taper in degrees at the end of the blade to
prevent the crop drag against the end of the blade is
A) 2.29
B) 6.87
C) 7.26
D) 21.8
67.
A 2 WD tractor is equipped with a conventional
differential. The differential has a crown gear with 39
teeth , driven by bevel pinion with 8 teeth .Each side
gear is connected to rear axle through a planetary gear
set that provides 4.94:1 speed reduction .The input
torque to bevel pinion is 1500 N m at pinion speed of
525 rpm .Take the differential efficiency as 0.98.

a) If the left wheel encounters poorer traction such that

the left axle torque drops 10% of its value under
straight ahead condition & left wheel begins to turning
50% faster than right wheel ,The torque of right wheel
is
A) 19.47 kN B) 17.70 kN
C) 16.25 kN D) 15.93 kN
b) The power delivered to right wheel in above condition is
A) 32.32 kW
B) 32.98 kW
C) 35.92 kW
D) 39.51 kW

68.
A 2 WD tractor is to operate on a slope with thrust
slip characteristic given by F=34(1-e-0.06s) where F is
thrust in kN & s is slip in % .The tractor engine is
running at 2000 rpm where torque developed is 746 Nm
The total motion resistance is 2.23 kN The transmission
efficiency is 85% & rolling radius of rear tyres is
0.76m.The tractor is engaged in fourth gear with total
reduction ratio of 20.5.
a) The actual travel speed of the tractor is
A) 11.65 m/s
B) 7.76 m/s
C) 6.86 m/s
D) 6.68 m/s
b) The drawbar power of tractor is
A) 156.24 kW
B) 132.81 kW
C) 117.33 kW
D) 102.03 kW
69. A turbocharger is being installed on a diesel
engine. The air temperature is 200C and absolute
temperature of air in the intake main fold is 1040C
compressor efficiency is 70 %
A) Calculate boost provided (Assuming barrometric
pressure 100 kpa)
a) 90 kpa b) 19 kpa
c) 190 kpa d) 100 kpa
B) Calculate volumetric efficiency of turbocharged
engine
a) 48 % b) 148%
c) 67.72 % d) 167.72 %
Q.70
A bench terrace is proposed to be constructed with
average soil depth of 1 m for 20 % land slope. Critical
length of terrace is 125 m cross sectional area of drains
0.256 m2.Risers are laid on 1:1 gradiant
a) Length per hector of terrace is
a) 1200 m b) 1000 m
c) 1250 m d) 2000 m
 b) Earthwork for drain –
a) 1.024 m3 b) 10.24 m3
c) 11.5 m3 d) 13.66 m3
Q.71
The effective root zone of a crop is 120 cm and
evaporation during month of September is 270 mm.
The field capacity and critical moisture content on
volume basis are 16 % and 6 % respectively. Apparent
specific gravity is 15.
a) Assuming field application efficiency 80% gross
depth of water required for crop will be
a) 12 cm b) 18 cm
c) 15 cm d) 22.5 cm
b) Considering effective rainfall of month September
as 30 mm. The irrigation interval will be
a) 5 days b) 14 days
c) 15 days d) 23 days
Q.72
1) Total watershed area = 50 ha
2) CN for terrace land = 78 in 35 ha
3) CN for pasture land = 74 in 15 ha
4) Hydrologic soil group = C
5) Time of concentration of watershed = 0.48 hrs
6) 6 hr 50 year frequency rainfall for given location =
150 mm
7) N conversion factor for AMC III = 1.14
a) Recharge capacity for AMC III is
A) 76.8 mm
B) 79.33 mm
C) 87.552 mm
D) 32.84 mm
b) The runoff from 50 ha area for 50 yr recurrence
interval is
A) 85.73 mm
B) 116.71 mm
C) 84.28 mm
D) 113.54mm
Q.73
A heat exchanger is to be designed to condense an organic
vapour at a rate of 500 kg / min which is available at it’s
saturation temperature 355 K cooling water at 286 K is
available at a flow rate of 60 Kg /s
U = 475 W / m2 0C. Latent heat of condensation of the
organic vapour is 600 KJ / kg calculate
A) The number of tubes required if 25 mm outer
diameter 2 mm thick and 4.87 m long tubes are
available
a) 410 b) 420
c) 470 d) 480
B)The number of tube posses if the cooling water
velocity (tube side) should not exceed 2 m / s
a) 4 b) 5
c) 3 d) 2

Q.74
A Roller crusher is used to crush feed of 40 mm to 12
mm. The angle of nip of crusher is 400 the centre to
centre distance between two rolls is 450 mm. The
length of roll is 1 m operating at 40 RPM
A) The diameter of feed roll is
a) 79.68 mm b) 159.36 mm
c) 424.29 mm d) 212.14 mm
 B) Capacity of roller crusher is
a) 41.12 m3/hr. b) 82.24 m3/hr
c) 123.36 m3/hr d) 164.48 m3/hr

Q.75
A liquid food having 80 % M.C. and 1030 kg/m3 density
is to be concentrated 80 % total solids in a single drum
dryer of 0.6 m diameter and 0.75 m width. The
material is scrapped after 7 by 8 revolutions and layer
of food was 1 mm given U– 1250 W/m2 K and latent
heat of vaporization is 2 to 50 KJ/kg Feed is preheated
to 900C and operating temperature is 1500C

Time required to concentrate the food is

a) 0.386 min. b) 11.71 sec
c) 35 sec d) 123.17 sec
A) Required speed of drum
a) 2.5 RPM b) 2.3 RPM
c) 2.6 RPM d) 2.9 RPM

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