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The document covers agricultural equipment and post-harvest technology, detailing various machinery used in farming operations such as tillers, sowing machines, and harvesting equipment. It also discusses the importance of cold chain elements in agriculture, emphasizing India's initiatives in cooling action plans to enhance productivity and reduce emissions. Additionally, the National Cooling Action Plan aims to integrate cooling strategies across sectors for economic and environmental benefits.

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ETM Chapter 5

The document covers agricultural equipment and post-harvest technology, detailing various machinery used in farming operations such as tillers, sowing machines, and harvesting equipment. It also discusses the importance of cold chain elements in agriculture, emphasizing India's initiatives in cooling action plans to enhance productivity and reduce emissions. Additionally, the National Cooling Action Plan aims to integrate cooling strategies across sectors for economic and environmental benefits.

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Module 5: Agriculture equipment and Post-harvest Technology

5.1 Tillers, Sowing and planting equipment, Weeding machines, Spraying machines,
harvesting, post harvesting machineries
Moderate: Based on the application of concept
1. The application of technology in agricultural operations to do a job in a better way to
improve productivity is known as
a) Farm mechanization
b) Farming
c) Farm development
d) Farm cultivation
Answer: a)

2. ______________is a farm machine which is mainly used to cultivate the land and it
works effectively
a) Farm cultivator
b) Rotary tiller
c) Lawn mover
d) Inter cultivators
Answer: d)

3. In preparation of seedbed for sowing farm equipment used is __________


a) Farm cultivator
b) Rotary tiller
c) Lawn mover
d) Inter cultivators
Answer: b)
4. ______________ are used to plough the farm by a series of blades that breaks the
clods, moisturize the soil and pulverize the soil that helps for soil preparation to grow
plants and to get high yield.
a) Rotary tiller
b) Rotavator
c) Farm cultivator
d) Inter cultivator
Answer: b)
5. In 1947 ______________were set up to develop and promote the supply and use
of tractors in agriculture and up to 1960, the demand was met entirely through
imports.
a) central and state tractor organisations
b) District tractor organisations
c) Countrywide organisations
d) Decentralized organisations
Answer: a)

6. ________ is defined as the process of placing the seed in soil to germinate and
grow into plant
a) Sowing
b) De - weeding
c) Seed drilling
d) De – seeding
Answer: a)

7. A __________ is a device that sows the seeds for crops by positioning them in the
soil and burying them to a specific depth.
a) Tiller
b) Rotavator
c) Cultivator
d) Seed drill
Answer: d)

8. A ___________is a device used to spray a liquid, where sprayers are commonly


used for projection of water, weed killers, crop performance materials, pest
maintenance chemicals, as well as manufacturing and production line
ingredients.
a) Tiller
b) Sowing machine
c) Sprayer
d) Seed drill
Answer: c)

9. ________is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.


a) Sowing
b) Spraying
c) Harvesting
d) De-weeding
Answer: c)
10. Specialized __________ utilizing conveyor belts to mimic gentle gripping and
mass transport replaces the manual task of removing each seedling by hand.
a) Harvesting Equipment
b) Sowing
c) De-weeding
d) Spraying
Answer: a)

11. Which of the following is post-harvest equipment’s used in farming?


a) Treshing benches, Winnowing machines for grain cleaning, power
threshers
b) Cultivators
c) De-weeders
d) Sprayers
Answer: a)

5.2 Elements of Cold chain


12. ___________is linked with economic growth and is recognised as key to the health,
wellbeing, and productivity of people in hot climates.
a) Ventilation
b) Cooling
c) Heating
d) Air-conditioning
Answer: b)

13. ____________ is one of the first countries in the world to develop a


comprehensive Cooling Action plan which has a long term vision to address the
cooling requirement across sectors and lists out actions which can help reduce
the cooling demand.
a) USA
b) India
c) China
d) Brazil
Answer: b)

14. ____________ is cross sectoral and an essential part for economic growth and is
required across different sectors of the economy such as residential and
commercial buildings, cold-chain, refrigeration, transport and industries
a) Cooling load
b) Colling capacity
c) Cooling requirement
d) Cooling data
Answer: c)

15. _______________nature of cooling and its use in development of the economy


makes provision for cooling an important developmental necessity.
a) Cross-sectional
b) Functional
c) Complex
d) Simple
Answer: a)

16. India has a large inventory of __________________or refrigerated

warehouses, but the other elements that make up an uninterrupted cold-


chain – pack houses, reefer transport and ripening chambers – are largely

missing.
a) Cold regions
b) Cold storages
c) Warehouses
d) Cold places
Answer: b)
17. The domestic refrigeration predominantly consists of ______and ______
refrigerators with DC refrigerators being the most preferred customer choice.
a) Fast cooled and Indirect cooled
b) Frost-free (FF) and direct-cool (DC)
c) Frost free (FF) and Instant cooling
d) Frost free (FF) and Indirect cooled
Answer: b)

18. __________also has a crucial role in maintaining the efficacy of vaccines during
transport and storage
a) Cold pipe
b) Cold chain
c) Cold liquid
d) Cold food
Answer: b)

19. The_______________ is expressed in terms of installed TR for space cooling


(refrigerant-based air-conditioning), cold chain and refrigeration and transport
air-conditioning sectors.
a) Cooling load
b) Cooling equipment’s
c) Cooling growth
d) Cooling data
Answer: c)

20. The _____________for space cooling, cold-chain and refrigeration sectors is


expressed in terms of units (TWh) of final energy, that is, the total energy
consumed by the end users, excluding T&D and production losses.
a) Cooling load
b) Cooling energy consumption
c) Comfort cooling
d) Comfort air conditioning
Answer: b)

21. Strategic actions towards efficient _______________ would lead to a reduction in


energy demand as well as refrigerant demand.
a) Static air conditioning
b) Strategic air conditioning
c) Comfort air conditioning
d) mobile air-conditioning
Answer: d)

22. The _________ Amendment to the Montreal Protocol for phase down of HFCs
lays down a schedule for high GWP HFCs and low-GWP alternatives including
HFOs and blends of HFCs and HFOs, and natural refrigerants.
a) Kyoto
b) Kigali
c) Tokyo
d) Newyork
Answer: b)

5.3 National Colling Action Plan (NCAP)


23. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh
Vardhan released the India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) on ___________ in a
function in New Delhi.
a) 8 March 2018
b) 8 March 2020
c) 8 April 2017
d) 8 March 2019
Answer: d)

24. Motto behind the establishment of National Cooling action plan was to look for
synergies in actions for securing _______________ and _________ benefits.
a) Economic, societal
b) Environmental, rural
c) Social, urban
d) Environmental, socio-economic
Answer: d)

25. A National cooling action plan is aiming in reduction of both ____________


a) Direct and indirect emissions
b) Induced and forced emissions
c) Reduction in emissions
d) Increase in emission
Answer: a)

26. Vision of National Cooling Action Plan is to provide integrated vision towards
cooling across sectors encompassing inter alia reduction of cooling demand,
refrigerant transition, enhancing energy efficiency and better technology options
with a _______
a) 10 years
b) 15 years
c) 20 years
d) 5 years
Answer: c)

27. Which of the following is NOT an aim of National Cooling Action Plan?
a) reduce cooling demand across sectors by 20% to 25% by 2037-38
b) Increase refrigerant demand by 25% to 30% by 2037-38
c) Reduce cooling energy requirements by 25% to 40% by 2037-38
d) recognize cooling and related areas as a thrust area of research under
national S&T Programme
Answer: b)

28. Which of the following are NOT the benefits due to an implementation of National
Cooling Action Plan
a) Thermal comfort for all – provision for cooling for EWS and LIG housing
b) Sustainable cooling – low GHG emissions related to cooling
c) Doubling Farmers Income – better cold chain infrastructure – better
value of produce to farmers, less wastage of produce
d) Unskilled workforce for better livelihoods and environmental protection
Answer: d)
Explanation: Other benefits are: i) Skilled workforce for better livelihoods
and environmental protection,
(ii) Make in India – domestic manufacturing of air-conditioning and
related cooling equipment’s
(iii) Robust R&D on alternative cooling technologies – to provide push to
innovation in cooling sector.

29. Cooling is also linked to human health and ____________


a) Product
b) Productivity
c) Increased energy consumption
d) Increased cost of product
Answer: b)

30. Linkages of cooling with __________________________are well acknowledged.


a) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
b) Sustainable Production Goals (SPGs)
c) Sustainable waste reduction Goals (SWRGs)
d) Sustainable Energy Goals (SEGs)
Answer: a)

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