GATE 2013 Question Paper for Agricultural Engineering (AG)
AG:AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Duration: Three Hours Maximum Marks:100
Q.5 Poisson distribution having a mean of 5 will have √5 as
(A) median (B) mode (C) standard deviation (D) variance
Q.6 During the testing of a spike-tooth type thresher for wheat crop, the throughput and the thresher capacity were found to be 750 kg h1 and 445 kg h1, respectively. The grain-straw ratio (grain : straw) of the crop is 1.5 : 1. Material other than grain (MOG) collected at the main grain outlet is 0.5%. The total grain loss in percentage from all the sources will be
(A) 0.33 (B) 0.50 (C) 1.11 (D) 1.61
Q.7 The rear furrow wheel in a tractor mounted disc plough is provided to
(A) reduce the frictional power loss
(B) maintain the uniform depth of cut
(C) reduce the side draft
(D) improve the penetration of the plough
Q.9 A two-wheel drive tractor, while negotiating a terrain, indicates 100% slip of one of the rear
wheels. Under such a condition, the use of differential lock causes
(A) equal speed and equal power distribution to both the drive wheels
(B) equal speed and equal torque distribution to both the drive wheels
(C) equal power and equal torque distribution to both the drive wheels
(D) equal speed and unequal power distribution to both the drive wheels
