ETM Unit-5 MCQ’s

1) The purpose of ploughing is

A) To improve soil aeration
B) To prevent soil erosion
C) To add fertility to soil
D) All are correct

Ans: D) All are correct

2. The purpose of harrowing is to

A. Pulverize soil
B. Destroy weeds
C. Break clods
D. All are correct
Ans: D. All are correct

3. A vertical plate that is used to control depth and adjust line of pull in plough is
A. Vertical suction
B. Vertical clevis
C. Horizontal suction
D. Horizontal clevis
Ans: B. Vertical clevis

4) A plough that works effectively in hard, dry and sticky soil is

A) Mould board plough

B) Harrow plough
C) Disc plough
D) Indigenous plough
Ans: C) Disc plough

5) Two-way plough is advantageously working in

A) Levelled field
B) Contour field
C) Undulated field
D) None of these
Ans: B) Contour field

6) Tillage system, which is suitable for dry land agriculture, is

A. Till plant system
B. Zero tillage
C. Minimum tillage
D. All are correct
Ans: D. All are correct

7. A tillage system in which the field is ploughed and followed by row crop planter directly is

A. Zero tillage system

B. Rotary tillage system
C. Plough plant
D. Till plant system
Ans: C. Plough plant

8. Of the following, which are the primary tillage implements?

A. Chisel plough and disc harrow

B. Chisel plough and subsoiler
C. Disc plough and disc harrow
D. Leveler and clod crusher
Ans: B. Chisel plough and subsoiler

9) A type of cylinders used on power wheat threshers is:

A. Serrated disc and rasp bar

B. Spike tooth and wire loop
C. Spike tooth and hammer mill
D. Hammer mill and syndicate
Ans: C. Spike tooth and hammer mill

10) In thresher, the percentage of healthy grain dropped from sieve with respect to healthy grain
received from main outlet is

A. Cylinder loss
B. Blower loss
C. Sieve loss
D. Visible loss
Ans: C. Sieve loss
11) An action involve in threshing of crops are:

A. Rubbing action
B. Impact action
C. Stripping action
D. All are correct
Ans: D. All are correct

12) The tripping method of threshing is used for

A) Paddy
B) Wheat
C) Gram
D) Corn
Ans: A) Paddy

13) A thresher causes more seed damage if

A) Speed is decreased
B) Clearance increased
C) Speed is increased
D) Feed rate is reduced

Ans: C) Speed is increased

14) The Olpad thresher is mostly used for threshing

A) Paddy
B) Wheat
C) Oil Seeds
D) All are correct
Ans: B) Wheat

15) The material that is left by the harvesting machine in row is

A. Swath
B. Stubble
C. Straw
D. All are correct
Ans: A. Swath
16) Which of the following is an advantage of food processing?

A. Removal of toxins and preserving food for longer

B. Removal of toxins and preserving food for longer
C. Adds extra nutrients to some food items
D. All of the above
Ans: D. All of the above

17) Which among these is a factor for processed food in India?

A. Changing lifestyles
B. Food habits
C. Organized food retail
D. All of the above
Ans: D. All of the above

18) Which of the following is not related to Post Harvest losses?

A. Post harvest losses can be reduced by adding value to products

B. Packaging, storage, transportation areas are where losses take place
C. Farmers don’t earn much after adding value to products
D. Value can be added to products by converting raw form into a more processed/refined form
Ans: C. Farmers don’t earn much after adding value to products

19) Which of the following is a performance parameter for the food industry?

A) Hygiene
B) Labour Used
C) Hygiene & Labour Used
D) None of the above

Ans: C) Hygiene & Labour Used

20) The main purpose of agricultural processing is to minimize the ______ deterioration of the
material after harvest.

A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Qualitative and Quantitative
D) None of the above
Ans: C) Qualitative and Quantitative

21) Food processing in India is concentrated in which sector, maximum?

A) Organized Sector
B) Unorganized sector
C) Small Scale
D) Large scale
Ans: B) Unorganized sector

22) Which of the following falls in the low acidic group?

A) Plant and animal tissues

B) Manufactured items
C) Fruits
D) Jams and jellies

Ans: A) Plant and animal tissues

23) Thermophilic flat sour spoilage is due to _____

A. Storing conditions
B. Temperature
C. Equipment or ingredients
D. All of the mentioned
Ans: C. Equipment or ingredients

24) Which of the following spore forming bacteria may lead to overcooked and degraded canned
food?

A) Mesophiles
B) Thermophiles
C) Psychrophiles
D) All of the mentioned

Ans: B) Thermophiles

25) Which of the following nutrients are lost in all steps of food engineering (including
packaging and freezing)?
A) Minerals
B) Fats
C) Vitamins
D) Proteins
Ans: C) Vitamins

26) _____ is added to fruits prior to freezing commercially to protect their quality.
A. Vitamin C
B. Ascorbic acid
C. Water
D. None of the mentioned
Ans: B. Ascorbic acid

27) Which of the following nutrients are lost in all steps of food engineering (including
packaging and freezing)?

A. Minerals
B. Fats
C. Vitamins
D. Proteins
Ans: C. Vitamins

28) Heat loss in the storage chamber of foods is in which of the following forms?

A. Heat loss from the walls of the chamber

B. Heat loss due to opening and closing of the frozen food chamber
C. Heat loss due to the person in charge of the maintenance
D. All of the mentioned
Ans: D. All of the mentioned

29) The heat required to bring down the temperature of the food is directly proportional to _____

A. Specific heat of the food

B. Weight of the food
C. Temperature difference
D. All of the above
Ans: D. All of the above

30) MoEFCC means

A) Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
B) Minister for Energy, Finance and Capital Change
C) Minister for Environment, Finance and Capital Change
D) None of the above

Ans: A) Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

31) The NCAP aims to develop _________comprehensive, sustainable and smart cooling
strategies.

A) Comprehensive
B) comprehensive, sustainable and smart
C) Sustainable
D) Smart
Ans: B) comprehensive, sustainable and smart

32) Training and certification of _____ servicing sector technicians by the year 2022-23, in
synergy with Skill India Mission.

A) 1,000
B) 10,000
C) 1,00,000
D) 2,00,000
Ans: C) 1,00,000

33) Which of the following is the key area of NCAP.

A) Cooling for Transportation

B) Cold Chain & Refrigeration
C) Space Cooling in Buildings
D) All of the above

Ans: D) All of the above

34) Reduction of refrigerant demand by ________ by year 2037-38. is the goal of NCAP?

A) 10 to 15 %
B) 15 to 25 %
C) 20 to 30%
D) 25% to 30%
Ans: D) 25% to 30%

35) Under the action plan, the government has planned to achieve at least ____ reductions
in cooling energy requirement by improving the energy efficiency

A) 30%
B) 50%
C) 55%
D) 60%
Ans: A) 30%