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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER–VII (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:3171719 Date:27/12/2021
Subject Name: Instrumentation For Agriculture And Food Processing
Time: 10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

MARKS

Q.1 (a) Discuss the role of instrumentation in agriculture sector in detail. 03

(b) Discuss the significance of automation in food processing. 04
(c) What is FSSAI? Explain its feature, functions and importance. 07

Q.2 (a) Give the difference between short term preservation and long-term 03
preservation in food processing.
(b) Define biosensor. Draw & discuss various components of biosensor. 04
(c) Enlist various processes associated with heat processing in food 07
processing. Explain any two in detail.
OR
(c) Explain various processes associated with mechanical processing in 07
food processing.
Q.3 (a) Give difference between label-free and label-based biosensor. 03
(b) Discuss the characteristics of biosensor. 04
(c) Give detail classification of biosensor. Discuss any two types in detail. 07
OR
Q.3 (a) Discuss various types of hazards in foods. 03
(b) Explain the role of SCADA in water distribution system. 04
(c) Discuss the role of irrigation canal management. Explain various types 07
of canal control methods.
Q.4 (a) Discuss the role of SCADA in DAM management. 03
(b) Discuss chemigation and nutrigation in drip irrigation system. 04
(c) Enlist the salient features of water distribution network. Discuss types 07
of water distribution system in detail.
OR
Q.4 (a) Enlist different machinery and equipment used in agriculture. Discuss 03
any two.
(b) Discuss robotic mechanism in earth moving equipments. 04
(c) Explain various components of auto drip irrigation system. 07

Q.5 (a) Define greenhouse. Discuss the role of carbon dioxide in plant growth. 03
(b) Discuss the role of light, temperature and humidity of crop 04
microclimate in greenhouse environment.
(c) Explain the role of PLC and DCS in packaging industry. 07
OR
Q.5 (a) Give the difference between natural ventilation and forced ventilation 03
in greenhouse.
(b) Give the advantages of greenhouse. 04
(c) Explain various instrumentation used in greenhouse. 07