1. If 20 kg of water is to be removed from 110kg of c. 13.

4%
paddy, what is the d. None of the above
percentage moisture content of paddy in wet basis?
a. 1.8% 5. A product expressed in dry basis has a percentage
b. 18% moisture content of
c. 22% 25%, what is the percentage moisture content of the
d. None of the above product in wet
basis?
2. What is the percentage moisture content of paddy above a. 20%
when b. 22%
expressed in dry basis? c. 26%
a. 22% d. None of the above
b. 30%
c. 12% 6. If 9 ton of a product is to be dried from 24% to 14%,
d. None of the above the final weight
of the product would be _________.
3. What is the amount of moisture to be removed from a a. 7,953.4 kg
material whose b. 8,837.3 kg
moisture content is 14.5% with dry matter weight of 76 c. 9,741.4 kg
kg? d. None of the above
a. 12.9kg
b. 24.1kg 7. What is the moisture loss of the product in item above?
c. 14.5kg a. 1046.5 kg
d. None of the above b. 2285.6 kg.
c. 2634.4 kg
4. If a product has a percentage moisture content of 12% d. None of the above
wet basis, the
equivalent percentage moisture content in dry basis is 8. Five tons of paddy milled in 6 hours produces 3950 kg
______. brown rice and
a. 13.6% 3250kg. of milled rice, what is the milling recovery?
b. 16.3% a. 60%
b. 65%
c. 70% d. All of the above
d. None of the above
13. A two-ton mechanical dryer dries paddy from 24% to
9. What is the hulling coefficient of the huller in item 14% in 8 hours.
above? What is the final weight of the product after drying?
a. 0.79 a. 1767.4 kg
b. 0.89 b. 1677.4 kg
c. 0.99 c. 1776.4 kg
d. None of the above d. None of the above

10. If the head rice recovery of paddy in item above is 14. What is the drying capacity of the dryer in the item
equal to 85%, what above?
is the amount of broken grains? a. 200 kg/hr
a. 487.50 kg b. 250 kg/hr
b. 478.50 kg c. 125 kg/hr
c. 475.85 kg d. None of the above
d. None of the above
15. What is the moisture reduction per hour in the item
11. What is the amount of rice hull produced during above?
milling in item a. 29.07 kg/hr
above? b. 27.09 kg/hr
a. 1000 kg c. 20.97 kg/hr
b. 1050 kg d. None of the above
c. 1100 kg
d. None of the above 16. A solar dryers is used to reduce the moisture content
of four tons of
12. The optimum relative humidity for storing fruits and paddy from 25% to 15% wet basis. The amount of
vegetables is moisture removed
a. 60-70% is about ___________.
b. 80-90% a. 471 kilos
c. 90-100% b. 417 kilos
c. 714 kilos b. 0.250 ton per hour
d. None of the above c. 0.350 ton per hour
e. None of the above
17. Shelled corn initially at 24% is to be dried to 14%. If
the initial 22. If the machine rice huller has a hulling coefficient of
weight of corn is 1000 kilos, what is its final weight? 0.90 and wholeness coefficient of 0.80, what is the output
a. 782 kg in kg of brown rice per hour of the rice huller in problem
b. 827 kg above?
c. 872 kg a. 6.52 tons per hour
d. None of the above b. 4.50 tons per hour
c. 4.00 tons per hour
18. What is the moisture loss of corn grains above? d. None of the above
a. 128 kg
b. 173 kg
c. 218 kg
d. None of the above
19. A rice processing plant operates at 5 tons per hour.
The milling and
head rice recoveries of the rice mill are 69% and 95%,
respectively.

20. What is the input capacity of the rice mill?

a. 7.24 tons per hour
b. 3.45 tons per hour
c. 4.75 tons per hour
d. None of the above

21. What is the throughput rate of the rice mill in kg

broken grains per
hour?
a. 0.172 ton per hour