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9th August 2014, 03:51 PM
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Re: GATE Agricultural Engineering Question Paper

Here I am providing the list of few questions of GATE Agricultural Engineering Question Paper which you are looking for.

A double acting hydraulic cylinder has a rod diameter equal to one-half the piston diameter. If the
system pressure is maintained constant, the ratio of load carrying capacity of extension stroke to
that of retraction stroke is
(A) 0.75 (B) 1.00 (C) 1.33 (D) 4.00

During a test, sound level was measured as 90 dB in the operator’s cabin on a tractor. Taking
reference sound pressure as 5 2 10  N m-2, the measured RMS sound pressure in N m2 is
(A) 6.32 (B) 1 6.32 10  (C) 3 1.8 10  (D) 10 6.32 10 

During land leveling of agricultural land for irrigation and drainage purposes, the acceptable
deviation in elevation from the design value in metre is
(A) 0.015 (B) 0.025 (C) 0.055 (D) 0.150

The gridiron pipe drainage system is more economical than the herringbone pipe drainage system
because
(A) it is adopted in the fields which do not require complete drainage
(B) the number of main or sub-main lines is reduced
(C) the number of junctions and the double-drained area are reduced
(D) it has only main or sub-main lines

If the drainable porosity of a command area is 5% and the design rate of drop of the water table is
0.25 m day1, the drainage coefficient of the command area in mm day1 will be
(A) 250 (B) 12.5 (C) 1.25 (D) 0.0125

A soil has a void ratio of 0.75 and a specific gravity of 2.66. The value of critical hydraulic gradient
at which quick sand condition will occur is
(A) 0.95 (B) 1.05 (C) 2.09 (D) 6.64

The pressure that does not have any measurable influence on the void ratio or shearing resistance of
the soil mass is
(A) pore water pressure (B) intergranular pressure
(C) capillary pressure (D) surcharge pressure

The Rational method is used to estimate
(A) runoff volume (B) peak runoff rate
(C) runoff depth (D) direct surface runoff

Pan evaporation data recorded at a certain location over a period of one week are 4.0, 4.3, 4.6, 4.9,
5.12, 5.18, and 6.21 mm. If irrigation scheduling based on ratio of irrigation water (IW) to
cumulative pan evaporation (CPE) is practiced, the depth of irrigation at an interval of a week for
IW/CPE = 0.9 is
(A) 3.60 (B) 4.41 (C) 5.59 (D) 30.88

A 16 m high wind break is constructed to protect soil from wind erosion due to wind velocity of 18
m s1 at 15 m height. The minimum wind velocity at 15 m height capable of moving the soil
fraction is 8 m s1. The angle of deviation of prevailing wind direction from the perpendicular to
the wind break is 30o. The distance of full protection from the wind break in m is
(A) 60.44 (B) 104.69 (C) 306.00 (D) 530.01

The type of pump used in forced water cooling system of a tractor engine is
(A) piston (B) centrifugal (C) gear (D) vane

Which one of the following statements is NOT appropriate regarding cone index
(A) It reflects strength of soil (B) It is a composite parameter (C) It is dimensionless (D) It is measured at a constant penetration rate of 30 mm/s

The draft and total power requirement of a rotary cultivator operating in concurrent mode as compared to a spring tyne cultivator of equal cutting width under the same operating conditions, respectively are
(A) higher and higher (B) lower and lower (C) lower and higher (D) higher and lower

The soil erodibility factor needs to be determined for use in the universal soil loss equation. The length, in m and slope, in % of the experimental plot to be used for this purpose, respectively are
(A) 19, 12 (B) 21, 11 (C) 22, 9 (D) 23, 8

The difference between Fore Bearing and Back Bearing of a traverse line is
(A) exactly 90o(B) less than 180o(C) exactly 180o(D) greater than 180o


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