Explore topic-wise MCQs in Farm Machinery.

This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Farm Machinery knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

A strip of land left unploughed at each end of the field for the tractor to turn is known as _______

A. Head land
B. Dead furrow
C. Back furrow
D. Crown
Answer» B. Dead furrow
2.

Which plough is used to cut and pulverise soil by impact forces by means of a number of rotary tynes or knives?

A. Rotating auger plough
B. Rotavator
C. Chisel plough
D. Rotary plough
Answer» E.
3.

Which plough is the combination of principles of the regular disc plough and the disc harrow and is used for shallow working in the soil?

A. Vertical disc plough
B. Chisel plough
C. Subsoiler
D. Standard disc plough
Answer» B. Chisel plough
4.

What is the disc angle of a good plough?

A. 35°-39°
B. 42°-45°
C. 23°-27°
D. 59°-63°
Answer» C. 23°-27°
5.

Reversible ploughs which have single bottom with such an arrangement that the plough bottom is changed from right hand to left hand by rotating it approximately 180°?

A. Turn Wrest plough
B. Disc plough
C. Chisel plough
D. Rotavator
Answer» B. Disc plough
6.

Which plough accessory is used to turn over a small ribbon like furrow slice directly in front of the main plough bottom?

A. Coulter
B. Gauge wheel
C. Jointer
D. Land wheel
Answer» D. Land wheel
7.

A flat plate which bears against and transmits lateral thrust of the plough bottom to the furrow wall is known as __________

A. Landside
B. Tail piece
C. Jointer
D. Coulter
Answer» B. Tail piece
8.

What type of mouldboard is short but broader with a relatively abrupt curvature?

A. Sod or breaker
B. Slat
C. Stubble
D. General purpose
Answer» D. General purpose
9.

Which primary tillage operation is performed to cut, break and invert the soil partially or completely?

A. Ploughing
B. Winnowing
C. Threshing
D. Harrowing
Answer» B. Winnowing
10.

Which classification of tillage involves initial major soil working operation?

A. Secondary tillage
B. Primary tillage
C. Tertiary tillage
D. Primary & Secondary tillage
Answer» C. Tertiary tillage