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GATE 2021 AG – Question 25

Farm Machinery · Farm Machinery · 1 mark · Numerical answer

A self-propelled vertical-conveyor paddy reaper has 60 cm cutter width. Cutting power300 W, propelling power350 W, and crop-conveying power50% of cutting power. Find header-unit power in W as an integer.

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Correct answer: 450 to 450

Explanation

The header includes cutting and conveying, not propulsion. Conveying uses.5(300)=150 W;header power=300+150=**450 W**. Adding350 W would give total machine demand rather than the specifically requested header demand.

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