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GATE Farm Power: Farm Power – Previous Year Questions

21 GATE previous year questions on Farm Power (Farm Power, Agricultural Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 AG Q24 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – An SI engine has stoichiometric air–fuel ratio 14.7:1 and stated equivalence ratio λ=.92. Find actual air–fuel ratio, to two decimals.
  2. GATE 2021 AG Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A chimney draught is 12 mm water column. Water density1000 kg/m³. Find outside-air minus chimney-base pressure in Pa, to one decimal.
  3. GATE 2022 AG Q14 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The lowest temperature at which fuel ceases to flow is called .
  4. GATE 2022 AG Q23 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A single-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine displaces 9 L, runs at 2400 rpm and has volumetric efficiency 88%. Find actual inducted air volume in…
  5. GATE 2022 AG Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Ideal gas is compressed adiabatically with γ=1.4 from 98 to 480 kPa. Initial specific volume is .45 m³/kg. Find work done on gas in kJ/kg.
  6. GATE 2022 AG Q51 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An engine crank radius is 250 mm and connecting rod length1000 mm. At100° from head dead centre, net piston force along motion is 35 kN. Find crank…
  7. GATE 2022 AG Q52 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An engine delivers42 kW brake power at 24% brake thermal efficiency using fuel of heating value46.15 MJ/kg and density .845 kg/L. Source calls it B20…
  8. GATE 2023 AG Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Diesel turbocharger effectiveness increases when
  9. GATE 2023 AG Q18 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A four-stroke diesel inlet opens10° before TDC/closes40° after BDC. Exhaust opens25° before BDC/closes15° after TDC. What percentage of a cycle has…
  10. GATE 2023 AG Q19 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A tractor develops150 N·m at maximum power and has 20% reserve torque. Find peak torque in N·m.
  11. GATE 2023 AG Q53 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A four-stroke engine uses diesel at 45 MJ/kg and BSFC260 g/(kW·hour),or B20 at 42.1 MJ/kg and 310 g/(kW·hour). Brake power is 20 kW. Find change in…
  12. GATE 2024 AG Q14 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which fuel property is most important for running an IC engine in severe cold among these choices?
  13. GATE 2024 AG Q30 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – An Otto cycle has air-standard efficiency56% and heat input12.5 kJ. Find rejected heat in kJ, to two decimals.
  14. GATE 2024 AG Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A three-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine has bore73 mm, stroke78 mm, speed 2200 rpm, brake torque55 N·m and indicated mean effective pressure1050…
  15. GATE 2025 AG Q28 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Which methods evaluate fuel volatility for spark-ignition engines? Select all that apply.
  16. GATE 2025 AG Q52 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A four-stroke diesel engine has 6.0 L displacement,2300 rpm,75% mechanical efficiency and 800 kPa indicated mean effective pressure. Brake-specific…
  17. GATE 2025 AG Q53 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An engine has torque at maximum power T maxP=125 N·m, speed at maximum power N maxP=2400 rpm, high-idle speed N HI=2600 rpm, maximum torque 160 N·m…
  18. GATE 2026 AG Q17 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Fuel property P predominantly governs hard/cold starting in a spark-ignition engine;property Q predominantly governs ignition delay in a…
  19. GATE 2026 AG Q18 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A tractor engine delivers brake torque 382 N·m at 2000 rpm. Its radiator fan draws 5% of brake power and supplies 2.8\,m3/s of incompressible air…
  20. GATE 2026 AG Q32 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – One kilogram of air is compressed reversibly from 100 kPa and 15 L to 2000 kPa and 1 L. Neglect other losses. Find the polytropic exponent n, to three…
  21. GATE 2026 AG Q51 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A four-cylinder four-stroke engine has 100 mm bore,120 mm stroke,1800 rpm mean speed and 0.9 MPa IMEP. Energy fluctuation/indicated work per…