GATE Farm Power: Tractors and Power Tillers – Previous Year Questions
22 GATE previous year questions on Tractors and Power Tillers (Farm Power, Agricultural Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2021 AG Q13 – In the Society of Automotive Engineers tyre-axis convention, the moment about the z-axis is called .
- GATE 2021 AG Q51 – A 20 kN two-wheel-drive tractor works in pure sandy soil, internal friction26.5°. Front/rear loads are35%/65%. Add2.5 kN to each rear wheel. Find…
- GATE 2022 AG Q24 – A two-wheel-drive tractor has drive-wheel rolling radius 860 mm, engine-to-wheel speed ratio 98:1, transmission efficiency 86% and engine torque 520 N…
- GATE 2022 AG Q49 – Tractor vibration has RMS acceleration3.15 m/s² and frequency80 Hz. Find RMS displacement amplitude in µm, to two decimals. Use π=3.14.
- GATE 2022 AG Q50 – A two-wheel-drive tractor has static axle weights3 kN front and 9 kN rear, wheelbase2.1 m and pull7.5 kN. Perpendicular distance from the front…
- GATE 2023 AG Q52 – A 2WD tractor weighs24 kN with 30% front/70% rear load. On pure sand maximum traction is 13 kN. Add1.5 kN to rear axle, neglect load transfer. Find…
- GATE 2023 AG Q56 – A tractor chassis excites a seat at 20 rad/s. Damping is 400 N·s/m, critical damping1600 N·s/m, and seat-plus-operator mass80 kg. Find vibration…
- GATE 2024 AG Q13 – Front-axle dynamic load is below 20% of total tractor weight. Which measure avoids longitudinal instability?
- GATE 2024 AG Q15 – A towed rigid wheel of total weight W rolls on a hard horizontal surface and uphill on a hard plane inclined θ. Compared with the horizontal case, the…
- GATE 2024 AG Q27 – Adult male heights at 5th,50th,95th percentiles are162,173,185 cm. Find minimum tractor-cab internal height for satisfactory clearance based on these…
- GATE 2024 AG Q52 – An accelerometer at a seated tractor operator’s waist records RMS acceleration2.5 m/s². Improved seating reduces acceleration level5 dB. Find new RMS…
- GATE 2024 AG Q53 – A 2WD tractor weighs20 kN and travels at actual3 km/hour with 12% slip. Front/rear dynamic loads are40%/60%. Net traction coefficient is .42. Axle…
- GATE 2025 AG Q21 – Tripling RMS sound pressure increases the sound-pressure level by approximately how many dB?
- GATE 2025 AG Q22 – For small tractor rotation radians about its CG, and longitudinal seat-to-CG distance R, the seat-base vertical motion R results from which motion?
- GATE 2025 AG Q29 – A 2WD tractor has nominal rear-wheel radius .5 m. Rolling radius is 6% smaller. In 20 wheel revolutions the actual travel is 56 m. Find wheel slip in…
- GATE 2025 AG Q30 – Front steering-pivot points are 1.2 m apart. During a turn on flat concrete, the inner and outer front-wheel steering angles are 50° and 35°. Find the…
- GATE 2025 AG Q54 – An engine at 1200 rpm drives a rigid 1.2 m diameter wheel at 5 km/hour without slip or deformation. Gear reductions are 3:1 in the gearbox,4:1 in the…
- GATE 2025 AG Q56 – A 4WD tractor has equal front and rear tread 1.25 m and CG height .85 m. It overturns while turning at 18 km/hour. Neglect tire-friction limitations…
- GATE 2026 AG Q19 – A 2WD tractor has driving-axle dynamic normal load 28 kN, rolling radius 0.60 m, total driving-axle torque 10.7 kN·m, wheel slip 18%,and net traction…
- GATE 2026 AG Q20 – RMS sound pressure increases by 50%. Approximately how much does sound-pressure level increase, in dB?
- GATE 2026 AG Q52 – A 2WD tractor develops 30 kN gross traction with rear rolling radius .73 m. Each rear wheel has a planetary final drive:sun input with 26 teeth, fixed…
- GATE 2026 AG Q54 – A stationary Ackerman-steer tractor carries 12 kN on each front wheel, nominal tire width b=.28 m. Assume uniform pressure over a circular print of…