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GATE Agricultural Process Engineering: Engineering Properties of Agricultural Produce – Previous Year Questions

6 GATE previous year questions on Engineering Properties of Agricultural Produce (Agricultural Process Engineering, Agricultural Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 AG Q45 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Mass fraction on sieve i is x i, and D pi is the average opening of sieves i and i−1. Find volume–surface mean diameter over n fractions.
  2. GATE 2022 AG Q60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A .68 mm falling ball traverses10 cm of sunflower oil in 44.5 s. Oil density921 kg/m³; ball density2420 kg/m³; g=9.81 m/s². Find dynamic viscosity in…
  3. GATE 2025 AG Q18 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A cylindrical potato sample has diameter 1.0 cm and length 5.0 cm. Its sphericity is closest to
  4. GATE 2026 AG Q31 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which model or method is NOT associated with food-product rheology?
  5. GATE 2026 AG Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – For wheat, the ratio of wet-basis moisture content to dry-basis moisture content is 4:5. Find the dry-matter mass to water mass ratio.
  6. GATE 2026 AG Q48 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Banana mass fractions of carbohydrate, protein, fat, ash and water are .220,.010,.005,.015,.750. Their respective densities are 1550,1220,900,610,1000…