Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_0174 NAT • 2 Marks

Section 2: Farm Machinery

Farm Machinery

Subtopic: Functional requirements, principles of working, construction and operation of manual, animal, tractor and renewable energy operated equipment for tillage, sowing, planting, fertilizer application, inter-cultivation, spraying, mowing, chaff cutting, harvesting and threshing

Question Statement:

An 8-row transplanter has row-to-row spacing $30\text{ cm}$ and plant-to-plant spacing $15\text{ cm}$. The number of hills planted per hectare is (in hills/ha):

Answer Key:

222222

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

Area per hill $= 0.30 \times 0.15 = 0.045\text{ m}^2$. Hills per hectare $= 10000 / 0.045 \approx 222222\text{ hills/ha}$.
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