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:
In a reciprocating mower cutter bar, 'knife register' means:
Options:
(A) Knife sections center exactly on the guards at inner and outer ends of the pitman stroke
(B) Cutter bar tilted $15^\circ$ forward
(C) Pitman lead is $2\text{ cm}$
(D) Wearing plates placed below ledger plates
Answer Key:
A
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
Registration ensures clean cutting across guards without tearing or clogging crop stalks.