Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_1082 MCQ • 1 Mark

Section 2: Farm Machinery

Farm Machinery

Subtopic: Paddy Transplanters

Question Statement:

In a self-propelled riding paddy transplanter, mat seedlings are picked and placed into puddled soil using a mechanism based on:

Options:

  • (A) Rotary planting arm with fixed gear planetary motion
  • (B) Screw conveyor feeder
  • (C) Pneumatic blower nozzle
  • (D) Centrifugal spinner disc

Answer Key:

A

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

Commercial transplanters utilize rotary planting arms driven by planetary eccentric gear trains that trace a kidney-shaped trajectory to insert seedlings vertically without disturbing the soil bed.
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