Exam Details

Subject Post Harvest Management
Paper
Exam / Course Diploma Programme in Value Added Products from Fruits and Vegetables(D.V.A.P.F.V.)
Department School of Agriculture (SOA)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Define the following (any five only)

Selection

Pre -Cooling

Climatic Fruits

Jelly

Physiological loss in weight

Curing

Ripening

Cleaning

2. Define palletisation and what are their advantages.

3. What are the different treatments to extend the storage life of fruits and vegetables?

Define the following

Agmark

Relative humidity

Freeze injury

Sorting

Freeze drier

Enlist the low cost storage structures.

What are the types of markets?

List out any two of each climatic and non -climatic fruits.

What is slow and quick freezing?

Types of heat applications.

List out various agencies/sources through which the market information in India is available.

List out important chemical preservatives under the PFA rules/now Food Safety Act of India (FSAI).

8. Define the dehydration process and list out the unit operations/steps/processes for dehydration of Banana and Aonla.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Entrepreneurship and Marketing
  • Food Chemistry and Physiology
  • Food Fundamentals
  • Food Processing and Engineering- I
  • Food Processing and Engineering- II
  • Food Quality Testing and Evaluation
  • Microbiology
  • Post Harvest Management