Exam Details

Subject Food Processing and Engineering- I
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

Define the following:

TSS

Enzyme

Clarification

Blanching

Sweating

Enlist material handling conveyors and explain any two of them.

Define EMC and explain its relevance to food preservation.

Enlist the various components of a vapour compression refrigeration system along with their functions.

Enlist the methods of size reduction and explain any two of them.

(b) Why storage of fruits and vegetables are required?

Expand the following abbreviations:

FPO

ISO

GHP

GMP

HACCP

Define down time. What are the main reasons for down time?

Explain the role of packaging of agricultural and food materials.

Define a pallet. What are the advantages of palletisation

Enlist the methods of preservation of fruit juices and explain any two of them.

What are indirect and direct contact freezing systems

What are the problems in fruit jam preparation? And how to take care of them?

How will you assure worker's safety in a fruit and vegetable processing plant?

Describe the causes of spoilage of fruits and vegetable pickle in brief.

What is the water hardness? Explain disadvantages of hard water in fruit processing industry.


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