UPPSC Agriculture Services Syllabus & Exam Pattern Download

UPPSC Agriculture Service Syllabus 2024 Download:The UPPSC Combined State Agriculture Services Exam Pattern Here. Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) officials have invited the UPPSC Agriculture Services Recruitment 2024 application forms. The candidates who applied for this post can check the UPPSC Agriculture Service Syllabus 2024 provided Officially by the UPPSC Board. As the Selection Process comprises three Stages – Prelims, Main Exam, and Interview Stage, Schools360 Team uploaded the Syllabus pdf for all the Stages.

UPPSC Agriculture Service Syllabus 2024 Summary

UPPSC Agriculture Service Selection Process 2024

Group A – Pre-Exam & Mains Exam
Group B – Pre-Exam, Mains Exam & Interview

UPPSC Agriculture Services  Exam Pattern 2024 

By seeing this UPPSC Senior Technical Assistant Exam Pattern, Candidates can find the Section-wise Syllabus in details. Applicants can find out Topics, Number of Questions and Marks from below Table. 

UPPSC Agriculture Service Preliminary Exam

• UPPSC Agriculture Service Preliminary exam will be objective type.
• The exam will consist of the General Studies & Agriculture Subject.
• The exam Will be of 300 Marks & 120 Questions.
• For every wrong answer question, one-third (0.33) of the marks will be deducted.

UPPSC Agriculture Service Mains Exam

• Candidates check the above table for the UPPSC Agriculture Service Mains examination pattern.
• There will be 100 marks for the subject of General Hindi & Essay.
• The time duration will be 2 hours.
• For the Optional Subject, a total of 200 marks.
• The time duration will be 3 hours.

UPPSC Combined State Agriculture Services Syllabus 2024

Here, we have provided the Detailed UPPSC Combined State Agriculture Service Syllabus 2024. Click on the link to get easy access. Hurry up, candidates. Download it now and start the Exam preparation.

General Studies

• General Science
• History of India
• Indian national movement
• Indian policy, economy and culture
• Indian agriculture, commerce, and trade
• Indian and Uttar Pradesh geography and natural resources
• Current national and international events
• Logic and reasoning based on general intelligence
• Arithmetic
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Ecology and environment
• Education, culture, agriculture, industry trade, living and social traditions of Uttar Pradesh.

Agriculture

• Crop Distribution and production
• Cropping patterns in Uttar Pradesh
• Sustainable crop production
• Production of important cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibers, and other cash crops
• Agroforestry and social forestry
• Weed and their classification
• Classification of Indian soil
• Constituents of soil
• Problems with soil
• Essential plant nutrients
• Symbiotic and non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation
• Soil conservation
• Irrigation and drainage
• Farm management
• Organic farming
• Agricultural economy
• Agricultural extensions and programs
• Farm mechanization
• Heredity and variation
• Hybridization
• Seed organization
• Physiology and significance of agriculture
• Photosynthesis
• Plant growth management
• Climate requirements
• Diseases management
• Food production and consumption trends in India
• Distribution of crop production

General Hindi and Essay

• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary
• Idioms
• Translation from Hindi to English and vice versa
• Literature and Culture
• Agriculture and business
• Science and environment
• National and international events of importance

District Horticulture Officer

• Agro Climatic Zones of UP and India
• Scopes of Agricultural Meteorology
• Global warming and its reasons
• Integrated Farming System, Scopes and Importance
• Integrated nutrient management
• Importance of Fruits and Vegetables in Human Nutrition
• Concepts of Organic Farming
• Cultivation of Fruits, Vegetables, Medical Crops
• Establishment of Kitchen and Nutrition Garden
• Organic Farming Fruits and Vegetables.

Food Preservation Officer

• Principles and Methods of Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables
• Harvest Management of Horticulture Crops
• Preparations of Jam, Jelly, Candy, Pickles and related items
• Importance of Foods Handling, Grading, Packaging
• Concepts of Canning Pasteurization
• Spoilage Agents
• Agricultural Export Zones and Industrial Support
• Fruit and Vegetable Vitamins

Senior Technical Assistant (Agronomy Branch)

• Meaning and Scopes of Agricultural Meteorology, Atmospheric Weather
• Variety Development and Maintenance, Variety Testing, DUS Testing, Genetic Purity Concept
• Dry land agriculture and rain-fed agriculture
• Sustainable farming
• Factors Responsible for Genetic Deterioration
• Quality Seed Production Technology of Wheat, Paddy, Maize, rapeseed, mustard, Soybean, Sunflower etc.

Senior Technical Assistant (Plant Protector)

• History and Importance of Plant Protection in India
• Plant Protection Organization in UP
• Principle of Pest Control
• Plant Protection Equipment
• Storage Pest of Cereals and Pulses
• Pest Management in Major Crop Serials
• General Principle of Plant Protection
• Principle of Plant Infection and Methods of Isolation
• Principles of Plant Disease Control
• Symptoms, Etiology, Transmission, and Control of Important Diseases of Cereals, Legumes, Fruits, and Vegetable Crops in Reference to UP.

Senior Technical Assistant (Chemistry Branch)

• Properties of Soil, Physical, Chemical and Biological
• Principles of soil fertility
• Micro and macro soil nutrients
• Processes and Factors of Soil Formation
• Sources and Forms of Nutrient Availability
• Soil Microbiology and Ecology
• Soil, Air and Water Pollution Related to Agriculture
• Sources of Pollution
• Soil conservation and soil survey
• Dry land agriculture
• Conservation irrigation
• Agroforestry
• Gully control structures

Senior Technical Assistant (Botany Branch)

• Historical Perspectives of Genetics and Plant Breeding
• Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
• Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance
• Nature, Structure, Replication of the Genetic Material
• Molecular Mechanisms of Mutation
• Objectives, Activity, Important Achievements of Plant Breeding
• Biotechnology and its Relevance in Agriculture
• Pure line theory
• Protein synthesis
• Alien addition and substitution line
• Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance
• Soil Survey and Soil Conservations
• Dry Land Agriculture Measures for Dry Farming

Senior Technical Assistant (Development Branch)

• Importance of Agrometeorology, Global Warming, Causes of Climate Change, Impact on Agriculture
• Integrated Farming System, Scopes and Importance
• Sustainable Agriculture Problems
• Roles of Animals Husbandry and Dairy Development in Rural Economy
• Packages and Practices
• Cereals, Rice, Wheat, Maizee, Jawar, Bajra
• Pulses, Gram, Lentil, Field Pea
• Cash Crops -Sugarcane, Potato
• Fruits-Mango, Guava, Amla etc.

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