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Mpsc Agriculture Services Exam Information

Exam Pattern and Info:

Preliminary Exam will be conducted in English and Marathi language and there will be 60 min for 100 multiple questions.

Detailed Syllabus:

Standard type Degree in Agri. or Agri. Engineering
Objective type Questions will be asked
English Medium Question
Total Marks will be 200
Total 100 Question will be asked
1 Hour Duration For this Exam

• AGRONOMY (MARKS : 80): 
• Principles of Agronomy,
• Agriculture meteorology,
• Irrigation water management,
• Field crops,
• kharif crops including forages,
• cereals,
• millets and pulses,
• Field crops (Rabi crops, including forage, oilseeds and commercial crops),
• Rainfed Agriculture,
• Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture
• SOIL SCIENCE (MARKS : 40): 
• Definition of Soil;
• Weathering of rocks and minerals,
• physical and chemical properties of soil.
• Soil structure, definition,
• types and its importance in crop production.
• Soil texture, classes, ion exchange, soil solution,
• organic matter, soil moisture, Alkaline and Acid soils.
• Quality of irrigation water,
• soil survey. Soil fertility and soil productivity.
• Soil water movement, infiltration,
• Soil water movement percolation, evaporation and evapo transpiration,
• essential plant nutrients, organic manures,
• fertilizers, Integrated Nutrient Management.
• Eco- friendly farming, Nutrient management in problem soils, preparation of compost, vermicompost,
• Organic farming, its merits and demerits, mixed, Complex and Compound fertilizers, micro nutrients, liquid fertilizers,
• Bio-fertilizer, Soil pollution by agro-chemicals.
• AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING (MARKS : 80) 
• Farm Machinery and Power ,
• Agricultural Process Engineering,
• Soil and Water conservation,
• Watershed management,
• Micro Irrigation and Drainage Engineering,
• Farm Structures

Standard type Degree in Agriculture
Objective type Questin will be asked
Medium English
Total Marks asked 400
Total Questions will be asked 200
Duration 2 Hour

• AGRICULTURAL BOTANY ( Marks : 80 )
• Morphology ,Anatomy, Cytogenetics,
• Genetics, Plant Breeding, Plant Physiology,
• Social forestry, Medicinal and Aromatic plants ,
• Environmental Science & Agro-ecology,
• Plant Biotechnology
• PLANT PROTECTION (ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT PATHOLOGY) ENTOMOLOGY ( MARKS : 40 )
• Pest Management ,
• Study of non insect-pest,
• Residual effect of insecticide,
• Biological control of insect-pests
• PLANT PATHOLOGY ( MARKS : 40)
• History and development of plant pathology,
• Broad classification of fungi and phytopathogenic bacteria,
• Dissemination and transmission,
• Epidemilogy and forecasting,
• Disease resistance,Symptomology,
• Flowering parasites,
• physiological disorders,
• Principles of plant diseases & its control,
• chemical, bio-control their formulation and dosesSymptoms causal organism,
• etiology and control measures of the disease
• HORTICULTURE ( MARKS : 80 )
• Cultivation of fruits,
• Cultivation of vegetables,
• Cultivation of flowers,
• Plant growth regulators & their uses,
• Post harvest management and processing
• AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ( MARKS : 60 ) 
• Rural Sociology and Community Development,
• Principles of Extension Education and Educational Psychology, Extension teaching methods and aids ,
• Extension Administration and Programme Evaluation
• AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ( MARKS : 40 ) 
• Economics, Agricultural Economics,
• Problems of Agricultural Marketing,
• regulated market,
• Agricultural credit,
• Farm management and production economics
• ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING ( Marks : 40 )
• Animal Husbandry ( MARKS : 20 )
• Breeds,
• Farming & Management,
• Breeding,
• Reproduction,
• Nutrition
• Dairying ( MARKS : 20 )
• Milk and milk product,
• Legal standard and quality control tests
• FOOD SCIENCE ( Marks: 20 )

Standard : Degree in Agricultural Engineering
Nature of Pap

FARM POWER AND FARM MACHINERY ( MARKS : 80 )

Farm Power,

Agricultural Tractors,

Tillage Machinery,

Planting and Harvesting Machinery,

Plant Protection Appliances

AGRICULTURAL PROCESS ENGINEERING ( MARKS : 80 )

Drying of Farm Crops,

Handling of Agricultural Materials,

Processing of Agricultural & Horticultural Products,

Dairy and Food Engineering

ELECTRICAL AND OTHER ENERGY SOURCES ( MARKS : 40 )

Electricity,

Solar Energy,

Wind Energy,

Biomass Energy

FARM STRUCTURES ( MARKS : 20)

Engineering Properties of materials of construction,

Load bearing capacity of Soil and designing of foundation,

types of foundations & its function,

Plinth,

Types of Walls,

Types of Roofs and Roof Trusses,

King Post, Queen Post,

Steel Trusses etc.,

Flooring types,

Doors and Windows and their types,

Construction of Farm Roads,

Farm Fences,

Preparation of Plans for common Agricultural Structures and cost estimation,

Green house-Types-materials-designs- principles.

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ENGINEERING ( MARKS : 120 ) 

Hydrology,

Sedimentation,

Soil Erosion,

Watershed Management

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING ( MARKS : 60 ) 

Fluid Mechanics,

Irrigation Methods,

Canal Irrigation,

Drainage Engineering,

Ground Water Hydrology,

Land Development

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