Syllabus for UP Combined Agriculture Services Examination 2020 (Pre-exam)

Syllabus for UP Combined Agriculture Services Examination 2020 (Pre-exam) General Studies 1. General Science (High School Standard) 2. History of India 3. Indian National Movement 4. Indian Polity, Economy & Culture 5. Indian Agriculture, Commerce & Trade 6. Indian & Uttar Pradesh Geography & Natural resources 7. Current National and International Important events 8. Logic & Reasoning based on General Intelligence 9. Specific knowledge regarding Education, Culture, Agriculture, Industry Trade, Living & Social Traditions of Uttar Pradesh. 10. Elementary Mathematics up to 8th level:–Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry 11. Ecology and Environment Agriculture Subject 1. Environmental factors of crop distribution and production. 2. Climatic elements as factor of crop growth. 3. Cropping patterns in different agro climatic zones of U.P. 4. Concepts of multiple, multistory, relay and intercropping and their importance in relation to sustainable crop production. 5. Package and practices for production of important cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fiber, sugar and cash crops grown during kharif and Rabi seasons in different regions of U.P. 6. Important features, scope and propagation of various types of forestry plants with reference to agroforestry and social forestry. 7. Weeds, their characteristics, dissemination, association with various field crops, their multiplication and control. 8. Classification of Indian soils including modern concept. Mineral and organic constituents of soils and their role in maintaining soil productivity. 9. Problem soils, extent and distribution in India and their reclamation. 10. Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soil and plants. 11. Their occurrence, factors affecting their distribution, function and cycling. 12. Symbiotic and non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Principles of soil fertility and its evaluation for judicious fertilizer use. Soil conservation, planning on watershed basis. 13. Dry land agriculture and its problems. 14. Technology for stabilizing agriculture production in rain fed agriculture area of U.P. 15. Necessity and scope of organic farming. Irrigation and drainage. 16. Farm management and its scope, importance and characteristics. 17. Role of cooperatives in agriculture economy. 18. Type and system of farming and factors affecting them. 19. Agricultural extension, its importance and role, method of extension programme, communication and adoption of innovations. 20. Training programme for extension workers and farmers. 21. Extension systems and programmes. 22. Training and visits, KVK, NATP, IVLP, DASP and ATMA. Farm mechanization and its role in agricultural production and rural employment. 23. Heredity and variation, Mendal's law of inheritance, application of the principles of plant breeding to the improvement of major field crops. 24. Methods of breeding to self and cross-pollinated crops. Introduction, selection, hybridization, male sterility and self-incompatibility. 25. Seed Technology and its importance, production, processing, storage and testing of seeds. 26. Role of national and state seed organization in production, processing and marketing of improved seeds. 27. Physiology and its significance in agriculture. 28. Absorption and translocation of water, transpiration and water economy. 29. Photosynthesis–modern concepts and factors affecting the process. 30. Aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Growth and development. Plant growth regulators and their mechanism of action and importance in crop production. 31. Climatic requirements and cultivation of major fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops, package and practices and scientific basis for the same. 32. Principles and methods of preservation of fruits and vegetables. 33. Floriculture including raising of ornamental plants. Diseases and pests of vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibers, sugar and cash crops of U.P. and measures to control plant diseases. 34. Integrated management of pests and diseases. 35. Food production and consumption trends in India, national and international food policies, procurements, distribution, processing and production constraints.