Important Dates
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Particulars |
Date |
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On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates |
01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024 |
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Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) |
01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024 |
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Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main / Single |
October, 2024 |
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Online Examination – Preliminary |
November, 2024 |
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Result of Online examination – Preliminary |
November/ December , 2024 |
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Download of Call letter for Online examination – Main |
December, 2024 |
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Online Examination – Main |
December, 2024 |
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Declaration of Result – Main Examination |
January/ February |
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Provisional Allotment |
February/ March 2025 |
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Provisional Allotment |
April, 2025 |
Number of Vacancies
Post / s | Minimum Age | Maximum Age (As on 01.08. 2024) | Total Vacancies |
Agriculture Field Officer Scale I | 20 years | 30 years | 346+14 (PWBD) |
Relaxation in Age Limit
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Sr. No |
Category |
Age Relaxation |
|
1 |
Scheduled Caste/ scheduled Tribe Candidates |
By 5 years |
|
2 |
Other Backward classes (OBC) Candidates (Non-Creamy layer) |
By 3 years |
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3 |
Persons With Benchmark Disability (PwBD) as defined under “The Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016” |
By 10 years |
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4 |
Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines |
5 years |
|
5 |
Persons affected by 1984 riots |
5 years |
Qualifications
Posts | Essential Educational Qualification |
Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I) | 4year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ AgroForestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ B.Tech Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture / Fisheries Engineering |
Credit History
- The candidate applying shall ensure that, they maintain a healthy Credit history at the time of joining of participating banks. The minimum credit score will be as per the policy of Participating Banks, amended from time to time.
- Those candidates whose CIBIL status has not been updated before the date of joining, have to either get the CIBIL status updated or produce the NOCs from lender to the effect that there is no outstanding with respect to the accounts adversely reflected in the CIBIL, failing which the letter of offer may be withdrawn / cancelled. The final discretion in this regard remains with the allotted Bank.
Selection Procedure
- Online Preliminary Exam
- Online Mains Exam
- Interview Process
- The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD candidates).
- The weightage (ratio) of Online Main Examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively.
- The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination of CRP- SPL-XIV and Interview.
- Interview score of the candidates failing to secure minimum qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed.
Exam Pattern
Preliminary Exam
| Serial No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 Minutes |
| 2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes |
| TOTAL | 150 | 125 | 120 Minutes |
Mains Exam
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | 45 Minutes |
Syllabus for Preliminary Examination
Quantitative Aptitude
- Data Interpretation
- Data Sufficiency
- Number Series
- Time and Work
- Time and Distance
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Ratio and Proportion
- Averages
- Mixture and Allegation
- Pipes and Cisterns
- Problems based on trains
- Percentages
- Partnership
- Clocks
- Permutation and Combinations
- Probability
- Profit, Loss and Discount
- Elements of Algebra
- Quadratic Equations
Reasoning
- Coding & Decoding
- Syllogism
- Machine Input Output
- Puzzles
- Seating Arrangements
- Direction Sense Test
- Blood Relations
- Problems based on Ages
- Ranking and Order
- Data Sufficiency
- Statement and Conclusions
- Statement and Assumptions
- Statement and Arguments
- Logical Reasoning
- Alphanumeric series
- Inequalities
- Tabulation
- Analogy and classification
- Clocks and Calendar
- Non- Verbal Reasoning
English
- Reading Comprehensions
- Para Jumbles
- Para Completion
- Vocabulary
- Error Spotting
- Sentence Improvement
- Cloze test
- Rearrangement of sentences
Syllabus for Mains Examination
Professional knowledge (AFO) Syllabus
- Agriculture in India
- Types of Cultivation
- Major Crops of India
- Irrigation in India
- Agriculture based Research Institutes in India
- Animal Husbandry in India
- Genetically Modified Crops, etc.
- Soil preparation
- Sowing
- Manuring
- Irrigation
- Weeding
- Harvesting
- Storage
- Amateur horticulture
- Commercial horticulture
- Horticulture fruits and vegetables
- Short-term Loans
- Medium/Long-terms Loan
- Crop Loan and Kisan Credit Card
- Agricultural Term Loan
- Land Development
- Minor Irrigation
- Farm Mechanisation
- Finance to Horticulture
- Land Purchase
- Lead Bank Scheme
- Agriculture Advances
- Advance Against Warehouse
- Receipts, Produce Marketing Scheme
- Crop Insurance Scheme
- Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana
- Financing of combine harvesters
- Financing of Tractors and Old Tractors
- Advance against Gold//Silver ornaments
- River Lift Irrigation Schemes
- Forums for Co-ordination
- Service Area Approach
- State Level Banker’s Committee (SLBC)
- Preparation of Credit Plan
- Cultivation Techniques and Practices
- Harvesting Techniques and Practices
- Post-Harvest Technology
- Tillage, Nutrient deficiencies
- Fertilizer and fertilizer consumption
- Soil Types and characters
- Indian soil
- Type of facts soil-related fact
- Green manure
- Basics of Agriculture Economics
- Agriculture cost and scheme
- Lift Irrigation
- Drip Irrigation
- Sprinkler Irrigation
- Introduction
- Need Structure and Functions of Self Help Group
- Self-Help Groups and SGSY Scheme
- Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)
- Million Wells Scheme (MWS)
- Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
- Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP)
- Urban Women Self-Help Programme (Revolving Fund)
- Skill training For Employment Promotion Amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP)
- Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP)
- Urban Community Development Network (UCDN)
- Community Structures Urban Programme for Poverty Reduction amongst SCs and STs (UPPS)
- Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
- Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
- Scheme of Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers (SLRS)
- Self-Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)
- Basics of Seed Science
- Different Seed Tests
- Plant Pathology
- Entomology
- Rearing of animals
- Agricultural Machinery
- Dairy Science
IBPS SO Agriculture Field Officer Course by Ramandeep Singh
Course features
- Video classes for Preliminary and Mains exams
- Complete study material in PDF
- Test series - 10 full-length tests
- Chapter-wise tests
- Systematic study plan
- Interview preparation guide
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