About the IBPS-AFO syllabus and Previous Year Question Paper

About the IBPS AFO Syllabus

What is agriculture field officer

The Agriculture Field Officer (AFO) Exam is conducted for recruitment to the position of Agriculture Field Officer in banks under the Specialist Officer (SO) category. It is primarily organized by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as part of the IBPS SO recruitment process. AFOs are responsible for promoting agricultural loans and advising farmers on various agricultural practices and schemes.

Name	Details
Name of job	Agriculture field officer
Mode of exam	Online
Official website	https://www.ibps.in/
Exam type	Central leval exam
Stages of exam	Preliminary exam, Mains exam, Interview
Total marks	Pre-150 Mains-60
Nagative marking	Yes

Preliminary Exam Pattern

Subject	Questions	Marks	Time	Medium of exam
English Language	50	25	40 Minutes	English
Quantitative Aptutude	50	50	40 Minutes	English/Hindi
Reasonig Ability	50	50	40 Minutes	English/hindi
	Total-150	Total-125	Total-120 m.

Main Exam Pattern

Section	Question	Marks	Time	Medium
Professional Knowledge(Agriculture)	60	60	45 Minutes	English/hindi

Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus for Ibps afo syllabus Exam

Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus for IBPS AFO Exam
Time & Distance
Number System
Problems on trains
Mixtures & Allegations
Simple & Compound Interest
Problems on Ages
Pipes & Cisterns
Ratio & Proportions
Percentage
Permutation & Combination
Time & Work
Boats & Streams
Profit & Loss
DI
Simplification & Approximation

English Language Syllabus for Ibps afo syllabus Exam

English Language Syllabus for IBPS AFO Exam
Error Detection
Reading Comprehansion
Cloze Test
Antonym/Synonym
Sentence Rearrangement
Fillers
Phrase Replacement

Reasoning Syllabus for Ibps afo syllabus Exam

Reasoning Syllabus for IBPS AFO Exam
Puzzle
Seating arrangement
Coding-Decoding
Input-Output
Direction Sense
Blood Relation
Syllogism
Alpha Numeric Series
Ranking Test

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Ibps afo syllabus Mains Exam

Mains Exam syallabus
Introduction to Agriculture - ICAR, IARI, history of agriculture, Seed Technology, Agriculture Economics, Agricultural Practices, Seasonal Crops (Rabi and Kharif) type of cultivation,
Vegetable & Fruit Science: Horticulture Crop, Sowing Time & Spacing, Seed Rate, Important Varieties, Herbicides & Pesticides, insecticide, Plant Diseases, Preservation and Types and importance of Cropping Systems Fruits & Vegetables Preservation Methods.
Soil & Fertility: Soil Resources, Types of Soils in India, Physical, chemical, biological properties of soil, soil composition, problematic soil in India.
Rural Credit: Agriculture Finance and Insurance and Government Schemes, Woman & Child Development Schemes, Role of RRBs, RBI, NABARD in Agricultural Loans and Financing and Kisan credit card.
Manures & Fertilizers: Green Manures, Fertilizer - types, chemical composition, application method of various fertilizers. fertilizer composition
Irrigation: Sources and Methods of Irrigation, Irrigation Problems, Advanced Irrigational Facilities, Important Dams and Rivers that have played a major role in shaping Irrigational Activities, modern irrigation methods and equipment.
Cropping system: Crop Rotation, Cropping System and types, Soil and Crop suitability, Climate and Crops, soil productivity and fertility.
Agriculture Engineering: Farm Machinery & Power, type of engine, Food Processing and method and challenges, Agricultural Structure, Post Harvest Technology.
Botany: Plant Biotechnology, and AG. Microbiology, Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, Soil Microbiology.
Animal / dairy: cattle management, their feed management, diseases and bacteria management, poultry, animal breeding, classification poultry and animal
Weeds management: Classification of weeds, types of weeds, Merits and Demerits, Weed Control physical, chemical, and biological management.
Surveying: Introduction to Surveying, type of Surveying, Benefits and Recent Surveys method and Committees
Miscellaneous: Latest Developments, Recent Discoveries, Latest BT crop and related Research, Hybrid variety, plant pathology, entomology, rearing of animals, different diseases, agriculture current affairs,
Seed science: types of seed, different seed tests,
Agriculture practices: soil preparation, sowing, manuring, weeding, harvesting, storage