West Bengal Public Service Commission Common Preliminary Screening Test is being held for the important purpose of recruitment of the following posts-
- Assistant Director of Agriculture in W.B. Agricultural Service (Administrative)
- Assistant Botanist
- Assistant Agricultural Chemist/ Analytical Chemist/ Jr. Soil Scientist
- Assistant Agronomist in W.B. Agricultural Service (Research)
under the Agriculture Department of Government Of West Bengal.
WBPSC Exam syllabus & pattern details are described below according to which the exam paper is set and the candidates need to prepare for exam accordingly.
Exam Pattern: Objective type paper of 100 marks for which 2 hours of time is allotted.
Exam Syllabus: The topics to be studied for exam include- General topics, crop production and protection. These individually cover-
- Methods of Agril Extension (training, demonstration, publications)
- Commercial Farm Enterprise Management
- Design of experiments, sampling, statistical analysis
- Rural Sociology and Extension
- Computer application: information, networking and website browsing
- Agro climatic Zones of West Bengal
- Agro meteorology & remote sensing
- Agril Economics, Farm Management, Grading, Packaging market Information
- Rural Resource Survey & development planning
Under Crop Production, the topics to be studied are-
- Soils and Soil Health
- Manures, fertilizers
- Field crops, cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibers, sugar crops
- Vegetable crops
- Flower & Ornamentals like Rose, Tuberose, Dahlia
- Sericulture, Beekeeping & Mushrooms
- Medicine, Spice, Aromatics
- Irrigation & Drainage
- Land shaping, development & preparation
- Fruits & plantation
In Crop Protection, the topics to be studied are-
- Pests of important crops & control
- Diseases among important crops with control
- Principles & Practices of plant protection
- Regulations, Resistant varieties, Transgenic
- Plant Pathology & Disease control
- Pests of important crops & their control
- Entomology & Pest Control
- Plant Pathology & Disease control
- Diseases of important crops & their control
- Pesticides, Fungicides, Weedicides
- Environment and its pollution, Toxicity, Phytotoxicity, antidotes
- Entomology & Pest Control
- Integrated pest, disease & weed management
Study well for exam and practice more and more questions to achieve a better score in the exam. The questions are asked from basics judging the candidate upon their skills.
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