Post Name: Work Superintendent – Agriculture
Department: Agriculture
Paper Code: 108/2015
Date of Exam: 09.06.2015
Category Number: As per the respective notification
Mode of Exam: Offline (OMR Based)
Total Questions: 100
Total Marks: 100
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Question Type: Objective Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Medium of Exam: English (unless specified)
Syllabus Covered
The syllabus generally follows the Kerala PSC’s published syllabus for Work Superintendent – Agriculture, which includes:
Basic Agriculture & Agronomy
Soil types, properties, soil fertility and productivity
Water management and irrigation techniques
Cropping systems, seed science and technology
Nutrient management and fertilizers
Horticulture
Nursery techniques
Plant propagation and grafting
Cultivation practices of fruits, vegetables, and plantation crops
Agricultural Engineering
Basic concepts of land preparation and tillage equipment
Farm implements and machinery
Water resources and irrigation methods
Soil conservation techniques
Plant Protection
Pests and diseases of crops
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Pesticides and their applications
General Knowledge & Current Affairs
Kerala and India current events
History, geography, politics
Important agricultural schemes in India
General Science and Arithmetic
Basic mathematics (percentage, ratio, profit & loss, time & work)
Physics and chemistry fundamentals relevant to agriculture
Mental Ability & Reasoning
Logical reasoning, number series, coding-decoding
Simple puzzles and pattern recognition