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IBPS Agriculture Field Officer 2024 Exam

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About IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam

IBPS AFO Notification 2023 Out: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has started the recruitment process for Agriculture Field Officer (Scale-1) vacancies from 31st July 2023 on its official website www.ibps.in. The detailed IBPS AFO Notification 2023 has been released officially along with complete details for IBPS AFO Recruitment 2023. The candidates interested in IBPS Agriculture Field Officer posts must fulfil the required eligibility criteria and submit their online application forms till 21st August 2023 at www.ibps.in. The selection will be done through three stages i.e. Prelims, Mains, and Interview round, the candidate have to qualify in each stage.


IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam Date

The complete schedule for IBPS AFO 2023 Recruitment has been released along with IBPS AFO Notification 2023 and the same has been discussed in the below table. The online registration has been scheduled till 21st August 2023.

Event Dates
IBPS AFO Notification Release 31st July 2023
IBPS AFO Apply Online starts 01st August 2023
Last Date to Apply 21st August 2023
Last Date to pay application fee 21st August 2023
Last Date print application form 05th September 2023
IBPS AFO Prelims Exam 30th & 31st December 2023
IBPS AFO Mains Exam 28th January 2024
Official website  www.ibps.in.

IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Eligibility

The following are the eligibility criteria that need to be fulfilled for IBPS AFO Recruitment 2023 

Educational Qualification

The educational qualification required for IBPS AFO Recruitment 2023 is detailed below

Posts Educational Qualification
AFO (Agriculture field officer) Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Argo-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture from Recognized University/Institution and final year students which can produce final original documents in the date before mentioned  notification.

Age Limit

The prescribed age limit under IBPS AFO Recruitment 2023 is 21 years to 30 years. Age relaxation will be provided to the reserved categories as per government rules and regulations.


IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Vacancy

IBPS has released the IBPS AFO Vacancy 2022 along with the IBPS AFO Recruitment notification. The vacancies are tabulated below.

Name Of The Bank SC ST OBC EWS UR Total
Bank of Baroda NR NR NR NR NR NR
Bank of India NR NR NR NR NR NR
Bank of Maharashtra NR NR NR NR NR NR
Canara Bank 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Bank of India NR NR NR NR NR NR
Indian Bank NR NR NR NR NR NR
Indian Overseas Bank NR NR NR NR NR NR
Punjab & Sindh Bank 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjab National Bank 15 07 27 10 41 100
UCO Bank 0 0 0 0 0 0
Union Bank Of India 69 31 114 37 165 416
Overall 84 38 141 47 206 516

IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Salary

Candidates can check the salary structure of the IBPS AFO Recruitment tabulated below.

Post  Salary
IBPS SO AFO Officer Scale-II Pay Scale- Rs. 31705-1145/1-32850-1310/10-45950 / Monthly salary- Rs. 48800/-
IBPS SO AFO Officer Scale III Pay Scale- Rs. 42020-1310/5-48570-1460/2-51490/ Monthly salary- Rs. 64600/-

IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Selection

Following are the stages under the selection process of IBPS AFO Recruitment 2022-

  • Preliminary Examination
  • Mains Examination
  • Interview
  • Medical Examination

IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Syllabus

The Syllabus for IBPS AFO Exam for Prelims and Mains is given separately in this space below. Refer to the syllabus and be aware of all the topics to be covered in the upcoming exam and start your preparation accordingly.

IBPS AFO Prelims Syllabus 2023

Topics

Syllabus

Reasoning

  • Puzzles
  • Seating Arrangement
  • Inequalities
  • Blood Relations
  • Syllogism
  • Order and Ranking
  • Input-Output
  • Alphanumeric Series
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Coding-Decoding
  • Distance and Direction
  • Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning

English Language

  • Cloze Test
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Improving Sentences and paragraphs
  • Completion of paragraphs
  • Para jumbling
  • Detection of Errors
  • Fill in the blanks
  • Parts of speech
  • Prepositions
  • Modes of narration
  • Voice Change

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Number Series
  • Data Interpretation
  • Simplification
  • Quadratic Equations
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Discounts
  • Averages
  • Mixtures
  • Percentages
  • Profit and Loss
  • Time Work and Distance
  • Rate of Interest
  • Probability
  • Permutation and Combination

General Knowledge

  • Current Affairs 
  • Static G.K.
  • International and National Awareness
  • Banking Awareness
  • Countries, Currencies, and Capitals
  • Books & Authors
  • Awards
  • Prime Minister Schemes
  • Government Policies
  • Important Dates and Events
  • Headquarters

IBPS AFO Mains Syllabus 2023

IBPS AFO Mains Exam Syllabus includes topics of Professional Knowledge as provided below:

Topics

Syllabus

Agriculture in India

  • 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.

Agricultural Practices 

  • Soil preparation
  • Sowing
  • Manuring
  • Irrigation
  • Weeding
  • Harvesting
  • Storage

Horticulture

  • Amateur horticulture
  • Commercial horticulture
  • Horticulture fruits and vegetables

Agriculture Finance

  • 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 Coordination
  • Service Area Approach
  • State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC), Preparation of Credit Plan

Cultivation and Harvesting

  • Cultivation Techniques and Practices
  • Harvesting Techniques and Practices
  • Post-Harvest Technology 

Soil Science

  • Tillage, Nutrient deficiencies, Fertilizer and fertilizer consumption
  • Soil Types and characters
  • Indian soil
  • Type of facts soil-related fact
  • Green manure

Agriculture Economics

  • Basics of Agriculture Economics
  • Agriculture cost and scheme

Irrigation Methods

  • Lift Irrigation
  • Drip Irrigation
  • Sprinkler Irrigation

Self Help Groups

  • Introduction
  • Need Structure and Functions of Self Help Group
  • Self-Help Groups and SGSY Scheme

Government Schemes

  • 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)

Seed Technology 

  • Basics of Seed Science
  • Different Seed Tests 

Miscellaneous

  • Plant Pathology
  • Entomology
  • Rearing of animals
  • Agricultural Machinery
  • Dairy Science
  • Important points regarding plants, fruits vegetables
  • Different Diseases
  • Agriculture Current Affairs
  • Different insurance schemes regarding agriculture
  • Animal husbandry and technology.

IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam Pattern

After having a detailed understanding of the IBPS AFO exam syllabus, let us go through the exam pattern. The IBPS AFO Exam Pattern 2023 for both Prelims and Mains round is provided below which will be very helpful for candidates appearing for examination.

IBPS AFO Preliminary Exam Pattern

Below is the detailed exam pattern for the preliminary examination of the IBPS AFO Recruitment Exam.

  • The examination is conducted for 125 marks.
  • A total number of 150 questions are asked.
  • The duration of the examination is 2 hours.
  • Marks deducted for every wrong answer is one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question.
 

Subject

No. of Questions

Marks

Exam Duration

Medium of Exam

Reasoning

50

50

40 mins

Online

English Language

50

25

40 mins

Quant Aptitude

50

50

40 mins

Total

150

125

2 Hours


IBPS AFO Mains Exam Pattern

Below is the detailed exam pattern for the IBPS AFO main exam.

  • A total number of 60 questions are asked.
  • The mains exam is conducted for 60 marks.
  • The duration of the exam is 45 minutes
  • Negative marking is applicable i.e., one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted incase of wrong answers.

Subject

No. of Questions

Max Marks

Duration

Medium of Exam

Professional Knowledge

60

60

45 Mins

Online


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Q. What is the Syllabus of IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam?
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