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IBPS SO Prelims Syllabus -2021

The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel in Specialist Officers’ cadre posts tentatively scheduled in December 2021/ January 2022.

IBPS SO Recruitment 2021
Organisation	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Post	Specialist Officer (SO)
Exam Level	National
Vacancy	To be notified soon
Participating Banks	11
Application Mode	Online
Exam Mode	Online
IBPS SO Recruitment Process	Prelims, Main Exams, Interview
Education Qualification	Graduates or relevant degree
Age Limit	20 years to 28 years
Application Fee	SC/ST/PWD- Rs.175 General and Others- Rs. 850
IBPS SO Salary	Rs. 38000- 39000/-
IBPS Official Website	ibps.in

 

IBPS SO 2021: Important Dates
Activity	IBPS SO 2021 Dates
IBPS SO Notification 2021	November 2021
Online Registration Starts From	October 2021
Last Date to Apply Online for IBPS SO	November 2021
Call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	December 2021
Commencement of IBPS SO Preliminary Exam	18th & 26th December 2021
Result of IBPS SO Online exam – Preliminary	January 2022
Call letters for Online examination – Mains	January 2022
Commencement of IBPS SO Mains Exam	31st January 2022
Result of IBPS SO Online Mains Exam	February 2022
Conduct of Interview	February 2022/March 2022
IBPS SO 2021 Final Result	April 2022

IBPS SO 2021 Recruitment

The IBPS SO Recruitment process to select Specialist Officer through IBPS SO 2021 is done in three phases:

1.     Online Preliminary Exam

2.     Online Mains Exam

3.     Interview Process

A candidate must qualify both preliminary exam and mains exam to proceed to the interview. The candidates selected after the interview round are given the appointment letter.

Educational Qualifications for Agricultural Officer

Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)

4 years graduation degree in agriculture/ Horticulture/ Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ dairy Science/ Agricultural engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing and cooperation/ Co-Operation and Banking/ Agro-Forestry

 

IBPS SO 2021 Exam Pattern

1. Preliminary Examination For the Post of Agriculture Field Officer

 

SL NO	Name of Tests	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 Minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 Minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English and Hindi	40 Minutes
	Total	150	125

 Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

 2.Main Examination For the Post of  Agriculture Field Officer:

SL NO	Name of Tests	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	Professional Knowledge	60	60	English and Hindi	45 Minutes

Marks obtained in the online main examination only will be considered for shortlisting for interview and also for final merit listing. 

3. Interview:

• Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Online Main Examination for CRP SPL-X will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and coordinated by the Nodal Banks in each State/ UT. 

 Syllabus for Preliminary Examination:

1.Reasoning Ability:

·   Seating Arrangements

·   Puzzles

·   Inequalities

·   Syllogism

·   Input-Output

·   Data Sufficiency

·   Blood Relations

·   Order and Ranking

·   Alphanumeric Series

·   Distance and Direction

·   Verbal Reasoning

2.English Language :

·   Cloze Test

·   Reading Comprehension

·   Spotting Errors

·   Sentence Improvement

·   Sentence Correction

·   Para Jumbles

·   Fill in the Blanks

·   Para/Sentence Completion

3.Quantitative Aptitude :

·         Number Series

·         Data Interpretation

·         Simplification/ Approximation

·         Quadratic Equation

·         Data Sufficiency

·         Mensuration

·         Average

·         Profit and Loss

·         Ratio and Proportion

·         Work, Time and Energy

·         Time and Distance

·         Probability

·         Relations

·         Simple and Compound  Interest

·         Permutation and Combination

4.General Awareness :

·         Current Affairs

·         Banking Awareness

·         GK Updates

·         Currencies

·         Important Places

·         Books and Authors

·         Awards

·         Headquarters

·         Prime Minister Schemes

·         Important Days 

 Agricultural Field Officer - Professional knowledge Syllabus

IBPS SO Professional Knowledge one mark questions - Click here

IBPS SO Professional Knowledge Study Materials - Click here

IBPS SO Prelims Study Materials - Click here

 

IBPS SO AGRICULTURAL OFFICER SCALE I - PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYLLABUS

  Technical Terms in Plant Pathology

Pest of Groundnut

1. State the damaging stage/s of groundnut leaf miner. – Larvae

 2. Webbing and drying of terminal leaflets of groundnut. – Leaf miner 

3. The bunchy variety of groundnut is susceptible to Leaf miner. 

4. Leaf miners are favored by the hot dry conditions of the post - rainy season. 

5. Bawachi weed is alternate host for leaf miner. 

6. The bud necrosis of groundnut is transmitted by Thrips . 

7. Early instars of Red hairy caterpillar are skeletoniser. 

8. The diapauses stage of red hairy caterpillar is pupal stage (pupation in soil). 

9. Scarification of groundnut pods is caused by termites.

 10. Identify the pest from damage -

 a) The whole groundnut field presents burnt appearance. - Leaf miner  

 b) Webbing and drying of terminal leaf lets in groundnut - Leaf miner

 c)   Wilting of groundnut plants in patches with damaged roots – White grub 

 d) Total defoliation in groundnut – Red hairy caterpillar  

11.Severely affected groundnut filed looking as if  grazed by cattle is the typical  symptom of  

----------------      Red hairy caterpillar

 Groundnut shows burnt appearance when  severely infested with --------------- Leaf miner 

 Intercrop cumbu in  groundnut at the ratio of 4:1

 Fecal pellets seen on groundnut leaves and on the ground is an indicator of ________ pest incidence. Tobacco caterpillar 

Growing  castor as a border (or) intercrop in groundnut fields is to attract ------------------    Tobacco caterpillar

Pod bug  sucks the sap from groundnut pod in field as well as storage -Say True or false 

Groundnut leaves with holes resulting in skeletonization and defoliation is due to 

a. Semilooper 

 ___________ Soybean is an alternate host of groundnut leaf miner  

Young groundnut pods showing bore holes with discoloured pulps is the symptom of ________ in groundnut.(Earwig pod borer)