RPSC Agriculture Officer 2025 : Exam Pattern 

Selection Process के बारे में जानकारी होने के बाद उम्मीदवार को Exam Pattern के बारे में भी सही प्रकार से जानकारी होनी चाहिए ताकि वह अपनी परीक्षा की सही रणनीति बना पाए और अपने प्रयासों में सफलता हासिल कर पाए। RPSC Agriculture Officer Exam Pattern detailed and comprehensive manner में cover की गई जो कि इस प्रकार से है-

Phase l - Written Exam 

सबसे पहले चरण में उम्मीदवारों का Written Exam दिया जाएगा। जिसमें एक प्रश्न पत्र होंगे यह प्रश्न पत्र दो भागों में विभाजित होगा. जिसमें Part A में Rajasthan G.K से प्रश्न पूछे जाएंगे जबकि Part B में Agriculture related subject प्रश्न पूछे जाएंगे। यह परीक्षा Offline mode में ली जाएगी जिसमें Objective Type प्रश्न पूछे जाएंगे। 

• Total Questions - 150
• Time Duration - 2 hrs 30 min 
• Negative Marking - ⅓

Phase ll - Documents Verification 

जो भी उम्मीदवार Written Exam में सफलता हासिल करते हैं उन्हें Documents Verification के लिए चयनित किया जाएगा जिसमें उम्मीदवार को बोर्ड के समक्ष अपने Original Documents आदि प्रस्तुत करने होंगे। 

RPSC Agriculture Officer 2025 : Syllabus 

Part A - Rajasthan G.K

Syllabus for History, Culture & Heritage of Rajasthan

• Pre & early history of Rajasthan
• Age of Rajputs: Major dynasties of Rajasthan and the achievements of prominent rulers.
• Emergence of Modern Rajasthan: factors of socio-political awakening of 19th century; Peasants and tribal movements of 20th century; Political struggle of 20th century and the integration of Rajasthan.
• Visual Art of Rajasthan - Architecture of forts and temples of Rajasthan; Sculpture traditions of Rajasthan and various schools of painting of Rajasthan.
• Performing Arts of Rajasthan - Folk music and musical instruments of Rajasthan; folk dance and folk drama of Rajasthan.
• Various religious cults, saints and folk deities of Rajasthan.
• Various dialects and its distribution in Rajasthan; literature of Rajasthani language.

Syllabus for Geography, Natural Resource & Socio-Economic Development of Rajasthan

• Geography of Rajasthan: Broad physical features- Mountains, Plateaus, Plains & Desert; Major rivers and lakes; Climate and Agro-climatic regions; Major soil types and distribution; Major forest types and distribution
• Demographic characteristics
• Desertification, Droughts & Floods, Deforestation, Environmental Pollution and Ecological Concerns.
• Economy of Rajasthan: Major Minerals- Metallic & Non-Metallic; Power ResourcesRenewable and NonRenewable; Major agro based industries- Textile, Sugar, Paper & Vegetable oil; Poverty and Unemployment; Agro food parks.

Syllabus for Current Events and Issues of Rajasthan and India

• Important Persons, Places and Current events of the State. National and International events of importance.
• New Schemes & Initiatives taken recently for welfare & development in Rajasthan.

Part B -  Agriculture Syllabus 

Unit I

• Agro-climatic zones of India and Rajasthan.
• Weather forecasting and climate, remote sensing.
• Modern concepts in crop production.
• Soil: reaction, interaction, properties, types
• Irrigation 
• Integrated weed management
•  Problems of soil erosion in arid and semi-arid regions.
• Agronomic practices in soil and water conservation.
• Integrated watershed management, integrated farming systems.
• Organic farming.
• Dry land farming
• Agroforestry
• Agronomy of important crops cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre crops, forage crops, sugarcane, sugar beet, potato.
• Soils of Rajasthan and India
• Plant Nutrition
• Soil Erosion
• Microorganisms in soils and their role.

Unit II

• Fruit Science
• Olericulture with special reference to Rajasthan
• Hi-tech Horticulture. Floriculture
• Nursery Cultivation
• PHT: - Importance, Principles and methods of fruits and vegetable preservation, maturity indices, MAS, CAS, Canning, methods of packing.
• Preparation of pickles, Jam, Jelly, Sauces & Ketchup, Squash, Preserve and dehydrated products.
• Food safety standards.

Unit III

• Cell and cell division
• Centre of origin
• Mendelian principles and heredity, inheritance in plants
• Plant Breeding
• Quantitative and Qualitative characters
• Plant Genetic Resources of Important Crops 
• Crop evolution
• Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic stresses
• Marker Assisted selection
• Release and notification of varieties,
• IPR, PPV and FR Act.
• Seed Technology
• Seed Production of important crops,
• Seed Act, Seed Control Order
• Combining ability DNA, recombinant technology,
• Transgenic crops and their scope.
• Micropropagation and Tissue Culture Techniques.
• Molecular Genetic Variation
• Multiple factor hypothesis.

Unit IV

• Chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and plant (phyto) hormones.
• Chemistry of Nucleic acids and their functions.
• Outlines of metabolism of carbohydrate, lipid and protein.
• General account of enzymes, coenzymes and secondary metabolites.
• Brief out lines of plant tissue culture and plant biotechnology.
• Molecular markers and their application in Agriculture.
• Photosynthesis and photorespiration.
• Respiration
• Physiology of flowering
• Photoperiodism 
• Physiology of growth, PGRs and their role
• Seed development, germination and dormancy.

Unit V

• Contribution of livestock and poultry in the economy of Rajasthan.
• Livestock development programmes and policies initiated by the Government of Rajasthan.
• Important indigenous, crossbreed and exotic breeds of livestock and poultry. Livestock production systems, and migration of animal in Rajasthan.
• Livestock behavior and shelter management
• Principles of housing, hygiene and sanitation.
• Management of different categories of
• animals
• Milk synthesis and milking management.
• Conventional and unconventional feed and fodder resources of Rajasthan and their nutritive value
• Hay and silage making, complete feed and fodder blocks, fodder banks.
• Important infectious and non-infectious diseases of livestock
• and poultry, and their preventive and control measures.
• Strategies for reducing the impact of climate changes on livestock and poultry production. 

Unit VI

• Role and importance of fungi, nematodes, viroids, phytoplasma, bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms in Agriculture.
• Classification, morphology, growth, nutrition and reproduction of fungi, bacteria and viruses.
• IDM, Bio control disease management.
• Major diseases (Fungal, bacterial, viral, Phytoplasma and nematode) of
• field crops, vegetables and fruits of Rajasthan and their management.
• Mushroom production technology.
• Plant quarantine.

Unit VII

• Insect pest spectrum in Rajasthan and their classification.
• Assessment of crop losses and their application in pest management.
• Insecticidal application, hazards and safety precautions, Insecticide formulation and their dilutions.
• Detection of insect infestation in stored products and their management.
• Community campaign strategies for management of white grub, grasshopper, Locust, fall army worm etc.
• Integrated pest management
• Insecticidal pollution, residues and tolerance limit
• Identification, nature of damage, bionomics and management of insect pests of major crops of Rajasthan.
• Lac culture, Sericulture & Apiculture. Mites and their management.

Unit VIII

• Agricultural Engineering
• Agriculture Statistics
• Experimental designs-CRD, RBD, SPD. 

Unit IX

• Peculiarities of Indian Agriculture
• Place of agriculture in Indian Economy
• NITI Aayog
• Consumer behaviour, demand, supply, demand schedule and supply
• schedule, market equilibrium, elasticity
• Principles of farm management
• Agricultural marketing
• Prices of agricultural commodities. e-NAM, Agricultural finance and credit,
• credit institutions, cooperative Banks, crop insurance.
• Demonstration, NABARD, GST
•  Agricultural development and poverty alleviation programmes.
• Agricultural production functions
• Project Appraisal Techniques. 

Unit X

• Objectives and principles of extension education.
• Need assessment, bench mark survey and PRA Technique.
• Programmes of extension in India specially Sriniketan, Marthandam, Gurgaon Experiment, Etawah Pilot Project, Nilokheri Project, CDP, Panchayat Raj, IADP, IAAP, HYVP, KVK, IVLP, ORP, IRDP, T&V system, Lab to Land, ATIC, RKVY, MGNREGA, ND, SGSY, JRY, PMRY, PMFBY, Soil Health Card, NRLM etc.
• Recent Skill Development schemes specially PMKVY, EETP, NEEM, ASCI etc. Teaching methods,
• ICT applications in TOT
• Diffusion and adoption of innovation
• Rural leadership
• Rural Social Institutions
• Programme planning- principles and steps in programme development, impact assessment,
• Participatory training techniques
• Front line demonstrations, field days, kisan mela, campaign, writing reports, radio talk, TV talk, writing of Farm Literature and scientific information
• Identification and documentation of ITK