UPSSSC AGTA Exam Pattern And Syllabus

• Main Written Examination 

• Document Verification

• Classification of crops, major cereals, pulses, oilseeds, millets, fibber, cash crops, spices and fodder, fruits, flowers, and vegetablescrops grown in the State and major crops production techniques and agro practices.
• Post-harvest management of produce.
• Fruits and vegetables preservation and processing.
• Principles of crop rotation, cropping pattern, and types of farming like dry farming, integrated farming, natural farming, mono cropping, multiple cropping, intercropping, and types and importance of organic farming, it’s socio-economic importance/use.
• Importance of Seed, types of seeds, and its production methods.
• Method of Seed treatment and its importance.
• Basic principles, scope and importance of crop protection, name of major equipments chemicals used in pest control, integrated pest management.
• Insect, pest and diseases of major crops and its management.
• Principles and Systems of produce storage, and factors affecting the quality of produce and storage & its management.

• Importance and utility of Biotechnology in agriculture.
• Principles, use and importance of Genetics & Plant Breeding.
• Photosynthesis, Respiration, Evaporation, Plant Anatomy and Metabolism.

• Properties and components of soil, process of soil formation, types of soil erosion and its conservation techniques.
• Essential nutrients found in soil, role and associated deficiency symptoms.
• Classification of fertilizers, its nutrient content and methods of application.
• Integrated nutrient management, types, importance and role of organic fertilizers/bio-fertilizers.
• Soil microbiology and its major role in crop production.
• Soil survey, methods of soil sampling and soil conservation techniques.
• Source, method and its importance of Irrigation.
• Basic concepts & methods of Drainage.
• Watershed Management.
• Types of pollution and environmental protection.

• Principles of agriculture extension and rural development.
• Extension methodologies, audio-visual aids, classification and their importance.
• Training: objectives, importance and it’s types.
• Different programs and schemes of the Govt. of India and State Govt. run for the welfare of farmers and rural development.

• Role of agriculture in One trillion economy of U.P.
• Economic reforms in Agriculture sector.
• Concept of import and export of agriculture produce.
• Formulation of plans for Agriculture.
• Principles of Agricultural statistics.
• Principles and importance of agricultural economics.
• MSP of different crops.
• Agricultural Marketing.

• Different Breeds of domestic animals & feed management.
• Objectives and methods of animal breeding.
• Milk production and its distribution.
• Basic knowledge of Poultry farming, Fish farming, Apiculture and Seri culture.
• Major diseases of domestic animals, diagnosis and their treatment.

• History, Introduction and Application of Computer, Information Technology, Internet and World Wide Web (WWW).
• General Knowledge related to:

  1. Hardware and Software

  II. Input and Output

  III.Internet Protocol/IP Address

  IV.IT gadgets and their application

  V. Creation of e-mail ID and use/operation of e-mail

  VI. Operation of Printer, Tablet and Mobile

  VII. Important elements of Word Processing (MS-word) and Excel, Processing (MS-Excel)

  VIII. Operating System, Social Networking, e-Governance Digital Financial Tools and Applications

• Future Skills and Cyber Security

  Technological Development and Innovation in the field of Computer and Information Technology (Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Processing, Deep Learning. Machine Learning, Internet of Things) and India’s achievements in this field etc.