IBPS AFO Exam 2024-25

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts recruitment for public sector and rural banks in India. In the annual calendar of IBPS, AFO preliminary exam will be held on November 9 and mains exam on December 14, 2024. Dates related to the exam, number of recruitments will be released soon. If you are preparing for IBPS (SO) AFO exam, then you can see all the information related to it here.

IBPS (SO) AFO 2024 Exam Overview

IBPS AFO Notification 2024

IBPS will soon publish the notice PDF for IBPS AFO Recruitment 2024 on its official website. It will contain important information like exam dates and number of vacancies etc. Also, the notification by IBPS will also include necessary details about the required age criteria, nationality, application process, application fee and educational qualification for the candidates who are interested to apply for IBPS AFO 2024 posts.

IBPS AFO Exam Pattern 2024

It is very important to know the exam pattern of IBPS AFO (Agriculture Field Officer) as it will be helpful in your exam preparation process. IBPS SO 2024 exam for the post of Agricultural Field Officer (AFO) is conducted in online mode. It will consist of three stages -

• Preliminary Exam

• Main Exam

• Interview

Both preliminary and main exams will be conducted online computer based. There will be a deduction of 1/4th of the marks for wrong questions.

IBPS AFO Prelims Exam Pattern

The IBPS AFO Prelims exam will consist of three main subjects: English Language, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude questions will be bilingual which will include English and Hindi.

The final cut off will not include the marks at the end of prelims exam, it will only qualifying in nature.

Complete information about prelims mentioned below:

IBPS AFO Mains Exam Pattern

Candidates who qualify the prelims exam will be called for IBPS (SO) AFO Mains. This stage will have only one exam which will test the candidates' core subject (Agriculture). This section will have 60 questions and each question will carry 1 mark. The questions will be available in bilingual English and Hindi format.

IBPS AFO Interview

All the candidates who qualify the main exam will be called for the IBPS (SO) AFO interview. This section will be of 100 marks and after the interview, the final score will be calculated by combining the marks of both IBPS AFO main exam and interview. The minimum qualifying marks will be 40%.

IBPS AFO Syllabus

IBPS AFO Prelims Syllabus

• English Language: Cloze Test, Reading Comprehension, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Sentence Correction, Para Jumbles, Fill in the Blanks, and Para/Sentence Completion

• Reasoning: Seating Arrangements, Puzzles, Inequalities, Syllogism, Input-Output, Data Sufficiency, Blood Relations, Order and Ranking, Alphanumeric Series, Distance and Direction and Verbal Reasoning

• 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.

IBPS AFO Mains Syllabus

• Basic Agriculture (Introduction, Weed Science, Cropping System and Pattern, Farming System, Agrometeorology, Irrigation, Water Management, Resources and Watershed, Biofortified varieties, Plant nutrients)

• Field crop production

• Horticulture (Basic and Crop Production)

• Animal Husbandry and Dairy science

• Soil Science

• Seed Technology

• Agricultural Economics

• Agricultural Engineering

• Plant Pathology

• Agricultural Entomology

• Plant Nematology

• Plant Physiology / Crop Physiology

• Agricultural Statistics

• Genetics and Plant breeding

• Agricultural Extension Education

• Apiculture, Sericulture and Lac culture

• Aquaculture and Fisheries

• Agroforestry

• Agriculture Current Affairs

• Government Schemes Related to Agriculture

IBPS AFO Eligibility Criteria 2024

IBPS will soon publish the Agriculture Field Officer Exam Notification for the 2024-25 session which will contain the important eligibility criteria for the candidates.

IBPS AFO Educational Qualifications

Candidates must have 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture / Horticulture / Animal Husbandry / Veterinary Science / Dairy Science / Fishery Science / Pisciculture / Agri.Marketing & Cooperation / Co-operation & Banking / Agro-Forestry / Forestry / Agricultural Biotechnology / Food Science / Agriculture Business Management / Food Technology / Dairy Technology / Agricultural Engineering / Sericulture 

IBPS AFO Age Criteria 

For Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) Post the Minimum age is 20 Years and the Maximum age is 30 Years.

IBPS AFO Previous Year Papers

IBPS AFO old papers prove to be helpful in understanding the exam, understanding the questions, which will also include the level of questions. You can download IBPS AFO Question Paper from the given link. IBPS AFO Mains Question Paper is asked from the professional subject Agriculture which you study during graduation.