AARO Agronomy

RPSC AARO Agronomy

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Syllabus of RPSC AARO Agronomy

PART-A General Knowledge of Rajasthan – 30 Questions

Unit-I

Historical Rajasthan: Pre and Proto-historical sites of Rajasthan. Important

historical
centers of early Christian Era. Prominent rulers of major Rajput dynasties of

Rajasthan
and their achievements & contributions – Guhilas- Sisodiyas, Chauhans,

Rathores
and Kachchawas.

Emergence of Modern Rajasthan: Agents of Social Awakening in
Rajasthan

during
19th and 20th Centuries. Political Awakening: role of newspapers and political

institutions.
Praja Mandal movement in various princely states in 20th century.

Integration
of Rajasthan.

Art of Rajasthan: Architectural tradition of Rajasthan- temples, forts and
palaces

from
ancient to modern period; Various schools of paintings developed during

medieval
period; Classical Music and Classical Dance, Folk Music & Instruments;

Folk
Dances & Drama.

Language & Literature: Dialects of Rajasthani language, Literature of

Rajasthani
language and Folk literature.

Religious life: Religious communities, Saints and Sects in Rajasthan. Folk

Deities
of Rajasthan.

Social Life in Rajasthan: Fairs and festivals; Social customs and traditions;

attires
and ornaments.

Geography of Rajasthan:- Broad physical features- Mountains, Plateaus, Plains

&
Desert; Major Climatic types; Major rivers and lakes; Major forest types and

distribution;
Population growth, Density and Distribution; Desertification, Droughts &

Floods;
Environmental pollution and Ecological concerns.

PART-B (AGRONOMY)

Unit-I

Agriculture
and Indian economy, agro-climatic zones of India and Rajasthan and their

characteristics,
factors affecting crop production, tillage and tilth: objectives, types and

modern
concepts in tillage: zero, minimum and conservation tillage, climate change

and
agriculture, global warming, causes and effects. Precision agriculture, plant

growth
regulators and their role in agriculture, growth and development, crop growth

analysis,
growth curves, cardinal points, source-sink relationship.

Unit-II

Agroclimatology:
weather and climate, their elements and relation with crop

production,
solar radiation: depletion of solar radiation, characteristics and energy

balance
in atmosphere, photosynthesis and efficiency of radiation utilization by crops.

Precipitation
and humidity. Monsoon: types, onset and withdrawal in India and

Rajasthan.
Cloud seeding, Weather abnormalities and their management, Weather

forecasting
and remote sensing in India, Atmospheric pollution and its impact on

climate
and crop production.

Unit-III

Role
of water in crop production, water resources of India and Rajasthan, irrigation

statistics
in India and Rajasthan, status of groundwater depletion in Rajasthan, soil-

water-plant
atmosphere relationship, mechanism of water movement in soil, theories

and
mechanism of water absorption, soil moisture measurement, evapotranspiration,

water
requirement of field crops. Irrigation: methods, evaluation and scheduling,

moisture
stress and its mitigation, management of excess soil water and drainage,

water
saving techniques under irrigated conditions and conjunctive use, pressurized

irrigation
and fertigation, drainage, management of salt-affected soils and brackish

irrigation
water, Reclamation of sodic soils consumptive use and water use efficiency.

Unit- IV

Criteria
of essentiality of plant nutrients, their role and deficiency symptoms, soil

fertility
and productivity concept, forms of nutrients uptake, nitrogen: transformation

in
soil, mineralization of N-compounds, losses of N in soil, methods to increase
N-use

efficiency,
slow release fertilizers, phosphorus: availability and P-fixation, practices of

improving
applied and native phosphorus in soil, potassium: fixation and release of

potassium,
bio-fertilizers, N, P and K fertilizers and their application methods,

compound
fertilizers, secondary and micro nutrients, inter-relationship of nutrients

availability
and soil pH, integrated nutrient management. Concept of chelates and

chelate
fertilizers.

Unit- V

Weeds:
biology, ecology and classification. Weed prevention, control and eradication.

Herbicides:
history, classification, mode of action, basis of selectivity, weed control

principles
and management practices in field crops, weed control under specific

situations
viz. non-cropped area, noxious farm weeds, parasitic weeds and their

control,
persistence of herbicides in soil, integrated weed management, herbicide

resistance
in weed and crops. Biological control of weeds and bioherbicides.

Unit- VI

Dry
farming: role in economy, types, problems of crop production in dry land
farming,

moisture
stress, mechanism of crop adaptation for dry land, in situ moisture

conservation
techniques. Mulches and antitranspirants: types, their use and practical

relevance.
Contingent planning and mid-season corrections for aberrant weather

situations,
water harvesting, watershed management, improved dryland technology,

alternate
land use system, Agro forestry and its types, important MPTs and grasses for

Rajasthan.
Land degradation: types and their extent, Soil erosion: types and

management
and land capability classification. Draught and draught proofing.

Unit- VII

Cropping
systems: Principles and practices, cropping systems under irrigated and rain

fed
situations, cropping systems suitable for Rajasthan, assessment of yield

advantages,
integrated farming system: meaning, scope and different models, crop

residue
management, crop diversification, organic farming, its certification,
principles

and
accreditation, green farming, use of liquid, fermented liquid organic manures,

sustainable
agriculture, natural resources management.

Unit- VIII

Introduction,
origin, history, production, distribution, cultural practices, plant

protection
and varieties of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre, forage sugar and commercial

crops
as well as area, production and productivity at national and state level, post-

harvest
technologies in agronomical crops.

Unit- IX

Principles
of experimental design, correlation and regression analysis. Analysis of

variance
and co-variance. Statistical Designs used in Agronomical Experiments,

transformation
of data.

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