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Code 01:
01: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- PLANT
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 1.1:
1.1: Plant
Plant Biochemistry/
Biochemistry/ Bio.
Bio. Chem.
Chem. 1.2:
1.2: Plant
Plant Biotechnology
Biotechnology &
& Molecular
Molecular Biology/Biotechnology,
Biology/Biotechnology,
1.3:
1.3: Plant
Plant /Crop
/Crop Physiology)
Physiology)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: Importance
Importance of
of agriculture
agriculture in
in national
national economy;
economy; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production;
production; cultivation
cultivation of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat,
chickpea,
chickpea, pigeon-pea,
pigeon-pea, sugarcane,
Sugarcane, groundnut,
groundnut, tomato,
tomato, and
and mango.
mango. Major
Major soils
soils of
of India;
India; role
role of
of NPK
NPK and
and their
their
deficiency
deficiency symptoms.
symptoms. General
General structure
structure and
and function
function of
of cell
cell organelles;
organelles; mitosis
mitosis and
and meiosis;
meiosis; Mendelian
Mendelian
genetics.
genetics. Elementary
Elementary knowledge
knowledge of
of growth,
growth, development,
development, photosynthesis,
photosynthesis, respiration
respiration and
and transpiration;
transpiration;
Elements
Elements of
of economic
economic botany.
botany. General
General structure
structure and
and function
function of
of carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, proteins,
proteins, nucleic
nucleic acids,
acids,
enzymes
enzymes and
and vitamins.
vitamins. Major
Major pests
pests and
and diseases
diseases of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat, cotton,
cotton, chickpea,
chickpea, sugarcane
sugarcane and
and their
their
management.
management. Organic
Organic farming;
farming; bio-fertilizers;
bio-fertilizers; bio-pesticides.
bio-pesticides. Recombinant
Recombinant DNA
DNA technology;
technology; transgenic
transgenic crops.
crops.
Important
Important rural
rural development
development programmes
programmes in
in India;
India; organizational
organizational set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural research,
research, education
education and
and
extension
extension in
in India.
India. Elements
Elements of
of statistics.
statistics.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Importance
Importance of
of biochemistry
biochemistry in
in agriculture.
agriculture. Acid-base
Acid-base concept
concept and
and buffers;
buffers; pH.
pH.
Classification,
Classification, structure
structure and
and metabolic
metabolic functions
functions of
of carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, lipids
lipids and
and proteins.
proteins. Structure
Structure and
and function
function of
of
nucleic
nucleic acids.
acids. Enzymes:
Enzymes: structure,
structure, nomenclature,
nomenclature, mechanism
mechanism of
of action;
action; vitamins
vitamins and
and minerals
minerals as
as coenzymes
coenzymes
and
and cofactors.
cofactors. Metabolic
Metabolic pathways:
pathways: glycolysis,
glycolysis, TCA
TCA cycle,
cycle, fatty
fatty acid
acid oxidation,
oxidation, triglyceride
triglyceride biosynthesis.
biosynthesis.
Electron
Electron transport
transport chain;
chain; ATP
ATP formation.
formation. Photosynthesis:
Photosynthesis: C-3,
C-3, C-4
C-4 and
and CAM
CAM pathways.
pathways. Nitrate
Nitrate assimilation;
assimilation;
biological
fixation. Colorimetric
biological nitrogen
nitrogen fixation.
Colorimetric and
and chromatographic
chromatographic techniques
techniques
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Characteristics
Characteristics of
of prokaryotic
prokaryotic and
and eukaryotic
eukaryotic organisms;
organisms; differences
differences between
between fungi,
fungi, bacteria,
bacteria, mycoplasms
mycoplasms and
and
viruses.
viruses. Physical
Physical and
and chemical
chemical basis
basis of
of heredity;
heredity; chromosome
chromosome structure.
structure. DNA
DNA replication,
replication, transcription
transcription and
and
translation;
translation; genetic
genetic code;
code; operon
operon concept.
concept. Genetic
Genetic engineering;
engineering; restriction
restriction enzymes;
enzymes; vectors;
vectors; gene
gene cloning;
cloning;
gene
gene transfer.
transfer. Plant
Plant cell
cell and
and tissue
tissue culture;
culture; micro-propagation;
micro-propagation; somaclonal
somaclonal variation.
variation. Transformation;
Transformation;
recombination;
recombination; Heterosis.
Heterosis. General
General application
application of
of biotechnology.
biotechnology. Molecular
Molecular and
and immunological
immunological techniques.
techniques.
Concept
Concept of
of bioinformatics,
bioinformatics, genomics
genomics and
and proteomics.
proteomics.
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: Plant
Plant Physiology/
Physiology/ Crop
Crop Physiology:
Physiology: Plant
Plant physiology–
physiology— importance
importance in
in agriculture.
agriculture. Seed
Seed germination,
germination, viability
viability
and
and vigour.
vigour. PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis- significance
significance of
of C-3,
C-3, C-4
C-4 and
and CAM
CAM pathway;
pathway; photorespiration
photorespiration and
and its
its implications.
implications.
Translocation
Translocation of
of assimilates;
assimilates; dry
dry matter
matter partitioning;
partitioning; Harvest
Harvest index
index of
of crops.
crops. Growth
Growth and
and development;
development; growth
growth
analysis;
analysis; crop-water
crop-water relationship.
relationship. Plant
Plant nutrients
nutrients and
and their
their functions.
functions. Phytohormones
Phytohormones and
and their
their physiological
physiological
role.
role. Photo-periodism,
Photo-periodism, vernalisation;
vernalisation; pollination/
pollination/ fertilization
fertilization in
in flowering
flowering plants.
plants. Post-harvest
Post-harvest physiology
physiology and
and its
its
significance.
significance.
Code
Code 02:
02: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- PLANT
PLANT SCIENCES
SCIENCES
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 2.1:
2.1: Plant
Plant Breeding
Breeding &
& Genetics,
Genetics, 2.2:
2.2: Plant
Plant Pathology,
Pathology, 2.3:
2.3: Agricultural
Agricultural Microbiology/Microbiology,
Microbiology/Microbiology,
2.4:
Seed
Science
&
Technology,
2.5:
Plant
Genetic
2.4: Seed Science & Technology, 2.5: Plant Genetic Resources)
Resources)
UNIT-I:
Agriculture in
UNIT-I: Importance
Importance of
of Agriculture
in national
national economy;
economy; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production;
production; cultivation
cultivation of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat,
chickpea,
pigeon-pea,
sugarcane,
groundnut,
tomato,
potato
and
mango.
Major
soils
of
India,
role
of
chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato, potato and mango. Major soils of India, role of NPK
NPK and
and
their
their deficiency
deficiency symptoms.
symptoms.
UNIT-II:
function of
UNIT-II: Structure
Structure and
and function
of cell
cell organelles;
organelles; mitosis
mitosis and
and meiosis;
meiosis; Mendelian
Mendelian genetics;
genetics; elementary
elementary knowledge
knowledge of
of
photosynthesis;
photosynthesis; respiration,
respiration, and
and transpiration;
transpiration; structure
structure and
and functions
functions of
of carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, proteins,
proteins, nucleic
nucleic acids,
acids,
enzymes
enzymes and
and vitamins.
vitamins. Major
Major pests
pests and
and diseases
diseases of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat, cotton,
cotton, chickpea,
chickpea, sugarcane
sugarcane and
and their
their
management.
management.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Characteristics
Characteristics of
of prokaryotic
prokaryotic and
and eukaryotic
eukaryotic organisms,
organisms, differences
differences between
between fungi,
fungi, bacteria,
bacteria, mycoplasmas
mycoplasmas
and
and viruses;
viruses; physical
physical and
and chemical
chemical basis
basis of
of heredity;
heredity; chromosome
chromosome structure;
structure; genes/operon
genes/operon concept;
concept; protein
protein
biosynthesis;
biosynthesis; transformation,
transformation, recombination,
recombination, Heterosis;
Heterosis; Elements
Elements of
of economic
economic botany;
botany; integrated
integrated diseases
diseases
management;
management; sterilisation,
sterilisation, disinfection
disinfection and
and pasteurization;
pasteurization; Koch’s
Koch’s postulates;
postulates; etiological
etiological agents
agents of
of rusts,
1
smuts,
witches- broom;
smuts, powdery/downy
powdery/downy mildews,
mildews, wilts,
wilts, yellows,
yellows, mosaic,
mosaic, necrosis,
necrosis, enations,
enations, blights
blights and
and witchesbroom; pH,
pH, buffer,
buffer,
vitamins,
fertilization in
vitamins, role
role of
of plant
plant hormones
hormones in
in seed
seed germination
germination and
and dormancy;
dormancy; pollination/
pollination/ fertilization
in flowering
flowering plants;
plants;
methods
methods of
of seed
seed testing;
testing; breeders,
breeders, foundation
foundation and
and certified
certified seeds;
seeds; seed
seed production
production in
in self
self and
and cross
cross pollinated
pollinated
crops,
crops, nitrate
nitrate assimilation;
assimilation; biological
biological nitrogen
nitrogen fixation
fixation and
and other
other uses
uses of
of microorganisms
microorganisms in
in agriculture.
agriculture.
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: Food
Food and
and industry;
industry; composting
composting and
and biogas
biogas production.
production. Important
Important rural
rural development
development programmes
programmes in
in
India;
organizational
set
up
of
agricultural
research,
education
and
extension
in
India.
India; organizational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India.
Code
Code 03:
03: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- PHYSICAL
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
SCIENCE
(Sub-Subjects:
Agricultural // Agro.
Agro. Meteorology,
(Sub-Subjects: 3.1:
3.1: Agricultural
Meteorology, 3.2
3.2 :: Soil
Soil Science
Science &
& Agricultural
Agricultural Chemistry/
Chemistry/ Soil
Soil
Conservation
Conservation and
and Water
Water Management/
Management/ SWC/
SWC? Irrigation
Irrigation and
and Water
Water Management,
Management, 3.3:
3.3: Agricultural
Agricultural Physics,
Physics,
3.4:
Agricultural Chemicals,
3.4: Agricultural
Chemicals, 3.5
3.5: : Organic
Organic Farming,
Farming, 3.6:
3.6: Environmental
Environmental Science.)
Science.)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: Importance
Importance of
of Agriculture
Agriculture in
in national
national perspective;
perspective; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production,
production, diversification,
diversification,
diversification
wheat
diversification of
of Agriculture,
Agriculture, principle
principle of
of nutrient
nutrient and
and water
water management,
management, package
package of
of practices
practices for
for rice,
rice, wheat
sorghum,
sorghum, maize,
maize, chickpea,
chickpea, pigeon
pigeon pea,
pea, potato,
potato, sugarcane,
sugarcane, groundnut,
groundnut, major
major vegetable
vegetable crops.
crops. Role
Role of
of essential
essential
plant
plant nutrients,
nutrients, their
their deficiency
deficiency symptoms
symptoms and
and management
management options.
options. Structure
Structure and
and function
function of
of plant
plant cells,
cells, cell
cell
division,
division, Basic
Basic concept
concept of
of plant
plant physiology
physiology relating
relating to
to crop
crop productionproduction- Biochemical
Biochemical compounds
compounds viz,
viz,
carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, proteins,
proteins, enzymes,
enzymes, fats,
fats, liquid
liquid vitamins
vitamins and
and their
their function,
function, developmental
developmental programmes
programmes relating
relating
to
to rural
rural upliftment
upliftment and
and livelihood
livelihood security;
security; organisational
organisational set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural education
education research
research and
and
extension
future strategies
extension and
and future
strategies for
for up
up gradation.
gradation.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Volumetric
Volumetric and
and gravimetric
gravimetric analysis
analysis including
including complexmetric
complexmetric methods,
methods, periodic
periodic classification
classification of
of element,
element, Basic
Basic
principle
principle of
of instrumental
instrumental analysis
analysis including
including spectro-photometry
spectro-photometry (Absorption
(Absorption and
and emission
emission spectrography),
spectrography),
Atomic structure
–elementary concept
Atomic
structure —elementary
concept of
of radioactivity,
radioactivity, element
element and
and compound
compound common
common ion
ion effect,
effect, solubility
solubility
product—
product— hydrolysis
hydrolysis of
of salts,
salts, buffer
buffer solution
solution indicates
indicates equivalent
equivalent weights
weights and
and standard
standard solution.
solution.
Elementary
Elementary concepts
concepts of
of organic
organic compoundscompounds- nomenclature
nomenclature and
and classifications
classifications including
including hydrocarbons,
hydrocarbons, alcohol,
alcohol,
aldehydes,
aldehydes, acids
acids and
and esters,
esters, carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, fats
fats and
and liquids,
liquids, amino
amino acids,
acids, nucleic
nucleic acids.
acids. Pesticides,
Pesticides, their
their
classification
classification and
and uses;
uses; biopesticides
biopesticides and
and botanical
botanical pesticides.
pesticides.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-II: Soil
Soil as
as a
a medium
medium for
for plant
plant growth,
growth, composition
composition of
of earth’s
earth’s crust,
crust, weathering
weathering of
of rocks
rocks and
and minerals,
minerals, components
components
of
of soilsoil- their
their importance,
importance, soil
soil profile,
profile, soil
soil partialspartials- physical
physical mineralogical
mineralogical and
and chemical
chemical nature.
nature. Mechanical
Mechanical
analysis,
analysis, Stokes
Stokes law,
law, assumptions,
assumptions, limitations
limitations and
and applications.
applications. Soil,
Soil, physical
physical propertiesproperties- density,
density, porosity,
porosity,
texture,
texture, soil
soil structure
structure and
and their
their brief
brief descriptions.
descriptions. Rheological
Rheological properties
properties in
in soils,
soils, calculations
calculations of
of porosity
porosity and
and
bulk
factors affecting
bulk density.
density. Soil
Soil air-Aeration,
air-Aeration, causes
causes of
of poor
poor aeration,
aeration, factors
affecting aeration,
aeration, importance
importance for
for plant
plant growth.
growth.
Soil
Soil temperature
temperature -- sources
sources and
and losses
losses of
of soil
soil heat.
heat. Factors
Factors affecting
affecting soil
soil temperature,
temperature, its
its importance
importance in
in plant
plant
growth.
water, soil-water-energy
growth. Soil
Soil waterwater- structure
structure of
of water,
soil-water-energy relationship,
relationship, classifications,
classifications, surface
surface tension
tension and
and
movement
movement in
in soil.
soil. Soil
Soil colloidscolloids- properties,
properties, structure
structure of
of silicate
silicate clay
clay minerals,
minerals, sources
sources of
of negative
negative charges,
charges,
properties,
properties, kaolinite,
kaolinite, illite,
illite, montmorillonite
montmorillonite and
and vermiculite
vermiculite clay
clay minerals,
minerals, milli-equivalent
milli-equivalent concept
concept ,, cation
cation
exchange
capacity,
anion
exchange
capacity,
buffering
of
soils.
Problem
soilsacid,
saline,
exchange capacity, anion exchange capacity, buffering of soils. Problem soils- acid, saline, sodic
sodic and
and acid
acid
sulphate
formation, problems
sulphate soils
soils —– their
their characteristics,
characteristics, formation,
problems and
and management.
management. Irrigation,
Irrigation, water
water quality
quality and
and its
its
evaluation.
with upland
evaluation. Waterlogged
Waterlogged soilssoils- basic
basic features,
features, distinction
distinction with
upland soils.
soils.
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: Essential
Essential plant
plant nutrientsnutrients- criteria
criteria of
of essentiality,
essentiality, functions
functions for
for plant
plant growth,
growth, mechanisms
mechanisms for
for movement
movement and
and
uptake
uptake of
of ions
ions in
in soils
soils and
and plants,
plants, Forms
Forms of
of nutrients
nutrients in
in soils,
soils, deficiency
deficiency symptoms
symptoms on
on plants,
plants, luxury
luxury
consumption,
consumption, nutrient
nutrient interactions
interactions and
and chelated
chelated micronutrients.
micronutrients. Soil
Soil fertility,
fertility, evaluation
evaluation and
and management
management for
for
plant
plant growth,
growth, soil
soil testing
testing and
and fertilizer
fertilizer recommendations.
recommendations. Soil
Soil classificationsclassifications- diagnostic
diagnostic surface
surface and
and subsubsurface
surface horizons,
horizons, soil
soil surveysurvey- types,
types, objectives,
objectives, uses,
uses, land
land capability
capability classifications.
classifications. Remote
Remote sensing
sensing and
and its
its
application
application in
in agriculture,
agriculture, SIS,
SIS, GIS
GIS and
and GPSGPS- basic
basic features
features and
and uses
uses in
in agriculture,
agriculture, Elementary
Elementary concepts
concepts of
of
radio
radio isotopes
isotopes and
and uses
uses in
in agriculture.
agriculture. Soil
Soil micro-organisms,
micro-organisms, Classifications
Classifications and
and their
their roles.
roles. Organic
Organic mattermatterdecomposition,
decomposition, C:N
C:N ratios,
ratios, mineralization
mineralization and
and immobilization
immobilization processes,
processes, humus,
humus, role
role of
of organic
organic matter
matter in
in soil
soil
quality.
Soil
erosion,
types
and
control
measures.
Fertilizers
and
manuresclassifications,
NPK
fertilizers,
quality. Soil erosion, types and control measures. Fertilizers and manures- classifications, NPK fertilizers, their
their
reactions
water pollutionreactions in
in soils,
soils, green
green manuring,
manuring, recycling
recycling of
of organic
organic wastes,
wastes, composting.
composting. Soil
Soil and
and water
pollution- sources,
sources,
brief
idea
about
different
pollutants
in
soils
and
their
managements.
brief idea about different pollutants in soils and their
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Code
Code 04:
04: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- ENTOMOLOGY
ENTOMOLOGY AND
AND NEMATOLOGY
NEMATOLOGY
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 4.1
4.1: : Entomology,
Entomology, 4.2
4.2 :: Nematology,
Nematology, 4.3:
4.3: Sericulture)
Sericulture)
UNIT-I:
Agriculture in
UNIT-I: Importance
Importance of
of Agriculture
in national
national economy;
economy; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production;
production; cultivation
cultivation of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat,
chickpea,
chickpea, pigeon-pea,
pigeon-pea, sugarcane,
sugarcane, groundnut,
groundnut, tomato,
tomato, cole
cole crops,
crops, mango,
mango, grapes,
grapes, banana,
banana, oilseeds
oilseeds other
other than
than
groundnut,
groundnut, soybean
soybean and
and mustard.
mustard. Major
Major soils
soils of
of India,
India, role
role of
of NPK
NPK and
and their
their deficiency
deficiency symptoms.
symptoms. Mendelian
Mendelian
genetics;
genetics; elementary
elementary knowledge
knowledge of
of photosynthesis;
photosynthesis; respiration,
respiration, and
and transpiration;
transpiration; Major
Major cropping
cropping systems
systems
cropping,
crop
rotations,
mixed
cropping);
soil
degradation-soil
salinity
and
acidity
(rice-wheat
(rice-wheat cropping,
crop rotations, mixed
cropping);
soil degradation-soil
salinity and acidity and
and
management;
some
aspects
of
post-harvest
technology;
varietal
improvement;
importance
management; some aspects of post-harvest technology; varietal improvement; importance of
of Heterosis
Heterosis in
in crop
crop
production;
production; crop
crop protection
protection principles
principles in
in field
field and
and storage.
storage. Major
Major insect
insect pests
pests and
and diseases
diseases of
of agricultural
agricultural crops
crops
like
like rice,
rice, cotton,
cotton, pulses,
pulses, oilseed
oilseed crops
crops like
like groundnut,
groundnut, soybean
soybean and
and mustard,
mustard, vegetables
vegetables like
like tomato,
tomato, cole
cole crops;
crops;
fruit crops
fruit
crops like
like mango
mango and
and banana
banana and
and their
their management
management principles.
principles. Transgenic
Transgenic crops.
crops. Important
Important rural
rural
development
development programmes
programmes in
in India;
India; organizational
organizational set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural research,
research, education
education and
and extension
extension in
in
India;
India; Elements
Elements of
of statistics.
statistics.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Classification
Classification of
of animal
animal kingdom
kingdom up
up to
to class;
class; distinguishing
distinguishing characters
characters up
up to
to orders
orders in
in class
class Insecta;
Insecta; general
general
organization
of
an
insect
external
morphology
with
special
reference
to
lepidopteran
larvae,
coleopteran
organization of an insect external morphology with special reference to lepidopteran larvae, coleopteran adults;
adults;
and
and honeybee;
honeybee; metamorphosis
metamorphosis and
and moulting;
moulting; different
different physiological
physiological systems;
systems; insectinsect- plant
plant relationship;
relationship; insect
insect
pests
pests of
of agricultural
agricultural and
and horticultural
horticultural crops,
crops, and
and their
their stored/processed
stored/processed products,
products, insect
insect vectors
vectors of
of plant
plant
diseases-identification,
diseases-identification, biology,
biology, nature
nature of
of damage,
damage, and
and their
their management
management tactics;
tactics; and
and pests
pests of
of household,
household,
medical
medical and
and veterinary
veterinary importance
importance and
and their
their control;
control; useful
useful and
and beneficial
beneficial insects
insects like
like honeybee,
honeybee, lac
lac insect,
insect,
silkworm
and
pollinators;
Nematode
taxonomy,
biology
of
important
plant
parasitic
nematodes
and
their
silkworm and pollinators; Nematode taxonomy, biology of important plant parasitic nematodes and their control;
control;
entomopathogenic
entomopathogenic nematodes,
nematodes, basic
basic principles
principles of
of insect
insect and
and nematode
nematode pest
pest management-cultural,
management-cultural, biological,
biological,
insecticidal,
quarantine,
and
regulatory
aspects;
insecticide
classification
insecticidal,
quarantine,
and
regulatory aspects;
insecticide classification and
and insecticide
insecticide resistance
resistance
management;
management; and
and insect
insect protective
protective transgenic
transgenic crops.
crops.
Code
Code 05:
05: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- AGRONOMY
AGRONOMY
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 5.1:
5.1: Agronomy)
Agronomy)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: General:
General: Importance
Importance of
of Agriculture
Agriculture in
in national
national economy;
economy; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production;
production; cultivation
cultivation of
of rice,
rice,
wheat,
chickpea,
pigeon-pea,
sugarcane,
groundnut,
rapeseed
and
mustard,
potato.
Major
soils
of
India,
wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, rapeseed and mustard, potato. Major soils of India, role
role of
of
NPK
NPK and
and their
their deficiency
deficiency symptoms.
symptoms. Structure
Structure and
and function
function of
of cell
cell organelles;
organelles; mitosis
mitosis and
and meiosis;
meiosis; Mendelian
Mendelian
genetics:
genetics: elementary
elementary knowledge
knowledge of
of photosynthesis;
photosynthesis; respiration,
respiration, photorespiration
photorespiration and
and transpiration;
transpiration; structure
structure
functions
of
carbohydrates,
proteins,
nucleic
acids,
enzymes
and
vitamins.
Major
and
and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes and vitamins. Major pests
pests and
and diseases
diseases of
of
rice,
wheat, cotton,
rice, wheat,
cotton, chickpea,
chickpea, sugarcane
sugarcane and
and their
their management.
management. Important
Important rural
rural development
development programmes
programmes in
in
India;
India; organisational
organisational set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural research,
research, education
education and
and extension
extension in
in India;
India; Elements
Elements of
of statistics.
statistics.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Principles
Principles of
of Agronomy,
Agronomy, Crop
Crop ecology
ecology and
and geography
geography and
and Agricultural
Agricultural Meteorology:
Meteorology: Agronomy
Agronomy –meaning
—meaning and
and scope,
scope,
National
&
International
agricultural
research
institutes
in
India,
Agro
climatic
zones
of
India,
Tillage,
crop
National & International agricultural research institutes in India, Agro climatic zones of India, Tillage, crop stand
stand
establishment
establishment and
and planting
planting geometry
geometry and
and their
their effect
effect on
on crop,
crop, Physiological
Physiological limits
limits of
of crop
crop yield
yield and
and variability
variability in
in
relation
relation to
to ecological
ecological optima,
optima, organic
organic farming,
farming, Precision
Precision farming,
farming, Integrated
Integrated farming
farming systems,
systems, Principles
Principles of
of field
field
experimentation.
experimentation. Principles
Principles of
of crop
crop ecology
ecology and
and crop
crop adaptation,
adaptation, climate
climate shift
shift and
and its
its ecological
ecological implications,
implications, AgroAgroecological
ecological regions
regions in
in India,
India, Geographical
Geographical distribution
distribution of
of crop
crop plants,
plants, Greenhouse
Greenhouse effect,
effect, Climatic
Climatic factors
factors and
and their
their
effect
effect on
on plant
plant processes
processes and
and crop
crop productivity,
productivity, Role
Role of
of GIS
GIS and
and GPS
GPS in
in agriculture.
agriculture. Weather
Weather
&
& climate,
climate, Earth’s
Earth’s atmosphere,
atmosphere, Solar
Solar radiation,
radiation, Atmospheric
Atmospheric temperature
temperature and
and global
global warming.
warming. Crops
Crops and
and
atmospheric
atmospheric humidity,
humidity, Weather
Weather forecasting.
forecasting.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Field
Field crops:
crops: Origin,
Origin, distribution,
distribution, economic
economic importance,
importance, soil
soil and
and climatic
climatic requirement,
requirement, varieties,
varieties, cultural
cultural
practices
and
yield
of
cereals
(
rice,
wheat,
maize,
sorghum,
pearl
millet,
minor
millets,
practices and yield of cereals ( rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, minor millets, barley),
barley), pulses
pulses
(chickpea,
(chickpea, lentil,
lentil, peas,
peas, Pigeon
Pigeon pea,
pea, mungbean,
mungbean, urdbean),
urdbean), oilseeds
oilseeds (groundnut,
(groundnut, sesame,
sesame, soybean,
soybean, rapeseed
rapeseed &
&
mustard,
jute, sun
mustard, sunflower,
sunflower, safflower,
safflower, linseed),
linseed), fiber
fiber crops
crops (cotton,
(cotton, jute,
sun hemp),
hemp), sugar
sugar crops(sugarcane),
crops(sugarcane), fodder
fodder &
&
forage crops
forage
crops (sorghum,
(sorghum, maize,
maize, napier,
napier, berseem,
berseem, Lucerne,
Lucerne, oats),
oats), medicinal
medicinal &
& aromatic
aromatic plants
plants (menthe,
(menthe, lemon
lemon
grass
grass and
and isabgol)
isabgol) and
and commercial
commercial crops(potato,
crops(potato, tobacco).
tobacco).
UNIT-IV:
weed
Weed management:
management: Principles
Principles of
of weed
weed management,
management, Classification,
Classification, biology
biology and
and ecology
ecology of
of weeds,
weeds, crop
crop weed
UNIT-IV: Weed
competition
competition and
and allelopathy,
allelopathy, concepts
concepts and
and methods
methods of
of weed
weed control,
control, Integrated
Integrated weed
weed management,
3
Classification,
Classification, formulations,
formulations, selectivity
selectivity and
and resistance
resistance of
of herbicides,
herbicides, Herbicide
Herbicide persistence
persistence in
in soil
soil and
and plants,
plants,
Application methods
weeds
Application
methods and
and equipments,
equipments, Weed
Weed flora
flora shifts
shifts in
in cropping
cropping systems,
systems, Special
Special and
and problematic
problematic weeds
and
and their
their management
management in
in cropped
cropped and
and non-cropped
non-cropped situations,
situations, Weed
Weed management
management in
in field
field crops.
crops.
UNIT-V:
UNIT-V: Water
Water management:
management: Principles
Principles of
of irrigation,
irrigation, Water
Water resources
resources and
and irrigation
irrigation development
development in
in India,
India, Water
Water and
and
irrigation
irrigation requirements,
requirements, Concepts
Concepts and
and approaches
approaches of
of irrigation
irrigation scheduling,
scheduling, Methods
Methods of
of irrigation,
irrigation, Measurement
Measurement
of
of irrigation
irrigation water,
water, application,
application, distribution
distribution and
and use
use efficiencies,
efficiencies, Conjunctive
Conjunctive use
use of
of water,
water, Irrigation
Irrigation water
water
quality
quality and
and its
its management,
management, water
water management
management in
in major
major field,
field, crops
crops (rice,
(rice, wheat,
wheat, maize,
maize, groundnut,
groundnut,
sugarcane)
Agricultural drainage.
sugarcane) Agricultural
drainage.
UNIT-VI:
UNIT-VI: Soil
Soil fertility
fertility and
and fertilizer
fertilizer use:
use: Essential
Essential plant
plant nutrients
nutrients and
and their
their deficiency
deficiency symptoms,
symptoms, concept
concept of
of essentiality
essentiality of
of
plant
plant nutrients,
nutrients, Indicators
Indicators of
of soil
soil fertility
fertility and
and productivity,
productivity, Fertilizer
Fertilizer materials
materials and
and their
their availability
availability to
to plants,
plants, slow
slow
release
fertilizers, Nitrification
release fertilizers,
Nitrification inhibitors,
inhibitors, Principles
Principles and
and methods
methods of
of fertilizer
fertilizer application,
application, Integrated
Integrated nutrient
nutrient
management,
management, site
site specific
specific nutrient
nutrient management.
management.
UNIT-VII:
UNIT-VII: Dryland
Dryland Agronomy:
Agronomy: Characteristics
Characteristics of
of Dryland
Dryland farming
farming and
and delineation
delineation of
of Dryland
Dryland tracts,
tracts, constraints
constraints of
of
Dryland
Dryland farming
farming in
in India,
India, Types
Types of
of drought
drought and
and their
their management,
management, contingency
contingency crop
crop planning
planning and
and midmid- season
season
corrections
for aberrant
weather and
corrections for
aberrant weather
and its
its recycling.
recycling. Watershed
Watershed management.
management.
UNIT-VIII:
UNIT-VIII Problem
Problem soils
soils :: Problem
Problem soils
soils and
and their
their distribution
distribution in
in India,
India, Characteristics
Characteristics and
and reclamation
reclamation of
of these
these soils,
soils,
Crop
Crop production
production techniques
techniques in
in problem
problem soils.
soils.
UNIT-IX:
UNIT-IX: Sustainable
Sustainable land
land use
use systems:
systems: Sustainable
Sustainable agriculture:
agriculture: parameters
parameters and
and indicators,
indicators, Conservation
Conservation agriculture,
agriculture,
safe
waste for
for crop
Alternate
safe disposal
disposal of
of agri-industrial
agri-industrial waste
crop production,
production, Agro-forestry
Agro-forestry systems,
systems, shifting
shifting cultivation,
cultivation, Alternate
land
land use
use systems,
systems, Wastelands
Wastelands and
and their
their remediation
remediation for
for crop
crop production.
production.
Code
Code 06:
06: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- SOCIAL
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SCIENCES
(Sub-Subjects:
Agricultural Economics,
(Sub-Subjects: 6.1:
6.1: Agricultural
Economics, 6.2:
6.2: Agriculture
Agriculture Extension
Extension Education)
Education)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: Importance
Importance of
of Agriculture
Agriculture in
in national
national economy;
economy; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production;
production; cultivation
cultivation of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat,
chickpea,
pigeon-pea,
sugarcane,
groundnut,
tomato
and
mango.
Major
soils
of
India,
role
of
NPK
chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato and mango. Major soils of India, role of NPK and
and their
their
deficiency
deficiency symptoms.
symptoms. Structure
Structure and
and function
function of
of cell
cell organelles,
organelles, mitosis
mitosis and
and meiosis;
meiosis; Mendelian
Mendelian genetics;
genetics; elementary
elementary
knowledge
knowledge of
of photosynthesis;
photosynthesis; respiration,
respiration, and
and transpiration;
transpiration; structure
structure and
and functions
functions of
of carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, proteins,
proteins,
nucleic
acids,
enzymes
and
vitamins.
Major
pests
and
diseases
of
rice,
wheat,
cotton,
chickpea,
nucleic acids, enzymes and vitamins. Major pests and diseases of rice, wheat, cotton, chickpea, sugarcane
sugarcane and
and their
their
management.
management. Important
Important rural
rural development
development programmes
programmes in
in India;
India; organisational
organisational set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural research,
research,
education
education and
and extension
extension in
in India;
India; Elements
Elements of
of statistics.
statistics. Measures
Measures of
of central
central tendency
tendency and
and dispersion,
dispersion, regression
regression
and
correlation;
concept
of
probability,
sampling
techniques
and
tests
of
significance.
and correlation; concept of probability, sampling techniques and tests of significance.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Theory
Theory of
of consumer
consumer behaviour,
behaviour, theory
theory of
of demand,
demand, elasticity
elasticity of
of demand,
demand, indifference
indifference curve
curve analysis,
analysis, theory
theory of
of
firm, cost
firm,
cost curves,
curves, theory
theory of
of supply,
supply, price
price determination,
determination, market
market classification,
classification, concept
concept of
of macroeconomics,
macroeconomics,
money
money and
and banking,
banking, national
national income.
income. Agricultural
Agricultural marketing—role,
marketing—role, practice,
practice, institutions,
institutions, problems
problems and
and reforms,
reforms,
role
of
capital
and
credit
in
agriculture,
crop
insurance,
credit
institutions,
cooperatives,
capital
role of capital and credit in agriculture, crop insurance, credit institutions, cooperatives, capital formation
formation in
in
agriculture,
agriculture, agrarian
agrarian reforms,
reforms, globalization,
globalization, WTO
WTO && its
its impact
impact on
on Indian
Indian agriculture.
agriculture.
UNIT-III:
farming systems,
UNIT-III: Basic
Basic principles
principles of
of farm
farm management,
management, concept
concept of
of farming
farming system
system and
and economics
economics of
of farming
systems,
agricultural
production
economics-scope
and
analysis,
factor-product
relationship,
marginal
cost
agricultural production economics-scope and analysis, factor-product relationship, marginal cost and
and marginal
marginal
revenue,
farm planning
Agricultural finance:
finance: nature
revenue, farm
planning and
and budgeting,
budgeting, Agricultural
nature and
and scope.
scope. Time
Time value
value of
of money,
money,
Compounding
Agricultural credit:
Compounding and
and discounting.
discounting. Agricultural
credit: meaning,
meaning, definition,
definition, need,
need, classification.
classification. Credit
Credit analysis:
analysis:
4R’s,
4R’s, 5C’s
5C’s and
and 7
7 P’s
P’s of
of credit,
credit, repayment
repayment plans.
plans. History
History of
of financing
financing agriculture
agriculture in
in India.
India. Commercial
Commercial banks,
banks,
of
commercial
banks.
Lead
bank
scheme,
regional
rural
banks,
scale
nationalization
nationalization of commercial banks. Lead bank scheme, regional rural banks, scale of
of finance.
finance. Higher
Higher
financing agencies,
financing
agencies, RBI,
RBI, NABARD,
NABARD, AFC,
AFC, Asian
Asian Development
Development Bank,
Bank, World
World Bank,
Bank, role
role of
of capital
capital and
and credit
credit in
in
agriculture;
agriculture; credit
credit institutions,
institutions, co-operatives
co-operatives and
and agrarian
agrarian reforms
reforms in
in India.
India.
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: Extension
Extension EducationEducation- concept,
concept, meaning,
meaning, principles,
principles, philosophy,
philosophy, scope
scope and
and importance;
importance; Extension
Extension programme
programme
planning
and
evaluationsteps
and
principles,
models
of
organizing
agricultural
extension;
historical
planning and evaluation- steps and principles, models of organizing agricultural extension; historical development
development of
of
extension
extension in
in USA,
USA, Japan
Japan and
and India.
India. Rural
Rural development,
development, meaning,
meaning, importance
importance and
and problems;
problems; Rural
Rural development
development
44
programmes
programmes in
in IndiaIndia- Pre-independence
Pre-independence era
era to
to recent
recent ones;
ones; Extension
Extension teaching
teaching methods,
methods, definition
definition and
and
concept
of
sociology,
differences
between
rural
&
urban
communities,
social
stratification.,
social
groups,
social
concept of sociology, differences between rural & urban communities, social stratification., social groups, social
organization
organization and
and social
social change.
change. Rural
Rural leadership,
leadership, educational
educational psychologypsychology- learning
learning and
and teaching,
teaching, role
role of
of
personality
personality in
in agricultural
agricultural extension
extension Indian
Indian rural
rural systemsystem- its
its characteristics;
characteristics; value
value system,
system, cost
cost and
and class;
class;
structure
structure and
and customs;
customs; rural
rural group
group organization
organization and
and adult
adult education.
education.
UNIT-V:
UNIT-V: Communication,
Communication, principles,
principles, concepts,
concepts, process,
process, elements
elements and
and barriers
barriers in
in teaching
teaching methods.
methods. Different
Different kinds
kinds of
of
communication
communication methods
methods and
and media
media and
and AV
AV aids/materials.
aids/materials. Media
Media mix,
mix, Campaign,
Campaign, Cyber
Cyber extensionextension- internet,
internet,
cybercafé,
journalism, diffusion
cybercafé, Kisan
Kisan Call
Call Centers,
Centers, teleconferencing,
teleconferencing, agriculture
agriculture journalism,
diffusion and
and adoption
adoption of
of innovations-adopter
innovations-adopter
categories,
categories, capacity
capacity building
building of
of extension
extension personnel
personnel and
and farmersfarmers- training
training to
to farmers,
farmers, women
women and
and rural
rural youth.
youth.
Code
Code 07:
07: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- STATISTICAL
STATISTICAL SCIENCES
SCIENCES
(Sub-Subjects:
Agricultural Statistics,
(Sub-Subjects: 7.1:
7.1: Agricultural
Statistics, 7.2:
7.2: Computer
Computer Application,
Application, 7.3:
7.3: Bioinformatics)
Bioinformatics)
UNIT-I:
Agriculture: Importance
Agriculture/Forestry/Livestock in
UNIT-I: Agriculture:
Importance of
of Agriculture/Forestry/Livestock
in national
national economy.
economy. Basic
Basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production.
production.
Major
Major diseases
diseases and
and pests
pests of
of crops.
crops. Elementary
Elementary principles
principles of
of economics
economics and
and agri-extension.
agri-extension. Important
Important rural
rural
development
development programmes
programmes in
in India.
India. Organizational
Organizational set
set up
up of
of Agricultural
Agricultural research,
research, education
education and
and extension
extension in
in India.
India.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Mathematics:
Mathematics: Real
Real and
and complex
complex numbers;
numbers; polynomial
polynomial and
and roots;
roots; de
de Moivre’s
Moivre’s theorem
theorem and
and its
its applications.
applications.
Elements
Elements of
of set
set theorytheory- De
De Morgan’s
Morgan’s laws;
laws; vector
vector space,
space, linear
linear independence,
independence, orthogonality;
orthogonality; matricesmatrices- addition
addition
and
and multiplication,
multiplication, rank
rank of
of a
a matrix,
matrix, determinants,
determinants, inverse
inverse of
of a
a matrix,
matrix, solution
solution of
of a
a system
system of
of linear
linear equations,
equations,
characteristic
characteristic roots
roots and
and vectors;
vectors; convergence
convergence of
of infinite
infinite sequences
sequences and
and infinite
infinite seriesseries- tests
tests for
for convergence,
convergence,
absolute
absolute convergence;
convergence; co-ordinate
co-ordinate geometry
geometry in
in two
two dimensions
dimensions - - line,
line, circle,
circle, parabola,
parabola, ellipse
ellipse and
and hyperbola.
hyperbola.
Differential
Differential calculus:
calculus: limits,
limits, differentiation
differentiation of
of function
function of
of a
a single
single variable;
variable; Taylor’s
Taylor's and
and Maclaurin’s
Maclaurin’s theorems,
theorems,
mean-value
mean-value theorem;
theorem; maxima
maxima and
and minima;
minima; indeterminate
indeterminate form;
form; curvature,
curvature, asymptotes,
asymptotes, tracing
tracing of
of curves,
curves,
function of
functions and
function
of two
two or
or more
more independent
independent variables,
variables, partial
partial differentiation,
differentiation, homogeneous
homogeneous functions
and Euler’s
Euler’s
theorem,
theorem, composite
composite functions,
functions, total
total derivatives,
derivatives, derivative
derivative of
of an
an implicit
implicit function,
function, change
change of
of variables,
variables,
Jacobians.
Jacobians. Integral
Integral calculus:
calculus: integration
integration by
by simple
simple methods,
methods, standard
standard forms,
forms, simple
simple definite
definite integrals,
integrals, double
double
integrals,
integrals, change
change of
of order
order of
of integration,
integration, Gamma
Gamma and
and Beta
Beta functions,
functions, application
application of
of double
double integrals
integrals to
to find
find
area.
area. Ordinary
Ordinary differential
differential equations:
equations: differential
differential equations
equations of
of first
first order,
order, Exact
Exact and
and Bernoulli’s
Bernoulli's differential
differential
equations,
equations, equations
equations reducible
reducible to
to exact
exact form
form by
by integrating
integrating factors,
factors, equations
equations of
of first
first order
order and
and higher
higher degree,
degree,
Clairaut’s
Clairaut’s equation,
equation, methods
methods of
of finding
finding complementary
complementary functions
functions and
and particular
particular integrals.
integrals.
Calculus
Calculus of
of finite
finite differences,
differences, interpolation;
interpolation; numerical
numerical differentiation
differentiation and
and integration,
integration, difference
difference
equations;
equations; solution
solution of
of simple
simple non-linear
non-linear equations
equations by
by numerical
numerical methods
methods like
like NewtonNewton- Raphson
Raphson method.
method.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Introduction:
Introduction: Statistics
Statistics —– definition,
definition, use
use and
and limitations;
limitations; Frequency
Frequency Distribution
Distribution and
and Curves;
Curves; Measures
Measures of
of
Central
Tendency:
Arithmetic
mean;
Geometric
mean,
Harmonic
mean,
Median,
Mode;
Measures
Central Tendency: Arithmetic mean; Geometric mean, Harmonic mean,
Median, Mode; Measures of
of
Dispersion:
Dispersion: Range,
Range, Mean
Mean deviation,
deviation, Quartile
Quartile deviation,
deviation, Variance
Variance and
and Coefficient
Coefficient of
of Variation;
Variation; Probability:
Probability:
Definition
and
concepts,
law
of
addition
and
multiplication,
conditional
probability,
Bayes’
Definition and concepts, law of addition and multiplication, conditional probability, Bayes’ theorem;
theorem; Binomial,
Binomial,
multinomial,
multinomial, Poisson
Poisson and
and normal
normal distribution;
distribution; Introduction
Introduction to
to Sampling:
Sampling: Random
Random Sampling;
Sampling; Standard
Standard Error;
Error;
Tests
Tests of
of Significance
Significance -- Types
Types of
of Errors,
Errors, Null
Null Hypothesis,
Hypothesis, Level
Level of
of Significance,
Significance, Testing
Testing of
of hypothesis;
hypothesis; Large
Large
Sample
for Means,
Sample TestTest- SND
SND test
test for
Means, Single
Single Sample
Sample and
and Two
Two Samples;
Samples; Student’s
Student’s t-test
t-test for
for Single
Single Sample,
Sample, Two
Two
Samples
Samples and
and Paired
Paired tt test.
test. F
F test;
test; Chi-Square
Chi-Square Test
Test for
for goodness
goodness of
of fit
fit and
and independence
independence of
of attributes;
attributes;
Correlation
Correlation and
and Regression
Regression and
and associated
associated tests
tests of
of significance.
significance. Experimental
Experimental Designs:
Designs: basic
basic principles,
principles,
Analysis of
Analysis
of variance,
variance, Completely
Completely Randomized
Randomized Design
Design (CRD),
(CRD), Randomized
Randomized Block
Block Design
Design (RBD).
(RBD).
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: Computers:
Computers: input,
input, output
output devices,
devices, memory,
memory, hardware,
hardware, software;
software; Classification,
Classification, booting
booting computer.
computer. Viruses,
Viruses,
worms
and
antivirus.
Operating
Systemsome
DOS
commands,
FORMAT,
DIR,
COPY,
PATH,
MD,
worms and antivirus. Operating System- some DOS commands, FORMAT, DIR, COPY, PATH, MD, CD
CD and
and
DELTREE.
DELTREE. Types
Types of
of files.
files. WINDOWS:
WINDOWS: Desktop
Desktop and
and its
its elements,
elements, WINDOWS
WINDOWS Explorer,
Explorer, working
working with
with files
files and
and
folders; setting
Applications -– MSWORD:
folders;
setting time
time and
and date.
date. Anatomy
Anatomy of
of WINDOWS.
WINDOWS. Applications
MSWORD: Word
Word processing
processing featuresfeaturesCreating,
Creating, Editing,
Editing, Formatting
Formatting and
and Saving;
Saving; MSEXCEL:
MSEXCEL: Electronic
Electronic spreadsheets,
spreadsheets, concept,
concept, packages.
packages. Creating,
Creating,
editing
functions. Excel
editing and
and saving
saving a
a spreadsheet.
spreadsheet. In-built
In-built statistical
statistical and
and other
other functions.
Excel data
data analysis
analysis tools,
tools, Correlation
Correlation
and
ANOVA with
with one-way
and regression,
regression, t-test
t-test for
for two-samples
two-samples and
and ANOVA
one-way classification.
classification. Creating
Creating graphs.
graphs. MS
MS Power
Power
5
Point
Point and
and its
its features.
features. MSACCESS:
MSACCESS: Concept
Concept of
of Database,
Database, creating
creating database;
database; Computer
Computer programming:
programming: Flow
Flow
charts
Algorithms, Programming
charts and
and Algorithms,
Programming languageslanguages- BASIC,
BASIC, FORTRAN
FORTRAN and
and C.
C. Internet:
Internet: World
World Wide
Wide Web
Web (WWW),
(WWW),
Concepts,
web browsing
Concepts, web
browsing and
and electronic
electronic mail.
mail. Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics -- NCBI
NCBI Genebank
Genebank sequence
sequence databasedatabase- primary
primary
and
and secondary
secondary database.
database.
Code
Code 08:
08: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- HORTICULTURE
HORTICULTURE
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 8.1:
8.1: Vegetable
Vegetable Science
Science 8.2:
8.2: Fruit
Fruit Science
Science 8.3:
8.3: Post-Harvest
Post-Harvest Management
Management 8.4:
8.4: Floriculture
Floriculture &
&
Landscaping
Aromatic Crops)
Landscaping 8.5:
8.5: Plantation
Plantation Spices,
Spices, Medicinal
Medicinal and
and Aromatic
Crops)
UNIT-I:
Agriculture in
UNIT-I: Importance
Importance of
of Agriculture
in national
national economy;
economy; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production;
production; cultivation
cultivation of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat,
chickpea,
pigeon-pea,
sugarcane,
groundnut,
tomato
and
mango.
Major
soils
of
India,
role
of
NPK
and
chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato and mango. Major soils of India, role of NPK and their
their
deficiency
deficiency symptoms.
symptoms. Structure
Structure and
and function
function of
of cell
cell organelles;
organelles; mitosis
mitosis and
and meiosis;
meiosis; Mendelian
Mendelian genetics;
genetics;
elementary
knowledge
of
respiration,
structure
elementary
knowledge
of photosynthesis;
photosynthesis;
respiration, and
and transpiration;
transpiration;
structure and
and functions
functions of
of
carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, proteins,
proteins, nucleic
nucleic acids,
acids, enzymes
enzymes and
and vitamins.
vitamins. Major
Major pests
pests and
and diseases
diseases of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat, cotton,
cotton,
chickpea,
chickpea, sugarcane
sugarcane and
and their
their management.
management. Important
Important rural
rural development
development programmes
programmes in
in India;
India; organizational
organizational
set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural research,
research, education
education and
and extension
extension in
in India;
India; Elements
Elements of
of statistics.
statistics.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Layout
Layout and
and establishment
establishment of
of orchards;
orchards; pruning
pruning and
and training;
training; propagation,
propagation, climatic
climatic requirement
requirement and
and cultivation
cultivation of
of fruits
fruits
like
like mango,
mango, banana,
banana, citrus,
citrus, guava,
guava, grape,
grape, pineapple,
pineapple, papaya,
papaya, apple,
apple, pear,
pear, peach
peach and
and plum;
plum; cultivation
cultivation of
of plantation
plantation
crops
crops like
like coconut
coconut and
and cashew
cashew nut
nut and
and spices
spices like
like black
black pepper,
pepper, coriander,
coriander, turmeric,
turmeric, important
important physiological
physiological
disorders;
disorders; major
major vegetable
vegetable crops
crops of
of tropical,
tropical, subtropical
subtropical and
and temperate
temperate regions
regions ‘like
‘like cole
cole crops
crops (cauliflower,
(cauliflower, cabbage
cabbage
and
and knol
knol khol),
khol), cucurbits
cucurbits (pumpkin,
(pumpkin, bottlegourd,
bottlegourd, bittergourd,
bittergourd, luffa,
luffa, muskmelon
muskmelon and
and watermelon,
watermelon, cucumber),
cucumber), root
root
crops
crops (radish,
(radish, tapioca
tapioca sweet
sweet potato
potato and
and potato),
potato), leafy
leafy vegetables
vegetables (fenugreek
(fenugreek and
and spinach);
spinach); solanaceous
solanaceous crops
crops
(tomato,
fruits and
(tomato, chillies
chillies and
and brinjal);
brinjal); techniques
techniques for
for raising
raising the
the nursery;
nursery; nutritive
nutritive value
value of
of fruits
and vegetables
vegetables and
and their
their role
role
in
in human
human nutrition;
nutrition; basic
basic physiology
physiology of
of ripening
ripening in
in fruits
fruits and
and vegetables
vegetables and
and their
their products;
products; type
type of
of fruits
fruits and
and
vegetable
floricultural crops
vegetable products
products and
and control
control of
of fungal
fungal and
and bacterial
bacterial diseases;
diseases; major
major floricultural
crops grown
grown in
in India
India for
for
commercial
commercial purposes
purposes like
like rose,
rose, carnation,
carnation, chrysanthemum,
chrysanthemum, marigold,
marigold, tuberose,
tuberose, gladiolus,
gladiolus, orchids;
orchids; establishment
establishment and
and
maintenance
maintenance of
of lawns,
lawns, trees,
trees, shrubs,
shrubs, creepers,
creepers, hedges
hedges and
and annuals;
annuals; type
type of
of gardens,
gardens, methods
methods of
of crop
crop improvement;
improvement;
male
male sterility
sterility and
and incompatibility;
incompatibility; pure
pure line
line and
and pedigree
pedigree selection;
selection; backcross,
backcross, mass
mass selection;
selection; heterosis;
heterosis; plant
plant
nutrients,
nutrients, deficiency
deficiency symptoms
symptoms of
of nutrients,
nutrients, manures
manures and
and fertilisers,
fertilisers, systems
systems of
of irrigation,
irrigation, management
management of
of important
important
pests
pests and
and diseases
diseases of
of fruits
fruits and
and vegetables.
vegetables.
Code
Code 09:
09: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- FORESTRY/AGROFORESTRY
FORESTRY/AGROFORESTRY &
& SILVICULTURE
SILVICULTURE
(Sub-Subjects:
Agroforestry 9.3:
(Sub-Subjects: 9.1:
9.1: Forest
Forest Production
Production &
& Utilization
Utilization 9.2:
9.2: Silviculture
Silviculture &
& Agroforestry
9.3: Forest
Forest Resource
Resource Management
Management
9.4:
9.4: Forest
Forest Biology
Biology and
and Tree
Tree Improvement)
Improvement)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: Importance
Importance of
of Agriculture/Forestry/Livestock
Agriculture/Forestry/Livestock in
in national
national economy.
economy. Basic
Basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production.
production. Important
Important rural
rural
development
development programmes
programmes in
in India
India Elementary
Elementary principles
principles of
of economics
economics and
and agri-extension.
agri-extension. Organizational
Organizational set
set up
up of
of
Agricultural Research,
Agricultural
Research, education
education and
and extension
extension in
in India.
India. Major
Major diseases
diseases and
and pests
pests of
of crops.
crops. Elements
Elements of
of statistics.
statistics.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: ForestForest- importance,
importance, types,
types, classification,
classification, ecosystem,
ecosystem, biotic
biotic and
and abiotic
abiotic components,
components, ecological
ecological succession
succession and
and
climax,
climax, nursery
nursery and
and planting
planting technique,
technique, social
social forestry,
forestry, farm
farm forestry,
forestry, urban
urban forestry,
forestry, community
community forestry,
forestry, forest
forest
management,
management, silvicultural
silvicultural practices,
practices, forest
forest mensuration,
mensuration, natural
natural regeneration,
regeneration, man-made
man-made plantations,
plantations, shifting
shifting
cultivation,
cultivation, taungya,
taungya, dendrology,
dendrology, hardwoods,
hardwoods, softwoods,
softwoods, pulp
pulp woods,
woods, fuel
fuel woods,
woods, multipurpose
multipurpose tree
tree species,
species,
wasteland management.
wasteland
management. Agroforestry
Agroforestry —– importance
importance and
and land
land use
use systems,
systems, forest
forest soils,
soils, classification
classification and
and
conservation,
watershed management,
conservation, watershed
management, forest
forest genetics
genetics and
and biotechnology
biotechnology and
and tree
tree improvement,
improvement, tree
tree seed
seed
technology,
wildlife —– importance,
forest products
technology, rangelands,
rangelands, wildlife
importance, abuse,
abuse, depletion,
depletion, management,
management, major
major and
and minor
minor forest
products
including
including medicinal
medicinal and
and aromatic
aromatic plants,
plants, forest
forest inventory,
inventory, aerial
aerial photo
photo interpretation
interpretation and
and remote
remote sensing,
sensing, forest
forest
depletion
depletion and
and degradation
degradation —– importance
importance and
and impact
impact on
on environment,
environment, global
global warming,
warming, role
role of
of forests
forests and
and trees
trees
in
in climate
climate mitigation,
mitigation, tree
tree diseases,
diseases, wood
wood decay
decay and
and discolouration,
discolouration, tree
tree pests,
pests, integrated
integrated pest
pest and
and disease
disease
management,
management, biological
biological and
and chemical
chemical wood
wood preservation,
preservation, forest
forest conservation,
conservation, Indian
Indian forest
forest policies,
policies, Indian
Indian
forest act,
forest engineering,
joint forest
forest
act, forest
engineering, forest
forest economics,
economics, joint
forest management
management and
and tribology.
6
Code
Code 10:
10: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- AGRICULTURAL
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING AND
AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 10.1:
10.1: Soil
Soil && Water
Water Conservation
Conservation Engineering,
Engineering, 10.2:
10.2: Irrigation
Irrigation and
and Drainage
Drainage Engineering
Engineering 10.3
10.3
Processing
and
Food
Engineering
10.4:
Farm
Machinery
and
Power
Engineering
10.5:
Renewable
Processing and Food Engineering 10.4: Farm Machinery and Power Engineering 10.5: Renewable Energy
Energy Engineering)
Engineering)
UNIT-I
UNIT-I :: Elementary
Elementary Statistics
Statistics and
and theory
theory of
of probability,
probability, differential
differential and
and integral
integral calculus,
calculus, linear
linear algebra
algebra and
and Fourier
Fourier
series,
differential
equations,
vector
algebra
&
vector
calculus,
elementary
numerical
analysis.
series, differential equations, vector algebra & vector calculus, elementary numerical analysis.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Electric
Electric motors:
motors: Types,
Types, performance,
performance, selection,
selection, installation
installation and
and maintenance,
maintenance, measuring
measuring instruments,
instruments,
fundamentals
of
computers,
power
distribution.
fundamentals of computers, power distribution.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Thermodynamic
Thermodynamic principles;
principles; fluid
fluid mechanics,
mechanics, theory
theory of
of machines.
machines.
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: Soil
Soil mechanics,
mechanics, soil
soil classification,
classification, compaction
compaction &
& shear
shear strength
strength of
of soils,
soils, engineering
engineering mechanics,
mechanics, strength
strength of
of
materials.
materials.
UNIT-V:
farm equipment
UNIT-V: Importance
Importance of
of farm
equipment and
and role
role of
of mechanization
mechanization in
in enhancing
enhancing productivity
productivity &
& profitability
profitability of
of Indian
Indian
agriculture;
agriculture; analysis
analysis of
of forces,
forces, design
design and
and production
production of
of farm
farm machinery
machinery and
and power
power units;
units; mechanics
mechanics of
of tillage
tillage
&
& traction
traction operation,
operation, repair
repair and
and maintenance
maintenance of
of farm
farm machines
machines and
and equipment,
equipment, farm
farm engines;
engines; tractors
tractors and
and
power
power tillers;
tillers; tractor
tractor stability
stability and
and operators
operators comfort;
comfort; field
field capacity
capacity and
and cost
cost analysis;
analysis; test
test codes
codes and
and procedure;
procedure;
safety
safety and
and ergonomic
ergonomic principles.
principles. Role
Role of
of energy
energy in
in economic
economic development;
development; solar,
solar, wind
wind and
and bio-energy;
bio-energy; biogas
biogas
plants
plants &
& gasifiers;
gasifiers; biofuels
biofuels from
from biomass;
biomass; collection,
collection, characterization
characterization and
and storage
storage of
of biomass,
biomass, solar
solar cookers
cookers
&
& solar
solar refrigerators.
refrigerators.
UNIT-VI:
UNIT-VI: Biochemical
Biochemical and
and engineering
engineering properties
properties of
of biological
biological materials;
materials; quality
quality control
control &
& safety
safety of
of raw
raw and
and finished
finished
products.
products. Principles,
Principles, practices
practices and
and equipments
equipments for
for drying,
drying, milling,
milling, separation
separation and
and storage
storage of
of agricultural
agricultural
produce
produce and
and by-products;
by-products; material
material handling
handling equipment
equipment and
and operations;
operations; farmstead
farmstead planning;
planning; heating
heating &
& cooling
cooling
load
load calculation;
calculation; seed
seed processing
processing practices
practices and
and equipments;
equipments; food
food preservation
preservation methods
methods and
and products
products
development;
development; refrigeration
refrigeration and
and air
air conditioning;
conditioning; cold
cold stores;
stores; waste
waste management,
management, cost
cost analysis
analysis &
& food
food
processing
processing plants
plants layout,
layout, feasibility
feasibility reports.
reports.
UNIT-VII:
UNIT-VII: Surveying
Surveying and
and leveling;
leveling; hydrology,
hydrology, water
water resources
resources in
in India;
India; efficiency
efficiency in
in water
water use;
use; irrigation
irrigation system
system and
and
equipment;
water conveyances
equipment;
water
conveyances and
and associated
associated efficiency;
efficiency; soil-plant-water
soil-plant-water relationship;
relationship; estimation
estimation of
of
evaporation
water requirements
evaporation and
and water
requirements of
of crop;
crop; water
water harvesting
harvesting and
and use,
use, farm
farm ponds
ponds and
and reservoirs,
reservoirs, command
command
area
area development,
development, land
land use
use capability
capability classification,
classification, ground
ground water
water development,
development, wells
wells and
and pumping
pumping equipment,
equipment,
soil
soil erosion
erosion and
and its
its control,
control, land
land shaping
shaping and
and grading
grading equipment
equipment and
and practices,
practices, hydraulic
hydraulic structures,
structures, drainage
drainage
of
of irrigated
irrigated and
and humid
humid areas;
areas; salt
salt balance
balance and
and reclamation
reclamation of
of saline
saline and
and alkaline
alkaline soils.
soils.
Code
Code 20:
20: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- WATER
WATER SCIENCE
SCIENCE AND
AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
(Sub-Subject:
(Sub-Subject: 20.1:
20.1: Water
Water Science
Science and
and Technology)
Technology)
Unit-I:
Unit-l:
Importance
Agriculture in
Importance of
of Agriculture
in national
national economy;
economy; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production;
production; cultivation
cultivation of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat,
chickpea,
chickpea, pigeon-pea,
pigeon-pea, sugarcane,
sugarcane, groundnut,
groundnut, tomato
tomato and
and mango.
mango. Major
Major soils
soils of
of India,
India, role
role of
of NPK
NPK and
and their
their
deficiency
deficiency symptoms.
symptoms. Structure
Structure and
and function
function of
of cell
cell organelles;
organelles; mitosis
mitosis and
and meiosis;
meiosis; Mendelian
Mendelian genetics;
genetics;
elementary
knowledge
of
respiration,
structure
elementary
knowledge
of photosynthesis;
photosynthesis;
respiration, and
and transpiration;
transpiration;
structure and
and functions
functions of
of
carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, proteins,
proteins, nucleic
nucleic acids,
acids, enzymes
enzymes and
and vitamins.
vitamins. Pests
Pests and
and diseases
diseases of
of major
major crops
crops and
and their
their
management,
management, important
important rural
rural development
development programmes
programmes in
in India;
India; organizational
organizational set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural research,
research,
education
education and
and extension
extension in
in India.
India.
Unit-II:
Unit-ll:_ Water
Water resources
resources of
of India,
India, surface
surface and
and groundnut
groundnut resources,
resources, rainfall,
rainfall, rainfall-runoff
rainfall-runoff relations,
relations, measurement
measurement and
and
estimation
estimation of
of runoff,
runoff, irrigation
irrigation development
development in
in India,
India, command
command area
area development,
development, watershed
watershed management
management
principles,
principles, government
government schemes
schemes in
in watershed
watershed management
management program,
program, water
water harvesting
harvesting structures
structures including
including
farm ponds,
water quality
farm
ponds, water
quality including
including physical,
physical, chemical
chemical and
and biological
biological properties.
properties.
Unit-III:
Unit-lll: Physical
Physical properties
properties of
of soils—texture,
soils—texture, structure,
structure, density
density and
and consistency,
consistency, infiltration,
infiltration, field
field capacity,
capacity, permanent
permanent
wilting point,
wilting
point, available
available water
water hydraulic
hydraulic conductivity,
conductivity, soil
soil water
water flow
flow including
including Darcy’s
Darcy’s law,
law, mechanical
mechanical analysis,
analysis,
7
chemical
chemical properties
properties of
of pH,
pH, EC,
EC, atoms,
atoms, molecules,
molecules, colloids,
colloids, clay
clay mineral,
mineral, major
major and
and trace
trace elements,
elements, salinity
salinity and
and
sodicity,
cation
exchange
capacity,
evaporation,
evapotranspiration,
water
requirements
of
crop,
plant
sodicity, cation exchange capacity, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water requirements of crop, plant growth
growth
process,
process, soil
soil and
and water
water conservation
conservation practices
practices and
and tillage.
tillage.
Unit-IV:
Unit-IV: Simultaneous
Simultaneous and
and quadratic
quadratic equations,
equations, differentiation
differentiation and
and integration,
integration, differential
differential equations,
equations, elements
elements of
of
statistics,
frequency distribution,
statistics, frequency
distribution, probability
probability concepts,
concepts, basic
basic concepts
concepts of
of economics,
economics, energy,
energy, horse
horse power,
power,
efficiency
efficiency of
of machines,
machines, concepts
concepts of
of fluid
fluid flow,
flow, hydrostatic
hydrostatic pressure,
pressure, surface
surface tension,
tension, irrigation
irrigation water
water distribution
distribution
and
and control,
control, irrigation
irrigation methods,
methods, irrigation
irrigation efficiencies,
efficiencies, irrigation
irrigation scheduling,
scheduling, water
water lifting
lifting devices
devices and
and pumps,
pumps,
construction
water
construction of
of wells,
wells, drainage
drainage principles
principles and
and applications,
applications, surface
surface drainage,
drainage, subsurface
subsurface drainage,
drainage, water
pricing,
pricing, water
water laws
laws and
and irrigation
irrigation acts.
acts.
Code
Code 11:
11: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP –
— COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY SCIENCE
SCIENCE (FORMERLY
(FORMERLY HOME
HOME SCIENCE)
SCIENCE)
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 11.1:
11.1: Food
Food &
& Nutrition,
Nutrition, 11.2:
11.2: Human
Human Development
Development &
& Family
Family Studies,
Studies, 11.3:
11.3: Resource
Resource
Management
Management and
and Consumer
Consumer Science,
Science, 11.4:
11.4: Apparel
Apparel and
and Textile
Textile Science,
Science, 11.5:
11.5: Extension
Extension Education
Education and
and
Communication
Communication Management)
Management)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: Importance
Importance of
of agriculture
agriculture in
in national
national economy;
economy; basic
basic principles
principles of
of crop
crop production;
production; cultivation
cultivation of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat,
chickpea,
chickpea, pigeon-pea,
pigeon-pea, sugarcane,
Sugarcane, groundnut,
groundnut, tomato,
tomato, and
and mango.
mango. Major
Major soils
soils of
of India;
India; role
role of
of NPK
NPK and
and their
their
deficiency
deficiency symptoms.
symptoms. General
General structure
structure and
and function
function of
of cell
cell organelles;
organelles; mitosis
mitosis and
and meiosis;
meiosis; Mendelian
Mendelian
genetics.
genetics. Elementary
Elementary knowledge
knowledge of
of growth,
growth, development,
development, photosynthesis,
photosynthesis, respiration
respiration and
and transpiration;
transpiration;
Elements
function of
Elements of
of economic
economic botany.
botany. General
General structure
structure and
and function
of carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, proteins,
proteins, nucleic
nucleic acids,
acids,
enzymes
enzymes and
and vitamins.
vitamins. Major
Major pests
pests and
and diseases
diseases of
of rice,
rice, wheat,
wheat, cotton,
cotton, chickpea,
chickpea, sugarcane
sugarcane and
and their
their
management.
management. Organic
Organic farming;
farming; biofertilizers;
biofertilizers; biopesticides.
biopesticides. Recombinant
Recombinant DNA
DNA technology;
technology; transgenic
transgenic crops.
crops.
Natural
Natural Resources:
Resources: forest,
forest, water,
water, mineral,
mineral, food,
food, energy
energy and
and land
land resources.
resources. Ecosystems.
Ecosystems. Biodiversity
Biodiversity &
& its
its
conservation.
conservation. Environmental
Environmental pollution.
pollution. Environmental
Environmental ethics.
ethics. Important
Important rural
rural development
development programmes
programmes in
in India;
India;
organizational
organizational set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural research,
research, education
education and
and extension
extension in
in India.
India. Elements
Elements of
of Statistics.
Statistics.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Elements
Elements of
of Human
Human Nutrition
Nutrition i.e.
i.e. Food
Food groups
groups and
and the
the nutrients
nutrients contributed
contributed by
by each
each group
group to
to the
the diet,
diet,
composition
and
nutritive
value
of
foods;
food
processing
and
preservation,
meal
planning
i.e.
principles
composition and nutritive value of foods; food processing and preservation, meal planning i.e. principles menu
menu
planning
for normal
planning for
normal individuals
individuals for
for different
different age
age groups
groups and
and at
at different
different stages
stages of
of life,
life, diet
diet therapy,
therapy, institutional
institutional
food management,
food
management, community
community nutrition
nutrition and
and health,
health, food
food related
related laws,
laws, policy
policy and
and programmes
programmes in
in India.
India. Organic
Organic
and
foods.
and genetically
genetically modified
modified foods.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Introduction
Introduction to
to child/human
child/human development-meaning,
development-meaning, concept,
concept, principles,
principles, prenatal
prenatal development
development (conception
(conception to
to
child
child birth),
birth), care
care of
of new
new born,
born, prepre- natal
natal and
and post
post natal
natal care
care of
of mother,
mother, development
development of
of child
child in
in early
early and
and late
late
childhood,
childhood, early
early childhood
childhood education,
education, adolescence,
adolescence, development
development and
and relationship
relationship with
with peers
peers &
& family,
family, marriage
marriage
and
family dynamics,
and family
dynamics, meaning,
meaning, definition
definition of
of family
family life
life cycle,
cycle, family
family welfare
welfare programmes
programmes in
in India,
India, community
community
education,
education, child
child studies
studies methods,
methods, participation
participation in
in pre-school/crèche.
pre-school/créche.
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: Concept
Concept and
and principles
principles of
of management,
management, management
management process,
process, work,
work, work
work environment,
environment, work
work simplification,
simplification,
fundamentals
of
housing,
principles
of
design
&
home
furnishing-selection,
care
and
fundamentals of housing, principles of design & home furnishing-selection, care and maintenance
maintenance of
of
accessories,
accessories, equipments,
equipments, furniture,
furniture, paintings,
paintings, family
family finance/
finance/ economics
economics and
and consumer
consumer education.
education. Functional
Functional
interiors
for special
interiors for
special needs.
needs.
UNIT-V:
UNIT-V: Introduction
Introduction to
to clothing
clothing constructionconstruction- sewing
sewing machine
machine its
its parts
parts and
and use,
use, preparation
preparation of
of fabric
fabric for
for lay
lay out
out textile
textile
fiber-classification, processing/manufacturing
fiber-classification,
processing/manufacturing method,
method, clothing
clothing need
need of
of family
family members,
members, household
household textile
textile and
and
consumers,
weaving and
consumers, weaving
and hosiery,
hosiery, traditional
traditional textiles
textiles and
and embroideries
embroideries of
of India,
India, care
care of
of clothing
clothing and
and textile
textile
finishes, dying
finishes,
dying &
& printing.
printing. Organic
Organic dyes.
dyes.
UNIT-VI:
UNIT-VI: Introduction
Introduction to
to Home
Home Science
Science Education
Education communication
communication and
and extension
extension methods,
methods, programme
programme planning
planning &
&
evaluation,
evaluation, entrepreneurial
entrepreneurial education,
education, projected
projected and
and nonnon- projected
projected aids
aids (audio-visual
(audio-visual aids)
aids) rural
rural development
development
programmes
women.
programmes in
in India.
India. Empowerment
Empowerment of
of women.
Code
Code 12:
12: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- ANIMAL
ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
(Sub-Subjects:
12.1:
Veterinary
Biotechnology,
12.2:
(Sub-Subjects: 12.1: Veterinary Biotechnology, 12.2: Veterinary
Veterinary Biochemistry)
Biochemistry)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: Structure
Structure of
of prokaryotic
prokaryotic and
and eukaryotic
eukaryotic cells,
cells, cell
cell wall,
wall, membranes,
membranes, cell
cell organelles,
organelles, organization
organization and
and functions,
functions,
chromosome
chromosome structure
structure and
and functions,
functions, cell
cell growth
growth division
division and
and differentiation.
differentiation. Sub
Sub unit
unit structure
structure of
of
8
macromolecules
macromolecules and
and supermolecular
supermolecular systems.
systems. Self
Self assembly
assembly of
of sub
sub units,
units, viruses,
viruses, bacteriophage,
bacteriophage, ribosomes
ribosomes
and
and membrane
membrane systems.
systems.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Scope
Scope and
and importance
importance of
of biochemistry
biochemistry in
in animal
animal sciences,
sciences, cell
cell structure
structure and
and functions.
functions. Chemistry
Chemistry and
and
biological
biological significance
significance of
of carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, lipids,
lipids, proteins,
proteins, nucleic
nucleic acids,
acids, vitamins
vitamins and
and hormones.
hormones. Enzymes—
Enzymes—
chemistry,
with special
chemistry, kinetics
kinetics and
and mechanism
mechanism of
of action
action and
and regulation.
regulation. Metabolic
Metabolic inhibitors
inhibitors with
special reference
reference to
to
antibiotics
antibiotics and
and insecticides.
insecticides. Biological
Biological oxidation,
oxidation, energy
energy metabolism
metabolism of
of carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, lipids,
lipids, amino
amino acids
acids and
and
nucleic
nucleic acids.
acids. Colorimetry,
Colorimetry, spectrophotometry,
spectrophotometry, chromatography
chromatography and
and electrophoresis
electrophoresis methods.
methods.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Chemistry
Chemistry of
of antigens
antigens and
and antibodies
antibodies and
and molecular
molecular basis
basis of
of immune
immune reaction,
reaction, radio-immune
radio-immune assay
assay and
and other
other
assays.
assays. Chemistry
Chemistry of
of respiration
respiration and
and gas
gas transport,
transport, water
water and
and electrolyte
electrolyte metabolism.
metabolism. Deficiency
Deficiency diseases,
diseases,
metabolic
metabolic disorders
disorders and
and clinical
clinical biochemistry.
biochemistry. Endocrine
Endocrine glands,
glands, biosynthesis
biosynthesis of
of hormones
hormones and
and _ their
their
mechanism
mechanism of
of action.
action.
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: History
History of
of molecular
molecular biology,
biology, biosynthesis
biosynthesis of
of proteins
proteins and
and nucleic
nucleic acids,
acids, genome
genome organization,
organization, regulation
regulation of
of
gene
gene expression,
expression, polymerase
polymerase chain
chain reaction,
reaction, basic
basic principles
principles of
of biotechnology
biotechnology applicable
applicable to
to veterinary
veterinary science
science
gene
gene sequence,
sequence, immunodiagnostics,
immunodiagnostics, animal
animal cell
cell culture,
culture, in
in vitro
vitro fertilization.
fertilization. Sub-unit
Sub-unit vaccines:
vaccines: Principles
Principles of
of
fermentation technology.
fermentation
technology. Basic
Basic principles
principles of
of stem
stem cell
cell and
and animal
animal cloning.
cloning.
Code
Code 13:
13: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- VETERINARY
VETERINARY SCIENCE
SCIENCE
(Sub-Subjects:
Anatomy 13.2:
(Sub-Subjects: 13.1:
13.1: Veterinary
Veterinary Anatomy
13.2: Animal
Animal Reproduction,
Reproduction, Gynaecology
Gynaecology and
and Obstetrics
Obstetrics 13.3:Vety.
13.3:Vety.
Medicine,
Veterinary
Medicine, 13.4:
13.4: Veterinary
Veterinary Parasitology,
Parasitology, 13.5:
13.5: Veterinary
Veterinary Pharmacology
Pharmacology and
and Toxicology,
Toxicology, 13.6:
13.6: Veterinary
Pathology
Veterinary Surgery
Pathology 13.7:
13.7: Veterinary
Veterinary Microbiology
Microbiology 13.8:
13.8: Veterinary
Surgery &
& Radiology
Radiology 13.9:
13.9: Veterinary
Veterinary Public
Public Health
Health &
&
Epidemiology)
Epidemiology)
UNIT
UNIT I:Structure
[:Structure of
of cells,
cells, cell
cell organelles,
organelles, chromosome
chromosome structure
structure and
and functions,
functions, cell
cell growth,
growth, division
division and
and differentiation
differentiation
and
function of
and functions.
functions. Structure
Structure and
and function
of basic
basic tissues-epithelium,
tissues-epithelium, connective
connective tissue,
tissue, muscle
muscle and
and nervous
nervous tissue.
tissue.
Gross
Gross Morphology,
Morphology, Histology
Histology and
and physiology
physiology of
of mammalian
mammalian organs
organs and
and systems,
systems, major
major sense
sense organs
organs and
and
receptors,
receptors, circulatory
circulatory system.
system. Digestion
Digestion in
in simple
simple stomached
stomached animals,
animals, birds
birds and
and fermentative
fermentative digestion
digestion in
in
ruminants,
ruminants, Kidney
Kidney and
and its
its functions-respiratory
functions-respiratory system-animal
system-animal behaviourbehaviour- growth-influence
growth-influence of
of environment
environment on
on
animal
animal production-biotechnology
production-biotechnology in
in animal
animal production
production and
and reproductionreproduction- electrophysiology
electrophysiology of
of different
different types
types of
of
muscle
muscle fibres.
fibres. Exocrine
Exocrine and
and endocrine
endocrine glands,
glands, hormones
hormones and
and their
their functions,
functions, blood
blood composition
composition and
and function.
function.
Homeostasis,
Homeostasis, osmoregulation
osmoregulation and
and blood
blood clotting.
clotting. Gametogenesis
Gametogenesis and
and development
development of
of urogenital
urogenital organs.
organs.
Boundaries
Boundaries of
of body
body cavities.
cavities. Pleural
Pleural and
and peritoneal
peritoneal reflections.
reflections.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Classification
Classification and
and growth
growth characteristics
characteristics of
of bacteria,
bacteria, important
important bacterial
bacterial diseases
diseases of
of livestock
livestock and
and poultry,
poultry,
general
general characters,
characters, classification
classification of
of important
important fungi.
fungi. Nature
Nature of
of viruses,
viruses, morphology
morphology and
and characteristics,
characteristics, viral
viral
immunity,
immunity, important
important viral
viral diseases
diseases of
of livestock
livestock and
and poultry.
poultry. Viral
Viral vaccines.
vaccines. Antigen
Antigen and
and antibody,
antibody, antibody
antibody
formation, immunity,
formation,
immunity, allergy,
allergy, anaphylaxis,
anaphylaxis, hypersensitivity,
hypersensitivity, immunoglobulins,
immunoglobulins, complement
complement system.
system. Etiology
Etiology of
of
diseases
diseases and
and concept,
concept, extrinsic
extrinsic and
and intrinsic
intrinsic factors,
factors, inflammation,
inflammation, degeneration,
degeneration, necrosis,
necrosis, calcification,
calcification,
gangrene,
gangrene, death,
death, atrophy,
atrophy, hypertrophy,
hypertrophy, benign
benign and
and malignant
malignant tumours
tumours in
in domestic
domestic animals.
animals. General
General
classification,
classification, morphology,
morphology, life
life cycle
cycle of
of important
important parasites,
parasites, important
important parasitic
parasitic diseases
diseases (Helminths,
(Helminths, Protozoa
Protozoa
and
Arthropods) of
with respect
and Arthropods)
of veterinary
veterinary importance
importance with
respect to
to epidemiology,
epidemiology, symptoms,
symptoms, pathogeneses,
pathogeneses, diagnosis,
diagnosis,
immunity
immunity and
and control.
control.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Clinical
Clinical examination
examination and
and diagnosis,
diagnosis, Etiology,
Etiology, epidemiology,
epidemiology, symptoms,
symptoms, diagnosis,
diagnosis, prognosis,
prognosis, treatment
treatment and
and
control
of
diseases
affecting
different
body
systems
of
various
species
of
domestic
animals,
epidemiology—
control of diseases affecting different body systems of various species of domestic animals, epidemiology—
aims,
aims, objectives,
objectives, ecological
ecological concepts
concepts and
and applications.
applications. General
General surgical
surgical principles
principles and
and management
management of
of surgical
surgical
Types,
administration
and
effects
of
anaesthesia.
Principles
and
use
of
radiological
techniques
cases.
cases. Types, administration and effects of anaesthesia. Principles and use of radiological techniques in
in the
the
diagnosis
of
animal
diseases.
diagnosis of animal diseases.
Estrus
Estrus and
and estrus
estrus cycle
cycle in
in domestic
domestic animals,
animals, Synchronization
Synchronization of
of estrus,
estrus, fertilization,
fertilization, pregnancy
pregnancy diagnosis,
diagnosis,
parturition,
management
of
postpartum
complications
dystokias
and
its
management,
fertility,
parturition, management of postpartum complications dystokias and its management, fertility, infertility
infertility and
and its
its
management,
artificial
insemination.
management, artificial
9
UNIT-IV:Zoonotic
UNIT-IV:Zoonotic diseases
diseases through
through milk
milk and
and meat,
meat, Zoo
Zoo animal
animal health.
health. Source
Source and
and nature
nature of
of drugs,
drugs, pharmacokinetics,
pharmacokinetics,
Chemotherapy-sulpha
Chemotherapy-sulpha drugs,
drugs, antibiotics,
antibiotics, mechanism
mechanism and
and problem
problem of
of drug
drug resistance.
resistance. Drug
Drug allergy,
allergy, important
important
poisonous
poisonous plants,
plants, toxicity
toxicity of
of important
important agro-chemicals
agro-chemicals and
and their
their detoxification,
detoxification, drugs
drugs action
action on
on different
different body
body
systems.
systems.
Code
Code 14:
14: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- ANIMAL
ANIMAL SCIENCES
SCIENCES
(Sub-Subjects:
Animal Genetics
(Sub-Subjects: 14.1:
14.1: Animal
Genetics &
& Breeding,
Breeding, 14.2:
14.2: Animal
Animal Nutrition,
Nutrition, 14.3:
14.3: Veterinary
Veterinary Physiology,
Physiology,
14.4:
14.4: Livestock
Livestock Production
Production and
and Management,
Management, 14.5:
14.5: Livestock
Livestock Products
Products Technology,
Technology, 14.6:
14.6: Poultry
Poultry
Science,14.7:
Science,14.7: Veterinary
Veterinary Extension
Extension Education)
Education)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: Principles
Principles of
of animal
animal genetics,
genetics, cell
cell structure
structure and
and multiplication.
multiplication. Mendel’s
Mendel’s laws,
laws, principles
principles of
of population
population genetics,
genetics,
concept
concept of
of heredity,
heredity, heterosis
heterosis and
and mutation,
mutation, principles
principles of
of evolution,
evolution, principles
principles of
of molecular
molecular genetics,
genetics, genetic
genetic
code,
code, quantitative
quantitative and
and qualitative
qualitative traits.
traits. Selection
Selection of
of breeding
breeding methods
methods in
in livestock
livestock and
and poultry.
poultry. Population
Population
statistics
statistics of
of livestock.
livestock.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: General
General nutrition,
nutrition, proximate
proximate principles,
principles, carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, proteins
proteins and
and fats
fats their
their digestion
digestion and
and metabolism
metabolism in
in
ruminants
ruminants and
and non-ruminants.
non-ruminants. Energy
Energy partitionpartition- measures
measures of
of protein
protein quality.
quality. Water,
Water, minerals,
minerals, vitamins
vitamins and
and
additives,
feeds and
fodders and
additives, feeds
and fodders
and their
their classification.
classification. Common
Common anti-nutritional
anti-nutritional factors
factors and
and unconventional
unconventional feeds.
feeds.
Hay
Hay and
and silage
silage making.
making. Grinding,
Grinding, chaffing,
chaffing, pelleting,
pelleting, roasting,
roasting, feed
feed block.
block. Feed
Feed formulation
formulation principles.
principles.
Digestion-control
Digestion-control motility
motility and
and secretion
secretion of
of alimentary
alimentary tract.
tract. Mechanism,
Mechanism, natural
natural and
and chemical
chemical control
control of
of
respiration,
respiration, gaseous
gaseous exchange
exchange and
and transport,
transport, high
high altitude
altitude living,
living, physiology
physiology of
of work
work and
and exercise.
exercise. Cardiac
Cardiac
cycle,
cycle, natural
natural control
control of
of cardiovascular
cardiovascular system.
system. Smooth
Smooth and
and skeletal
skeletal muscle
muscle contraction.
contraction. Blood
Blood coagulation.
coagulation.
Physiology
Physiology of
of immune
immune system.
system. Male
Male and
and female
female reproduction
reproduction including
including artificial
artificial insemination,
insemination, in-vitro
in-vitro
fertilization, cryo-preservation.
fertilization,
cryo-preservation. Excretory
Excretory system.
system.
UNIT
UNIT III:
Ill: General
General concepts
concepts of
of livestock
livestock production
production and
and management,
management, status
status of
of dairy
dairy and
and poultry
poultry industry,
industry, impact
impact of
of
livestock
farming
in
Indian
agriculture.
Livestock
housing,
production
and
reproduction
management,
livestock farming in Indian agriculture. Livestock housing, production and reproduction management, lactation
lactation
management,
management, breeding
breeding programmes
programmes for
for livestock
livestock and
and poultry.
poultry. Composition,
Composition, quality
quality control
control and
and preservation
preservation of
of
livestock
products,
methods
of
processing
and
storage
livestock
products.
International
Trade/WTO/IPR
livestock products, methods of processing and storage livestock products. International Trade/WTO/IPR issues
issues
related
related to
to livestock
livestock products.
products.
UNIT
UNIT IV:
IV: Concept
Concept of
of sociology,
sociology, differences
differences between
between rural,
rural, tribal
tribal and
and urban
urban communities,
communities, social
social change,
change, factors
factors of
of
change.
Principles
and
steps
of
extension
education,
community
development–
aims,
objectives,
organizational
change. Principles and steps of extension education, community development-— aims, objectives, organizational
set
set up
up and
and concept
concept evolution
evolution of
of extension
extension in
in India,
India, extension
extension teaching
teaching methods.
methods. Role
Role of
of livestock
livestock in
in economy.
economy.
Identifying
social
taboos,
social
differences,
obstacles
in
the
way
of
organizing
developmental
programmes.
Identifying social taboos, social differences, obstacles in the way of organizing developmental programmes.
Concept
Concept of
of marketing,
marketing, principles
principles of
of co-operative
co-operative societies,
societies, animal
animal husbandry
husbandry development
development planning
planning and
and
programme,
key
village
scheme,
ICDD,
Gosadan,
Goshala,
Role
of
Gram
Panchayat
in
livestock
development.
programme, key village scheme, ICDD, Gosadan, Goshala, Role of Gram Panchayat in livestock development.
Basics
Basics of
of statistics,
statistics, data
data analysis
analysis and
and computational
computational techniques.
techniques.
Code
Code 15:
15: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- FISHERIES
FISHERIES SCIENCE
SCIENCE
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 15.1:
15.1: Fisheries
Fisheries Resource
Resource Management,
Management, 15.2:
15.2: Aquaculture,
Aquaculture, 15.3:
15.3: Fish
Fish Processing
Processing Technology,
Technology,
15.4:Fish
15.4:Fish Physiology
Physiology &
& Biochemistry
Biochemistry 15.5:
15.5: Aquatic
Aquatic Animal
Animal Health
Health Mgmt.,
Mgmt., 15.6:
15.6: Fisheries
Fisheries Extension,
Extension, 15.7:
15.7:
Aquatic
Aquatic Environmental
Environmental Management,
Management, 15.8:
15.8: Fish
Fish Genetics
Genetics and
and Breeding,15.9:
Breeding,15.9: Fish
Fish Nutrition
Nutrition && Feed
Feed Technology
Technology
15.10:
15.10: Fisheries
Fisheries Economics,
Economics, 15.11:
15.11: Fishing
Fishing Technology
Technology and
and Engineering,
Engineering, 15.12:
15.12: Fish
Fish Biotechnology)
Biotechnology)
UNIT-I:
water,
UNIT-I: Classification
Classification and
and taxonomical
taxonomical characteristics
characteristics of
of cultivable
cultivable fisheries,
fisheries, crustaceans
crustaceans and
and molluscs.
molluscs. Fresh
Fresh water,
water and
brackish
brackish water
and marine
marine fishery
fishery resources
resources of
of India,
India, marine
marine fisheries
fisheries of
of the
the world.
world. Estuarine,
Estuarine, lacustrine,
lacustrine,
brackish
brackish water
water and
and pond
pond ecosystem.
ecosystem. Population
Population dynamics,
dynamics, fish
fish stock,
stock, abundance
abundance methods
methods and
and analysis.
analysis.
Conservation
fishery resources.
Conservation and
and management
management of
of fishery
resources. Fisheries
Fisheries legislations
legislations and
and law
law of
of the
the Seas.
Seas. Impact
Impact of
of over
over
exploitation
exploitation and
and climate
climate change
change on
on fisheries
fisheries resources.
resources.
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UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Reproduction
Reproduction and
and breeding
breeding behaviour
behaviour in
in fishes
fishes and
and shellfishes,
shellfishes, brood
brood stock
stock improvement,
improvement, maturity
maturity and
and
fecundity studies.
fecundity
studies. Induced
Induced spawning
spawning methods
methods and
and seed
seed production,
production, natural
natural fish
fish seed
seed collection
collection and
and rearing
rearing
methods.
fin fishes
methods. Types
Types of
of eggs
eggs and
and development
development of
of larval
larval stages
stages of
of fin
fishes and
and shellfishes.
shellfishes. Preparation
Preparation and
and
management
management of
of fresh
fresh water
water and
and brackish
brackish water
water fishponds.
fishponds. Cultivable
Cultivable species
species identification,
identification, introduction
introduction of
of
exotic
exotic fishes
fishes in
in India.
India. Culture
Culture methods:
methods: Pen
Pen and
and cage
cage culture
culture practices,
practices, crap
crap and
and shrimp
shrimp hatchery
hatchery
management,
management, basic
basic aspects
aspects of
of biotechnology
biotechnology in
in relation
relation to
to fisheries.
fisheries.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Important
Important limnological,
limnological, oceanographical
oceanographical and
and biological
biological parameters
parameters in
in relation
relation to
to fisheries
fisheries of
of lotic
lotic and
and lentic
lentic
waters,
waters, biological
biological productivity
productivity and
and its
its impact
impact on
on fisheries.
fisheries. Environmental
Environmental impact
impact assessment
assessment on
on fisheries
fisheries in
in
lentic
lentic and
and lotic
lotic waters.
waters. Biological
Biological parameters
parameters including
including energy
energy flow,
flow, community
community ecology
ecology and
and aquatic
aquatic
association,
association, biodiversity
biodiversity and
and its
its conservation,
conservation, aquatic
aquatic pollution
pollution and
and its
its management.
management.
UNIT-IV:
for fish
fish capture.
UNIT-IV: Common
Common crafts
crafts and
and gears
gears used
used for
capture. Boat
Boat building
building material
material and
and demerits
demerits of
of wood,
wood, steel,
steel, aluminum,
aluminum,
Ferro
Ferro cement
cement and
and FRP.
FRP. Different
Different types
types of
of fibres
fibres and
and netting
netting materials
materials and
and their
their characteristics,
characteristics, preservation
preservation of
of
netting,
netting, parts
parts of
of a
a trammel
trammel net,
net, purse-scene,
purse-scene, gill
gill net
net and
and tuna
tuna long
long line.
line. Food
Food chemistry,
chemistry, fundamentals
fundamentals of
of
microbiology.
microbiology. General
General methods
methods of
of fish
fish preservation
preservation and
and fishery
fishery by
by products.
products. Canning
Canning and
and packaging
packaging
techniques,
techniques, processing
processing and
and product
product development
development techniques.
techniques.
UNIT-V:
UNIT-V: Introduction
Introduction to
to fishery
fishery economics
economics and
and concepts
concepts of
of cooperative,
cooperative, marketing
marketing and
and banking
banking management.
management. Supply
Supply
v/s
v/s demand
demand economics
economics of
of hatchery
hatchery management
management and
and fish
fish culture
culture operations.
operations. Profit
Profit maximization.
maximization. Problems
Problems in
in
estimating
estimating costs
costs and
and returns
returns in
in fisheries.
fisheries. WTO
WTO agreements
agreements in
in Fisheries
Fisheries sector,
sector, intellectual
intellectual property
property rights
rights (IPR)
(IPR)
and
and international
international fish
fish trade;
trade; Fisheries
Fisheries extension
extension methods.
methods. Training
Training and
and education
education needs
needs in
in fisheries.
fisheries.
Communication
Communication concepts,
concepts, Modern
Modern tools
tools of
of fishery
fishery extension
extension education,
education, participatory
participatory rural
rural appraisal
appraisal (PRA),
(PRA),
Rapid
Rapid rural
rural appraisal
appraisal (RRA),
(RRA), role
role of
of women
women in
in fisheries;
fisheries; Basics
Basics of
of statistics
statistics in
in fisheries
fisheries and
and computer
computer science.
science.
Code
Code 16:
16: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- DAIRY
DAIRY SCIENCE
SCIENCE
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 16.1:
16.1: Dairy
Dairy Microbiology,
Microbiology, 16.2:
16.2: Dairy
Dairy Chemistry)
Chemistry)
Unit-I:
Unit-l:
Chemical
food of
Chemical composition
composition of
of various
various food
of plant
plant and
and animal
animal origin,
origin, structure
structure and
and functions
functions of
of food
food constituents,
constituents,
additives,
additives, preservatives,
preservatives, flavours
flavours and
and antioxidants,
antioxidants, composition
composition and
and physico-chemical
physico-chemical and
and nutritional
nutritional properties
properties
of
of milk
milk and
and colostrum,
colostrum, chemistry
chemistry of
of milk,
milk, constituents,
constituents, nutrients
nutrients and
and milk
milk products.
products. Test
Test for
for the
the quality
quality of
of milk,
milk,
butter,
ghee,
milk
powder
etc.,
adulterants,
neutralizers
and
preservatives,
their
detection,
heat
stability
of
butter, ghee, milk powder etc., adulterants, neutralizers and preservatives, their detection, heat stability of milk.
milk.
Unit
Unit II:
Il: Introduction
Introduction to
to dairy
dairy microbiology
microbiology —– Milk
Milk production
production hygiene
hygiene and
and critical
critical risk
risk factors
factors affecting
affecting microbiological
microbiological
quality
with milk
quality on-farm;
on-farm; Microorganisms
Microorganisms associated
associated with
milk and
and their
their classification
classification based
based on
on growth
growth temperature–
temperature—
psychrotrophs,
psychrotrophs, mesophiles,
mesophiles, thermodurics
thermodurics and
and thermophiles;
thermophiles; Microbial
Microbial metabolites
metabolites and
and their
their role
role in
in spoilages
spoilages
-- souring,
Antimicrobial
souring, curdling,
curdling, gassiness,
gassiness, ropiness,
ropiness, proteolysis,
proteolysis, lipolysis,
lipolysis, abnormal
abnormal flavour
flavour and
and colour;
colour; Antimicrobial
systems
systems in
in raw
raw milk;
milk; Microbiological
Microbiological grading
grading of
of raw
raw milk;
milk; Microflora
Microflora of
of mastitic
mastitic milk
milk and
and its
its importance
importance in
in dairy
dairy
industry;
industry; Food
Food poisoning,
poisoning, food
food infections,
infections, toxi-infections
toxi-infections and
and other
other milk
milk borne
borne diseases
diseases and
and their
their control.
control.
Unit-III:
food,
Unit-lll: Composition
Composition and
and chemistry
chemistry of
of cream,
cream, butter,
butter, ghee,
ghee, ice-cream,
ice-cream, cheese,
cheese, condensed
condensed and
and dried
dried milks,
milks, infant
infant food,
spoilage
spoilage of
of ghee
ghee and
and use
use of
of antioxidants,
antioxidants, chemistry
chemistry of
of milk
milk fermentation,
fermentation, chemistry
chemistry of
of rennin
rennin coagulation
coagulation of
of
milk
milk and
and changes
changes occurring
occurring during
during ripening
ripening of
of cheese,
cheese, physico-chemical
physico-chemical changes
changes in
in the
the manufacture
manufacture and
and
storage
storage of
of milk
milk powder,
powder, lactose,
lactose, crystallization
crystallization and
and its
its significance,
significance, physicochemical
physicochemical changes
changes during
during the
the
manufacture
manufacture of
of indigenous
indigenous milk
milk products,
products, quality
quality standards
standards of
of dairy
dairy products.
products.
Unit
Unit IV:
IV: Bacteriological
Bacteriological aspects
aspects of
of milk
milk processing
processing -- Thermization,
Thermization, pasteurization,
pasteurization, boiling,
boiling, sterilization,
sterilization, UHT,
UHT, bactofugation,
bactofugation,
and
and membrane
membrane filtration;
filtration; Microbiological
Microbiological quality
quality of
of cream,
cream, butter,
butter, ice-cream,
ice-cream, concentrated
concentrated dairy
dairy products,
products, dried
dried milks,
milks,
infants
infants milk
milk foods,
foods, indigenous
indigenous dairy
dairy products;
products; Factors
Factors affecting
affecting the
the microbiological
microbiological quality
quality of
of these
these products
products during
during
production,
production, processing,
processing, handling,
handling, storage
storage and
and distribution;
distribution; Enumeration,
Enumeration, isolation
isolation and
and identification
identification of
of conventional
conventional
and
and emerging
emerging dairy
dairy pathogens,
pathogens, detection
detection of
of microbial
microbial toxins,
toxins, drug
drug residues
residues in
in milk
milk and
and their
their public
public health
health importance;
importance;
Microbial
Microbial defects
defects associated
associated with
with dairy
dairy products
products and
and their
their control;
control; Microbiology
Microbiology of
of dairy
dairy starters;
starters; Classification,
Classification,
genetic
genetic aspects
aspects and
and carbohydrate
carbohydrate metabolism
metabolism of
of Lactic
Lactic Acid
Acid Bacteria
Bacteria (LAB);
(LAB);
Preservation,
Preservation, propagation
propagation and
and quality
quality control
control of
of dairy
dairy starters
starters and
and their
their inhibition
inhibition by
by antibiotic
antibiotic residues,
residues,
detergents,
detergents, sanitizers,
sanitizers, bacteriophages
bacteriophages etc.;
etc.; Microbiology
Microbiology of
of fermented
fermented milks,
milks, cheeses
cheeses and
and application
application of
of
probiotic
probiotic concept
concept in
in dahi,
dahi, yoghurt,
yoghurt, Kefir,
Kefir, Kumiss,
Kumiss, Bulgarian
Bulgarian milk,
milk, cultured
cultured buttermilk,
buttermilk, leben,
leben,
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yakult,
yakult, cheddar
cheddar and
and processed
processed cheese;
cheese; Dairy
Dairy plant
plant hygiene
hygiene and
and sanitation
sanitation -- Microbiology
Microbiology of
of air,
air, water,
water,
equipments,
equipments, packaging
packaging materials,
materials, personnel,
personnel, disposal
disposal of
of dairy
dairy waste;
waste; Microbiological
Microbiological standards
standards for
for milk
milk and
and
milk
milk products
products -- PFA,
PFA, BIS,
BIS, Codex/
Codex/ ISO
ISO standards
standards (ISO
(ISO 9001:
9001: 2001/ISO
2001/ISO 22000:2005).
22000:2005).
Code
Code 17:
17: MAJOR
MAJOR SUBJECT
SUBJECT GROUP
GROUP -- DAIRY
DAIRY TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
((Sub-Subjects:
Sub-Subjects: 17.1:
Technology, 17.2:
17.1: Dairy
Dairy Technology,
17.2: Dairy
Dairy Engineering)
Engineering)
UNIT-I:
fluid milk,
UNIT-I: Principles
Principles and
and processes
processes of
of food
food preservation,
preservation, non-conventional
non-conventional sources,
sources, processing
processing of
of fluid
milk, Computerization
Computerization
and
Automatic Process
and Automatic
Process Controls
Controls in
in Milk
Milk Processing.
Processing. HACCP
HACCP Concepts
Concepts in
in Fluid
Fluid Milk
Milk Processing.
Processing. Advances
Advances in
in
Centrifugal
Centrifugal Separation
Separation and
and Bactofugation.
Bactofugation. Manufacture
Manufacture of
of various
various types
types of
of dairy
dairy products
products and
and changes
changes occurring
occurring
during
judging of
during manufacture
manufacture and
and storage
storage and
and their
their defects.
defects. Sensory
Sensory evaluation
evaluation and
and judging
of milk
milk and
and milk
milk products,
products, types
types of
of
packaging
materials
and
their
properties,
packing
forms
and
operations,
problems
in
food
packaging,
packaging materials and their properties, packing forms and operations, problems in food packaging, recent
recent
advances
advances in
in packaging
packaging dairy
dairy and
and food
food products.
products. Intelligent
Intelligent Food
Food Packaging.
Packaging. Nutritional
Nutritional Labeling
Labeling of
of Food
Food Products.
Products.
Application
of
Membrane
Processing
in
Milk
Processing.
Application of Membrane Processing in Milk Processing.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Materials
Materials and
and sanitary
sanitary features
features of
of the
the dairy
dairy equipments.
equipments. HomogenizerHomogenizer- Theory
Theory of
of Homogenization.
Homogenization. Triplex
Triplex
pump,
pump, Lubrication
Lubrication of
of the
the Homogenizer,
Homogenizer, care
care and
and Management
Management of
of homogenizer,
homogenizer, Homogenizer
Homogenizer Accessories
Accessories and
and
Standards
Standards for
for Homogenizer.
Homogenizer. PasteurizerPasteurizer- Pasteurizer
Pasteurizer construction
construction &
& Principle
Principle Materials
Materials used
used in
in Construction
Construction of
of
Pasteurizers.
Pasteurizers. High
High temperature
temperature short
short time
time Pasteurizer,
Pasteurizer, care
care of
of Pasteurizer,
Pasteurizer, Reaction
Reaction Kinetics,
Kinetics, Sterilizer,
Sterilizer, Mixing
Mixing
&
principles
drying.
concentration,
Vacuum
Pan,
& agitation
agitation equipments,
equipments,
principles of
of evaporation,
evaporation,
drying. Atmosphere
Atmosphere
concentration,
Vacuum
Pan,
Fluidization.
Fluidization. Care
Care of
of Vacuum
Vacuum Pan,
Pan, Atmospheric
Atmospheric Drum
Drum Dryer.
Dryer. Spray
Spray Dryer
Dryer principles
principles of
of dairy
dairy plant
plant layout
layout and
and
design,
design, Functional
Functional Design,
Design, space
space requirement
requirement of
of Milk
Milk Plant,
Plant, problem
problem through
through computers,
computers, centralized
centralized dispersal
dispersal
of
of data
data processing,
processing, d-BASE-III,
d-BASE-III, Lotus
Lotus 1-2-3
1-2-3 to
to graphics,
graphics, Fortran.
Fortran.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Fluid
Fluid mechanicsmechanics- properties
properties of
of fluids,
fluids, Bernoulli’s
Bernoulli’s equation
equation and
and its
its applications,
applications, hydraulic
hydraulic systems
systems Types
Types of
of
Pumps,
Pumps, Sanitary
Sanitary pumps,
pumps, Standards
Standards for
for Centrifugal
Centrifugal and
and Positive
Positive Rotatory
Rotatory Type
Type of
of pumps,
pumps, Selection
Selection of
of Pumps.
Pumps.
Care
Care and
and Upkeep
Upkeep of
of Pumps
Pumps dimensional
dimensional analysis,
analysis, refrigeration
refrigeration and
and air-conditioning.
air-conditioning. Artificial
Artificial Refrigeration,
Refrigeration,
Compression
Compression Refrigeration
Refrigeration System,
System, Refrigeration
Refrigeration Accessories.
Accessories. Calculation
Calculation of
of size
size of
of Refrigeration
Refrigeration Machine
Machine
Requirements.
Requirements. Heat-transfer
Heat-transfer and
and thermodynamics;
thermodynamics; mechanical
mechanical separations,
separations, Rittinger’s
Rittinger’s and
and Kick’s
Kick’s laws,
laws,
Engineering
Engineering of
of mechanics,
mechanics, theory
theory of
of machine,
machine, strength
strength of
of materials,
materials, Hook’s
Hook’s law,
law, materials
materials of
of fabrications,
fabrications,
machine
machine tools,
tools, Electrical
Electrical Engg.,
Engg., Electromagnetic
Electromagnetic induction,
induction, MagneticMagnetic- Hysteresis
Hysteresis loop
loop (BH
(BH Curve),
Curve), AC
AC
fundamentals.
fundamentals.
Code
Code 18:
18: GROUP
GROUP -- FOOD
FOOD SCIENCE
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
(Sub-Subject:
18.1:
Food
Processing
Technology,
18.2:
(Sub-Subject: 18.1: Food Processing Technology, 18.2: Food
Food Process
Process Engineering,
Engineering, 18.3:
18.3: Food
Food Safety
Safety &
&
Quality)
Quality)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I: General
General chemistry
chemistry of
of food
food constituents,
constituents, physical
physical properties
properties of
of foods,
foods, properties
properties of
of cottoldal
cottoldal systems,
systems, gels
gels and
and
emulsions.
Minerals
in
foods,
physicochemical
changes
in
foods
during
processing
and
storage,
functions
emulsions. Minerals in foods, physicochemical changes in foods during processing and storage, functions of
of
food nutrients,
food
nutrients, dietary
dietary allowances
allowances and
and nutritional
nutritional requirements.
requirements. Metabolism
Metabolism of
of carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, lipids
lipids and
and
protein.
protein. Biological
Biological value
value and
and PER.
PER. Food
Food additives,
additives, contaminants
contaminants and
and anti-nutritional
anti-nutritional factors.
factors. Food
Food flavors
flavors and
and
puffpuff- flavors.
flavors. National
National and
and international
international food
food standards,
standards, modern
modern analytical
analytical techniques
techniques in
in food
food analysis.
analysis.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II: Engineering
Engineering properties
properties of
of food
food materials,
materials, System
System analysis,
analysis, mass
mass and
and energy
energy balance,
balance, Principles
Principles operations
operations and
and
equipment
for
food
materials
flow
handling,
cleaning,
de-husking,
sorting
and
grading;
peeling,
size
reduction,
equipment for food materials flow handling, cleaning, de-husking, sorting and grading; peeling, size reduction, mixing
mixing
and
forming, bakery
and forming,
bakery foods
foods manufacture,
manufacture, extrusion,
extrusion, separation,
separation, filtration
filtration and
and membrane
membrane processes,
processes, expression,
expression,
baking
roasting,
frying,
extraction
and
leaching,
crystallization,
distillation,
blanching,
pasteurization,
baking roasting, frying, extraction and leaching, crystallization, distillation, blanching, pasteurization, sterilization,
sterilization,
evaporation,
evaporation, drying,
drying, freezing,
freezing, packing,
packing, heat
heat exchanging,
exchanging, dairy
dairy specific
specific operations.
operations. Process
Process equipment
equipment design,
design, heat
heat
and
mass
transfer,
equipment
for
steam
generation,
compressed
air,
refrigeration
and
air
conditioning,
and mass transfer, equipment for steam generation, compressed air, refrigeration and air conditioning, water
water and
and
waste water
water treatment,
waste
treatment, biochemical
biochemical engineering
engineering and
and thermo
thermo bacteriology.
bacteriology. Automation,
Automation, on-line
on-line data
data acquisition
acquisition and
and
process
process control.
control. Food
Food plant
plant layout
layout and
and design.
design. Energy
Energy audit.
audit.
UNIT–III:
UNIT-III : Preparation
Preparation and
and manufacturing
manufacturing technology
technology of
of cereals
cereals and
and bakery
bakery products,
products, beef,
beef, pork,
pork, poultry,
poultry, fish
fish &
& sea
sea
foods and
fresh vegetables,
foods
and egg,
egg, sausages
sausages and
and table
table ready
ready meats,
meats, dairy
dairy products,
products, fresh
fresh fruits,
fruits, fresh
vegetables, processed
processed fruits,
fruits,
processed
processed vegetables,
vegetables, Post
Post Harvest
Harvest Handling
Handling and
and storage
storage of
of Fruits
Fruits and
and Vegetables.
Vegetables. Sugars,
Sugars, sweets,
sweets, fats
fats and
and
oils,
oils, fermented
fermented foods,
foods, alcoholic
alcoholic and
and non-alcoholic
non-alcoholic beverages,
beverages, indigenous
indigenous foods,
foods, fast,
fast, readymade
readymade and
and fashion
fashion
foods. Dehydration
foods.
Dehydration and
and concentration
concentration methods,
methods, irradiation,
irradiation, microwave
microwave and
and solar
solar processing
processing of
of foods,
foods, food
food bybyproducts
&
downstream
processing,
flavoring
and
pigment
technology.
Judging
of
food
products,
food
products & downstream processing, flavoring and pigment technology. Judging of food products, food
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plant
food plant
plant management
management and
and legal
legal aspects,
aspects, food
plant safety,
safety, risk
risk and
and hazards.
hazards. Effluent
Effluent treatment
treatment and
and environment
environment
pollution,
waste solids
pollution, waste
solids upgrading
upgrading and
and treatment,
treatment, food
food storage,
storage, functions
functions of
of packaging,
packaging, packaging
packaging operations,
operations,
types
types of
of containers,
containers, FFS,
FFS, hermetics
hermetics closures,
closures, canning
canning packaging
packaging materials
materials and
and package
package testing,
testing,
transportation
food products.
transportation and
and marketing
marketing food
products.
UNIT
–IV: Role
UNIT -IV:
Role of
of intrinsic
intrinsic and
and extrinsic
extrinsic properties
properties of
of food
food in
in relation
relation to
to microbial
microbial growth.
growth. Microbiology
Microbiology of
of fruits,
fruits, fruit
fruit
products,
products, vegetables,
vegetables, soft
soft drinks,
drinks, bakery
bakery products,
products, milk
milk and
and milk
milk products,
products, milk,
milk, fish,
fish, egg
egg and
and marine
marine
produces.
produces. Spoilage
Spoilage of
of foods,
foods, food
food pathogens
pathogens and
and their
their toxins
toxins in
in relation
relation to
to human
human health.
health. Food
Food preservation
preservation
by
by sugar,
sugar, salt,
salt, chemicals,
chemicals, heat,
heat, cold,
cold, irradiation,
irradiation, dehydration
dehydration and
and packaging.
packaging. Microbiology
Microbiology of
of fermented
fermented foods
foods
and
factors affecting
and beverages
beverages and
and factors
affecting their
their quality.
quality. Methods
Methods for
for microbiological
microbiological examination
examination of
of foods,
foods, food
food
hygiene
hygiene and
and safety
safety regulations.
regulations. Water
Water quality
quality and
and waste
waste disposal
disposal in
in food
food industry.
industry.
Code
Code 19:
19: Group–
Group— Agri-Business
Agri-Business Management
Management
(Sub-Subjects:
(Sub-Subjects: 19.1:
19.1: Agri-Business
Agri-Business Management)
Management)
UNIT-I:
UNIT-I:
Social,
Social, political
political and
and economic
economic structure
structure in
in rural
rural India.
India. Importance
Importance of
of agriculture/forestry/
agriculture/forestry/ horticulture/livestock
horticulture/livestock in
in
national
national economy.
economy. Cultivation
Cultivation of
of major
major cereal
cereal crops,
crops, legume
legume crops,
crops, vegetable
vegetable crops,
crops, fruits
fruits and
and their
their importance
importance in
in
human
human diet.
diet. Major
Major soils
soils of
of India,
India, essential
essential plant
plant nutrients,
nutrients, their
their role,
role, deficiency
deficiency symptoms
symptoms and
and sources.
sources. Pests
Pests and
and
diseases
diseases of
of major
major crops,
crops, vegetables,
vegetables, fruits
fruits and
and their
their management.
management. Forestry
Forestry production,
production, pests
pests and
and diseases
diseases
management
management of
of major
major trees
trees grown
grown in
in India.
India. Watershed
Watershed management.
management. Organizational
Organizational set
set up
up of
of agricultural
agricultural
research,
research, education
education and
and extension
extension in
in India.
India. Elements
Elements of
of statistics.
statistics.
UNIT-II:
UNIT-II:
Farm
Farm equipments
equipments and
and Farm
Farm Machinery
Machinery in
in India,
India, sources
sources of
of energy
energy and
and power
power on
on farms.
farms. Irrigation
Irrigation and
and
drainage
drainage systems.
systems. Basics
Basics of
of post-harvest
post-harvest technology,
technology, Basics
Basics of
of energy
energy in
in agriculture.
agriculture.
UNIT-III:
UNIT-III: Basics
Basics of
of veterinary,
veterinary, gynecology,
gynecology, veterinary
veterinary microbiology,
microbiology, veterinary
veterinary pathology
pathology and
and Parasitology,
Parasitology, veterinary
veterinary
surgery,
surgery, veterinary
veterinary public
public health,
health, veterinary
veterinary pharmacology
pharmacology and
and toxicology.
toxicology.
UNIT-IV:
UNIT-IV: Basics
Basics of
of human
human food
food and
and nutrition,
nutrition, human/child
human/child development,
development, home
home and
and family
family resource
resource management,
management,
clothing
clothing and
and textile.
textile.
UNIT-V:Quantitative
UNIT-V: Quantitative ability:
ability: Test
Test the
the ability
ability of
of candidates
candidates to
to make
make mathematical
mathematical calculations
calculations under
under stress
stress
conditions.
All these
will be
conditions. All
these calculations
calculations will
be based
based on
on analytical
analytical skills
skills of
of the
the candidates
candidates with
with understanding
understanding of
of
mathematics
mathematics at
at Intermediate
Intermediate level.
level.
UNIT-VI:
wherein the
UNIT-VI: Communicative
Communicative ability:
ability: Test
Test English
English comprehension
comprehension wherein
the knowledge
knowledge of
of language
language skills
skills are
are tested
tested
as
as to
to how
how effectively
effectively the
the candidate
candidate communicates
communicates his
his thoughts
thoughts and
and ideas.
ideas.
UNIT-VII:
UNIT-VII: Data
Data Interpretation:
Interpretation: Calculations
Calculations requiring
requiring skills
skills of
of interpretation
interpretation of
of facts
facts and
and figures.
figures. The
The questions
questions can
can be
be
posed
posed as
as graphs,
graphs, tables
tables and
and charts.
charts.
UNIT-VIII:
UNIT-VIII : Logical
Logical reasoning:
reasoning: Evaluating
Evaluating logical
logical thinking
thinking capacity
capacity by
by providing
providing various
various options.
options.
UNIT-IX:
UNIT-IX: Fundamentals
Fundamentals of
of managerial
managerial economics,
economics, market
market structure
structure conduct
conduct and
and performance,
performance, agricultural
agricultural marketing
marketing
conceptsfunctions
and
institutions,
trade
in
agriculture
sector;
principles
of
corporation;
concepts- functions and institutions, trade in agriculture sector; principles of corporation; cooperatives
cooperatives in
in
India;
India; agribusiness
agribusiness institutions
institutions in
in India;
India; entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship development.
development.
Besides
Besides above,
above, any
any other
other topic
topic of
of scientific,
scientific, social
social and
and educational
educational importance
importance can
can also
also be
be included.
included.
Around 20–25%
Around
20-25% questions
questions shall
shall be
be related
related to
to agriculture
agriculture and
and agriculture
agriculture related
related science
science subjects
subjects
including
including recent
recent developments.
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