WBPSC Assistant Director Of Horticulture Syllabus And Pattern 2020

WBPSC Assistant Director Of Horticulture Syllabus  And Pattern 2020 

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Official Syllabus For WBPSC Assistant Director Of Horticulture Exam 2020. Total Number of Exam is 100 and time is 1 hr 30 minute. 

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PSC Assistant Director Of Horticulture Exam Pattern


1:-The number of questions and marks on each question: 100, each carrying 1 mark.
2:-Duration of Exam: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
3:-Type of question: MCQ type.
4:-There will be a negative marking of 1/3 mark for each wrong answer.

Seventy percent (70%) marks on core subjects. And Ten percent (10%) marks will be allocated for each of the following:
(i) English
(ii) Arithmetic and Reasoning
(iii) General Knowledge & Current Affairs

PSC Assistant Director Of Horticulture  Syllabus 2020 


Part-I:

A. Fruit Science (9 marks)
Introduction; Plant Propagation and Nursery Management; Tropical and Sub Tropical Fruits; TemperateFruit Crops; Dry-land Horticulture: Breeding of Fruit Crops

B. Vegetable Science (9 marks)
Tropical and Sub Tropical vegetables; Temperate Vegetables and Tuber Crops; Precision Farming and Protected Cultivation of Vegetables; Breeding and Seed Production of Vegetable Crops.

C. Plant Pathology (5 marks) 
Fundamentals of Plant Pathology; Diseases of Fruit, Plant, and Aromatic crops; Diseases of Vegetable, Ornamental, and Spice crops.

D. Entomology (5 marks)
Fundamentals of Entomology; Principles of Pest Management and Productive Insects (Economic
classification of Insects; Importance and History of apiculture); Pests of Fruit, Vegetable, Ornamental
, and Spice Crops.

E. Biotechnology and Crop Improvement (7 marks)
Elementary Plant Biochemistry: Introductory Crop Physiology; Growth and Development of Horticulture Crops; Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics; Principles and Methods of Plant Breeding; Introduction to Plant Biotechnology; Principles of Seed Production in Horticulture Crops.

Total 35 marks

Part II

A. Floriculture (9 marks)
Ornamental Horticulture; Commercial Floriculture: Protected Cultivation of Flower Crops: Breeding and Seed Production of Flower Crops:

B. Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops (9 marks)
Plantation Crops; Spices and Condiments; Breeding of Spices and Plantation Crops.

C. Post Harvest Technology (4 marks)
Post-Harvest Management of Horticultural Produce; Processing of Horticultural Produce.

D. Natural Resources Management (9 marks)
  • SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Fundamentals of Soil Science; Soil, Water and Plant Analysis; Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management.
  •  AGRONOMY 
Water Management in Horticulture Crops; Agro-meteorology and Climate Change; Major Field Crops; Organic Farming; Weed Management in Horticulture Crops
  • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 
Environmental Studies and Disaster Management

E. Social and Allied Sciences (2 marks)
Economics and Marketing; Elementary Statistics; Horticulture Farm and Financial Management.

F. M.I.D.H. (2 marks)


Total 35 marks