IFS Main Exam 2014 Syllabus: Agricultural Engineering

PAPER - I

SECTION A

1. Soil and Water Conservation : Scope of soil and water conservation. Mechanics and types of erosion, their causes.Mechanics and types of erosion, their causes. Rainfall, runoff and sedimentation

relationships and their measurement. Soil erosion control measures - biological and engineering including stream bank protection- vegetative barriers, contour bunds, contour trenches, contour stone

walls, contour ditches, terraces, outlets and grassed waterways. Gully control structures - temporary and permanent - design of permanent soil conservation structures such as chute, drop and drop inlet spillways. Design of farm ponds and percolation ponds. Principles of flood control-flood routing. Watershed Management - investigation, planning and implementation - selection of priority areas and water shed work plan, water harvesting and moisture conservation.Land development - leveling, estimation of earth volumes and costing. Wind Erosion process - design for shelter belts and wind brakes and their management. Forest (Conservation) Act.

IFS Main Exam 2014 Syllabus: Agriculture Paper I & II

AGRICULTURE PAPER-I

Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, their sustainable management and conservation. Physical and social environment as factors of crop distribution and production. Climatic elements as factors of crop growth, impact of changing environment on cropping pattern as indicators of environments. Environmental pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals, and humans.

IFS Main Exam 2014 Syllabus: General Knowledge (GK)

General Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. The paper will also include questions on Indian Polity including the political system and the Constitution of India, History of India and Geography of a nature which the candidate should be able to answer without special study.

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IFS Main Exam 2014 Syllabus: General English

Candidates will be required to write an essay in English. Other questions will be designed to test their understanding of English and workmanlike use of words. Passages will usually be set for summary or precis.

IFS Main Exam 2014: List of Optional Subjects

List of Optional Subject for Indian Forest Service (IFS) Main Exam 2014
(i) Agriculture
(ii.) Agricultural Engineering
(iii) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
(iv) Botany
(v) Chemistry
(vi) Chemical Engineering
(vii) Civil Engineering
(viii) Forestry
(ix) Geology
(x) Mathematics
(xi) Mechanical Engineering
(xii) Physics
(xiii) Statistics
(xiv) Zoology

IFS Main Exam 2014: Exam Pattern, Papers and Marks

The Indian Forest Service Main Examination 2014 consist of written examination and an interview test. The written examination will consist of 6 papers of conventional essay type:
Paper I - General English: 300 Marks
Paper II - General Knowledge: 300 Marks
Paper III, IV, V & VI - Any two subjects to be selected from the list of optional subjects set out below. Each subject will have two papers. 200 Marks for each paper
Total marks for written examination: 1400 Marks

Indian Forest Service Main Exam 2014 Time Table

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) New Delhi declared Exam Schedule for Indian Forest Services Main Examination 2014. Following are given the subject wise exam dates.

Date & Day: 22 November 2014, Saturday
Forenoon Session: 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM
Subjects: General English

Afternoon Session: 2 PM to 5PM
Subjects: General Knowledge