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1039 GI/2024 (1)
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
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NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2024/MAGHA 25, 1945
CG-DL-E-14022024-252082
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 14th February, 2024
INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2024
No. 17011/01/2024-IFS-II .—The Rules for Indian Forest Service Examination to be held by the Union
Public Service Commission in 2024 for the purpose of filling vacancies in the Indian Forest Service are published for
general information. All candidates (male/female/transgender) are requested to carefully read these Rules and the
examination notice of the UPSC derived from these Rules.
1. Indian Forest Service Examination will be a two tier examination - a Preliminary Screening Examination followed
by a Main Written Examination and Interview. For screening suitable number of candidates for the 2nd stage of the
Examination, viz., Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, all candidates would be required to qualify Civil
Services (Preliminary) Examination (hereinafter called the Preliminary Examination).
VACANCIES AND RESERVATION:
2. The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination will be specified in the Notice issued by the
Commission.
Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other
Backward Classes, Economically Weaker Sections and persons with benchmark disability in the categories of (a) low
vision; (b) Partially deaf; (c) locomotor disability (sub-category : leprosy cured and acid attack victims only) in
respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government.
NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS:
3. Every candidate appearing at the Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts at the
examination.
Provided that this restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled
Tribe candidates who are otherwise eligible.
Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are
otherwise eligible, shall be nine.
Provided further that a person with benchmark disability will get as many attempts as are available to other candidates
who do not belong to person with benchmark disability of his or her community, subject to the condition that a person
with benchmark disability belonging to the Unreserved and EWS Category shall be eligible for nine attempts. The
relaxation will be available to the persons with benchmark disability who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable
to such candidates.
Note-1 : A candidate shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the examination if he/she actually appears in any
one or more papers.
Note-2 : If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, as a candidate for the Indian
Forest Service (Main) Examination, he/she shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination.
Note-3 : Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature the fact of appearance of the candidate at the
examination will count as an attempt.
PLAN OF EXAMINATION:
4. The examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in the manner prescribed in Appendix
I to these rules.
The dates on which and the places at which the Preliminary and Main Examination will be held shall be fixed and
notified by the Commission.
DETAILED APPLICATION FORMS (DAF-I AND DAF-II):
DAF-I:
4.1 (1) For the Main Examination, a candidate shall be required to submit on-line Detailed Application Form-I (DAF
I) along with scanned documents/certificates in support of date of birth, category {viz. SC/ST/OBC(without OBC
Annexure)/EWS [Economically Weaker Section] (without EWS Annexure)/PwBD/Ex-Serviceman} and educational
qualification with required Examination Fee. Any delay in submission of the DAF-I or documents in support beyond
the prescribed date will not be allowed and will lead to cancellation of the candidature.
DAF-II:
(2) A candidate shall be required to mandatorily indicate order of preferences of Zones/Cadres in the on-line
Detailed Application Form-II (DAF-II), before the commencement of Personality Test (Interview) of the examination.
With this Form, a candidate will also be required to upload documents/certificates for higher education, achievements
in different fields, service experience, OBC Annexure (for OBC category only) EWS Annexure (for EWS category
only), etc. Any delay in submission of the DAF-II or documents in support beyond the prescribed date will not be
allowed and will lead to cancellation of the candidature. A candidate may also upload additional
documents/certificates for higher education, achievements in different fields, service experience, etc.
NATIONALITY:
5. A candidate must be either :—
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently
settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of
Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of
permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a
certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of
appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the
Government of India.
AGE:
6. (a) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st August,
2024 i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1992 and not later than 1st August 2003.
(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable :—
(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are
eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;
(iii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defence services personnel disabled in operations during
hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;
(iv) upto a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and
ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2024 and been
released;
(i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one
year from 1st August, 2024) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of
misconduct or inefficiency, or
(ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service, or
(iii) on invalidment.
(v) upto a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of
assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2024 and whose assignment has been extended
beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil
employment and they will be released on three months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer
of appointment;
(vi) up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities viz. (a) low vision; (b)
Partially deaf; (c) locomotor disability (sub-category : leprosy cured and acid attack victims only).
Note I : Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes
who are also covered under any other clauses of rule 6(b) above, viz. those coming under the category of
Ex-servicemen, Low Vision, Hearing Impaired (Partially deaf) and Locomotor disability (sub-category :
Leprosy cured and Acid attack victims) will be eligible for grant of cumulative age relaxation under both
the categories.
Note II: In regard to Functional Classification and Physical Requirements of PwBD candidates, the same
procedure as has been followed till the previous examination may be followed by the Government
(Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change).
Note III: The term Ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen
(Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) rules, 1979 as amended from time to time.
Note IV: The age concession under rule 6(b)(iv) and (v) will be admissible to Ex-Servicemen i.e. a person who has
served in any rank whether as combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy and Air Force of
the Indian Union and who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at
his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his or her pension.
Note V : Notwithstanding the provision of age relaxation under rule 6(b) (vi) above a person with benchmark
disability will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he/she (after such physical examination
as the Government or appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the
requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services/Posts to be allocated to the
person with benchmark disability candidates by the Government.
SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED CAN IN NO CASE BE RELAXED
Note-VI: The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School
Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation
or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University which extract must be
certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent
examination certificate. These certificates are required to be submitted at the time of applying for the
Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination.
No other documents relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal
Corporation, Service records and the like will be accepted.
The expression Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the
instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.
Note VII: Candidates should note that only the date of birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary
Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate on the date of submission of application will be
accepted by the Commission and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted.
Note VIII: Candidates should also note that once a date of birth has been submitted by them in the application form
and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission to an Examination, no change
will be allowed subsequently (or at any other examination of the Commission) on any grounds
whatsoever.
Provided that in case of an inadvertent/unintentional/typographical error committed by a candidate
in indicating the date of birth in the Online Application Form, the candidate may make a request to the
Commission for subsequent rectification along with supporting documents, as specified in the Rule 6 of
the Examination and the request may be considered by the Commission, if the same is made within a
definite time frame as may be notified by the Commission in its Notice for the Examination.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
7. A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least one of the subjects, namely: Animal Husbandry &
Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or Bachelor’s degree
in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature
in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University
under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.
NOTE I : Candidate who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render them educationally
qualified for the Commission’s examination but have not been informed of the results as also the
candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to the
Preliminary Examination. All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for taking the
Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the requisite
examination along with their application (i.e. Detailed Application Form-I) for the Main Examination
failing which such candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination. Such proof of passing the
requisite examination should have been issued latest by the closing date of Detailed Application Form-I of
the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination.
NOTE II : In addition, the candidates who possess qualification equivalent to those specified in Rule 7 will be
required to produce a certificate from University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State
Legislature in India or other educational institution established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be
deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grant Commission Act, 1956 clarifying that
the degree is at par with the Bachelor’s degree specified in Rule 7 along with their applications for the
Main Examination failing which such candidate will not be admitted to the Main Examination.
NOTE III: In exceptional cases the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who does not have
any of the foregoing qualifications, as a qualified candidate provided that he/she has passed
examinations conducted by the other institutions the standard of which in the opinion of the
Commission justifies his/her admission of the examination.
FEES:
8. Candidates must pay the fee prescribed in the Commission’s Notice.
UNDERTAKING BY GOVERNMENT/PSU EMPLOYEES:
9. All candidates in Government Service, whether in a permanent or in temporary capacity or as work-charged
employees other than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under Public Enterprises will be required to
submit an undertaking that they have informed in writing to their Head of Office/Department that they have applied
for the examination.
Candidates should note that in case a communication is received from their employer by the Commission withholding
permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the examination, their application will be liable to be
rejected/candidature will be liable to be cancelled.
FULFILLING ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:
10. The decision of the Commission as to the acceptance of the application of a candidate and his/her eligibility or
otherwise for admission to the examination shall be final.
The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility conditions for
admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the
Commission viz. Preliminary Examination, Main (Written) Examination and Interview Test will be purely provisional
subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the
Preliminary Examination, Main (Written) Examination and Interview Test, it is found that they do not fulfill any of
eligibility conditions; their candidature for the examination will be cancelled by the Commission.
ADMISSION CERTIFICATE AND WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION:
11. No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he/she holds a certificate of admission from the
Commission.
The candidates will not be allowed to withdraw their applications after the submission of the same.
DISQUALIFICATION, DEBARMENT, DISCIPLINARY ACTION, CRIMINAL PROSECUTION:
12(1) A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of :-
(a) Obtaining support for candidature by the following means, namely :-
(i) offering illegal gratification to; or
(ii) applying pressure on; or
(iii) blackmailing, or threatening to blackmail any person connected with the conduct of the
examination; or
(b) impersonation; or
(c) procuring impersonation by any person; or
(d) submitting fabricated/incorrect documents or documents which have been tampered with; or
(e) uploading irrelevant or incorrect photo/signature in the application form in place of actual photo/signature;
or
(f) making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information; or
(g) resorting to the following means in connection with the candidature for the examination, namely :-
(i) obtaining copy of question paper through improper means; or
(ii) finding out the particulars of the persons connected with secret work relating to the examination; or
(iii) influencing the examiners; or
(h) being in possession of or using unfair means during the examination; or
(i) writing obscene matter or drawing obscene sketches or irrelevant matter in the scripts; or
(j) misbehaving in the examination hall including tearing of the scripts, provoking fellow examinees to
boycott examination, creating a disorderly scene and the like; or
(k) harassing, threatening or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of
the examination; or
(l) being in possession of or using any mobile phone, (even in switched-off mode), pager or any electronic
equipment or programmable device or storage media like pen drive, smart watches etc. or camera or
bluetooth devices or any other equipment or related accessories (either in working or switched-off mode)
capable of being used as a communication device during the examination; or
(m) violating any of the instructions issued to candidates along with their admission certificates permitting
them to take the examination; or
(n) attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting the commission of all or any of the acts specified in
the foregoing clauses;
in addition to being liable to criminal prosecution, shall be disqualified by the Commission from the
Examination held under these Rules; and/or shall be liable to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period
:-
(i) by the Commission, from any examination or selection held by them;
(ii) by the Central Government from any employment under them;
and shall be liable to face disciplinary action under the appropriate rules if already in service under Government;
Provided that no penalty under this rule shall be imposed except after :-
(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as the candidate may
wish to make in that behalf; and
(ii) taking the representation, if any, submitted by the candidate within the period allowed for this
purpose, into consideration.
(2) Any person who is found by the Commission to be guilty of colluding with a candidate(s) in committing or
abetting the commission of any of the misdeeds listed at the clauses (a) to (m) above will be liable to action in terms
of the clause (n) in Rule 12 (1) above.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION MARKS:
13. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the General Studies Paper-I of Preliminary
Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion and a minimum of 33% marks in General Studies
Paper-II of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination shall be admitted to the Indian Forest Service (Main)
Examination. The candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the Main Examination (Written) as may
be fixed by the Commission at their discretion shall be invited by them for an interview for personality test.
The minimum qualifying marks as determined above, may be relaxed at the discretion of the Commission,
in favour of Person with benchmark disability, in order to fill up the vacancies reserved for them, if any.
Provided that candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward
Classes or Economically Weaker Section may be invited for an interview for a personality test by the Commission by
applying relaxed standards in the General Studies Paper-I of the Preliminary Examination as well as Main
Examination (Written) if the Commission is of the opinion that sufficient number of candidates from these
communities are not likely to be invited for interview for a personality test on the basis of the general standard in
order to fill up vacancies reserved for them.
DECLARATION OF RESULTS:
14(i) After the interview, the candidates will be arranged by the Commission in the order of merit as determined by
the aggregate marks finally awarded to each candidate in the Main Examination. Thereafter, the Commission shall,
for the purpose of recommending candidates against unreserved vacancies, fix a qualifying mark (hereinafter referred
to as general qualifying standard) with reference to the number of unreserved vacancies to be filled up on the basis of
the Main Examination.
(ii) The candidates belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes or
Economically Weaker Section may to the extent of the number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the
Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes or Economically Weaker Section be recommended by the Commission by
a relaxed standard, subject to the fitness of these candidates for selection to the Service.
Provided that the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes,
the Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Benchmark Disability who have been recommended by the
Commission without resorting to any relaxations/concessions in the eligibility or selection criteria, at any stage of the
examination, shall not be adjusted against the vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the
Other Backward Classes, the Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Benchmark Disability but shall in the
first instance be recommended by the Commission against the unreserved vacancies.
Note : The facility of scribe, along with compensatory time which is available for eligible candidates belonging to
Persons with Benchmark Disability category and the disability of such candidates, which he/she is suffering
from in respect of Medical fitness, shall not be treated as relaxations/concession.
COMMUNICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION:
15. The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to individual candidates shall be decided
by the Commission in their discretion and the Commission will not enter into correspondence with them regarding the
result.
SUITABILITY FOR APPOINTMENT:
16. Success in the examination confers no right to allocation & appointment unless Government is satisfied after such
enquiry as may be considered necessary that the candidate, having regard to his/her character and antecedents and
certificates produced by him/her during the course of examination for the purpose of eligibility as well as claiming any
kind of benefit for reservation is suitable in all respects including medical examination for allocation/appointment to
the Service. The decision of the Government in this regard shall be final.
No Person—
(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living, or
(b) who having a spouse living has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person shall be eligible for
appointment to Service.
Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal
law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any
person from the operation of this rule.
ALLOCATION OF ZONES AND CADRES:
17 (i) A candidate who qualifies on the results of the written part of the Examination shall be required to indicate in
the On-line Detailed Application Form-II his/her choice in the order of preference from amongst the various State
Zones and Cadres including his/her ‘Home State’ in case he/she is appointed to the Indian Forest Service.
(ii) The zone and cadre allotment to candidates appointed to Indian Forest Service will be governed by the policy
of cadre allotment in force at the time of allotment of zone and cadre. Due consideration will be given at the time of
making allocation on the results of the examination to the preferences expressed by a candidate for various zones and
cadres at the time of his/her application.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION:
18. A candidate must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the
discharge of his/her duties as an officer of the service. A candidate, who after such medical examination as
Government or the appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe, is found not to satisfy these requirements
will not be appointed. All the candidates recommended by the Commission on the basis of Written Examination and
Personality Test will be required to undergo medical examination and walking test as per details given in the
Appendix-III to these rules. No fee shall be payable to the Medical Board by the candidate for the medical
examination except in the case of appeal.
Provided further that Government may constitute a special Medical Board with experts in the area for
conducting the medical examination of persons with benchmark disability.
NOTE—In order to prevent disappointment, candidates are advised to have themselves examined by a civil surgeon
before applying for admission to the examination. Particulars of the nature of the medical test to which candidates will
be subjected before appointment and of the standard required is given in Appendix III to these rules. For the disabled
ex-Defence Service personnel, the standards will be relaxed consistent with requirements of the Service.
Attention is particularly invited to the condition of medical fitness in involving a walking test of 25
kilometers in 4 hours in the case of male candidates (both PwBD and Non- PwBD) and 14 kilometers in 4 hours for
female candidates (both PwBD and Non- PwBD). The standard for Transgender candidates would be posted on the
dedicated Web-age of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change before commencement of the Medical
Examination of Indian Forest Service Examination, 2024.
RESERVATION AGAINST VACANCIES FOR PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITY:
19. The eligibility for availing reservation against the vacancies reserved for the persons with benchmark disability
shall be the same as prescribed in “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act, 2016)”: Reservation
in vacancies for Indian Forest Service is granted only to (a) Low Vision; (b) Hearing Impaired (Partially Deaf); and
(c) Locomotor Disability (Sub-category : Leprosy Cured and Acid Attack Victims only).
Provided further that the candidates from Persons with Benchmark Disability category shall also be required
to meet special eligibility criteria in terms of physical requirements/ functional classification (abilities/disabilities)
consistent with requirements of the identified service/post as may be prescribed by its cadre controlling authority as
per Appendix IV.
ELIGIBILITY FOR AVAILING RESERVATION:
20 (1) A candidate will be eligible to get the benefit of community reservation only in case the particular caste to
which the candidates belong is included in the list of reserved communities issued by the Central Government. The
candidates will be eligible to get the benefit of the Economically Weaker Section reservation only in case the
candidate meets the criteria issued by the Central Government and in possession of such eligibility certification.
(2) The OBC candidates applying for IFS Exam, 2024 through CSE-2024 must produce OBC (Non-Creamy
Layer) certificate based on the income for the Financial Year (FYs) 2022-23, 2021-22 and 2020-21 and issued on/after
01.04.2023 (after completion of FY 2022-23) but not later than the closing date of the application for Indian Forest
Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2024 through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2024.
(3) A candidate will be eligible to get the benefit of the Economically Weaker Section reservation only in case
the candidate meets the criteria issued by the Central Government and is in possession of requisite Income & Asset
Certificate based on the income for Financial Year (FY) 2022-23 and issued on/after 01.04.2023 (after completion of
FY 2022-23) but not later than the closing date of the application for Indian Forest Service (Preliminary)Examination,
2024 through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2024.
21. Candidates seeking reservation/relaxation benefits available for SC/ST/OBC/ EWS/PwBD/Ex-servicemen must
ensure that they are entitled to such reservation/ relaxation as per eligibility prescribed in the Rules/Notice. They
should also be in possession of all the requisite certificates in the prescribed format in support of their claim as
stipulated in the Rules/Notice for such benefits by the closing date of the application for Indian Forest Service
Examination, 2024 through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2024.
22. The closing date for receipt of the application for the Indian Forest Service Examination through the Civil
Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2024 will be treated as the date for determining the OBC status (including that of
Creamy Layer) of the candidates.
CHANGE OF CATEGORY:
23. If a candidate indicates in his/her application form for Indian Forest Service Examination through Civil
Services (Preliminary) Examination that he/she belongs to General category but subsequently writes to the
Commission to change his/her category to a reserved one, such request shall not be entertained by the Commission.
Further, once a candidate has chosen a reserved category, no request shall be entertained for change to other reserved
category viz. SC to ST, ST to SC, OBC to SC/ST or SC/ST to OBC, SC to EWS, EWS to SC, ST to EWS, EWS to
ST, OBC to EWS, EWS to OBC. No reserved category candidates other than those who qualified each stage of the
Examination on General Merit, shall be allowed to change (on their request or as decided by the
Commission/Government based on the documents submitted by them) their category from Reserved to Unreserved or
claim the vacancies (Cadre) for unreserved category after the declaration of final result by UPSC. In case where such
candidates do not qualify on General Standard, their candidature shall be cancelled.
Further no Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidate of any subcategory thereunder shall be
allowed to change his/her sub-category of disability.
While the above principle will be followed in general, there may be a few cases where there was a gap not more than 3 months between the issuance of a Government Notification enlisting a particular community in the list of any of the reserved communities and the date of submission of the application by the candidate. In such cases the request of change of community from general to reserve may be considered by the Commission on merit.
In case of a candidate unfortunately becoming a person with benchmark disability during the course of
examination, the candidate should produce valid documents to enable the Commission to take a decision in the matter
on merit. In case of a candidate unfortunately becoming person with benchmark disability during the course of the
examination process, the candidate should produce valid documents showing him/her acquiring a disability to the
extent of 40% or more as defined under the RPwD Act, 2016 to enable him/her to get the benefits of reservation
earmarked for persons with benchmark disability provided he/she otherwise remains eligible for the Indian Forest
Service as per Rule 19 above.
KNOWLEDGE OF HINDI:
24 Candidates are informed that some knowledge of Hindi prior to entry into Service would be of advantage in
passing departmental examinations which candidates have to take after entry into Service.
BRIEF PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE SERVICE:
25 Brief particulars relating to the Service to which recruitment is being made through this examination are given in
Appendix-II.
RAMESH KUMAR PANDEY, Inspector General of Forests
APPENDIX I
SECTION I
Plan of Examination
The competitive examination comprises two successive stages:
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type) for the screening & selection of candidates for Indian
Forest Service (Main) Examination; and
(ii) Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates against the
vacancies identified and reported for the Indian Forest Service Examination.
2. The preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a
maximum of 400 marks in the subjects set out in sub-section (A) of Section-II. This examination is meant to serve as a
screening test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified
for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of
candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen times the total approximate
number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination. Only those candidates who are declared by the
Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main
Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission, to the Main Examination.
Note I : Since there may be common candidates for Civil Services Examination and the Indian Forest Service
Examination, after the common Screening Test done through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination,
separate lists will be prepared for the candidates eligible to appear in the Civil Services (Main) Examination
and Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33%
in General Studies Paper-II of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and total qualifying marks of
General Studies Paper-I of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination as determined by the Commission on
the number of vacancies to be filled through the Civil Services Examination and Indian Forest Service
Examination.
Note II : There will be negative marking for incorrect answers as detailed below :-
(i) There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong
answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be
deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given
answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that
question.”
3. The Main Examination will consist of written examination and an interview test. The written examination will
consist of 6 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects set out in sub-section (B) of Section II. Also see Note
(ii) under para I of Section II(B).
4. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written part of the Main Examination as may be
fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall be summoned by them for an interview for a Personality Test vide
sub-section ‘C’ of Section II. The number of candidates to be summoned for interview will be about twice the number
of vacancies to be filled. The interview will carry 300 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).
Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination (written part as well as interview) would determine
their final ranking.
SECTION II
Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary and Main Examination.
A. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :
The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.
Note :
(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).
(ii) The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with
minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
(iii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
(iv) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.
B. MAIN EXAMINATION:
(A) The written examination consisting of the following papers:—
Paper I—General English 300 Marks
Paper II—General Knowledge 300 Marks
Papers III, IV, V and VI.—Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects set out in para 2
below. Each subject will have two papers.— 200 marks for each paper.
Note : Answer scripts of only those candidates who have obtained the minimum marks as decided by the Commission
for Paper II (General Knowledge) will be evaluated.
(B) Interview for Personality Test (See Part C of Section II of this Appendix) of such candidates as may be called by
the Commission— Maximum Marks : 300
2. List of optional subjects:
(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
Provided that the candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combination of subjects :
(a) Agriculture and Agricultural Engg.
(b) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
(c) Agriculture and Forestry.
(d) Chemistry and Chemical Engg.
(e) Mathematics and Statistics.
(f) Of the Engineering subjects viz. Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering
and Mechanical Engineering—not more than one subject;
NOTE—The standard and syllabi of the subjects mentioned above are given in Section III.
General Instructions (Main Examination) :
1. All the question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.
2. ALL QUESTION PAPERS MUST BE ANSWERED IN ENGLISH. QUESTION PAPERS WILL BE
SET IN ENGLISH ONLY.
3. The duration of each of the papers referred to above will be three hours.
4. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all of the papers of the examination.
5.If a candidate's handwriting is not easily legible, deduction will be made on this account from the total
marks otherwise accruing to him/her.
6. Marks will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.
7.Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all
subjects of the examination.
8. In the question papers, wherever required, SI units will be used.
9. Candidates should use only international form of Indian numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.) while
answering question papers.
10. Candidates will be allowed the use of Scientific (Non-programmable type) calculators at the conventional
type examinations of UPSC. Programmable type calculators will however not be allowed and the use of such
calculators shall tantamount to resorting to unfair means by the candidates. Loaning and interchanging of
calculators in the Examination Hall is not permitted. It is also important to note that candidates are not
permitted to use calculators for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not therefore
bring the same inside the Examination Hall.
11. Candidates should note that if any irrelevant matter/signages/marks etc. are found written in the answer
script(s), which would not be related to any question/answer and/or would be having the potential to disclose
the candidate’s identity, the Commission will impose a penalty of deduction of marks from the total marks
otherwise accruing to the candidate or will not evaluate the said script(s) on this account.
12(i). Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the
help of a scribe to write the answers for them. The Persons with Benchmark Disabilities in the categories of
blindness (partially blind), will be provided the facility of scribe, if desired by the person. In case of other
category of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities as defined under section 2(r) of the RPWD Act, 2016, the
facility of scribe will be allowed to such candidates on production of a certificate to the effect that the person
concerned has physical limitation to write, and scribe is essential to write examination on behalf, from the
Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care institution as per
proforma at Appendix–V.
Further, for persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of Section 2(s) of the RPwD Act,
2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40%
disability and having difficulty in writing will be provided the facility of scribe subject to production of a
certificate to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write
examination on his/her behalf from the competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution
as per proforma at Appendix-VII.
(ii) The candidates have discretion of opting for his/her own scribe or request the Commission for the
same. The details of scribe i.e. whether own or the Commission’s and the details of scribe in case candidates
are bringing their own scribe, will be sought at the time of filling up the application form online as per
proforma at Appendix-VI (for Candidates having 40% disability or more) and Appendix-VIII (for Candidates
having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing).
(iii) The qualification of the Commission’s scribe as well as own scribe will not be more than the
minimum qualification criteria of the examination. However, the qualification of the scribe should always be
matriculate or above.
(iv) The Persons with Benchmark Disabilities in the category of low-vision will be allowed
Compensatory Time of twenty minutes per hour of the examination. In case of other categories of Persons
with Benchmark Disabilities, this facility will be provided on production of a certificate to the effect that the
person concerned has physical limitation to write from the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical
Superintendent of a Government Health Care institution as per proforma at Appendix-V.
Further, for persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of Section 2(s) of the RPwD Act,
2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40%
disability and having difficulty in writing will be provided compensatory time subject to production of a
certificate to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write from the competent medical authority of
a Government healthcare institution as per proforma at Appendix-VII.
Note-1: The eligibility conditions of a scribe, his/her conduct inside the examination hall and the manner in which
and extent to which he/she can help the Persons with or without Benchmark Disability and having difficulty
in writing the Indian Forest Service Examination shall be governed by the instructions issued by the UPSC
in this regard. Violation of all or any of the said instructions shall entail the cancellation of the candidature
of the candidate in addition to any other action that the UPSC may take against the scribe.
The candidates who claim the facility of Scribe and/or Compensatory time must ensure that they
fulfill all the requisite criteria essential for these facilities. If at any stage of examination/post
recommendation, it is found that candidates do not fulfill requisite criteria, his/her candidature/appointment
will be liable to cancelled and he/she will also be liable to be penalized under Rule 12 for making
incorrect/false statements and/or for using unfair means. Further, as per Appendix-VII for the candidates
covered under Section 2(s) of the RPwD Act, 2016, Compensatory time will be made available only if such
candidates utilize the facility of scribe.
Note 2: For purpose of these rules the candidate shall be deemed to be a Low Vision candidate if the percentage of
visual impairment is Forty per cent (40%) or more. The criteria for determining the percentage of visual
impairment shall be as follows:—
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
| Better eye | Worse eye | Per Cent | Disability category |
| Best Corrected | Best Corrected | Impairment | |
+================+================+==============+===================+
| 6/6 to 6/18 | 6/6 to 6/18 | 0% | 0 |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
| | 6/24 to 6/60 | 10% | 0 |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
| | Less than | 20% | I |
| | 6/60 to 3/60 | | |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
| | Less than 3/60 | 30% | II (One eyed |
| | to No Light | | person) |
| | Perception | | |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
| 6/24 to 6/60 | 6/24 to 6/60 | 40% | III a (low vision)|
| Or | | | |
| Visual field | Less than | 50% | III b (low vision)|
| less than 40 | 6/60 to 3/60 | | |
| up to 20 | | | |
| degree around | Less than 3/60 | 60% | III c (low vision)|
| centre of | to No Light | | |
| fixation or | Perception | | |
| heminaopia | | | |
| involving | | | |
| macula | | | |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
| Less than | Less than | 70% | III d (low vision)|
| 6/60 to 3/60 | 6/60 to 3/60 | | |
| Or | | | |
| Visual field | Less than 3/60 | 80% | III e (low vision)|
| less than 20 | to No Light | | |
| up to 10 | Perception | | |
| degree around | | | |
| centre of | | | |
| fixation | | | |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
| Less than | Less than 3/60 | 90% | IV a (Blindness) |
| 3/60 to 1/60 | to No Light | | |
| Or | Perception | | |
| Visual field | | | |
| less than 10 | | | |
| degree around | | | |
| centre of | | | |
| fixation | | | |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
| Only HMCF | Only HMCF | 100% | IV b (Blindness) |
| Only Light | Only Light | | |
| Perception | Perception | | |
| No Light | No Light | | |
| Perception | Perception | | |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+
Note-3: For availing of the concession admissible to a Low Vision candidate, the candidate concerned shall
produce a certificate in the prescribed proforma from a Medical Board constituted by the Central/State
Governments along with their application for the Main Examination.
Note-4: The concession admissible to Low Vision candidates shall not be admissible to those suffering from Myopia.
C. Personality Test
The candidate will be interviewed by a Board of competent and unbiased observers who will have before them a
record of his/her career. The object of the Interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for the
Service. The candidate will be expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in his/her subjects of academic
study but also in events which are happening around him/her both within and outside his/her own state or country, as
well as in modern currents of thoughts and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well educated
youth.
2. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross examination, but of a natural, though directed and
purposive conversation, intended to reveal mental qualities of the candidate. The Board will pay special attention to
assessing the intellectual curiosity, critical powers of observation and assimilation, balance of judgement and alertness
of mind, initiative, tact, capacity for leadership; the ability for social cohesion, mental and physical energy and powers
of practical application; integrity of character; and other qualities such as topographical sense, love for out-door life
and the desire to explore unknown and out of way places.
SECTION III
SYLLABI FOR THE EXAMINATION
NOTE : Candidates are advised to go through the Syllabus published in this Section for the Preliminary Examination
and the Main Examination.
Part A—Preliminary Examination
Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two hours
Current events of national and international importance
History of India and Indian National Movement
Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector
Initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject
specialization
General Science.
Paper II-(200 marks) Duration : Two hours
Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Decision making and problem solving
• General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts,
graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. — Class X level)
Note 1: Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum
qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
Note 2: The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.
Note 3: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination for the
purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers of
Civil Services (Prelim) Examination.
Part B—Main Examination
The standard of papers in General English and General knowledge will be such as may be expected of a
Science or Engineering graduate of an Indian university.
The scope of the syllabus for optional subject papers for the Examination is broadly of the Honours Degree
level i.e. a level higher than the Bachelors Degree and lower than the Masters Degree. In the case of Engineering
subjects the level corresponds to the Bachelors Degree.
There will be no practical examination in any of the subjects.
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.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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.
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
Total number of questions in the question papers of optional subjects will be eight. All questions will carry
equal marks. Each paper will be divided into two parts. viz. Part A and Part B each part containing four questions. Out
of eight questions, five questions are to be attempted. One question in each part will be compulsory. Candidates will
be required to answer three more questions out of the remaining six questions, taking at least one question from each
Part. In this way, at least two questions will be attempted from each Part i.e. one compulsory question plus one more.
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.
Cropping patterns in different agro-climatic zones of the country. Impact of high-yielding and short-duration
varieties on shifts in cropping patterns. Concepts of multiple cropping, multistorey, relay and inter-cropping and their
importance in relation to food production. Package of practices for production of important cereals, pulses, oil seeds,
fibres, sugar, commercial and fodder crops grown during Kharif and Rabi seasons in different regions of the country.
Important features, scope and propagation of various types of forestry plantations such as extension, social
forestry, agro-forestry and natural forests.
Weeds, their characteristics, dissemination and association with various crops, their multiplications, cultural,
biological, and chemical control of weeds.
Soil-physical, chemical and biological properties. Processes and factors of soil formation. Modern
classification of Indian soils. Mineral and organic constituents of soils and their role in maintaining soil productivity.
Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soils and plants. Principles of soil fertility and its evaluation
for judicious fertiliser use, integrated nutrient management. Losses of nitrogen in soil, nitrogen-use efficiency in
submerged rice soils, nitrogen fixation in soils. Fixation of phosphours and potasium in soils and the scope for their
efficient use. Problem soils and their reclamation methods.
Soil conservation planning on watershed basis. Erosion and run-off management in hilly, foot hills and valley
lands; processes and factors affecting them. Dry land agriculture and its problems. Technology for stabilising
agriculture production in rainfed agriculture area.
Water-use efficiency in relation to crop production, criteria for scheduling irrigations, ways and means of reducing
run-off losses of irrigation water, Drip and sprinkler irrigation. Drainage of water-logged soils, quality of irrigation
water, effect of industrial effluents on soil and water pollution.
Farm management, scope, importance and characteristics, farm planning. Optimum resource use and
budgeting. Economics of different types of farming systems.
Marketing and pricing of agricultural inputs and outputs, price fluctuations and their cost role of co
operatives in agricultural economy, types and systems of farming and factors affecting them.
Agricultural extension, its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programmes, socio
economic survey and status of big, small and marginal farmers and landless agricultural labourers, farm
mechanization and its role in agricultural production and rural employment. Training programmes for extension
workers, lab-to-land programmes.
PAPER-II
Cell Theory, cell structure, cell organelles and their function, cell division, nucleic acids—structure and
function, gene structure and function. Laws of heredity, their significance in plant breedings. Chromosome structure,
chromosomal aberrations, linkage and cross-over and their significance in recombination breeding. Polyploidy,
euploids and aneuploids. Mutation—micro and macro—and their role in crop improvement. Variation, components of
variation. Heritability, sterility and incompatibility, classification and their application in crop improvement.
Cytoplasmic inheritance, sex-linked, sex-influenced and sex-limited characters.
History of plant breeding. Modes of reproduction, selfing and crossing techniques, Origin and evolution of
crop plants, centre of origin, law of homologous series, crop genetic resources—conservation and utilization,
application of principles of plant breeding to the improvement of major field crops. Pure-line selection, predigree,
mass and recurrent selections, combining ability, its significance in plant breeding. Hybrid vigour and its exploitation,
backcross method of breeding, breeding for disease and pest resistance, role of interspecific and intergeneric
hybridization, role of biotechnology in plant breeding. Improved varieties, hybrids, composities of various crop plants.
Seed technology, its importance. Different kinds of seeds and their seed production and processing
techniques. Role of public and private sectors in seed production, processing and marketing in India.
Physiology and its significance in agriculture Imbition, surface tension, diffusion and osmosis. Absorption
and translocation of water, transpiration and water economy.
Enzymes and plant pigments; photosynthesis modern—concepts and factors affecting the process, aerobic
and non-aerobic respiration; C, C and CAM mechanisms. Carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism.
Growth and development; photoperiodism and vernalization. Auxins, hormones and other plant regulators
and their mechanism of action and importance in agriculture Physiology of seed development and germination;
dormancy.
Climatic requirements and cultivation of major fruits, plants, vegetable crops and flower plants; the package
of practices and their scientific basis. Handling and marketing problems of fruits and vegetables. Principal methods of
preservation of important fruits and vegetable products, processing techniques and equipment. Role of fruits and
vegetables in human nutrition. Raising of ornamental plants, and design and layout of lawns and gardens.
Diseases and pests of field vegetables, orchard and plantation crops of India. Causes and classification of
plant pests and diseases. Principles of control of plant pests and diseases. Biological control of pests and diseases.
Integrated pest and disease management. Epidemiology and forecasting.
Pesticides, their formulations and modes of action. Compatibility with rhizobial inoculants Microbial toxins.
Storage pests and diseases of cereals and pulses and their control.
Food production and consumption trends in India. National and International food policies. Production,
procurement, distribution and processing constraints. Relation of food production to national dietary pattern, major
deficiencies of calorie and protein.
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
PAPER-I
Section A
1. Soil and Water Conservation : Scope of soil and water conservation, 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 soilways. 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—levelling, estimation of earth volumes and costing. Wind Erosion process—design
of shelter belts and wind brakes and their management. Forest (Conservation) Act.
2. Arial Photography and Remote sensing : Basic characteristics of Photographic images, interpretation keys,
equipment for interpretation, imagery interpretation for land use, geology, soil and forestry.
Remote sensing—merits and demerits of conventional and remote sensing approaches. Types of satellite
images, fundamentals of satellite image interpretation, techniques of visual and digital interpretations for soil, water
and land use management. Use of GIS in planning and development of water-sheds, forests including forest cover,
water resources etc.
Section B
3. Irrigation and Drainage : Sources of water for irrigation. Planning and design of minor irrigation projects.
Techniques of measuring soil moisture—laboratory and in-sizu. soil-water-plant relationships. Water requirement of
crops. Planning conjunctive use of surface and ground water, Measurement of irrigation water, measuring devices—
orifices, weirs and flumes. Methods of irrigation—surface, sprinkler and drip, fertigation. Irrigation efficiencies and
their estimation. Design and construction of canals, field channels, underground pipelines, head gate, diversion boxes
and structures for road crossing.
Occurrence of ground water, hydraulics of wells, types of wells (tube wells and open wells) and their
construction. Well development and testing. Pumps-types, selection and installation. Rehabilitation of sick and failed
wells.
Drainage—Causes of water logging and salt problems. Methods of drainage—drainage of irrigated and
unirrigated lands, design of surface, sub-surface and vertical drainage systems. Improvement and utilization of poor
quality water. Reclamation of saline and alkali soils. Economics of irrigation and drainage systems. Use of waste
water for irrigation—standards of waste water for sustained irrigation, feasibility and economics.
4. Agricultural Structures : Site selection, design and construction of farmstead—farm house, cattle shed, dairy barn,
poultry shed, hog housing, machinery and implement shed, storage structures for foodgrains feed and forage. Design
and construction of fences and farm roads. Structures for plant environment—green houses, poly houses and shade
houses. Common building materials used in construction—timber, brick, stone, tiles, concrete etc. and their properties.
Water supply, drainage and sanitation systems.
PAPER-II
Section A
1. Farm Power and Machinery : Agricultural mechanization and its scope. Sources of farm power—animate and
electro-mechancial. Thermodynamics, construction and working of internal combustion engines, fuel ignition,
lubrication cooling and governing systems of IC engines. Different types of tractors and power tillers. Power
transmission, ground drive, power take off (p.t.o.) and control systems. Operation and maintenance of farm machinery
for primary and secondary tillage. Traction theory, Sowing, transplanting and inter-culture implements and tools. Plant
protection equipment—spraying and dusting. Harvesting threshing and combining equipment. Machinery for earth
moving and land development—methods and cost estimation. Ergonomics of man-machine system. Machinery for
horticulture and agro-forestry, feeds and forage. Haulage of agricultural and forest produce.
2. Agro-energy : Energy requirements of agricultural operations and agro-processing. Selection, installation, safety
and maintenance of electric motors for agricultural applications. Solar (thermal and photovoltaic), wind and bio-gas
energy and their utilisation in agriculture. Gasification of biomass for running IC engines and for electric power
generation. Energy efficient cooking stoves and alternate cooking fuels. Distribution of electricity for agricultural and
agro-industrial applications.
Section-B
3. Agricultural Process Engineering : Post harvest technology of crops and its scope. Engineering properties of
agricultural produces and by-products. Unit operations—cleaning, grading, size reduction, densification,
concentration, drying/dehydration evaporation filteration, feezing and packaging of agricultural produces and by
products. Material handling equipment—belt and screw conveyors, bucket elevators, their capacity and power
requirements.
Processing of milk and dairy products-homogenization, cream separation, pasteurization, sterilization, spray
and roller drying, butter making, ice cream, cheese and shrikhand manufacture. Waste and by-product utilization—
rice husk, rice bran, sugarcane bagasse, plant residues and coir pith.
4. Instrumentation and computer applications in Agricultural Engineering : Electronic devices and their
characteristics—rectifiers, amplifiers, oscillators, multivibrators. Digital circuits—sequential and combinational
systems. Application of microprocessors in data acquisition and control of agricultural engineering processes—
measurement systems for level, flow, strain, force, torque, power, pressure, vaccuum and temperature. Computers—
introduction input/output devices, central processing unit, memory devices, operating systems, processors, keyboards
and printers. Algorithms, flowchart specification, programme translation and problem analysis in Agricultural
Engineering. Multimedia and Audio-Visual aids.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE
PAPER- I
1. Animal Nutrition—Energy sources, energy, metabolism and requirements for maintenance and production of milk,
meat, eggs and wool, Evaluation of feeds as sources of energy.
1.1 Trends in protein nutrition : Source of protein metabolism and synthesis, protein quantity and quality in relation of
requirements. Energy protein ratios in ration.
1.2 Minerals in animal diet : Sources, functions, requirements and their relationship of the basic minerals nutrients
including trace elements.
1.3 Vitamins, Hormones and Growth Stimulating, substances : Sources, functions, requirements and inter-relationship
with minerals.
1.4 Advances in Ruminant Nutrition—Dairy Cattle : Nutrients and their metabolism with reference to milk production
and its composition. Nutrient requirements for calves, heifers, dry and milking cows and buffaloes. Various feeding
system.
1.5 Advances in Non-Ruminant Nutrition—Poultry—Nutrients and their metabolism with reference to poultry, meat
and egg production. Nutrients requirements and feed formulation and boilers at different ages.
1.6 Advances in Non-Ruminant Nutrition—Swine—Nutrients and their metabolism with special reference to growth
and quality of meat production, Nutrient requirement and feed formulation for baby-growing and finishing pigs.
1.7 Advances in Applied Animal Nutrition—A critical review and evaluation of feeding experiments, digestibility and
balance studies. Feeding standards and measures for food energy. Nutrition requirements for growth, maintenance and
production. Balanced rations.
2. Animal Physiology
2.1 Growth and Animal Production—Prenatal and postnatal growth, maturation, growth curves, measures of growth,
factors affecting growth, conformation, body composition meat quality.
2.2 Milk Production and Reproduction and Digestion :—Current status of hormonal control of mammary development
milk secretion and milk ejection. Male and Female reproduction organ, their components and function. Digestive
organs and their functions.
2.3 Environmental Physiology:—Physiological relations and their regulation; mechanisms of adaption, environmental
factors and regulatory mechanism involved in animal behaviour, methods of controlling climatic stress.
2.4 Semen quality:-Preservation and Artificial Insemination—Components of semen, composition of spermatozoa,
chemical and physical properties of ejaculated semen, factors affecting semen in vivo and in vitro. Factors affecting
semen production and quality preservation, composition of diluents, sperm concentration, transport of diluted semen.
Deep freezing techniques in cows, sheep and goats, swine and poultry. Detection of oestrus and time of insemination
for better conception.
3. Livestock Production and Management :
3.1 Commercial Dairy Farming—Comparison of dairy farming in India with advanced countries. Dairying under
mixed farming and as a specialised farming, economic dairy farming. Starting of a dairy farm. Capital and land
requirement, organisation of the dairy farm. Procurement of goods, opportunities in dairy farming, factors determining
the efficiency of dairy animal, Herd recording, budgeting, cost of milk production; pricing policy; Personnel
Management, Developing Practical and Economic ration for dairy cattle; supply of greens throughout the year, field
and fodder requirements of Dairy farm, Feeding regimes for day and young stock and bulls, heifers and breeding
animals; new trends in feeding young and adult stock; Feeding records.
3.2 Commercial meat, egg and wool production—Development of practical and econonmic rations for sheep, goats,
pigs, rabbits and poultry. Supply of greens, fodder regimens for young and mature stock. New trends in enhancing
production and management. Capital and land requirements and socio-econonmic concept.
3.3 Feeding and management of animals under drought, flood and other natural calamities.
4. Genetics and Animal Breeding :
Mitosis and Meiosis; Mendalian inheritance; deviations to Mendalian genetics; Expression of genes; Linkage and
crossing over; Sex determination, sex influenced and sex limited characters; Blood groups and polymorphism;
Chromosome aberrations; Gene and its structure; DNA as a genetic material; Genetic code and protein synthesis;
Recombinant DNA technology, Mutations, types of mutations, methods for detecting mutations and mutation rate.
4.1 Population Genetics Applied to Animal Breeding :
Quantitative Vs. qualitative traits; Hardy Weinberg Law; Population Vs. individual; Gene and genotypic
frequency; Forces changing gene frequency; Random drift and small populations; Theory of path coefficient
inbreeding, methods of estimating in breeding coefficient, systems of in-breeding; Effective population size; Breeding
value, estimation of breeding value, dominance and espistentic deviation; Partitioning of variation; Genotype x
environment correlation and genotype x environment interaction; role of multiple measurements; Resemblance
between relatives.
4.2 Breeding Systems :
Heritability, repeatability and genetic and phenotypic cor-relations, their methods of estimation and precision
of estimates, Aids to selection and their relative merits; Individual, pedigree, family and within family selection;
Progeny testing, Methods of selection; Construction of selection indices and their uses; Comparative evaluation of
genetic gains through various selection methods; Indirect selection and Co-related response; Inbreeding, upgrading,
cross-breeding and synthesis of breeds; Crossing of inbred lines for commercial production; Selection for general and
specific combining ability; Breeding for threshold characters.
PAPER II
1. Health and Hygiene :
1.1. Histology and Histological Techniques :
Stains—Chemicals classification of stains used in biological work—Principles of staining tissues—
mordants—progressive & regressive stains—differential staining of cytoplasmic and connective tissue elements—
Methods of preparation and processing of tissues—celloidin embedding—Freezing microtomy—Microscopy—Bright
field microscope and electron microscope. Cytology—structure of cell, organells & inclusions; cell division—cell
types—tissues and their classification—embryonic and adult tissues—Comparative histology of organs :—vascular,
Nervous, digestive, respiratory, musculo—skeletal and urogenital systems—Endocrine glands—Integuments—sense
organs.
1.2 Embryology :
Embryology of vertebrates with special reference to aves and domestic mammals—gametogenesis—
fertilization—germ layers—foetal membranes & placentation—types of placenta in domestic mammals—
Teratology—twins & twinning—organogehesis—germ layer derivatives—endodermal, mesodermal and ectodermal
derivatives—
1.3 Bovine Anatomy—Regional Anatomy :
Paranasal sinuses of OX—surface anatomy of salivary glands. Regional anatomy of infraorbital, maxillary,
mandibuloalveolar, mental & cornnal nerve block—Regional anatomy of paravertebral nerves, pudental nerve, median, ulnav & radial nerves—tibial, fibular and digital nerve—Crapial nerves—structures involved in epidural
anesthesia—superficial lymph nodes—surface anatomy of visceral organs of thoracic abdominal and pelvic cavities—
comparative features of locomotor apparatus & their application in the biomechanics of mammalian body.
1.4 Anatomy of Fowl : Musculo—skeletal system—functional anatomy in relation to respiration and flying digestion
and egg production.
1.5 Physiology of blood and its circulation, respiration; excretion, Endocrine glands in health and disease.
1.5.1 Blood constituents :
Properties and functions—blood cell formation—Haemoglobin synthesis and chemistry—plasma
proteinsproduction, classification and properties; coagulation of blood; Haemorrhagic disorders—anticoagulants—
blood groups—Blood volume—Plasma expanders—Buffer systems in blood. Biochemical tests and their significance
in disease diagnosis.
1.5.2 Circulation :
Physiology of heart, cardiac cycle—heart sounds, heart beat, electrocardiograms, Work and efficiency of
heart—effect of ions on heart function—metabolism of cardiac muscle, nervous and chemical regulation of heart,
effect of temperature and stress on heart, blood pressure and hypertension, Osmotic regulation, arterial pulse,
vasomotor regulation of circulation, shock. Coronary & pulmonary circulation—Blood—Brain barrier—
Cerebrospinal fluid—circulation in birds.
1.5.3 Respiration :
Mechanism of respiration, Transport and exchange of gases—neural control of respiration—
chemoreceptors—hypoxia—respiration in birds.
1.5.4 Excretion :
Structure and function of kidney—formation of urine—methods of studying renal function—renal regulation
of acid—base balance; physiological constituents of urine—renal failure—passive venous congesion—Urinary
recreation in chicken—Sweat glands and their function. Biochemical tests for urinary dysfunction.
1.5.5 Endocrine glands :
Functional disorders their symptoms and diagnosis. Synthesis of hormones, mechanism and control of
secretion—hormonal receptors—classification and function.
1.6 General knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics of drugs :
Cellular level of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics—Drugs acting on fluids and electrolyte balance—
drugs acting on autonomic nervous systems—Modern concepts of anaesthesia and dissociative anaesthetics—
autocoids—Antimicorbials and principles of chemotherapy in microbial injections—use of hormones in
therapeutics—chemotherapy of parasitic infections—Drug and econimic persons in the Edible tissues of animals—
chemotherapy of Neoplastic diseases.
1.7 Veterinary Hygiene with reference to water, air and habitation :
Assesment of pollution of water, air and soil—Importance of climate in animal health—effect of
environment on animal function and performance—relationship between industrialisation and animal agriculture—
animal housing requirements for specific categories of domestic animals viz. pregnant cows & sows, milking cows,
boiler birds—stress, strain & productivity in relation to animal habitation.
2. Animal Diseases :
2.1 Pathogenesis, symptoms, postmortum lesions, diagnosis, and control of infection diseases of cattle, pigs and
poultry, horses, sheep and goats.
2.2 Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment of production diseases of cattle, pig and poultry.
2.3 Deficiency diseases of domestic animals and birds.
2.4 Diagonsis and treatment of non-specific condition like impaction, Bloat, Diarrhoea. Indigestion, dehydration,
stroke, poisioning.
2.5 Diagnosis and treatment of neuroligical disorders.
2.6 Principles and methods of immunisation of animals against specific diseases—hard immunity—disease free
zones—'zero' disease concept—chemoprophylaxis.
2.7 Anaesthesia—local, regional and general—presnesthetic medication, Symptoms and surgical interference in
fractures and dislocation, Hernia, choking abomassal displacement—Caesarian operations, rumenotomy—Castrations.
2.8 Disease investigation techniques—Materials for laboratory investigation—Establishment Animal Health
Centres—Disease free zone.
3. Veterinary Public Health :
3.1 Zoonoses :
Classification, definition; role of animals and birds in prevalence and transmission of zoonotic diseases—
occupational zoonotic diseases.
3.2 Epidemiology :
Principles, definition of epidemiological terms, application of epidemioligical measures in the study of
diseases and disease control, epidemiological features of air, water and food borne infections.
3.3 Veterinary Jurisprudence :
Rules and Regulations for improvement of animal quality and prevention of animal diseases—state and
control Rules for prevention of animal and animal product borne diseases—S.P. C.A.—veterolegal cases—
certificates—Materials and Methods of collection of samples for veterolegal investigation.
4. Milk and Milk Product Technology :
4.1 Milk Technology :
Organization of rural milk procurement, collection and transport of raw milk.
Quality, testing and grading raw milk, Quality Storage grades of whole milk, Skimmed milk and cream.
Processing, packaging, storing, distributing, marketing defects and their control and nutritive properties of the
following milks: Pasteurized, standardized, toned, double toned, sterilized, homogenized, reconstituted, recombined
and flavoured milks. Preparation of cultured milks, cultures and their management, yoghurt, Dahi, Lassi and Srikhand.
Preparation of flavoured and sterilized milks. Legal standards, sanitation requirement for clean and safe milk
and for the milk plant equipment.
4.2 Milk Products Technology :
Selection of raw materials, assembling, production, processing, stroring, distributing and marketing milk
products such as Butter, Ghee, Khoa, Channa, Cheese: Condensed, evaporated, dried milk and baby food; Ice cream
and Kulfi; by products; whey products, butter milk, lactose and casein. Testing, Grading, judging milk products—BIS
and Agmark specifications, legal standards, quality control nutritive properties. Packaging, processing and operational
control Costs.
5. Meat Hygiene and Technology :
5.1 Meat Hygiene :
5.1.1 Ante mortem care and management of food animals, stunning, slaughter and dressing operations; abattoir
requirements and designs; Meat inspection procedures and judgement of carcass meat cuts—grading of carcass meat
cuts—duties and functions of Veterinarians in wholesome meat production.
5.1.2 Hygienic methods of handling production of meat—spoilage of meat and control measures—Post slaughter
physicochemical changes in meat and factors that influence them—Quality improvement methods—Adulteration of
meat and defection—Regulatory provisions in Meat trade and Industry.
5.2 Meat Technology :
5.2.1 Physical and chemical characteristics of meat
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