GBPUAT 2021 Agriculture Engineering Syllabus

Govind Ballabh Pant University Of Agriculture & Technology ( GBPUAT ) Entrance Examination Agriculture syllabus – 2015 :

 For Undergraduate:

Agriculture Syllabus:

Agronomy

Cultivation of common crops-wheat, paddy, cotton, jowar, bajra, maize, soybean, arhar, mustard, sunflower, pea, groundnut, gram, tobacco, barseem, potato and sugarcane under the following heads:

Recommended varieties and their main characteristics, suitable areas, seed rate, time and method of sowing, irrigation, fertilizer use, control of weeds, insect-pests and diseases, harvesting, processing and yield.

Soils-origin and classification loam, silt, clay, sandy loam, etc.; physical and chemical properties; soil conservation. Use of fertilizers, essential nutrients- nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium uptake by different crops, organic and inorganic fertilizers and their effects on crops and soil, methods of using fertilizers, farmyard manure, composting, green manauring, study of organic and inorganic fertilizers/ manures. Pollution of soil, water and air in modern agriculture and remedial measures.

Irrigation and Drainage – water requirement of crops, measurement of water discharge, prevention of loss of water; quality of water; different methods of irrigation – flooding, basin method, border /strip method, sprinkler and drip irrigation – their advantages and limitations. Necessity for drainage, damage to soil and crops due to excess moisture, prevention of formation of acidic and alkaline soils and their management; natural calamities- floods and drought and their management.

Horticulture

Study of following horticultural crops including recommended varieties and their main features, suitability for different regions, time and method of sowing, fertilizer use, irrigation, diseases and pests and their control.

Crops- cabbage, cauliflower, onion, garlic, cucurbits, bittergourd, bottlegourd, muskmelon, squash, ridgegourd; root crops-carrot, radish sweet potato, turnip; peas, tomato, bringal, lady’s finger, spices; fruit crops such as banana, apple, mango, litchi, citrus, guava, papaya, peach etc.

Agricultural Engineering

Type of iron and steel, wood, plastic and tin used in agricultural implements and their forms & properties. Study of different types of ploughs-their merits and demerits; mechanical devices such as cultivator, harrow, sprayer, seed drill, thereshers etc. their management & cost, selection of prime movers, water lifting devices; discharge, command area, cost of different system; soil preparation, methods of ploughing, need for tillage, kinds of tillage, interculture, equipment for interculture.

Power transmission through belts, pullies and gears, questions relating to number of teeth in gears according to speed and size of pullies, hand operated chaff cutters, cane crusher etc., draught and its measurement.

Agricultural Economics

Introductory agricultural economics-meaning and scope, significance of agricultural economics in national planning. Production – meaning, factors of production such as land, labour, capital and management, properties of factor of production; law of returns; intensive and extensive agriculture; Exchange - meaning, types, advantages; types of markets, general price determination; money and credit; banks and their functions; principle of international trade, Distribution-meaning, rent, wages, interest and profit; Consumption -meaning, wants and their properties, law of diminishing marginal utility, law of demand, relative prices and standard of living; Cooperation - meaning, principles of cooperation, types of cooperative societies in agriculture, single purpose and multi-purpose cooperative societies, land development banks: Agriculture-place in Five Year Plans; statistics of agricultural production in the State; Major programmes of agricultural development.

Animal Husbandry And Veterinary Science

Study of major breeds of cows, buffaloes, goat, sheep and poultry; elementary physiology and anatomy of cows and bullocks; estimate of their age; characteristics of good milch cows and buffaloes, bulls and bullocks.

Care and management of pregnant cow, during calving, newborn calves, young calves, mulch cows; poultry management.

Principles of feeding of various classes of livestock and poultry. Economic feeds for various classes of livestock and poultry. Clean milk production and maintenance of hygiene.

Common medicines and vaccines used in treatment / prevention of animal diseases; handling of animals for treatment; castration. Operation flood, Milk and Milk products, Identification of Adult rated milk.

Note: Questions from similar topics can also be included.

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http://www.gbpuat.ac.in/admiss/Prospectus_2015-16.pdf