KAS Exam date

Can you tell me the important dates of Karnataka Administrative Services Examination???

[Arun Vats]

The Karnataka Administrative Services Examination is conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission. Here are the details of this exam:

Eligibility:
The applicant should hold Graduate/Post Graduate degree in B.A/B.sc/B.com with good academic record from any recognized university.

Important Dates
Last Date for Online Registration: last week of May 2014
KAS Main Exam Expected Date: June 2014

Syllabus
PART - B MAIN EXAMINATION
Compulsory Papers:- Kannada and English
The aim of these papers is to test the ability of the candidates to read and
understand serious discursive prose and to express ideas clearly and correctly in Kannada
and English.
The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows:
Paper - II - English
1. Comprehension of given passages - 25 marks
2. Precis writing - 25 marks
3. Usage - 25 marks
4. Vocabulary - 25 marks
5. Short Essay - 25 marks
6. Communication Skills - 25 marks

Paper III - General Studies
1. Modern History of India and Indian Culture with special reference to the History
and Culture of Karnataka
2. Current events of State, National and International importance
3. Statistical Analysis, Graphs and Diagrams

Paper IV – General Studies
1. Indian Polity with special reference to Karnataka State
2. Indian Economy and Geography of India with Special reference to Karnataka
Economy and Karnataka Geography
3. The roll and impact of Science and Technology in the development of
Karnataka and India.

Optional Subjects
AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING, CO-OPERATION & SERICULTURE
(SUBJECT CODE-01)
PAPER -1
Part - A: Agriculture:
Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, their management and
conservation. Physical and social environments 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, multistory, relay and inter-cropping and their importance in relation to food
production, Package of practices for production of important cereals, pulses, oilseeds,
fibre, sugar and commercial crops, growth 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 associaton with various crops;
their multiplication, cultural, biological and chemical control of weeds.
Processes and factors of soil formation, Classification of Indian soils including
modern concepts, Mineral and organic constituents of soils and their role in maintaining
soil productivity, Problem soils, Extent and distribution in India and their reclamation,
Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soils and plants, their
occurrence, factors affecting their distribution, Functions and cycling in soils. Symbiotic
and non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation, Phosphorus cycle, Principles of soil fertility and
its evaluation for judicious fertilizer use.

Soil conservation; planning on Watershed basis, erosion and run off management
in hilly, foot hills and valley land, processes and factors affecting them, dry land
agriculture and its problems. Technology for stabilizing agriculture production in rainfed
agricultural area.

Water use efficiency in relation to crop production, Criteria for scheduling Irrigations,
ways and means of reducing run off losses of irrigation water; Drainage of waterlogged
soils.

Farm management-scope, importance and characteristics, Agricultural Production
Economics, farm planning and budgeting, economics of different types of fam systems,
marketing and pricing of agricultural outputs, price fluctuations and their cost, role of
co-operatives in agricultural economy; types and systems of farming factors affecting
them.

Agricultural extension, its importance and role, Methods of evaluation of extention
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, Land
to lab programmes.

Part - B : Sericulture :
Package of practices for mulberry cultivation in rainfed and irrigated conditions
monocropping, intercropping etc. Foliar and root diseases of mulberry, mode of infection
symptoms and control methods, Insect pests of mulberry, nature of damage, symptoms
life cycle and control measures.

Silkworm rearing, sanitation, rearing house environment, leaf quality, improved
techniques in silkworm rearing, transportation of cocoons, cocoon market, its role in
cocoon transition.

Diseases of silkworm, etiology, symptoms, mode of infection, preventive and control
measures of bacterial, viral, fungal and protozoan diseases of silkworm, Pests of
silkworm, life cycle, preventive and control measures.

Silk reeling, methods of reeling on charka, cottage basin, filature basin, automic
reeling, re-reeling, twisting and weaving, By-products of sericulture.
Economics of mulberry cultivation and silk worm rearing, methods of estimating
cost of production of mulberry leaf and cocoon, returns from leaf and silk cocoons
economics of leaf and shoot harvesting, income and employment generation from
mulberry cultivation, cocoon production and reeling industry, economics of charaka
and shoot rearing. Cost and Returns from different systems of silk reeling, charaka
cottage basin and automatic reeling.

Part - C : Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation :
Marketing institutions for agricultural produce, TAPCMS, APMC, MARKFED,
Marketing Boards. Marketing of livestock products and fish, Marketing of horticultural
produce Grading of agricultural produce.

Co-operative institutions in India-Primary Societies, DCC Banks, Apex banks,
Agriculture and Rural Development banks, non-agricultural co-operatives, Financial
institutions providing agricultural credit-Co-operatives, commercial banks, NABARD,
Repayment of loans. Problems of overdues and rural indebtedness.
Institutions facilitating marketing of agricultural produce Primary marketing
Societies-Taluk Agricultural produce Co-operative Marketing Societies, Agricultural
produce Marketing Committees, MARKFED, NAFED, Marketing Boards - Coffee Board,
Tea Board, Spices Board etc. Marketing of live stock and livestock produce-Cattle,
Sheep, Milk and milk products, eggs and Fish. Marketing of vegetables and fruits-
Concept of HOPCOMS. Role of co-operation in Marketing of horticultural produce,
Importance of grading of agricultural product, Grade characters of rice, wheat, jowar,
groundnut and cotton. Co-operative institutions in India, Non-agricultural co-operatives,
Handloom Weavers’ co-operatives, Housing co-operatives, Urban Co-operative banks
etc.

Non co-operative institutions providing agricultural credit-commercial bank, Regional
Rural Bank, NABARD, Nationalisation of banks, Role of commercial banks in agricultural
development, Repayment of loans. Methods of repayment-single payment plan and
amortization, Decreasing payment plan and even payment plan, Recovery of loans by
financial institutions, Problems of overdues.

PAPER-II
Part-A: Agriculture
Heredity and variation, Mendels law of inheritance, Chromosomal theory of
inheritance, Cytoplasmic inheritance, sex linked, sex influenced and sex limited
characters, Spontaneous and induced mutations.

Origin and domestication of field crops, Morphology patterns of variations in varieties
and related species of important field crops, Causes and utilization of variations in
crop improvement.

Application of the principles of plant breeding to the improvement of major field
crops, Methods of breeding of self and cross pollinated crops, Introduction, selection,
hybridization, heterosis and its exploitation, Male sterility and self incompatibility,
Utilization of mutation and polyploidy in breeding.

Seed technology and its importance, Production, processing and testing of seeds
of crop plants, Role of National and State seed organizations in production, processing
and marketing of improved seeds.

Physiology and its significance in agriculture, Nature, Physical properties and
Chemical constitution of protoplasm, Imbibition, Surface tension, Diffusion and
Osmosis. Absorption and translocation of water, Transpiration of water economy.
Enzymes and plant pigments, Photosynthesis, Modern concepts and factors
affecting the process, Aerobic and anaerobic respiration.

Growth and development of plants, Photo perlodism and vernalization, Auslns,
Hormones and other plant regulators and their mechanism of action and importance
in agriculture.

Climatic requirements and cultivation of major fruit plants and vegetable crops.
Package of practices and the scientific basis for the same, handling and marketing
problems of fruits and vegetables, Principal methods of preservation, Important fruit
and vegetable products, Processing techniques and equipment, Role of fruits and
vegetables in human nutrition. Landscape and floriculture including raising of
ornamental plants and design and layout of lawns and gardens.

Diseases and pests of fields, vegetable, orchard and plantation crops of India and
measures to control them, causes and classification of plant diseases, Principles of
plant disease control including exclusion, eradication, immunization and protection,
Biological control of pests and diseases. Integrated management of pests and diseases.
Pesticides and their formulations, Plant protection equipments, their care and
maintenance.

Storage practice of cereals and pulses, Hygiene of storage godowns, Preservation
and remedial measures.

Strategies for maketing of agricultural inputs, Processing of agricultural products,
Milk and oil-seeds federations, Food production and consumption trends in India,
National and International food policies, Procurement, distribution, processing and
production constraints, Relation of food production to national diatery pattern, Major
deficiencies of calorie and protein.

Part - B : Sericulture
Seed Organisation, three tier multiplication programme, norms for maintenance of
P3, P2 and P1 stocks, seed area advantages and disadvantages, seed legislation
act, hibernation schedule for 6 and 10 months, role of LSPs in production of hybrid
eggs, economics of silkworm egg production.

Recent development in non-mulberry sericulture, improved technology for the
production of tasar, muga, eri and oak-tasar varieties, Economics of tasar, muga and
ericulture.

Aims and methods of silkworm breeding, importance of Germ plasm bank, general
and specific combining ability; sex linked varieties, role of heterosis in production of
new breeds, evaluation of new varieties.

Mulberry breeding, importance of germ plasm bank, aims and methods of breeding,
selection, hybridization, role of polyploidy in breeding programme, evaluation of new
mulberry varieties.

Sericulture Extension; Extension education, different methods, Principles and
objectives, role of private organizations in the development of sericulture, Role of
Technical service centers in improvement of sericulture.

Part - C : Agricultural Marketing & Co-operation
Policies on marketing of agricultural products, storage, processing, transportation
etc. Buffer stocking in India, Price policies for Output-minimum support price,
Procurement price, Statutory minimum price, Commission on Agricultural costs and
prices and its role, pricing of inputs for agriculture, Role of Government in pricing of
inputs, subsidies on fertilizers, Public distribution system in India, Procurement, stocking
and distribution, food subsidies and their impact on the economy, effect of food subsidy
on poverty alleviation, problems in marketing of agricultural products and remedial
measures, grading of live stock-cattle, sheep and goat, poultry and fish -Grading of
livestock products-Ghee, eggs, chicken etc.

Role of Co-operatives in rural development-distribution of agricultural inputs, food
grains, marketing of output through Co-operatives.
Agricultural project analysis, Preparation of project proposals in agriculture-crops,
irrigation, plantations, dairy and poultry. Feasibility tests for projects, Technical
feasibilities, financial feasibilities of projects, Compounding, discounting, net present
value, benefit cost ratio, payback period and internal rate of return.

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences and Fisheries (Subject Code-02)
PAPER -1
(Part-A is compulsory for all candidates. In addition to Part-A. each candidate shall
choose either Part-B or Part-C)

Part-A:
Dairy Production and Management, Comparison of Dairy Farming in India, with
advanced countries, Economic Dairy Farming-housing, feeding, breeding and
management of dairy animals.
Animal Nutrition-sources of energy, protein, minerals, vitamins and their metabolism.
Deficiency of nutrients and their effect on the production performance of cattle, pig
and poultry.

Semen collection, processing, preservation and artificial insemination in cattle and
buffaloes.
Marketing of animal products in India, production, processing, packaging of milk,
milk products and meat.

Major fish producing countries in the world, India’s fish production, Types of water
bodies-marine, brackishwater and freshwater, Aquatic resources of India-seas,
estuaries, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, tanks and ponds, Importance of fisheries in the
economy of the country, Fisheries planning and administration, Export of marine
products, Exclusive economic zone and fisheries legislation.

Part - B :
Animal nutrition-energy sources, metabolism and requirements for maintenance
and production of milk, meat, egg and wool, evaluation of feed as a source of energy,
Sources of protein, metabolism and requirements, Energy protein ratio, Vitamins,
hormones and growth stimulating substances - sources, requirements and
interrelationship with minerals.
Advanced animal nutrition, dairy cattle, nutrients and their metabolism with reference
to milk production and its composition, Nutrient requirements for calves, heifer, dry
and milking cows and buffaloes.
Nutrients and their metabolism with reference to poultry, meat and egg production.
Nutrient requirements and feed formulation in poultry. Non-ruminant nutrition, nutrients

and their metabolism with special reference to growth and quality of meat production,
Nutrient requirements and feed formulation for pigs.
Growth and animal production - prenatal and postnatal growth, maturation,
measures of growth factors affecting growth, conformation, body composition.
Hormonal control of mammary gland development, milk secretion and milk ejection,
composition of milk of cows and buffaloes.

Male and female reproductive systems and their functions, Semen quality,
preservation and artificial insemination, Factors affecting semen preservation,
composition of diluents, sperm concentration, transport of diluted semen, Frozen semen
production, preservation and utilization, Embryo transfer technology, Dairy farmingdairying
under mixed farming and as a specialized farming, economic dairy farming.
Capital and land requirement for dairy farm.

Sheep, goat, pig and poultry farming problems and prospects of sheep, goat, pig
and poultry farming in India, Economic meat and egg production, General problems
of sheep, goat, pig and poultry management.

Organisation of rural milk procurement, collection and transport of raw milk, quality
testing, grading raw milk, quality storage, grades of whole milk, skimmed milk and
cream, legal standards, sanitation requirements for clean and safe milk and for milk
plant equipment.

Part - C:
Taxonomy, anatomy and biology of commercially important finfish and snellfish,
Major marine fisheries, sardines, mackerel, Bombay-duck, tunes, elasmobranchs,
penaeid and nonpenaeid prawns, lobsters and molluscs, Fisheries of rivers, reservoirs,
brackishwater lakes and estuaries and their management, Fish population biology,
Physical, chemical and biological oceanography; upwelling, Limnology; nutrient cycle;
food cycle.

Freshwater aquaculture, Carp seed production-induced breeding and bund
breeding; different kinds of hatcheries, Carp seed transportation, Preparation and
management of nurseries rearing and stocking ponds, Common aquatic weeds and
their control, Eradication of predatory fishes and aquatic insects, Liming and fertilization,
Supplementary feeding, Nutritional requirements of carps and prawns, Composite
culture, Culture of cold water species, Fish diseases & treatment, Culture of penaeid
and non-penaeld prawns, Life-history, Hatchery production of seed, Induced maturation,
Seed transportation, preparation and management of production ponds, Common
diseases and their treatment, Economics of carp and shrimp farming, Marlculture,
culture of flnflsh In cages, Mussel, edible oysters, pearl oyster, clam and seaweed
culture.

Paper-II
Part-A is compulsory for all candidates. In addition to Part-A, each candidate
shall choose either Part-B or Part-C

Part-A:
Dairy Co-operative movement in India. Status of cross-breeding of cattle, sheep
and pig in India, Draft animal power in India, important draft breed of Karnataka, their
characters, utilization and preservation.
Fodder requirement in dairy cattle, fodder production and preservation, Feeding
regime for young stock, bulls, heifers, breeding animals and pigs.
Extension methods adopted to educate farmers on dairy production, piggery, sheep
and poultry production under rural conditions, Different possibilities and methods to
provide self-employment to educated youth in rural areas.
Fish and snellfish, Protein nutritive aspects, Nutritive aspect of fish oil, vitamins
and minerals, Fish in animal nutrition, Food poisoning caused by fish and fishery
products, Polluted waters-contamination of fish, Salmonella problem in sea foods,
Proximate composition of fish, Non-protein nitrogenous compounds, Important bacteria
responsible for fish spoilage, products of spoilage.E. Coil as indicator of pollution and
their significance in sea foods.

Part - B :
Genetics and Animal breeding, Probability applied to Mendelian inheritance,
Concept and measurement of inbreeding and heterozygocity. Polygenic systems and
laboritance of quantitative traits, heritability and reneatability, genetic and environmental
Correlations, Gene frequency and its estimation and forces changing the gene
frequency, Hardy Weinberg’s law, Genetic nature of difference between species, races
and breeds, Resemblance between Breeding systems and mating systems, inbreeding,
outbreeding, crossbreeding and its uses, Phenotypic assortative mating, Breeding for
threshold traits, different types and methods of selection.their effectiveness and
limitations, Evaluation of genetic gains through selection, General and specific
combining ability.

Physiology of blood and circulation, respiration and excretion, Endocrine glands in
health and diseases.
Most common cattle, sheep, goat, poultry and pig diseases, their etiology,
symptoms, treatment and prevention,


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Will you please tell me that when will be the upcoming KAS Exam?

[Quick Sam]

KAS preliminary Exam will be held on October 12, 2014
And the main exam will be on March 1, 2015

Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission conducted this exam for many post like Junior Scale of J&K Administrative Service, J&K Police (G), Service J&K Accounts (G) Service etc.

Important dates:
Opening date for registration: May 12, 2014
Closing date for registration: June 12, 2014
Date of preliminary examination (In two Sessions): October 12, 2014
Date of main examination: March 1, 2015

Eligibility criteria:
The applicant should be a permanent resident of the state.
Bachelor's degree from a recognized university

Age limit:
The age should be between 21 to 35 years

Application Fee

For General Category Candidates:
Rs. 800/- (Rupees Eight Hundred only)

For SC, ST, RBA, LAC, Social Caste (SLC) and Physically Challenged (PHC) category candidates:
Rs. 550/- (Rupees Five hundred and fifty only)

The female candidates in BPL (Below Poverty Line) category: No fee