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10th December 2014, 02:20 PM
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Re: ICAR All Indian Entrance Exam Syllabus

Here is the syllabus of the ICAR All Indian Entrance Exam which you are looking for .

Unit – 1 : Agro meteorology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Biochemistry and Microbiology

Agrometerology :

Elements of Weather – rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind velocity, Sunshine weather forecasting, climate change in relation to crop production.

Genetics & Plant Breeding :

a) Cell and its structure, cell division – mitosis and meiosis and their significance.

b) Organisation of the genetic materials in chromosomes, DNA and RNA.

c) Mendel’s laws of inheritance. Reasons for the success of Mendel in his experiments, Absence of linkage in Mendel’s experiments.

d) Quantitative inheritance, continuous and discontinuous variation in plants.

e) Monogenic and polygenic inheritance.

f) Role of Genetics in Plant breeding, self and cross – pollinated crops, methods of breeding in field crops – introduction, selection, hybridization, mutation and polyploidy, tissue and cell culture.

g) Plant Biotechnology – definition and scope in crop production.


Biochemistry :

pH and buffers, Classification and nomenclature of carbohydrates; proteins; lipids; vitamins and enzymes.

Microbiology :

Microbial cell structure, Micro – organisms – Algae, Bacteria, Fungi, Actinomycetes, Protozoa and Viruses. Role of micro – organisms in respiration, fermentation and organic matter decomposition.

Unit – 2 : Livestock Production

Scope and importance :

a) Importance of livestock in agriculture and industry, White revolution in India.

b) Important breeds Indian and exotic, distribution of cows, buffaloes and poultry in India.


Care and management :

a) Systems of cattle and poultry housing.

b) Principles of feeding, feeding practices.

c) Balanced ration – definition and ingredients.

d) Management of calves, bullocks, pregnant and milch animals as well as chicks crockrels and layers, poultry.

e) Signs of sick animals, symptoms of common diseases in cattle and poultry, Rinderpest, black quarter, foot and mouth, mastitis and haemorrhagic septicaemia coccidiosis, Fowl pox and Ranikhet disease, their prevention and control.

Artificial Insemination :

Reproductive organs, collection, dilution and preservation of semen and artificial insemination, role of artificial insemination in cattle improvement.

Livestock Products : Processing and marketing of milk and Milk products.


Unit – 3 : Crop Production

Introduction :

a) Targets and achievements in foodgrain production in India since independence and its future projections, sustainable crop production, commercialization of agriculture and its scope in India.

b) Classification of field crops based on their utility – cereals, pulses, oils seeds, fibre, sugar and forage crops.

Soil, Soil fertility, Fertilizers and Manures :

a) Soil, soil pH, Soil texture, soil structure, soil organisms, soil tilth, soil fertility and soil health.

b) Essential plant nutrients, their functions and deficiency symptoms.

c) Soil types of India and their characteristics.

d) Organic manure, common fertilizers including straight, complex, fertilizer mixtures and biofertilizers; integrated nutrient management system.

Irrigation and Drainage :

a) Sources of irrigation ( rain, canals, tanks, rivers, wells, tubewells ).

b) Scheduling of irrigation based on critical stages of growth, time interval, soil moisture content and weather parameters.

c) Water requirement of crops.

d) Methods of irrigation and drainage.

e) Watershed management.


Weed Control :

Principles of weed control, methods of weed control ( cultural, mechanical, chemical, biological and Integrated weed management ).


Crops :

Seed bed preparation, seed treatment, time and method of sowing / planting, seed rate; dose, method and time of fertilizer application, irrigation, interculture and weed control; common pests and diseases, caused by bacteria, fungi virus and nematode and their control, integrated pest management, harvesting, threshing, post harvest technology : storage, processing and marketing of major field crops – Rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, groundnut, mustard, pigeon – pea, gram, sugarcane, cotton and berseem.

Unit – 4 : Horticulture

a) Importance of fruits and vegetables in human diet, Crop diversification & processing Industry.

b) Orchard – location and layout, ornamental gardening and kitchen garden.

c) Planting system, training, pruning, intercropping, protection from frost and sunburn.

d) Trees, shrubs, climbers, annuals, perennials – definition and examples. Propagation by seed, cutting, budding, layering and grafting.

e) Cultivation practices, processing and marketing of :
Fruits – mango, papaya, banana, guava, citrus, grapes.
Vegetables – Radish, carrot, potato, onion, cauliflower, brinjal, tomato, spinach and cabbage.
Flowers – Gladiolus, canna, chrysanthemums, roses and marigold.

f) Principles and methods of fruit and vegetable preservation.

g) Preparation of jellies, jams, ketchup, chips and their packing.
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Re: ICAR All Indian Entrance Exam Syllabus

I want to get ICAR All Indian Entrance Exam UG Syllabus for doing preparation of this exam so will you please provide me that ?
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19th March 2015, 11:46 AM
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Re: ICAR All Indian Entrance Exam Syllabus

As you want to get ICAR All Indian Entrance Exam UG Syllabus for doing preparation of this exam so here I am giving you same:

Unit-1: Physical World and Measurement
Physics - scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology and society. Need for measurement:
Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time measurements;
accuracy and precision of measuring instruments; errors in measurement; significant figures. Dimensions of physical
quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Unit-2: Kinematics
Frame of reference. Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed and velocity. Uniform and non-uniform
motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity. Uniformly accelerated motion: velocity-time graph, position-time
graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment). Elementary concepts of differentiation and
integration for describing motion. Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors
and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors.
Relative velocity. Unit vector; Resolution of a vector in a plane - rectangular components. Motion in a plane. Cases
of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration-projectile motion. Uniform circular motion. Motion of objects in three
dimensional space. Motion of objects in three dimensional space
Unit-3: Laws of Motion
Intuitive concept of force. Inertia, Newton’s first law of motion; momentum and Newton’s second law of motion;
impulse; Newton’s third law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications. Equilibrium of
concurrent forces. Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction. Dynamics of uniform circular motion:
Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on level circular road, vehicle on banked road).
Unit-4: Work, Energy and Power
Scalar product of vectors. Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem,
power. Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces: conservation of mechanical
energy (kinetic and potential energies); non-conservative forces: elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two
dimensions.
Unit-5: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conversation and centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of a
rigid body; centre of mass of uniform rod. Vector product of vectors; moment of a force, torque, angular momentum,
conservation of angular momentum with some examples. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations
of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions; moment of inertia, radius of gyration. Values of
moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects. Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their
applications.
Unit-6: Gravitation
Keplar’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with
altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity. Orbital velocity of a satellite.
Geo-stationary satellites.







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