Agriculture Update : A Multifarious Guide for JRF SRF ARS Administrative Services Entrance Tests

Contents 1. Importance of agriculture in national economy. 2. Agro ecological zones and geographic distribution of crop plants. 3. Crop biotechnology. 4. Soil science. 5. Plant physiology. 6. Agronomy. 7. Crop breeding. 8. Horticulture. 9. Plant protection. 10. Agricultural economics. 11. Agricultural extension. 12. Animal husbandry. 13. Organizational setup of agricultural research and education. 14. Important terms in day to day agriculture. Annexes. Index. Ever since we chose agriculture as our profession we always felt the need for some study material which could provide us comprehensive as well as objective knowledge of the subject. Even after a decade of service and all along completion of our higher studies still we have been searching for one such update that could come handy to agriculture graduates for their preparation to IAS KAS PO Bank Services Management and other competitive exams. So to cater to the needs of these competitive tests this book has been written and prepared accordingly. Since our agri graduates lack standard books for preparation the main purpose of this book agriculture update is to provide questions of multiple choices to our agri graduates for boosting their morale knowledge and confidence for preparation of mainly IAS IFS and other state civil service exams. The book contains 14 chapters covering all disciplines of agriculture. Nearly 3000 objective questions with multiple choices have been framed and arranged sequentially for easy understanding of the students. The contents of book include importance of Agriculture in National Economy Ecological Distribution of Crops Crop biotechnology besides all other branches of agriculture. A special emphasis has been laid on organizational set up of Agricultural Research and Education in India along with latest concept terminology of modern agri systems. To strengthen the knowledge and understanding of students a brief but in depth study material before all the MCQ's too have been given. The main points of all the agricultural branches have been condensed into lucid information for students. Finally we do hope that this book will be very useful to aspirants for different entrance examinations like IAS IFS State Civil Service Exams management and banking admission tests etc. 454 pp.…