Bank of Maharashtra AFO Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2021

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The Bank of Maharashtra officials is recruiting specialist officers – scale I and scale II. The notification for the same was put forth by the organising body on their official web portal on August 30, 2021. This year there are, however, a total of 100 vacancies for the post of agriculture field officer. The Bank of Maharashtra AFO Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2021 will be available on the official Bank of Maharashtra website. Candidates can download the syllabus from the bank of Maharashtra’s official website, https://www.bankofmaharashtra.in/. The Bank of Maharashtra AFO syllabus PDF will be available on the website so that it is easy for the aspirants to download the same. Thus, this article will help you with the same.

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Bank of Maharashtra AFO Exam Pattern 2021

The online exam is of the objective type and will consist of the test of only one section of ‘Professional Knowledge’ which carries 100 marks. Contenders will have to, however, secure minimum cut-off marks in the online exam. The exam consists of 50 questions. The candidates will be allotted 1 hour to complete the exam. There is, however, no negative marking in this online exam.

Name of Test	No. of Questions	Max Marks	Duration
Professional Knowledge	50	100	60 Minutes
Interview	–	100	–

Marking Scheme of Bank of Maharashtra AFO Exam

The recruitment exam for the Bank of Maharashtra 2021 for the post of Agriculture Field Officer will be conducted in online mode. There will be only a single exam which consists of a Professional Knowledge test and have 50 questions.

Marking Scheme	Considered Marks
For wrong answers	No negative marking
For unattempted questions	0 (no marks)

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Bank of Maharashtra AFO Syllabus 2021

The Bank of Maharashtra AFO Syllabus is tabulated below.

Section	Topics
Introduction to Agriculture	Seasonal Crops (Rabi and Kharif), Basic of Crop Production, Agricultural Practices
Agronomy	Concepts of Tillage, Cultivation Practices of Crops (Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds, Fiber Crops, Commercial Crops) , Cropping System, Irrigation, Weed Management, Sustainable Agriculture, Soil and Water Conservation, Organic Farming, Agrometeorology
Agro-Forestry & Agro-Ecology	Basics of Agro-Forestry & Agro-Ecology
Concepts of Soil	Types of Soils in India, Properties of Soils (Physical, Chemical, Biological), Soil Fertility and Productivity, Manures and Fertilizer, Plant Nutrients, Nutritional deficiency, Problematic Soils
Horticulture	Branches of Horticulture, Detailed Study of Horticulture Branches (Olericulture, Pomology, Floriculture)
Seed Science	Classification of Seeds, Seed Certification
Plant Physiology	Photosynthesis, Respiration, Transpiration, Growth and Development, Plant Growth Regulators, Photoperiodism and Vernalisation
Basics of Plant Breeding and Genetics	Introduction to Genetics, Plant Breeding, Methods of Pollination
Agriculture Entomology	Study of Insects, Insecticides, Plant Protection Equipments, Major Pest of Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Horticultural Crops
Plant Pathology	Introduction to Plant Pathology, Plant Disease Control, Major Disease of Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Horticultural Crops and their Control Measures
Animal Husbandry	Major Breeds of Livestock (Cattle, Buffalo, Swine, Goat, Sheep and Poultry), Types of Housing, Breeding System of Livestock, Care and Management of Rearing Animals and Poultry Birds, Common Diseases of Rearing Animals and Poultry Birds
Agriculture Engineering	Farm Power and Machinery, Tillage Implements, Agriculture Structure and Process Engineering, Dairy Engineering, Irrigation and Soil-water Conversation Engineering
Fishery Sciences	Introduction to Fishery, Major Carps in India, Fisheries Management (Pond Management, Nutrition, Reproduction), Major Diseases
Miscellaneous	Latest Developments & Schemes Related to Agriculture, Recent Discoveries, Latest Bt Crops and Related Research

Best Books for Bank of Maharashtra AFO Exam

To prepare well for any exam, it is of utmost importance to catch up with the updated syllabus and also the study material. Books play the most essential role in preparing for any kind of exam. You can begin your preparation in a planned manner. For this, you should first refer to the list of best books for the Bank of Maharashtra AFO exam given below.

Paper	Book	Author/Publisher
Basic Agriculture	Fundamentals of Agriculture Vol. 1 & 2	Arun Katyayan
Basic Agriculture	Agriculture at a Glance	R.K. Sharma
Objective Books	A Competitive Book of Agriculture	Nem Raj Sunda
	Objective Agriculture	S.R. Kantwa
	Agri Wizard	Surahee Publication
IBPS (Specialist officer) Agricultural Field officer (Scale-I)		R. Gupta’s

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