Agriculture Field Officer is a specialist job in the banking sector. It is recruited by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) in the Specialist Officer (SO) Category. Agriculture Field Officer is one of the posts that is recruited among the Specialist Officer (SO) Common Recruitment Process (CRP). The main duty of an AFO is to provide financial assistance to the agriculture sector by providing loans, aids and other financial packages to the famers for enhancing their agriculture sector. The Agriculture Field Officer provides rural financial upgradation to the primary sector.
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Previous Year and Expected Cut Off
Before we analysing the cut off of the previous year IBPS AFO exam we need to understand the exam structure of the AFO. Agriculture Field Officer (AFO) is the specialist officer recruited under IBPS SO category. There are 6 posts in the IBPS SO category such as
- I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
- Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
- Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
- Law Officer (Scale I)
- HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
- Marketing Officer (Scale I)
There is a preliminary exam and mains exam for the candidates qualifying the preliminary exam and finally interview for the candidates qualifying the mains. Here excluding the Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) and Law officer (Scale I) the preliminary exam is same for the rest 4 posts. But the mains exam contains questions related to professional knowledge.
The Structure of the Preliminary Exam for AFO
| Sr No | Name of tests | NO of Questions | Medium of the Examination | Duration of the examination | Maximum Marks |
| 1 | English Language | 50 | English | 40 Minutes | 25 |
| 2 | Reasoning | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 Minutes | 50 |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 Minutes | 50 |
| Total | 150 | 120 Minutes | 125 |
The Structure of the AFO Mains
| Sr No | Name of tests | NO of Questions | Medium of the Examination | Duration of the examination | Maximum Marks |
| 1 | Professional Knowledge | 60 | English and Hindi | 45 Minutes | 60 |
Previous year cut off According to the Provisionally Allotted Candidates
IBPS SO CRP IX 2019-2020 (According to the vacancies of FY 2020-2021)
| Category | Last enrolled Sr.No | Marks (Combined out of 100) | Allotted bank
(According to the choice)
|
| SC | 123 | 62.67 | Canara Bank |
| ST | 57 | 56 | Bank of India |
| OBC | 206 | 64 | Union Bank of India |
| EWS | 80 | 63 | Corporation Bank |
| Unreserved (UR) | 345 | 68.33 | Bank of India |
| HI | 8 | 62 | Canara Bank |
| OC | 10 | 57.93 | Bank of India |
| VI | 5 | 58 | Canara Bank |
Post vacancies according to 2020-2021 FY
POST: AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER (SCALE-I)
|
BANK |
SC |
ST |
OBC |
EWS |
GEN |
TOTAL |
Out of Which | |||
| HI | OC | VI | ID | |||||||
| ALLAHABAD BANK | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| ANDHRA BANK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BANK OF BARODA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| BANK OF INDIA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| BANK OF
MAHARASHTRA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| CANARA BANK | 48 | 24 | 86 | 32 | 130 | 320 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| CENTRAL BANK OF
INDIA |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
| CORPORATION BANK | 15 | 7 | 27 | 10 | 41 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| INDIAN BANK | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| INDIAN OVERSEAS
BANK |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
| ORIENTAL BANK OF
COMMERCE |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
| PUNJAB & SIND BANK | 7 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNJAB NATIONAL
BANK |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
| SYNDICATE BANK | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| UCO BANK | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| UNION BANK OF INDIA | 30 | 10 | 54 | 20 | 86 | 200 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| UNITED BANK OF INDIA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| TOTAL | 100 | 44 | 180 | 67 | 279 | 670 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
The expected cut off for the IBPS SO (AFO) exam will be according to the vacancies of the financial year 2021-2022 and the number of candidates registered for it and the level of toughness of the examination.
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Conclusion
The IBPS SO Officer is the gateway towards the Agriculture Field Officer which is not only a prominent job in the society but also a great social service and helping hand towards the agriculture sector and the farmers in our country. Prepare for the exam with Entri mentoring through Banking 2.0. Keep studying and keep winning.
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