Organisation : Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board JKSSB
Recruitment Exam : Forester, Social Forestry Worker, Senior Horticulture Technician
Document Type : Syllabus
Website : https://www.jkssb.nic.in/Static/Syllabus.htm
JKSSB Syllabus for Forester
Syllabus for written test (Objective Type) for the post of Forester
The exam shall aim to evaluate the candidates for their scientific, analytical and numerical aptitude, and their general awareness over a broad range of subjects. Medium of examination shall be English.
Marks: – 120
Time: 2:00 Hours
Section A: (32 Marks)
Basic science question papers will be of the objective type. This paper aims to test the aptitude of candidates in basic science. The level of question papers shall be 12th standards having equal weightage to all three subjects Physics, Chemistry & Biology.
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Section B:(32 Marks)
Basic numerical ability, data interpretation, profit & loss, compounding, discounting, mensuration, geometry including coordinate geometry, trigonometry, and fundamentals of statistics including probability.
Section C: (24 Marks)
General Knowledge shall include knowledge of current events and matters of everyday observation and experience. The paper will also include questions on History and Geography, Indian Polity, Constitution of India, and general issues related to forests, wildlife, environment, biodiversity, and climate change.
Section D: (16 Marks)
Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
Section E: (16 Marks)
Decision making and problem solving.
Syllabus for Social Forestry Worker
Syllabus for written test (Objective Type) for the post of Social Forestry Worker
The exam shall aim to evaluate the candidates for their scientific, analytical and numerical aptitude, and their general awareness over a broad range of subjects. Medium of examination shall be English. The level of question papers shall be 10th standards.
Marks:-120
Time: 2:00 Hours
1) Basic Mathematics (32 Marks)
Percentage, Average, Time, Work and Distance, Ratio and Proportion, Problem of Age, Probability, LCM,HCF, Mensuration.
2) Basic Reasoning (32 Marks)
Analogies, Relationship concepts, Figure odd one out, Direct Sense, Figure Series completion, Venn Diagram, Number series, Coding/Decoding.
3) Basic English (32 Marks)
Articles, Synonyms, Antonyms, Preposition, Verbs, Reading comprehension, Determiners, Spellings, Sentences.
4) General Awareness and Science (24 Marks)
General current events (National Level), Sports, Indian culture, Indian history, Indian geography, Capital/State, General Science, Health, Hygiene and Sanitation, Geography of Jammu and Kashmir, Culture of Jammu and Kashmir, History of Jammu and Kashmir.
Syllabus for Senior Horticulture Technician
Syllabus for Written test (Objective Type)
Marks:-120
Time: – 2.00 Hours
Section – I :
Marks: 30
Fruit Science :
Economic importance and classification of horticultural crops, nursery management practices, planting and layout, management of orchards, planting systems and planting densities, nursery techniques and their management. Principles and methods of pruning and training of fruit crops, types and use of growth regulators in horticulture, water management, weed management, fertility management in horticultural crops, intercropping, multi-tier cropping, mulching, bearing habits, factors influencing the fruitfulness and unfruitfulness. Rejuvenation of old orchards, top working, frame working, principles of organic farming.
Need and potentialities for plant multiplication, sexual and asexual methods of propagation, advantages and disadvantages. Seed dormancy (scarification & stratification) internal and external factors.
Propagation Structures: Mist chamber humidifiers, greenhouses, glasshouses, cold frames, hot beds, poly-houses, nursery (tools, and implements), uses of growth regulators in seed and vegetative propagation, methods and techniques of cutting, layering, grafting and budding; physiological & bio chemical basis of rooting, factors influencing rooting of cuttings and layering, selection and maintenance of mother trees, collection of scion wood stick, scion-stock relationship, and their influences, Nursery registration act.
Horticultural zones of India, production and export potential, varieties, climate and soil requirements, propagation techniques, planting density and systems, after care, training and pruning. Management of water, nutrient and weeds, special horticultural techniques including plant growth regulators, their solution preparation and use in commercial orchards. harvest indices, harvesting methods, of the following crops.
Mango, banana, grapes, citrus, papaya, guava, litchi, loquat. Bearing in mango and citrus, , causes and control measures of special production problems, alternate and irregular bearing overcome, control measures. Rainfed horticulture, importance and scope of arid and sermi-arid zones of India. Characters and special adaptation of crops: ber , pomegranate, fig.
Classification of temperate fruits, detailed study of areas, production, varieties, climate and soil requirements, propagation, planting density, cropping systems, after care training and pruning , self incompatibility and pollinizers, use of growth regulators, nutrient and weed management, harvesting, of apple, pear, peach, apricot, cherry, strawberry, kiwi, almond, walnut chest nut.
Replant problem, rejuvenation and special production problems like pre-mature leaf fall, physiological disorders. Orchard management, importance, objectives, clean cultivation, sod culture, Sod mulch, herbicides and inorganic and organic mulches, competitive and complimentary effect of root and shoot, systems of irrigation.
Section – II :
Marks: 20
Vegetable Science
** Classification of vegetable crops.
** Economic and medicinal importance and nutritive value.
** Area and production, exports and imports.
** Description of varieties and hybrids.
** Types of vegetable gardens, kitchen garden; principles of planning and layout.
** Nursery management practices.
** Soil and climate, nutrition, seed rate, preparation of field, transplanting, planting for directly sown/transplanted vegetable crops, spacing, planting systems, water and weed management; nutrient management and deficiencies, physiological disorders and their corrective measures, use of chemicals and growth regulators, harvest, yield, post-harvest handling and storage and marketing and seed production of Tomato, Brinjal, Chilli, Sweet pepper, Potato, Beans, Okra, Bottle gourd, Cucumber, Bitter gourd, Squash, Kale, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Knol-khol, Sprouting broccoli, Lettuce, Garlic, Onion, Leek, Radish, Carrot, Turnip, Beet root, Peas, Broad beans, Cowpea, Spinach, Fenugreek, Fennel and Coriander.
** Factors affecting production and productivity of vegetables.
** Cropping systems.
** Raising of vegetable crops organically.
** Nutrient management through the use of organic manures, vermicomposting, green manuring, biofertilizers.
** Disease and pest management organically.
** Types of protected structures.
** Cultivation of vegetable crops under green houses.
** Important diseases and pests of vegetable crops.
** Integrated disease management in vegetable crops
** Integrated insect-pest management in vegetable crops
** History and scope of vegetable seed industry.
** Principles of vegetable seed production.
** Methods of vegetable seed production.
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