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SYLLABUS FOR GAZETTED PROBATIONERS’ GROUP `A’ & `B’
MAIN EXAMINATION
PART - B MAIN EXAMINATION

Compulsory Papers:- Kannada and English
The aim of these papers is to test the ability of the candidates to read and
understand serious discursive prose and to express ideas clearly and correctly in Kannada and English.
The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows:

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Paper - II - English
1. Comprehension of given passages - 25 marks
2.Precis writing - 25 marks
3.Usage - 25 marks
4.Vocabulary - 25 marks
5.Short Essay - 25 marks
6. Communication Skills - 25 marks

Paper III - General Studies
1. Modern History of India and Indian Culture with special reference to the History and Culture of Karnataka
2. Current events of State, National and International importance
3. Statistical Analysis, Graphs and Diagrams

Paper IV – General Studies
1. Indian Polity with special reference to Karnataka State
2. Indian Economy and Geography of India with Special reference to Karnataka Economy and Karnataka Geography
3. The roll and impact of Science and Technology in the development of Karnataka and India.

Optional Subjects
AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING, CO-OPERATION & SERICULTURE
(SUBJECT CODE-01)
PAPER -1
Part - A: Agriculture:
Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, their management and
conservation. Physical and social environments as factors of crop distribution and production, climatic elements as factors of crop growth, impact of changing environment on cropping pattern as indicators of environments, environmental pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals and humans. Cropping patterns in different agro-climatic zones of the country, impact of high yielding and short duration varieties on shifts in cropping patterns, concepts of multiple cropping, multistory, relay and inter-cropping and their importance in relation to food production, Package of practices for production of important cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre, sugar and commercial crops, growth during KHARIF and RABI seasons in
different regions of the country. Important features, Scope and propagation of various types of forestry plantations, such as extension / Social forestry, agro forestry and natural forests. Weeds, their characteristics, dissemination and associaton with various crops; their multiplication, cultural, biological and chemical control of weeds. Processes and factors of soil formation, Classification of Indian soils including modern concepts, Mineral and organic constituents of soils and their role in maintaining
soil productivity, Problem soils, Extent and distribution in India and their reclamation, Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soils and plants, their occurrence, factors affecting their distribution, Functions and cycling in soils. Symbiotic and non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation, Phosphorus cycle, Principles of soil fertility and its evaluation for judicious fertilizer use. Soil conservation; planning on Watershed basis, erosion and run off management in hilly, foot hills and valley land, processes and factors affecting them, dry land agriculture and its problems. Technology for stabilizing agriculture production in rainfed agricultural area.
Water use efficiency in relation to crop production, Criteria for scheduling Irrigations, ways and means of reducing run off losses of irrigation water; Drainage of waterlogged soils.