BPSC Bihar Block Agriculture Officer Recruitment 2024 - Syllabus (Agri. Engg.)

BPSC Bihar Block Agriculture Officer Recruitment 2024 - Syllabus  (Agri. Engg.) 

Syllabus broken down into bulleted points:

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Syllabus for Bihar Agriculture Service Category-2 (Agri. Engg.) Paper-1 

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I. Fluid Mechanics:

• Velocity distribution in fluid flow
• Friction factor
• Reynolds number relationship
• Bernoulli’s equation
• Fluid flow measurement

II. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering:

• Engineering properties of Soil
• Soil hydraulics stress distribution
• Compressibility
• Active and passive earth pressure
• Stability of slope
• Bearing capacity of soils
• Foundation

III. Irrigation Engineering:

• Impact of irrigation on the human environment
• Measurement of irrigation water
• Weirs, notches, flumes & orifices
• Design of irrigation field channels & lining
• Water requirement of crops
• Soil-water movement and constants
• Depth, frequency, and efficiencies of irrigation
• Surface irrigation methods: their merits and demerits

IV. Drainage Engineering:

• Objectives of drainage
• Familiarization with the drainage problems of the state
• Pumps characteristic and selection of pumps
• Drainage coefficient
• Hydraulic conductivity
• Surface and subsurface drainage systems
• Mole drains
• Interceptor drains and outlets
• Economic aspects of drainage

V. Groundwater and Wells:

• Occurrence of Groundwater
• Surface & subsurface flow of water
• Groundwater movement
• Recharge wells
• Well drilling & construction methods
• Selection & installation of well screen
• Gravel pack
• Development and completion of water wells
• Tube well testing procedure

VI. Land Use Planning and Earth Moving Machinery:

• Land capability classification
• Land evaluation
• Land use planning
• Cost estimation of earthmoving machinery
• Reclamation of problem areas
• Saline, alkali, Sodic, and Waterlogged soils
• Planning and design of Irrigation & drainage systems
• Conjunctive use of surface and subsurface water resources

VII. Surveying and Leveling:

• Chain Surveying
• Plain table surveying
• Levels & leveling
• Theodolite traversing
• Contour & Contouring
• Measurement of area & volumes

VIII. Structural Engineering:

• Types of loads and stresses
• Shear distribution
• Analysis of forces and design of trusses and beams
• Common engineering materials and their physical and engineering properties

IX. Hydrology and Watershed Management:

• Hydrologic cycle
• Rainfall and its measurement
• Estimation of infiltration
• Evaporation and evapotranspiration
• Factors affecting runoff & its measurement
• Rating curve
• Cook’s method
• SCS method
• Curve number
• Hydrograph
• Base flow separation
• Flood routing
• Introduction to watershed management & planning

X. Dry Land Farming and Soil Moisture Management:

• Analysis of rainfall data for dryland farming
• Rainfall probability
• Soil moisture stress
• Climate-yield relationship
• Methods of reducing moisture loss from soil

XI. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering:

• Principles and mechanics of erosion
• Measurement & estimation of soil loss
• Agronomical & mechanical/engineering measures to control erosion
• Diversion ditches
• Vegetative waterways
• Outlet structures
• Terraces
• Gully control structures: drop, drop inlet & chute spillways
• Grassed waterways
• Introduction to water harvesting techniques
• Hydraulic jump and its application
• H-flume, weirs, and parshall flume
• Functional requirements of erosion control structures models
• Planning, design, and layout of soil & water Conservation structures

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Syllabus for Bihar Agriculture Service Category-2 (Agri. Engg.) Paper-2:

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I. Engineering Mechanics:

• Force systems
• Movement of Inertia
• Free body diagram
• Equilibrium of forces

II. Thermodynamics:

• Thermodynamic properties
• Systems
• Gas laws
• Thermodynamic laws
• Cycle

III. Farm Power and Machinery:

• Sources of farm power
• Conventional and non-conventional energy sources
• Renewable energy sources (solar and wind energy) & its application
• Baling of biomass and briquetting methods
• Different R.E. devices (gasifiers & biogas plant)
• Classification of tractors & I.C. engines
• Engine systems
• Construction, components & I.C. engine fuels
• Tractor systems & controls
• Study of transmission, hydraulic, steering systems
• Tractor power outlets
• Tractor chassis mechanics and design
• Repair and maintenance of Engine & tractor

IV. Workshop Technology:

• Knowledge of different types of welding, shaping, and milling techniques and equipment

V. Farm Machinery and Equipment:

• Objectives of farm mechanization
• Classification, principles, and selection of farm machines
• Primary and secondary tillage equipment
• Force acting on tillage tools and draft measurement
• Sowing, planting, transplanting equipment
• Calibration and adjustments
• Crop harvesting machinery
• Weed Control and plant protection equipment
• Sprayers & dusters
• Threshing machines and various types of threshers
• Selection & management of farm machines for optimum performance
• Principles of fruit harvesting tools & machines
• Testing of Farm machines
• Farm machines management

VI. Industrial Engineering:

• Factory acts
• Factory location and layout
• Production procedure
• Quality control and standardization

VII. Food Engineering:

• Importance of food processing and methods
• Study of different physical, rheological, and thermal properties of foods & their importance in designing processing machines
• PHT (Processing of cereals, pulses, oilseeds)
• Principle of size reduction
• Power requirement (Rittinger’s, Kick's, and Boud’s equation)
• Size reduction methods and machines
• Theory of separation
• Different types of separators
• Mixing & material handling devices
• Design consideration, capacity & power requirements

VIII. Grain Storage and Preservation:

• Grain moisture and its measurement
• Grain drying theory & methods
• Different types of grain dryers
• Drum dryers, freeze dryers, tray dryers
• Performance & methods
• Different types of spoilage and its causes
• Storage losses
• Moisture & temperature changes in storage of grain
• Cooling, refrigeration load calculations
• Functional requirement of grain storage structure
• Grain pressure theories
• Traditional storage structure
• Bag and bulk storage systems
• Design of silo
• Controlled atmosphere & modified atmosphere storage for fruits and vegetables

IX. Heat Transfer:

• Steady-state heat transfer in conduction, convection, and radiation
• Estimation of heat transfer coefficients for flow on a simple surface
• Design of double pipe tubular and plate heat exchanger
• Effectiveness of heat exchangers

X. Food Processing and Quality Control:

• Working principles of equipment for pasteurization, homogenization, sterilization, filling and packing of milk
• Design of double pipe and plate heat exchangers
• Different methods of food preservation
• Proximate analysis of food products
• Food dehydration & freezing
• Food quality concept & control
• Food laws & regulations
• Food standards (BIS, AGMARK, PEA, FPO, CAC, GMP, HACCP & ISO series)

XI. Machine Design and Farm Structures:

• Meaning and phases of machine design
• Design considerations
• Farmstead planning
• Farm roads, fences, and gates
• BIS standards for dairy, poultry, and other farm structures
• Design, construction, and cost estimation of farm structures

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BPSC Bihar Block Agriculture Officer Recruitment 2014 - Syllabus  (Agri. Engg.) 

Syllabus broken down into bulleted points:

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Syllabus for Bihar Agriculture Service Category-2 (Agri. Engg.) Paper-1 

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Lecture 1: Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

• Velocity distribution in fluid flow
• Friction factor, Reynolds number relationship
• Bernoulli's equation
• Fluid flow measurement
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 2: Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

• Engineering properties of Soil
• Soil hydraulics stress distribution
• Compressibility
• Active and passive earth pressure
• Stability of slope
• Bearing capacity of soils
• Foundation
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 3: Irrigation Engineering

• Impact of irrigation on human environment
• Measurement of irrigation water
• Weirs, notches, flumes & orifices
• Design of irrigation field channels & lining
• Water requirement of crops
• Soil-water movement and constants
• Depth, frequency, and efficiencies of irrigation
• Surface irrigation methods: their merits and demerits
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 4: Drainage Engineering

• Objectives of drainage
• Familiarization with the drainage problems of the state
• Pumps characteristic and selection of pumps
• Drainage coefficient
• Hydraulic conductivity
• Surface and subsurface drainage systems
• Mole drains, interceptor drains, and outlets
• Economic aspects of drainage
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 5: Groundwater Hydrology

• Occurrence of Groundwater
• Surface & subsurface flow of water
• Groundwater movement
• Recharge wells
• Well drilling & construction methods
• Selection & installation of well screen
• Gravel pack, development and completion of water wells
• Tube well testing procedure
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 6: Land and Water Management

• Land capability classification
• Land evaluation
• Land use planning
• Cost estimation of earthmoving machinery
• Reclamation of problem areas (saline, alkali, sodic, waterlogged soils)
• Planning and design of Irrigation & drainage systems
• Conjunctive use of surface and subsurface water resources
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 7: Surveying and Engineering Drawing

• Chain Surveying
• Plain table surveying
• Levels & levelling
• Theodolite traversing
• Contour & Contouring
• Measurement of area & volumes
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 8: Structural Engineering

• Types of loads and stresses
• Shear distribution
• Analysis of forces and design of trusses and beams
• Common engineering materials and their properties
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 9: Hydrology and Watershed Management

• Hydrologic cycle
• Rainfall and its measurement
• Estimation of infiltration, evaporation, and evapotranspiration
• Factors affecting runoff & its measurement
• Rating curve, cook’s method, SCS method
• Curve number, hydrograph
• Base flow separation
• Flood routing
• Introduction to watershed management & planning
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 10: Dry Land Farming and Soil Conservation

• Analysis of rainfall data for dryland farming
• Rainfall probability
• Soil moisture stress
• Climate-yield relationship
• Methods of reducing moisture loss from soil
• Principles and mechanics of erosion
• Measurement & estimation of soil loss
• Agronomical & mechanical/engineering measures to control erosion
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 11: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

• Diversion ditches
• Vegetative waterways
• Outlast and their designs
• Terraces
• Gully control structures: drop, drop inlet & chute spillways
• Grassed waterways
• Introduction to water harvesting techniques
• Hydraulic jump and its application
• H-flume, weirs, and Parshall flume
• Functional requirement of erosion control structures
• Models
• Planning, design, and layout of soil & water conservation structures
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

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Syllabus for Bihar Agriculture Service Category-2 (Agri. Engg.) Paper-2

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Lecture 1: Mechanics and Thermodynamics

• Force systems, movement of Inertia, free body diagram
• Equilibrium of forces
• Thermodynamic properties, systems, gas laws
• Thermodynamic laws, cycle
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 2: Farm Power and Machinery

• Sources of farm power
• Conventional and non-conventional energy sources
• Renewable energy sources: solar and wind energy & its application
• Baling of biomass and briquetting methods
• Different R.E. devices: gasifiers & biogas plant
• Classification of tractors & I.C. engines
• Engine systems, construction, components & I.C. engine fuels
• Tractor systems & controls
• Study of transmission, hydraulic, steering systems
• Tractor power outlets, tractor chassis mechanics, and design
• Repair and maintenance of Engine & tractor
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 3: Workshop Practices

• Knowledge of different types of welding
• Shaping and milling techniques and equipment
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 4: Farm Mechanization

• Objectives of farm mechanization
• Classification, principles, and selection of farm machines
• Primary and secondary tillage equipment
• Force acting on tillage tools and draft measurement
• Sowing, planting, transplanting equipment
• Calibration and adjustments
• Crop harvesting machinery
• Weed Control and plant protection equipment
• Sprayers & dusters
• Threshing machines and various types of threshers
• Selection & management of farm machines for optimum performance
• Principles of fruit harvesting tools & machines
• Testing of Farm machines
• Farm machines management
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 5: Industrial Management and Food Processing

• Factory acts
• Factory location and layout
• Production procedure
• Quality control and standardization
• Importance of food processing and methods
• Study of different physical, rheological and thermal properties of foods & their importance in designing processing machines
• PHT /Processing of cereals, pulses, oilseeds
• Principal of size reduction: power requirement, (Rittinger’s Kick’s and Bond’s equation), size reduction methods and machines
• Theory of separation - different types of separators, mixing & material handling devices, design consideration, capacity & power requirements
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 6: Grain Storage and Handling

• Grain moisture and its measurement
• Grain drying theory & methods
• Different types of grain dryers
• Drum dryers, freeze dryers, tray dryers
• Performance & methods
• Different types of spoilage and its causes
• Storage losses
• Moisture & temperature changes in storage of grain
• Cooling, refrigeration load calculations
• Functional requirement of grain storage structure
• Grain pressure theories
• Traditional storage structure, bag and bulk storage systems
• Design of silo
• Controlled atmosphere & modified atmosphere storage for fruits and vegetables
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 7: Heat Transfer and Food Engineering

• Steady state heat transfer in conduction, convection, and radiation
• Estimation of heat transfer coefficients for flow on simple surface
• Design of double pipe tubular and plate heat exchanger
• Effectiveness of heat exchangers
• Working principles of equipment for pasteurization, homogenization, sterilization, filling and packing of milk
• Design of double pipe and plate heat exchangers
• Different methods of food preservation
• Proximate analysis of food products
• Food dehydration & freezing
• Food quality concept & control
• Food laws & regulations
• Food standards (BIS, AGMARK, PEA, FPO, CAC, GMP, HACCP& ISO series)
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

Lecture 8: Machine Design and Farm Structures

• Meaning and phases of machine design, design considerations
• Farmstead planning, farm roads, fences, and gates
• BIS standards for dairy, poultry and other farm structures
• Design, construction, and cost estimation of farm structures
• Download PDF Notes - Coming Soon

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