SKUAST Kashmir Releases Written Exam Syllabus for various posts

Notice

This is for the information of all the concerned candidates who have applied for the various posts against the University advertisement notice No. 07 of 2026 dated: 16.06.2026, that the syllabus for OMR based written examination is available on the University website https://www.skuastkashmir.ac.in.

Syllabus for the post of Farm Manager

English | 25-Marks

(i) Pronoun and Person-Types and Uses
(ii) Conjunction-Types and Uses
(iii) Models-Model Auxiliaries and their uses
(iv) Direct and Indirect Speech
(v) Clauses-Types and their Uses
(vi) Sentence Patterns (Sentence Variations and rewriting of sentences)
(vii) Past Perfect-Uses
(viii) To-infinitive and ING forms
(ix) Corrections and Cohesion

MENTAL ABILITY TEST | 25-Marks
(i) Number series
(ii) Letter series
(iii) Coding decoding
(iv) Direction sense
(v) Blood relations
(vi) Mathematical reasoning
(vii) Speed, Distance and Time
(viii) Statements and conclusions

Syllabus Domain Knowledge – Farm Manager | 50-Marks

Agronomy : Botanical classification, cropping system, essential nutrients, plant competition, deficiency and excess symptoms and control measures, water management, nutrient management, conservation tillage, irrigation scheduling, critical stages, irrigation methods, seed rate, seed testing methods, planting distance, diseases and insect management, harvesting, yield components.

Soil Science : Definitions, type of soil, classification, physical, chemical and biological properties, soil fertility management, acidic, alkaline, saline and sodic soils, soil reclamation practices. Role of biofertilizers in fertility management.

Genetics and plant breeding : Definitions, cell structure and its components, chromosome, law of heredity, mendelian genetics, qualitative and quantitative traits, pollination and fertilization, apomixis, parthenocarpy, polyembryony, breeding methods and achievements in agricultural crops

Plant protection : Insect taxonomy, classification of insects, pest surveillance, diseases of cereals, legumes, oil seeds and horticultural crops, etiology of diseases, disease forecasting systems and integrated disease and pest management. Pesticides, Maximum Residue Levels.

Horticultural crops : Classification of horticultural crops, training and pruning, training systems, temperate, subtropical and tropical fruits, diseases of horticultural crops and their management, commercial vegetables, seed rate, planting and their management, flower and ornamental crops, value addition of flower crops, garden types, formal and informal gardens, use of plant growth regulators in horticulture production, postharvest physiology of horticultural crops.

Agriculture Mechanization : Machines used in farm operations, AI in Agriculture Mechanization, Water conservation, Precision Agriculture, Protected cultivation, Pesticide applications. Government scheme for Agriculture Mechanization.