UKSSSC Assistant Agriculture Officer Syllabus and Exam Pattern: All 10 Units Explained with Official PDF

Last Updated: Oct 14, 2026 | Source: Official Uksssc Notification | sssc.uk.gov.in

The UKSSSC Assistant Agriculture Officer exam has one objective paper of 100 questions, and the whole paper is built on a 10-unit syllabus. This page covers the exam pattern, every unit with its topics, and the official syllabus PDF. The syllabus applies to Sahayak Krishi Adhikari Varg-1 (Vikas Shakha) and Sahayak Krishi Adhikari Varg-3.

UKSSSC Assistant Agriculture Officer Exam Pattern

The written exam has only one paper of the related subject, and it is objective type.

Subject	Total Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time (Hours)
Agriculture	100	100	2

UKSSSC Assistant Agriculture Officer Syllabus

The syllabus below is for the post of Sahayak Krishi Adhikari Varg-1 (Vikas Shakha) and Sahayak Krishi Adhikari Varg-3. The maximum marks are 100.

Unit I: Crop Production, Irrigation and Farming Systems

Importance of agriculture in national and state economy of Uttarakhand
Classification of field crops
Principles of crop production
Cultivation practices of common crops:
- Cereal Crops: paddy, maize, wheat, barley, oat, sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet and other coarse millets
- Oilseed Crops: rapeseed and mustard, linseed, sunflower, soybean, groundnut and sesame
- Pulse Crops: chickpea, field pea, lentil, rajma, pigeon pea, mung bean, urd bean and cluster bean
- Fodder Crops: oat, berseem, lucerne and cowpea
- Cash Crop: sugarcane
- Fibre Crops: jute and cotton
- Green manuring crops: dhaicha and sunhemp
Calculations of plant population, seed rate and fertilizers
Principles and methods of weed control
Classification of herbicides
Allelopathy
Irrigation: sources of irrigation, different methods of irrigation, water use efficiency, water logging condition, water requirement of crops, measurement of water, discharge, prevention of loss of water, disadvantage of excess moisture, drainage
Farming systems
Sustainable agriculture
Precision farming
Rainfed agriculture and watershed management
Organic and natural farming: scope and principles, nutrient management, plant protection measures, biofertilizers, certification process and standards
Post harvest management of agricultural produce
Various revolutions in agriculture and allied fields
National and international agriculture institutions
Agroforestry systems
Indian traditional knowledge in agriculture
General information of agriculture in Uttarakhand

Unit II: Horticulture

Importance of horticulture in national and state economy of Uttarakhand
Classification of horticultural crops
Cultivation practices of major horticultural crops:
- Fruit crops: mango, banana, litchi, grape, papaya, guava, apple, peach, pear, plum, apricot, pomegranate, sapota, custard apple, jackfruit, strawberry
- Vegetable crops: potato, tomato, brinjal, chilli, okra, pea, cucurbits, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, sweet potato, radish, carrot, onion, garlic, French bean, ginger, turmeric, fenugreek, coriander, spinach
- Floriculture crops: rose, gladiolus, marigold, lilium, chrysanthemum, carnation, gerbera, tuberose
- Medicinal and aromatic crops: ashwagandha, sarpagandha, aloe vera, isabgol, lemon grass, citronella, mint, vetiver, palmarosa
- Plantation crops: tea, coffee, cashew nut, rubber and coconut
Plant propagation
Plant growth regulators
Training and pruning
Unfruitfulness
Pollination
Parthenocarpy
Orchard establishment and management
Protected cultivation
Nursery management
High density planting
Hydroponics
Mushroom production
Pre and post harvest management of horticultural crops and their produce
Principles and components of landscaping
Types of gardens
Flower arrangement
General information of horticulture in Uttarakhand

Unit III: Soils, Plant Nutrients and Weather

Soils: origin and classification, soil profile, soil composition, physical and chemical properties, rocks, minerals and their classification, weathering process, soil forming factors, soil colloids and their classification
Soil health management and microorganisms
Soil fertility and productivity: history of soil fertility, soil fertility evaluation
Nitrogen, Carbon and Phosphorus cycles
Essential plant nutrients (macro and micro): deficiencies, toxicity symptoms and availability
Soil organic matter
Classification, composition and properties of manure and fertilizers, principles and methods of fertilizer application
Soil water: retention, movement and availability
Soil temperature
Soil pollution
Problematic soils: their classification and management, land capability classification
Soil erosion: types and its conservation techniques
Fertilizer control order
Transportation of nutrients from soil to root
Nutrient use efficiency
Soil testing
Integrated plant nutrient management
Agro-climatic and agro-ecological zones
Earth atmosphere and composition
Atmospheric weather variables
Types of weather forecast and their uses
Climate change and global warming
Geo-informatics and remote sensing
General information of soils in Uttarakhand

Unit IV: Plant Diseases, Insect Pests and Pest Management

Classification of plant diseases and pathogens
Diseases caused by biotic and abiotic factors
Common diseases of important agricultural and horticultural crops and their management
Post harvest disease management
Disease etiology
Symptomatology
Defence mechanism of plant diseases
Factors affecting disease development
Classification of insects
Morphology and structure of insects
Biotic and abiotic factors responsible for insect infestation
Storage grain pests and their management
Different methods of insect pest and disease management
Classification of pesticides and their mode of action
Biopesticides
Disease and insect forecasting
Economic threshold level
Safety issues in pesticide uses
Legal aspects
Plant quarantine laws
Agricultural microbiology
Beneficial insects: Apiculture, Sericulture

Unit V: Genetics, Plant Breeding and Seeds

Mendel’s Laws of heredity
Structure of chromosome
Chromosomal aberration
Cell cycle
Meiosis and mitosis
Linkage and crossing over: types, mechanism and significance
Sex chromosomes and its determination, sex linked characters
Genetic code
Nucleic acid
Genetic material structure and gene interaction
Replication
Translation
Transcription
Chromosomal theory of inheritance
Mutation: spontaneous and induced
Mode of reproduction
Mode of pollination
Male sterility
Self incompatibility
Plant genetic resources
Centre of origin
Conventional and non conventional breeding methods for crop improvement
Breeding for biotic and abiotic stress
Biofortified varieties
Climate resilient varieties
Biotechnology and its application in agriculture
Synthetic seed
Seeds and its characteristics: classes of seeds, seed certification, seed production techniques, seed processing, seed quality and testing, seed treatment, seed storage, and seed marketing
Seed Act, 1966
Seed Control Order 1983
Protection of Plant Variety and Farmer’s Rights Act, 2001
Intellectual Property Rights
GI tag

Unit VI: Plant Physiology, Food and Nutrition, and Environment

Plant cell
Stomata
Diffusion
Osmosis
Water and nutrient uptake
Transpiration
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Plant growth substances
Photoperiodism
Vernalization
Dormancy
Functions of water, carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals
Principles and methods of food processing and preservation
Food and nutrition
Nutritional disorders
Malnutrition
Energy metabolism
Balanced diets
Natural resources
Ecosystem
Biodiversity and its conservation
Environmental pollution
Natural and man-made disaster management

Unit VII: Livestock and Dairy

Role of livestock in national and state economy of Uttarakhand
Important terminology related to livestock production
Major breeds of cow, buffalo, goat, sheep, poultry and pig
Digestive and reproductive system of ruminant and non-ruminant animals
Care and management of cattle and poultry
Principles of feeding of various classes of livestock and poultry
Housing management of livestock
Disease management of cattle and poultry
Identification methods of animals
Breeding methods in animals
Artificial insemination
Sorted semen
Castration
Classification of common feeds, fodders and ration
Composition of ration
Conservation of fodders
Operation Flood
Milk: physical and chemical properties
Milk adulteration
Composition of milk and colostrums
Processing of milk for filtration
Clarification
Bactofugation
Standardization
Homogenization
Cream separation and centrifugation
Processing and composition of indigenous milk products: paneer, chhena, ghee, khoa, dahi and shrikhand
Other milk products: cream, butter, ice-cream, condensed milk, milk powder, cheese

Unit VIII: Agricultural Economics, Marketing and Extension

Introductory agricultural economics: macroeconomics, microeconomics, agricultural planning and development in the country, demand, elasticity of demand, law of returns, cost, supply, price, national income, banking, tax, economic systems, relative prices and standard of living, status of land holding
Agriculture finance and its sources
Micro finance
Agriculture credit and analysis
SWOT analysis
Agriculture cooperation and development of cooperative societies in India
Newly launched Govt. schemes for agriculture and rural development
Kisan Credit Card
PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMKSN) Yojna
e-NAM
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)
Crop insurance
Agriculture marketing
Classification and characteristics of agriculture market
Agriculture commodities
Supply and demand of agriculture produce
Govt and public sector institutions in agriculture marketing
Agriculture price policies
NITI Ayog
Agriculture trade
Principles of farm management
Farm business analysis
Production: meaning, factors of production such as land, labour, capital and management, properties of factor of production
Intensive and extensive agriculture
Agriculture-place in Five Year Plans
Extension education
Extension programme planning
Extension systems in India

Unit IX: Farm Power and Machinery

Status and source of farm power and their working principles
Different systems of IC engines
Power transmission system
Tractor, seed drill, seed cum fertilizer drill, power tiller, power weeder, primary and secondary tillage implements
Implements for hill agriculture, plant protection, harvesting and threshing implements, pumps, water lifting devices
Discharge
Command area
Calibration of seed drill
Application of renewable energy and green technology in agriculture

Unit X: Statistics and Computer Applications in Agriculture

Measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode)
Geometric mean
Harmonic mean
Measures of dispersion (range, quartile deviation, variance, standard deviation, standard error of mean, coefficient of variation)
Correlation and regression
Probability
Skewness and kurtosis
Introduction to computer, operating system, e-agriculture and computer models in agriculture
Application of digital agriculture: AI and IoT in agriculture

Note: Current general knowledge and scientific advancements in all the above units are deemed to be included.

UKSSSC Assistant Agriculture Officer Syllabus PDF

The commission has released the detailed syllabus as an official PDF. You can open it from the official source below and keep it for reference while preparing.

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FAQs on UKSSSC Assistant Agriculture Officer Syllabus

Q1. How many units are there in the UKSSSC Assistant Agriculture Officer syllabus?

Ans. The syllabus has 10 units, from Unit I to Unit X. They cover crop production, horticulture, soils, plant protection, genetics and seeds, plant physiology, livestock and dairy, agricultural economics, farm machinery, and statistics with computer applications.

Q2. What is the exam pattern for the UKSSSC Assistant Agriculture Officer written exam?

Ans. The written exam has only one paper of the related subject, Agriculture. It is objective type with 100 questions, 100 maximum marks and a duration of 2 hours.

Q3. Is the syllabus the same for Sahayak Krishi Adhikari Varg-1 and Varg-3?

Ans. Yes. The official syllabus is issued as a single document for the post of Sahayak Krishi Adhikari Varg-1 (Vikas Shakha) and Sahayak Krishi Adhikari Varg-3, with a maximum of 100 marks.

Q4. Does the syllabus include Uttarakhand-specific topics?

Ans. Yes. Unit I, Unit II and Unit VII include the importance of agriculture, horticulture and livestock in the national and state economy of Uttarakhand. Unit I and Unit II also list general information of agriculture and horticulture in Uttarakhand, and Unit III lists general information of soils in Uttarakhand.

Q5. Are statistics and computer topics part of the syllabus?

Ans. Yes. Unit X covers measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, correlation and regression, probability, skewness and kurtosis. It also includes computers, operating system, e-agriculture, computer models in agriculture, and the application of AI and IoT in agriculture.

Q6. Is current general knowledge included in the syllabus?

Ans. Yes. The official note states that current general knowledge and scientific advancements in all the units are deemed to be included.