Scheme of Examination

The Competitive Examination will be held in two successive stages:

1. Preliminary Examination
2. Main Examination

1. Preliminary Examination

The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers: one compulsory and one optional, both objective type, carrying a maximum of 400 marks. This exam serves as a screening test. Marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination are not considered for the final merit list of candidates qualified for the Main Examination. The number of candidates admitted to the Main Examination will be 15 times the approximate number of vacancies, plus all candidates tied at the cut-off score.

Section - B

• PERSONALITY AND VIVA-VOCE EXAMINATION:-
  1. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written test of the Main examination as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion shall be summoned by them for interview. Provided that no candidate who fails to obtain a minimum of 35% marks in each of the two compulsory papers and a minimum of 40% marks in the aggregate shall be called by the Commission for interview which carries 72 marks.
  2. The Commission shall award marks to each candidates interviewed by them. In interviewing the candidates besides awarding marks in respect of character, personality, address and physique, marks shall also be awarded for the candidate's knowledge of Rajasthani culture. The marks so awarded shall be added to the marks obtained in the written test or the main examination by each such candidate.
  3. The standard of the papers will be that of Bachelor's Degree level except paper on Hindi which will be of Senior Secondary Level.
  4. All papers unless specifically required shall be answered either in Hindi or in English, but no candidate shall be permitted to answer any one paper partly in Hindi and partly in English unless specifically allowed to do so.
  5. If a candidate's hand-writing is not easily legible, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to him.
  6. Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of the examination.
  7. It is obligatory for a candidate to appear in all the compulsory papers and in optional papers.

Note - 1: The Commission shall not recommend any candidate for the State Engineering Services, who has failed to obtain a minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate.

Note - 2: The Commission shall, in case of Woman Candidates, candidates belonging to the Backward Classes, More Backward Classes, Economically Weaker Sections, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes recommend the names of such candidates upto the number of vacancies reserved for them from amongst those who have qualified for interview, even if they fail to obtain the aggregate marks prescribed under Note – 1.

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Syllabus :- Agricultural Engineering

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1. Surveying, Levelling and Land Development:

1. Linear Measurements
2. Different surveying devices and methods
3. Land grading and levelling
4. Contouring and terracing
5. Earthwork estimation
6. Land development budgeting

2. Soil and Water Conservation:

1. Precipitation
2. Hydrologic cycle
3. Point rainfall analysis
4. Frequency analysis
5. Watershed: definition and concept, agricultural watersheds, prediction of peak runoff, factors affecting runoff, hydrograph, concepts of unit and instantaneous hydrographs
6. Erosion - type and factors associated with erosion, assessment of actual annual soil loss by erosion and its impact on agricultural production and productivity
7. Erosion control measures on various classes of lands i.e. contour cultivation, strip cropping, terracing, afforestation, pastures etc.
8. Role of vegetation in soil and water conservation, grassed waterway and design
9. Design of gully control measures including permanent structures i.e. chute spillway, drop spillway, drop inlet spillway, retards and stream bank erosion
10. Mechanics of wind and water erosion
11. Wind erosion control
12. Water harvesting structures i.e. Khadin, Tanka, Nadi and Anicut

3. Irrigation:

1. Soil-Water- Plant relationship
2. Water requirements of different crops and irrigation scheduling
3. Direct and indirect methods of soil moisture measurements
4. Measurements of irrigation water
5. Water conveyance and control, design of field channels
6. Design of irrigation methods, irrigation efficiencies
7. Drainage: Benefits of drainage, surface drainage, drainage of flat and sloping lands
8. Design and layout of surface and subsurface drains, depth and spacing of drains and drainage outlets, installation of drains and drainage wells
9. Pumps: Construction and performance characteristics, selection, installation, working principle and maintenance of reciprocating pump, centrifugal pump, turbine pump, submersible Pump, propellers, jet and air lift pumps
10. Water Resources Development and Management: Water resources of India, surface water, groundwater, development of irrigation potential, canal irrigation, command area development, on-farm development works, aquifer parameters, hydraulics of wells, steady and unsteady flow, well log, construction of wells, well development

4. Farm Power and Machinery:

1. Classification of Internal combustion (IC) engines, engine terminology, Otto, diesel & dual cycle, engine components, Fuel supply system, Lubrication system, cooling system and governing system, steering system, hydraulic system
2. Types of tractors, clutch & brakes, power transmission system
3. Traction theory, mechanics of tractor chassis, tyres and selection of tractors
4. Farm Machinery: Tillage & objectives, primary and secondary tillage equipment, ploughing methods
5. Sowing and planting equipment and their calibration, intercultural operation and weeders
6. Selection and calibration of sprayers and dusters
7. Principles, selection and operation of harvesting and threshing machinery
8. Measurement of draft & field capacity, field efficiency, cost analysis of farm power & equipment and related numerical problems

5. Agricultural Processing:

1. Various size reduction machinery and material handling equipment
2. Separation equipment based on size, shape and surface characteristics
3. Heating and cooling of food products, mode of heat transfer and types of heat exchangers
4. Psychometric chart and its application in drying
5. EMC and its determination
6. Principles of drying and drying equipment, water activity
7. Types of evaporators, steam economy
8. Refrigeration and cooling load calculation
9. Various size reduction theories and milling process for Rice, Maize, Wheat and Pulse
10. Parboiling of wheat and paddy
11. Grains storage structures, theory and their design requirement
12. Principles of food preservation and thermal processing

6. Farm electrification and rural housing:

1. Selection, Installation and general care of electric motors on farms, selection of wire sizes based on Indian standards
2. Types of wiring, rural electrification programme
3. Rural Housing: Building materials and their properties, Design of Beams, Slabs, Columns and foundations
4. Planning and design of rural houses, village roads and drainage system, waste disposal and sanitary structures, material and cost estimation in construction

7. Renewable Energy:

1. Renewable Energy: Solar Radiation its measurement, solar thermal devices and gadgets i.e. solar cooker, solar water heater, solar dryer, solar refrigeration and air conditioner etc.
2. Solar photovoltaic devices
3. Bio energy production, conversion and utilization
4. Biogas: types & design of biogas Plant
5. Biomass gasification and gasifiers, wind energy conversion process i.e., wind mills for water pumping, electricity generation