RPSC Agriculture Research Officer syllabus — subject and topic-wiseRPSC Agriculture Research Officer syllabus: 10 subjects, 35 topics. Exam — Conducted by: RPSC; Last held: 1 October 2025. 1,598 real previous-year questions are classified onto these topics.Updated 31 October 2026 — PYQ counts as of this dateFull RPSC Agriculture Research Officer syllabus — 10 subjects and 35 topics, each with how many past-year questions it has actually carried.General Knowledge (Rajasthan-weighted) — 343 questions

Rajasthan geography, climate, rivers, soils, forests & minerals — 117 questions

Rajasthan art, culture, painting, literature, folk life & religion — 89 questions

Rajasthan population, economy, polity, schemes & institutions — 61 questions

Rajasthan history, dynasties & freedom movement — 58 questions

India & world general knowledge, general science, IT & current affairs — 18 questions

Agriculture Chemistry & Soil Science — 262 questions

Plant nutrients, fertilizers, manures & nutrient management — 70 questions

Soil genesis, physics, classification & survey — 67 questions

Soil biology, organic matter, soil testing & analytical methods — 64 questions

Soil chemistry, colloids, pH, salinity, alkalinity & reclamation — 59 questions

Soil erosion, USLE, soil conservation and watershed management — 2 questions

Plant Pathology — 249 questions

Viral, phytoplasma & nematode diseases; pathogen biology & epidemiology — 137 questions

Fungal & bacterial diseases of crops — 53 questions

Disease management, fungicides, host resistance & seed health — 34 questions

Mushroom cultivation & applied mycology — 25 questions

Entomology — 208 questions

Insect morphology, anatomy, physiology, taxonomy & beneficial insects — 87 questions

Insecticides, toxicology, biological control & pesticide legislation — 81 questions

Pests of field, horticultural & stored produce and their management — 40 questions

Botany & Plant Science — 197 questions

Genetics, plant breeding, biotechnology, taxonomy & ecology — 139 questions

Plant physiology, biochemistry, anatomy & morphology — 58 questions

Horticulture — 173 questions

Vegetable crops, olericulture & vegetable seed production — 63 questions

Plant propagation, nursery, post-harvest technology & processing — 42 questions

Floriculture, ornamental plants, landscaping & protected cultivation — 35 questions

Fruit crops & pomology — 33 questions

Spice, medicinal and aromatic crops — 0 questions

Agronomy — 162 questions

Irrigation, water management, dryland farming & agrometeorology — 60 questions

Field crops: cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre & fodder agronomy — 32 questions

Weeds, weed management & herbicides — 29 questions

Tillage, cropping systems, sowing, seed rate & crop husbandry practices — 26 questions

Agricultural statistics & experimental designs — 15 questions

Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics — 4 questions

Remote sensing (active/passive), GIS, GPS and crop monitoring — 4 questions

ENV — 0 questions

Ecosystems, food chains, trophic levels and biomagnification — 0 questions

Pollution, acid rain and pollution control — 0 questions

Greenhouse gases, global warming and climate change — 0 questions

Biodiversity, conservation and environmental law — 0 questions

LIVE — 0 questions

Livestock, dairy, poultry and animal nutrition disorders — 0 questions

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