UPSC IFOS Agricultural Engineering Paper II Syllabus

UPSC IFOS Agricultural Engineering Paper II: topic-wise syllabus

1. 1

   Farm Power and Machinery

   Section A

   • Agricultural mechanization and sources of farm power
   • Thermodynamics and IC engines
   • Tractors and power tillers
   • Power transmission, p.t.o. and control systems
   • Tillage machinery and traction theory
   • Sowing, transplanting and interculture implements
   • Plant protection equipment
   • Harvesting, threshing and combining equipment
   • Earth moving and land development machinery
   • Ergonomics and haulage of agricultural and forest produce
2. 2

   Agro-energy

   Section A

   • Energy requirements of agricultural operations and agro-processing
   • Electric motors for agriculture
   • Solar, wind and biogas energy
   • Biomass gasification
   • Energy efficient cooking stoves and alternate fuels
   • Electricity distribution for agricultural applications
3. 3

   Agricultural Process Engineering

   Section B

   • Post-harvest technology of crops
   • Engineering properties of agricultural produce
   • Unit operations: cleaning, grading, size reduction, drying, evaporation, filtration, freezing and packaging
   • Material handling equipment
   • Milk and dairy product processing
   • Waste and by-product utilization
4. 4

   Instrumentation and Computer Applications

   Section B

   • Electronic devices: rectifiers, amplifiers, oscillators and multivibrators
   • Digital circuits
   • Microprocessors in data acquisition and process control
   • Measurement of level, flow, strain, force, torque, pressure and temperature
   • Computer hardware and operating systems
   • Algorithms, flowcharts and problem analysis
   • Multimedia and audio-visual aids