IFS Exam
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invites IFS Exam, application forms for online and offline applications from specified and qualified applicants for the recruitment of respective vacancies in Indian Forest Service (IFS). UPSC IFS Exam, application form is also available online on Union Public Service Commission official website. Interested candidate may also get information about IFS Exam, application forms, eligibility, fee and selection process online on Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) official website.
Post Name – Indian Forest Service
Number of Post – 85
Age Limit – Minimum 21 Years to Maximum 30 Years
Pay Scale –
Selection Process – Written Examination and Interview Merit List
Application Form – Union Public Service Commission official website
Application Fee – Rs 100/- (Online) or Rs 200/- (Offline)
Exam commencing on July 1st or 2nd week, 2012
Last date of online applications is April 3rd week, 2012
Last date of offline applications is April 4th week, 2012
Educational Eligibility – Union Public Service Commission IFS Exam, educational eligibility candidate should have graduate degree in least one subject of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Geology, Mathematics, Botany, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics and Zoology (OR) Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry (OR) in Engineering (OR) an equivalent qualification from any recognized university.
Examination Center – Delhi, Tirupati, Udaipur, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Agartala, Dehradun, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Dharwad, Dispur, Bengalooroo, Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Gangtok, Cuttack, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kohima, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, and Allahabad
Syllabus of IFS Examination
The syllabus of Indian Forest Service Examination is as follows:
General English
Punctuation
Verbs and Proverbs
Direct& Indirect speech
Vocabulary
Sentence Formation
Adverbs
Passages and essays
Nouns,
Grammar
General Knowledge
This paper includes
Socio- economic related topics
Indian History and Social Development
One must update current affairs to score good marks in General Knowledge.
Agriculture
Soil Properties
Marketing of Agricultural Products
Natural Resources
Water-use efficiency and Farm Management.
Agricultural extension
Ecology
Agricultural Engineering
This paper includes
Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
Instrumentation and Computer Applications in Agricultural Engineering
Irrigation and Drainage
Soil and Water Conservation
Agro-energy and Agricultural Process Engineering
Agricultural Structures
Farm Power and machinery
Botany
Botany subject includes
Ecology and Plant Geography
Cryptogams
Phanerogams
Morphogenesis
Physiology and Biochemistry
Evolution
Plant Utility and Exploitation
Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Plant Breeding
Cell Biology
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
It includes
Animal Nutrition
Animal Physiology
Livestock Production and Management
Genetics and Animal Breeding
Health and Hygiene
Animal Diseases and Veterinary Public Health
Chemistry
This paper includes
Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Chemical Kinetics
Electrochemistry
Thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics
Chemical Bonding
Principles of Spectroscopy and Applications in Structure Elucidation.
Synthetic uses of reagents
Polymeric Systems
Atomic Structure
Surface Phenomena and Catalysis
Photochemistry
Reactive Intermediates
Chemical Engineering
This paper includes
Mass Transfer
Process Equipment Design
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Material and Energy Balances
Chemical Technology and Process Engineering Economics.
Process Dynamics and Control
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Forestry
This paper includes
Tree Improvement and Seed Technology
Social Forestry
Forest Ecology and Ethnobotany
Silviculture – systems
Forest Economics and Legislation.
Soil Conservation and Watershed Management
Silviculture of trees
Silviculture
Environmental Conservation and Biodiversity
Forest Protection & Wildlife Biology
Joint Forest Management and Tribology
Forest Soils
Silviculture – Mangrove and Cold desert
Agroforestry
its principles
Forest Management and Management Systems
Geology
Economic Geology
Paleontology
Geomorphology and Remote Sensing
General Geology
Mining Geology
Sedimentology
Igneous ad Metamorphic Petrology
Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology
Structural geology
Geochemistry and Environmental Geology.
Stratigraphy and Geology of India
Mineralogy
Physics
Electricity and Magnetism
Waves & Geometrical Optics
Quantum Mechanics II & Atomic Physics
Particle Physics & Solid State Physics
Electronics.
Electromagnetic Theory & Black Body Radiation
Physical Optics
Quantum Mechanics I
Classical Mechanics
Thermal and Statistical Physics
Special Relativity
Nuclear Physics
Mathematics
Numerical Analysis and Computer programming
Linear Programming
Partial differential equations
Basic concepts of Linear Algebra
Vector Analysis
Calculus
Analytic Geometry
Ordinary Differential Equations
Real Analysis
Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
Statics and Hydrostatics
Dynamics
Complex Analysis
Algebra
Zoology
Cell Biology
Economic
Evolution
Instrumental methods
Non-chordata and chordata
Physiology
Ethology
Ecology
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Systematics
Biochemistry
Biostatistics
Zoology
Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing Science
Thermodynamics
Manufacturing management
Engineering Materials
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Mechanics of Solids
Elements of Computation
Theory of Machines
I.C. Engines
Heat Transfer
Fuels and Combustion
Turbo-Machines and Power Plants
Statistics
Industrial Statistics
Demography and Psychometry
Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments
Sample Quantitative Economics and Official Statistics
Statistical Inference
Probability
Linear Inference and Multivariate Analysis
Optimization Techniques
Contact Address
Controller of Examinations
Union Public Service Commission
Dholpur House,
Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi – 110069
INDIA
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