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ICAR NET Syllabus | ASRB NET Syllabus Pdf 2021

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ASRB ICAR NET stands for Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board Indian Council conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research National Eligibility Test.

It is a national level exam scheduled to be held from 21 to 27 June 2021 in Online computer-based mode at 32 Centres across India. It is conducted for the recruitment of candidates as lecturers/assistant professors in State Agricultural and other agricultural universities.

A Master’s Degree in the discipline that a candidate wishes to teach is mandatory to be eligible for this examination.

Exam Name ASRB ICAR NET Examination
Purpose Recruit lecturers and assistant professors at state and other agricultural universities
Exam Type Entrance exam
Date To be announced
Mode Computer-Based Test (Online)
Language English or Hindi
Minimum Eligibility Requirement A master’s degree in the corresponding discipline.
Question Type Multiple Choice/Objective
Duration 2 Hours
Negative Marking 0.33 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer
Exam Website www.asrb.org.in

Candidates can download the ASRB NET syllabus pdf 2021 from the official website.

ICAR ASRB NET 2021- Exam Pattern

1. ASRB ICAR NET – Preliminary

Before taking the exam, the candidates must be thoroughly aware about the exam pattern which is mentioned below:

  • Mode of Examination- The ASRB is conducting the NET 2020 exam via the online mode. Therefore, it will be a computer-based test.
  • Duration of the Exam- The duration of the exam is 2 hours.
  • Type of questions- The question type would be objective or multiple-choice questions (MCQs)
  • Language of the Exam- The questions are asked in both Hindi and English; therefore, it is a bilingual examination.
  • Number of questions- There are a total of 150 questions asked in the exam.
  • Number of marks- The total marks of the examination tally up to 150.
  • Standard of the test- The standard of the test is pertaining to the level of the master’s degree in their relevant field/discipline.
  • Marks for the correct answer- Each question carries 1 mark and so for the correct answer, 1 mark would be awarded.
  • Marks for the incorrect answer- There is a negative marking for every incorrect answer. 1/3 marks would be deducted for the same.

2. ASRB ICAR NET – Mains

The Mains paper will be of 240 marks in their relevant areas which need to be attempted within a time constraint of 3 hours. The paper shall be divided into 3 parts A, B and C.

Part No. of Questions Marks Per Question Total Marks
A 40 2 80
B 20 5 100
C 6 10 60
Total 66 – 240
  • Part A shall consist of 40 questions, 2 marks each.
  • Part B shall consist of 20 questions,5 marks each (requiring one or two paragraphs or graphical representation)
  • Part C shall consist of 6 essay type or descriptive questions, 10 marks each, having more than one part.

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ASRB NET 2021 Syllabus

The syllabus for the ICAR NET exam is prescribed by the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB).

The exam is conducted for 55 disciplines in total and the syllabus is different for each of the disciplines. Given below are the main topics of the ASRB NET syllabus:

  1. Agricultural Biotechnology– Cell Structure and Function, Biomolecules and Metabolism, Enzymology, Molecular Genetics, Gene Expression, Molecular Biology Techniques, Gene Cloning, Molecular Biology, Plant Molecular Biology, Tissue Culture, Plant Genetic Engineering, Molecular Marker and Genomics.
  2. Agricultural Entomology– Systematics, Morphology, Embryology, Internal Anatomy and Physiology, Ecology, Biological Control, Chemical Control and Toxicology, Host Plant Resistance, Innovative Approaches in Pest Control, Integrated Pest Management, Pesticide Application Equipment, Pests of Field Crops and their Management, Pests of Horticultural Crops and their Management, Pests of Stored Products and their Management, Arthropod Vectors of Plant Diseases, Honey Bees and Bee-Keeping, Silkworms and Sericulture, Lac Insect, Other Useful Insects, Statistics and Computer Application.
  1. Agricultural Microbiology– History of Microbial World, Microbial Ecology and Physiology, Soil Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology and Basic Microbiology Techniques, Microbial Biotechnology.
  1. Economic Botany and Plant Genetics Resources– Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics, economically important plants –I, II, and III, Biodiversity and Plant Genetic Resources (PGR), Germplasm Augmentation, Germplasm Conservation, Biotechnology in PGR, Plant Quarantine, Germplasm Characterization, Evaluation, Maintenance and Regeneration.
  2. Genetics & Plant Breeding– General Genetics and Plant Breeding, Economics Botany and Plant Breeding Methods, Genome Organization and Cytogenetics of Crop Plants, Quantitative and Biometrical Genetics, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Tools in Plant Breeding for Stress Resistance and Nutritional Quality, Plant Genetic Resources and their Regulatory System, Varietal Release and Seed Production, Statistical Methods and Field Plot Techniques.
  3. Nematology– History and Economic Importance, Nematode Taxonomy and Morphology, Nematological Techniques, Nematode Ecology, Plant Nematode Relationships, Nematode Physiology and Cytology, Nematode Management, Interactions of Nematode with Soil Organisms, Statistics.
  4. Plant Biochemistry– Basic Biotechnology and Biomolecules, Intermediary Metabolism, Enzymes, Vitamins and Hormones, Molecular Biology, Techniques in Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Food-grains, Fruits and Vegetables, Photosynthesis, Plant Metabolic Processes, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology/ Genetic Engineering.
  5. Plant Pathology– History and Principles of Plant Pathology, Laboratory and Analytical Techniques, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, Mycology, Plant Bacteriology, Plant Virology, Plant Disease Epidemiology, Phanerogamic parasites and Non-parasitic Diseases, Fungal Diseases of Crop Plants, Bacterial and Viral Diseases of Crop Plants, Management of Plant Diseases.
  6. Plant Physiology– Cell Organelles and Water Relations, Metabolic Processes and Growth Regulation, Crop Productivity and Modelling, Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants, Plant Growth Regulators and Plant Development, Mineral Nutrition, Climate Change, Seed Physiology, Physiology of Flowering and Reproduction, Physiology of Horticultural and Plantation Crop Species, Post-Harvest Physiology, Morphogenesis, Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation.

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  1. Seed Science & Technology– Seed Biology, Seed Production, Seed Processing, Seed Quality Control, Seed Storage, Seed Health, Seed Industry Development and Marketing, Protection of Plant Varieties.

11.Floriculture & Landscaping – Breeding, Production Technology of Cut Flowers, Production Technology for Loose Flowers, Landscaping, Protected Floriculture, Value Addition, Turfing and Turf Management, CAD for Outdoor and Indoor scaping.

12.Fruit Science – Tropical and Dry Land Fruit Production, Subtropical and Temperate Fruit Production, Biodiversity and Conservation, Canopy Management in Fruit Crops, Breeding of Fruit Crops, Breeding of Fruit Crops, Post-Harvest Technology, Growth and Development, Biotechnology of Fruit Crops, Protected Fruit Culture.

13.Spices, Plantation & Medicinal & Aromatic Plants – Production of Plantation Crops, Production Technology of Spice Crops, Agronomy of Medicinal, Aromatic and Under-Utilized Crops, Breeding of Plantation Crops and Spices, Breeding of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Processing of Plantation Crops, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Organic Spice and Plantation Crop Production Technology.

  1. Vegetable Science– Production Technology of Cool Season Vegetable Crops, Production Technique of Warm Season Vegetable Crops, Breeding of Vegetable Crops, Growth and Development, Seed Production, Systematics of Vegetable Crops, Production Technology of Underexploited Vegetable Crops, Post Harvest Technology of Vegetable Crops.
  2. Animal Biochemistry– Scope of Biochemistry, Structure and Properties of Biologically, Amino acids, Major Classes of Enzymes, Bioenergetics, Mechanism of Storage, Structure and Metabolic, Blood composition and Biochemical Constituents of Erythrocytes, Basic Principles and Use of Latest Photometric, Environmental Pollution in Relation to Animal Health and Production.
  3. Animal Biotechnology– Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Gene Structure and Expression, Genetic Engineering and Recombinant DNA Technology, Animal Tissue Culture and Hybridoma Technology, Embryo Transfer and Related Techniques, Molecular Biology Techniques.
  4. Animal Genetics & Breeding– Overview of Genetics, Advanced Genetics, Overview of Breeding, Genetic Properties of Population, Population Genetics, Genetic Strategies, Selection & Selection Experiments, Genetic Laboratory Techniques, Research Techniques for Quantitative Animal Genetics, Laboratory Animal Breeding.
  5. Animal Nutrition– energy and Proteins, Minerals, Vitamins and Feed Additives, Rumen Ecosystem and Functions, Non-Ruminant Nutrition, Nutrient Requirements, Forage Conservation and Evaluation, Feed Processing and Technology, Anti-Metabolites and Toxic Principles, Elements of Research Methodology, Clinical Nutrition.
  6. Animal Physiology– Cellular Basis of Animal Physiology, Blood and Circulation, Respiration, Excretion, Digestion, Muscle Physiology, Nervous System, Endocrinology, Reproduction, Physiology of Growth, Climate Physiology, Behavioural Physiology.
  7. Animal Reproduction & Gynaecology– Veterinary Gynaecology, Reproductive Endocrinology, Accidents during Gestation, Veterinary Obstetrics, Andrology, Male Infertility, Frozen Semen Technology and Artificial Insemination, Reproductive Technology, Infertility in Cows and Buffaloes, Reproduction and Infertility in Ovine/ Caprine, Reproduction and Infertility in Swine, Equine Reproduction, Canine and Feline Reproduction.
  8. Dairy Chemistry– Milk Constituents, Lactose Structure, Milk Lipids, Milk Adulteration, Cream, Heat Stability of Milk, Cheese, Ice-Cream, Definition of Quality, Spectroscopy.
  9. Dairy Microbiology– Microflora associated with Milk and Milk Products, Bacteriological Aspects of Processing Techniques, Naturally occurring Preservative Systems in Milk, Microbiological Quality of Fat Rich Products, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Dairy Products as Functional/ Health Foods, Microbiological Quality of Indigenous Dairy Products, Preparation of by-products from Dairy Effluents by Microbial Fermentation, Microbiological Aspects of Quality Control and Quality Assurance in Production of Milk and Milk Products.
  10. Dairy Technology– Market Milk, Fat Rich Dairy Products, Frozen Milk Products, Cheese and Fermented Milk Products, Concentrated and Dried Milk Products, Indigenous Milk Products, Utilization of Milk By-products, Packaging of Milk and Milk Products, Cleaning and Sanitation, Advances in Dairy Technology, Legal and Quality Aspects for Milk and Milk Products.
  11. Livestock Product Technology – Basic and General Aspects of Livestock Products, Abattoir and Poultry Processing Plants, Processing and Preservation, Wool, Mohair and Fur, Packaging, Quality Control, Marketing.
  12. Livestock Production Management– General, Breeding Management, Feeding Management, Reproduction Management, Shelter Management, Health Management, Production and Management of Cattle and Buffalo, Production and Management of other Animals, Wildlife Management, Forage Production and Conservation, Economics and Marketing of Livestock and Poultry and their Products.
  13. Poultry Science– Poultry Genetics and Breeding, Poultry Nutrition, Avian Physiology, Poultry Products Technology, Poultry Management, Economics and Marketing, Poultry Health Management.
  14. Veterinary Medicine– General Medicine, Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, Gastroenterology, Diseases of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary System, Diseases of Urinary, Nervous, Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems, Production and Deficiency Diseases, Common Toxicities, Infectious Diseases, Parasitic Diseases, Poultry Diseases, Veterinary Jurisprudence and Ethics, Special Therapeutic Approaches, Prevention and Control of Diseases, Common Diseases of the zoo, Laboratory Animals and Wildlife.
  15. Veterinary Microbiology– General Bacteriology, Systematic Bacteriology, General Virology, Systematic Virology, Mycology, Immunology, Molecular Cell Biology.
  16. Veterinary Parasitology– Veterinary Helminthology, Veterinary Entomology, Veterinary Protozoology, Clinical Parasitology, Parasitic Zoonoses, Management of Livestock Parasitism, ImmunoParasitology, Diagnostic Parasitology.
  17. Veterinary Pathology– Introduction, History and Etiology, Haemodynamic Derangements, Degeneration and Necrosis, Inflammation and Healing, Immunopathology, Genetically Determined Diseases, Disturbances in Cell Growth and Oncology, Post-mortem Diagnosis and Histopathological Techniques, Clinical Pathology, Systemic Pathology, Pathology of Infectious Diseases, Avian Pathology, Nutritional and Production Pathology, Pathology of Toxicosis, Pathology of Diseases of Laboratory and Wild Animals.
  18. Veterinary Pharmacology– General Pharmacology, Drug Acting on Central Nervous System, Drug Acting on Humoral and Autonomic Nervous Systems, Drug Acting on Cardio-vascular and Respiratory Systems, Drugs Acting on Digestive System, Drug Action on Uro-genital System, Endocrine Pharmacology, Autacoids, Chemotherapy, Toxicology, Ecotoxicology, Miscellaneous Topics.
  19. Veterinary Public Health– Veterinary Public Health, Milk Hygiene, Meat Hygiene, Food-borne Infections and Intoxications, Zoonoses, Environmental Hygiene, Epidemiology, Experimental Animal Medicine, Health Education, Standard Guidelines and Legislation, Microbiology in Public Health.
  20. Veterinary Surgery– General Surgery, Anaesthesia, Radiology, Orthopaedics and Lameness, Surgery of Head and Neck Region, Thoracic Surgery, Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery.
  21. Aquaculture– Aquaculture Systems, Species Selection Criteria for Various Culture Practices, Brood stock Development and Management, Farm Design, Construction and Operational Management.
  22. Fisheries Resource Management – Fisheries Resources, Fishery Biology, Aquatic Environment, Fisheries Management, Fishing Technology, Economies and Marketing, Fisheries Livelihood.
  23. Fish Process Technology– Craft Technology, Gear Technology, Process Biochemistry, Fish Processing Technology, Microbiology, Quality Management and Certification, Fishery Engineering, Economics and Marketing.
  24. Fish Nutrition– Principles of Fish Nutrition, Nutritional Physiology, Feed Formulation, Feed Technology, and Feeding Management, Nutrition and Fish Health, Nutrigenomics.
  25. Fish Health– Introduction to Fish Health and Pathology, Diseases of Fish, Aquatic Environment and Fish Health, Disease Diagnosis, Defence Systems and Tumours, Disease Prevention and Control.
  26. Fish Genetics & Breeding– Principles of Fish Genetics and Breeding, Population and Quantitative Genetics, Genetic Tools for Aquaculture application, Breeding of Fish and Shellfish, Conservation, Bioinformatics.
  27. Agricultural Chemicals– General Chemistry, Chromatography and Spectroscopic Techniques, Chemistry of Natural Products, Naturally Occurring Insecticides, Synthetic Insecticides, Fungicides, Nematicides and Rodenticides, Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators, Agrochemical Formulations, Pesticide Residues and their Dynamics in the Environment, Agrochemicals – regulation and quality control, Natural Resource Management, Environment Pollution: Implications and Remediation.
  28. Agricultural Meteorology– General Meteorology, General Climatology, Agricultural Climatology, Micrometeorology, Evapotranspiration, Crop Weather Modeling, Weather Forecasting for Agriculture.
  29. Agroforestry– National Forest Policy 1894, 1952, and 1988, Indian Forest Act 1927, Forest Conservation Act 1980, and Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Concept and Definition of Agroforestry, Plant Management Practices in Agroforestry, Extent and Causes of Land Denudation, Forest Mensuration, Definition, Object, and Scope of Silviculture, Seed Collection, Forest Management, Tree Improvement, Forestry in Bio-Economic Productivity of different Argo-Eco-Systems and Environmental Management, Measurement of Trees and Stand, Climate Change, Statistics.
  30. Agronomy– Crop Ecology and Geography, Weed Management, Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use, Dryland, Agronomy, Crop Production in Problem Soils, Crop Production, Agricultural Statistics, Sustainable Land Use Systems, Basics of Soil and Water, Soil Water Relationship, Plant Water Relationship, Irrigation Water Management, Management of Problematic Soils and Water.
  31. Environmental Sciences– Definition and Scope of Environment Science, Basic Ecological Concepts, Biodiversity Concepts, Composition of Air, Soil and Water Pollution, Climate Change, Energy Consumption Pattern in Urban and Rural India, Natural Resources of India, Frequency Distribution, Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation.
  32. Soil Sciences– Pedology, Soil Physics, Soil Chemistry, Soil Fertility, Soil Microbiology, Statistics.
  33. Agricultural Business Management– Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Managerial Accounting and Control, Financial Management for Agri. Business, Agricultural Marketing Management, Production and Operation Management, Managerial Economics, Operations Research, Agribusiness Environment and Policy, Strategic Management, Research Methodology in Business Management, Project Management and Entrepreneurship Development.
  34. Agricultural Economics– Agricultural Development and Policies, Natural Resource Management, Farm Business Management and Production Economics, Agricultural Finance, Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Marketing Management, Production and Operation Management, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurial Skills and New Venture Planning.
  35. AgriculturalExtension– Fundamentals of Extension and Communication, Extension Methods & Farm Journalism, Information Communication Technologies (ICT), Training & Human Resource Development, Research Methodology in Extension Education, Programme Planning, Evaluation & Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations, Extension Management, Entrepreneurial Development, Developmental Strategies and Issue in Extension, Gender Sensitization and Empowerment.
  36. AgriculturalStatistics– Statistical Methods I and II, Statistical Genetics I and II, Design of Experiments I and II, Sample Surveys I and II, Computer Applications.
  37. HomeSciences– Human Nutrition, Health and Interventions, Food Science and Processing Technologies, Textile Science, Fashion Designing and Garment Production, Human Development and Family Dynamics, Family Resource Management and Consumer Science, Home Science Extension and Communication Methods.
  38. FarmMachineryand Power – Farm Mechanization and Equipment, Farm Machinery Design, Farm Machinery Testing, Evaluation and Management, Engines and Tractor Systems, Ergonomics and Safety, Soil Dynamics in Tillage and Traction, Energy in Agriculture, Manufacturing Technology, Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques.
  39. Agricultural Structures and Environmental Management– Introduction, Materials for Different Agricultural Structures, Environment Control, Functional Planning, Engineering of Structures, On-farm Structures, Structures Related to Agricultural Production, Handling, Packaging and Transportation, Supporting Infrastructure, Instrumentation and Process Control.
  40. Land and Water Management Engineering– Ground Development, Wells and Pumps, Open Channel Hydraulics, Soil, Plant, Water, and Atmosphere Relationship, Hydrology and Soil and Water Conservation, Watershed Management, Irrigation Water Management, Management of Degraded, Waterlogged and Other Problematic Soils and Water.
  41. Agricultural Process Engineering– Engineering Properties and Quality of Biomaterials, Heat and Mass Transfer, Post-Harvest Unit Operations, Process Technology and Machinery, Design of Processing Machinery, Material Handling, Packaging and Transport, Storage Engineering, Process Plant Design, Instrumentation and Process Control, Agri-project Planning and Management.
  42. Food Technology– Introductory Food technology, Technology of Foods of Plant Origin, Technology of Foods of Animal Origin, Food Quality Management, Food Engineering/ Packaging and Labelling, Food Microbiology & Biotechnology, Flavour Chemistry Technology, Consumer Sciences/ Food Product Development/ Health Foods

Viva Voce

The candidates who clear the ASRB NET mains examination and score the required cut off to clear the exam are them called to appear for the Viva Voce. The candidates who appear for the Viva voce are chosen on the basis of the results of the ARS Mains Exam.

  • The Viva-voce is conducted by a group of experts in the fields. It is worth 60 marks.
  • The main aim of the viva voce is to assess the candidate’s suitability for the service.
  • It is a very natural and directed purposeful conversation.
  • The candidates are tested on various factors which include their curiosity, social skills, practical knowledge, critical thinking, decision making, and other factors which will make them eligible for the further process.