The Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi coordinates the ASRB ARS exam. This focused Agricultural Research Services Examination is directed for enrollment of researcher opportunities in Agricultural Research Services (ARS) under different orders (at present there are 55 related orders). This exam is led in two phases in particular ASRB ARS Preliminary Exam and ASRB ARS Main exam.

The ARS (Preliminary) Examination is a qualifying examination and its imprints are not conveyed forward for deciding last value of hopefuls. All competitors wishing to show up for ASRB ARS 2014 are required to show up for both Preliminary and Main examination and viva-voce.

ASRB ARS 2015 Paper Pattern:

Two separate focused composed examinations took after by Viva-voce might be directed according to the accompanying arrangement of examination:-

(an) ARS-2014 (Preliminary) (Objective Type) 150 Marks and 2 hours span

(b) ARS-2014 (Main) (Descriptive Type) 240 Marks and 3 hours span

(c) Viva-voce

(an) ARS-2015 (Preliminary) (Objective Type) 150 Marks and 2 hours span:

ARS (Preliminary) Examination might have one paper of 150 imprints with every one of numerous decision target inquiries to be unraveled in 2 hours (Two hours), from the particular expert subject(s) for which hopeful has picked. The Examination will be directed in Online configuration at the assigned Centers. The answers are to be shown on the Computer itself amid the Examination.

Negative checking: 1/3 marks for wrong reply.

The aggregate imprints acquired will be adjusted off to the following higher whole number if there should arise an occurrence of 0.5 or more and to the quick lower whole number if there should be an occurrence of 0.4 and beneath

Least stamps required for qualifiying ASRB ARS preparatory exam:

Un-reserved(UR) (General): 45%. OBC(Non-Creamy layer): 40%. SC/ST/Person with Disability (PwD): 35%.

(b) ARS (Main) (Descriptive Type) 240 Marks and 3 hours length:

ARS-2014 (Main) Examination Paper will have stand out paper of 240 imprints to be finished in 3 hours term. The paper should be separated in three sections A, B and C.

Section "A" will comprises of 40 (forty) inquiries of 2 (two) denote each. In this part, answers required will be of short, not surpassing 10 (Ten) words at the most.

Part "B" will have 20 (twenty) inquiries of 5 (five) denote each requiring maybe a couple passages and/or realistic clarification.

Part "C" will have 6 (six) exposition sort or enlightening sort questions. Every inquiry will convey 10 (ten) stamps and may have two or more parts.

The competitors who get such least qualifying marks in the Main Examination as might be settled by the Board in its watchfulness, should be called for viva-voce in the proportion of 1:5 (classification shrewd) for every post.

(c) Viva-voce:

Competitors will be met by a Board of skillful and impartial specialists in the individual controls, who will have before them a record of his/her profession. The object of the viva-voce is to evaluate his/her appropriateness for the Service for which he/she has contended.

The Book which can be referred for the previous year question paper is as follows:

Question papers : Twelfth Agricultural Research Service Examination 1994.

Author: Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Publisher: New Delhi : ICAR, 1998.
Edition/Format: Print book : Juvenile audience : English : 12d
Database: WorldCat
Other title: Question Papers.
Subjects
Agriculture -- Study and teaching.
Agriculture-Examinations, questions, etc.