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Syllabus of Paper I of Agricultural Engineering of Indian Forest Services Exam

Section A

1. Soil and Water Conservation: Scope of soil and water conservation.
Mechanics and types of erosion, their causes. Rainfall, runoff and
sedimentation relationships and their measurement. Soil erosion control
measures - biological and engineering including stream bank protection-
vegetative barriers, contour bunds, contour trenches, contour stone walls,
contour ditches, terraces, outlets and grassed waterwyas. Gully control
structures - temporary and permanent - design of permanent soil
conservation structures such as chute, drop and drop inlet spillways. Design
of farm ponds and percolation ponds. Principles of flood control-flood routing.
Watershed Management - investigation, planning and implementation -
selection of priority areas and water shed work plan, water harvesting and
moisture conservation. Land development - levelling, estimation of earth
volumes and costing. Wind Erosion process - design fo shelter belts and wind
brakes and their management. Forest (Conservation) Act,

2. Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing: Basic characteristics of
photographic images, interpretation keys, equipment for interpretation,
imagery interpretation for land use, geology, soil and forestry.

Remote sensing - merits and demerits of conventional and remote sensing
approaches. Types of satellite images, fundamentals of satellite image
interpretation, teachniques of visual and digital interpretations for soil, water
and land use management. Use of GIS in planning and development of
watersheds, forests including forest cover, water resources etc.

Section B

3. Irrigation and Drainage: Sources of water for irrigation. Planning and
design of minor irrigation projects. Techniques of measuring soil moisture -
laboratory and in situ, Soil-water plant relationships. Water requirement of
crops. Planning conjunctive use of surface and ground weater. Measurement
of irrigation water, measuring devices - orifices, weirs and flumes. Methods
of irrigation - surface, sprinkler and drip, fertigation. Irrigation efficiencies
and their estimation. Design and construction of canals, field channels,
underground pipelines, head-gates, diversion boxes and structures for road
crossing. Occurrence of ground water, hydraulics of wells, types of wells
(tube wells and open wells) and their construction. Well development and
testing. Pumps-types, selection and installation. Rehabilitation of sick and
failed wells.

Drainage causes of waterlogging and salt problem. Methods of drainage of
irrigated and unirrigated lands, design of surface, sub-surface and vertical
drainage systems. Improvement and utilization of poor quality water.
Reclamation of saline and alkali soils. Economics of irrigation and drainage
systems. Use of waste water for irrigation — standards of waste water for
sustained irrigation, feasibility and economics.

4. Agricultural Structures: Site selection, design and construction of
farmstead - farm house, cattle shed, dairy bam, poultry shed, hog housing,
machinery and implement shed, storage structures for food grains, feed and
forage. Design and consturction of fences and farm roads. Structures for
plant environment - green houses, poly houses and shade houses. Common
building materials used in construction - timber, brick, stone, tiles, concrete
etc and their properties. Water supply, drainage and sanitation system.

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