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The Uttarakhand Govt Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC) has released a notification for the position of Sugarcane Supervisor for 2023. Eligible candidates can apply through recruitment. Find more information about the vacancy, including the eligibility criteria, salary, selection process, and last date for results, on the official website of uksssc. Keep in mind that the recruitment process is expected to be completed within schedule. Additionally, interested candidates can also find the application and notification for the UKSSSC Sugarcane Supervisor position on the recruitment website. It is also recommended to check for other government job notifications and central government jobs before applying for the UKSSSC Sugarcane Supervisor vacancy.

UKSSSC Sugarcane Supervisor Syllabus

PART A

• Environmental pollution/issues- soil, water, air; global warming, greenhouse effect. Pollutants- biodegradable and non-biodegradable. Biodiversity: need, methods of conservation. Renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. Impact of modern agriculture on the environment.
• State of matter and its classification. Osmosis, diffusion, solution. Atomic theory, Atomic structure. Discovery of electrons, protons, and neutrons. Atomic number, electronic distribution in orbits. pH scale.
• Cell structure and functions and types of cells, cell organelles, cell division, cell cycle. Tissue: plant and animal, types of tissues. Microorganisms: viruses, bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, and protists. Root and stem: structure, functions, and types. Leaf anatomy, secondary growth of stem and roots.
• Types of Revolution in the agriculture sector in India. Central agricultural research institutes, milk preservation. Classification of carbohydrates, amino acids, fats, and lipids. Source of vitamins, fats, minerals, and proteins. Balanced diet.
• Units, dimensions, measurements, scalar and vector quantities, force, work, energy, and power. Motion in a straight line. Circular motion, friction, the law of motion, the law of gravitation, simple pendulum, acceleration due to gravity, transverse and longitudinal waves, wave motion, and types of mechanical waves.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

(i) INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURE/ INTERMEDIATE AGRICULTURE WITH DIPLOMA IN FOOD PROCESSING/DIPLOMA IN DAIRY

UNIT I

• Introduction to agriculture, scope, and role of agriculture in the Indian economy and nutritional security. Classification of crops based on the nomenclature, season, life cycle, economic importance, and nutritional value.
• Field crops and cultivation technology of cereals and millets (wheat, rice, maize, and sorghum); pulses (Pigeonpea, Black gram, soybean, and pea); oilseeds (groundnut, sunflower, and mustard); fiber crops (jute and cotton); cash crop (Sugarcane and potato); forage crops (berseem and sorghum).
• Farming system, cropping system, cropping pattern, crop rotation. Tillage: definition, objective, types, and importance. Zero tillage. Irrigation: types and methods, drainage and its types. Weeds and their types, advantages, and disadvantages. Herbicides and their classification. Climate and weather, elements of weather, rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind, solar radiation, dew, cloud. Introduction to various agro meteorological equipment and Weather forecasting.
  Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT II

• Agricultural tools, equipment, machinery, and their uses. Materials used in the manufacturing of agricultural tools, plough, and its types; other agricultural equipments-Cultivator, hoe, harrow, tractor, and its types; duster and sprayers. Centrifugal pump and turbine pump.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT III

• Importance of horticulture in the Indian economy. Nursery and its management, Orchard planning and layout. Propagation methods in horticultural crops. Fruits and their classification. Cultivation technique of important fruit crops (mango, apple, banana, peach, guava, litchi, papaya). Vegetables and their classification, cultivation practices of important vegetables (Cole crops, Cucurbitaceae, Solanaceae, roots crops, and bulb crops). Importance of floriculture, Cultivation technique of important flowers (marigold, rose, and chrysanthemum). Post-harvest management and storage of fruits and vegetables.
• Introduction to agriculture, scope, and role of agriculture in the Indian economy and nutritional security. Classification of crops based on the nomenclature, season, life cycle, economic importance, and nutritional value.

UNIT IV

• Soil types and classification, distribution, soil profile, soil formation, soil conservation, soil erosion, soil weathering, physical properties of soil (texture, structure, and density), and reclamation of acidic and basic soils. Soil fertility, productivity, and concept of essential plant nutrients. Classification of essential plant nutrients. Roles and functions of essential plant nutrients, their importance, and deficiency symptoms.
• Introduction to soil pH and Organic Carbon. Introduction to manure, fertilizers, Biofertilizers, and their methods of application. Concept of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM). Important insect pests and diseases of crops, Types of fungicides, causes of diseases, and their management (chemical, biological and mechanical). Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Concept, history, and importance of Organic farming. Present status and contribution to the National economy. Important Government Schemes for the promotion of organic farming in India.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT V

• Important subsidiary enterprises based on Agriculture including Horticulture and their importance in the socio-economic status of an individual. Mushrooms, their nutritional status, and methods of production. Beekeeping and its important usage and importance of Honey, Wax, and Royal jelly and sericulture. Preparation of Bio-pesticides (plant-based). Setting up nurseries and marketing plant saplings and important Govt. Schemes for the support of these enterprises.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT VI

• Animal husbandry: role of livestock and poultry in agriculture and nutritional security, important indigenous and exotic breed of cattle, buffalo, and poultry. Qualitative and quantitative production details of products (eggs, milk, and its products). Animal body structure and function. The housing of dairy and poultry animals.
• Animal nutrition, important fodder crops, silage and hay preparation, balanced ratio: definition and ingredients, milk processing, pasteurization, and packaging. Principles of disease management, and vaccination. Rinderpest, foot and mouth disease, mastitis, hemorrhagic septicemia, bird flu, fowl pox, and Ranikhet disease, their prevention, and control.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT VII

• Structure of seed and its types, dormancy, root, stem, and leaf structure, types, and modifications. Breeding method for self and cross-pollination crops, modes of pollination, modes of reproduction, emasculation, floral biology, hybridization, and its types. Cell structure and function, cell division, mitosis and meiosis, DNA and RNA, Mutation, photosynthesis, respiration, C3, C4, and CAM plants, and Use of plant growth regulators in crops.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT VIII

• Statistics definition, frequency distribution, statistical mean mode and median, dispersion. Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

(i) INTERMEDIATE SCIENCE

UNIT I

Biodiversity

• Diversity in the living world, Classification of living organisms, Five kingdom classification, Taxonomy, and binomial nomenclature system, Salient features of animals (non-chordates up to phylum level, and chordates up to class level) and plants(major groups; Angiosperms up to class) classification, viruses, viroids, and lichens. Botanical gardens, herbaria, zoological parks, and museums.
  Structural organization in Animals and Plants.
• Morphology, anatomy, and functions of different parts of flowering plants, inflorescence, flower, fruit, and seed. Morphology, anatomy, and functions of different systems of an annelid (earthworm), an insect (cockroach), and an amphibian (frog).

Plant Physiology

• Plants and water mineral nutrition, nutrients and gases, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Plant growth, and development.

Human Physiology

• Digestion and absorption, Respiration, Circulation, Excretion, locomotion and movement, neural control and coordination, and Chemical coordination and regulation.

Reproduction

• Reproduction in organisms; asexual and sexual reproduction, Sexual reproduction in flowering plants, Human reproduction: Reproductive system in male and female, menstrual cycle, Gametogenesis, fertilization, implantation, embryonic development, pregnancy, parturition, and lactation. Reproductive health: Population and birth control, contraception and MTP; STDs and infertility.

Genetics and Evolution

• Mendelian inheritance, Chromosomal theory of inheritance, incomplete dominance, co-dominance, multiple alleles, Sex determination in humans, Linkage and crossing over, Mendelian and chromosomal disorders in human beings. DNA and RNA, Search for genetic material, replication, transcription, genetic code, translation, gene expression and regulation, genome and Human Genome Project, and DNA fingerprinting.
• Evolution: the origin of life, theories, and evidence, adaptive radiation, mechanism of evolution, origin, and evolution of humans.

Biology and Human Welfare

• Basic concept of immunology, vaccines, pathogens, parasites. Cancer and AIDS, Adolescence, and drug/alcohol abuse.
• Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein, food production, animal husbandry, Microbes in household food processing, industrial production, sewage treatment, energy generation, Bio-control agents, and bio-fertilizers.

Biotechnology and its applications

• Principles and Processes; recombinant DNA technology, Application in health and agriculture, Genetically modified (GM) organisms; Bio-safety issues.

Ecology and Environment

• Ecosystems: components, types, energy flow, ecosystem services, Organism and Population: Organisms and environment, population and ecological adaptations, National Parks and Sanctuaries, Environmental issues, Biosphere reserves.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT II

Basic concepts of chemistry

• Law of chemical combination, atomic and molecular mass, mole concept, classification of matter, physical and chemical changes, molarity and molality, empirical formula.

Structure of atom

• Atomic models (Bohr’s model, Thomson’s model, and Rutherford’s model), Dual behavior of matter, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, orbitals, and quantum numbers, Aufbau principle, Pauli exclusion principle, Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity, electronic configuration of atoms.

Classification of elements and Periodicity in properties

• Modern periodic table, periodicity in properties (electro-negativity, electron gain enthalpy, ionization enthalpy)

Chemical bonding and molecular structure

• Octet Rule, covalent bond, ionic bond, bond parameters, valence bond theory, types of overlapping and nature of the covalent bond, hybridization, molecular orbital theory, hydrogen bonding.

Thermodynamics

• The system and the surroundings, work, energy, heat, Hess law

Redox reaction

• Oxidation and reduction reactions, oxidation number

Solutions

• Solutions and their types, colligative properties, ideal and non-ideal solutions, the vapor pressure of solutions, and Raoult’s law.

S-Block elements

• Alkali metals and alkaline earth metals; introduction, physical and chemical properties, a compound of calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium.

Organic chemistry

• Some basic concepts and techniques of organic chemistry, introduction, nomenclature, types, source and importance of organic compounds, isomerism, and its types.

Hydrocarbons

• General introduction, classification, and properties of alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes; Aromatic hydrocarbons.

Polymers

• Introduction, classification, and uses of polymers (polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, Bakelite, melamine, rubber(natural and synthetic), and bio-degradable polymers.

Chemistry in everyday life

• Chemicals in food and drugs, cleansing agents (soaps and synthetic detergents). Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT III

• Measurement:- Significant figures, accuracy, the precision of measuring instruments, errors in measurement. Motion:- Projectile motion, angular momentum, linear momentum, Torque, conservation of angular momentum and linear momentum, conservation of energy, kinetic and potential energy, centripetal force and centrifugal force, static and dynamic friction, the concept of center of mass, a moment of inertia and its application, planetary motions and its law. Escape velocity, orbital velocity, Centre of gravity, geostationary satellite.

Properties of Matter

• Elasticity, Hooke’s law, coefficient of elasticity, Pressure due to fluids, Viscosity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its application, Surface Tension.

Thermodynamics

• Law of thermodynamics and its application, Heat, Temperature, Thermal expansion, Specific Heat, Latent Heat, Transmission of heat, Newton’s cooling law, heat engine, refrigerator, the law of equipartition energy.

Electricity and Magnetism

• Electric charges and their properties, Coulomb’s law, Electric field, field line and intensity, electric dipole and moment, electric flux, Gauss’s Theorem, and its application, electric potential, Equipotential surface, electric potential energy, capacitor and capacitance, electric current, drift velocity, electric current density, Kirchhoff’s law, Whetstone’s bridge, Meter bridge, Potentiometer, magnetic flux, Lorentz’s force, Biot Savert’s law, and its application, conversion of galvanometer into ammeter and voltmeter, electromagnetic induction, Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, eddy current, earth’s magnetic field, and elements.

Waves and Optics

• Simple harmonic motion, Beats, Doppler effect in sound, electromagnetic waves, properties, and their application. displacement current, Reflection, refraction, total internal reflection and application, refractive index, lens maker formula, magnification, power of the lens, Dispersion, Scattering, Polarization, Interference, and Diffraction of light. Optical instruments. Human eye. Huygens’ theorem.

Modern Physics

• Dual nature of radiation, Matter-wave. Photoelectric effect. Atomic structure. Hydrogen Spectrum. Atomic Nucleus, Radioactivity. a.ẞ,y properties, and Decay. Mass Defect and Binding energy. Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear reactor. Band energy Theory. Semiconductor. Diode. Rectifier. Zener diode as a voltage regulator, Transistor and its application as an (amplifier, oscillator, and switch). Logic Gates.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

UNIT IV

• Statistics: Definition, frequency distribution, statistical mean mode and median, dispersion.
• Current general knowledge and current scientific advancement with the topics included mentioned above.

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UKSSSC Sugarcane Supervisor Exam Pattern

To excel in the UKSSSC Ganna Paryavekshak Exam, it is essential for candidates to familiarize themselves with the exam pattern. The selection process includes an objective type exam, which must be passed before moving on to document verification. The exam pattern is as follows:

• The exam will consist of 100 total marks.
• The objective test will last for 2 hours.
• For the written test question paper, 1 mark will be awarded for each correct answer, and 0.25 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer.
• There will be no penalty for unanswered questions.

UKSSSC Sugarcane Supervisor Eligibility and Qualification

(A) A certificate of completion for the intermediate-level examination in agriculture from the Board of Secondary Education in Uttaranchal or an equivalent examination recognized by the government. or

(B) A certificate of completion for the high school level examination from the Board of Secondary Education in Uttaranchal or an equivalent examination recognized by the government.

(C) A diploma in agriculture from a recognized institution, earned over a period of two years.

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