ii) Education:

• AAO – Applicants must possess +2 with two years Diploma in Agriculture

• AHO – Applicants must possess +2 with two years Diploma in Horticulture

iii) Exam Syllabus :

General Studies Both common for AAO and AHO

(HSC Standard) – 100 question

1. General Science

2. Current Events

3. Geography

4. History and culture of India and Tamil Nadu

5. Indian Polity

6. Indian Economy

7. Indian National Movement

8. Aptitude and Mental ability (SSLC Standard)

Agriculture (Diploma Standard) – 100 question

• Unit 1: Basic Horticulture and plant Propagation

• Unit 2: Soil and Fertility, Irrigation and Weed Management

• Unit 3: Production Technology of Fruits and Vegetables

• Unit 4: production Technology of flowers crops and Land Scarping

• Unit 5: Production Technology of Spices, plantation crops, Medicinal and aromatic crops

• Unit 6: Insect pest and Diseases of Horticulture crops and their Management

• Unit 7: Post Harvest Handling and Value addition of Horticultural crops

• Unit 8: Livestock Management and Poultry Production

• Unit 9: Commercial Agriculture

• Unit 10: Farm Management, Marketing and Extension Education

Agriculture (Diploma Standard) – 100 question

• Unit 1: Agronomic principles, practices and meteorology

• Unit 2: Dry farming and Agro – forestry

• Unit 3: soils and fertility management

• Unit 4: Horticultural crop cultivation Techniques

• Unit 5: Breeding and seed production

• Unit 6: Plant protection principles and practices

• Unit 7: Livestock poultry management, Artificial Insemination and calf rearing

• Unit 8: Farm Machinery and post-Harvest Technology

• Unit 9: Energy and Environment

• Unit 10: Commercial Agriculture

• Unit 11: Agricultural Extension and Agricultural Economics

• Unit 12: Computer Application