SPSC Village Level Worker Syllabus 2026

Selection Process

• Paper-I: General English and General Knowledge (100 Marks)
• Paper-II: Agriculture and Horticulture (300 Marks)

SPSC VLW Exam Pattern - Overview

Paper-I Exam Pattern

Negative marking is applicable as the questions are objective type on OMR sheets; exact deduction value not specified in the official notification.

Paper-II Exam Pattern

Negative marking is applicable; exact deduction value not specified in the official notification. Qualifying marks/percentage by category is also not specified in the official notification.

General English Syllabus (Paper-I)

• Grammar
• Composition
• Comprehension
• Essay Writing
• Precis Writing

General Knowledge Syllabus (Paper-I)

• General awareness on current affairs
• Current events of state and national importance
• Important historical events of state and national importance

Agriculture Syllabus (Paper-II)

• Agriculture: definition, introduction, importance and scope
• Organic farming: definition, components, advantages and disadvantages, certification and scope of organic farming
• Classification of crops; effect of different weather parameters on crop growth and development
• Cultivation: types, tillage, tilth and its principles and characteristics; water requirement of crops, methods of irrigation; weeds and their control methods; cropping systems, crop rotation, relay cropping, mixed cropping, multi-storied cropping
• Soil: types, physical properties and their importance, composition and decomposition; effect of organic matter on soil and soil fertility
• Nutrients: essential plant nutrients and their function and deficiency symptoms in plants
• Extension: definition, objectives, function, principle
• Plant protection: classification of insect, pest and disease; insects, pests and diseases of cereals, pulses and oilseed crops and their management; Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Integrated Disease Management (IDM)
• Natural farming: definition, principles, crop management, production of bio inputs; farm machinery/mechanization

Horticulture Syllabus (Paper-II)

• Horticulture: definition, importance, scope and its types
• Classification of horticultural plants
• Soil and climatic requirements of horticultural plants; raising and management of nursery
• Propagation of plants: budding, grafting, layering; training and pruning; planning and layout of orchard; package and practices of cultivation of summer and winter vegetables, fruits and flowers
• Post-harvest management of vegetables, flowers and fruits: pre-harvest factors, post-harvest factors, maturity index of vegetables and fruits
• Processing of fruits and vegetables: preparation techniques of jam, jelly, marmalade, pickles and their methods of judging end point
• Tools and implements used in horticulture garden
• Plant breeding: principles of plant breeding, breeding of field and horticultural crops, commercial plant breeding, genetics, methods of plant breeding; plant biotechnology and tissue culture

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