IBPS SO Agricultural Field Officer, CRP SPL-XVI (2026) - new pattern · India · Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersShort business courses on individual input and livestock industries: seed, fertiliser, agro-chemicals, dairy, feed, poultry, farm power and renewable energy.
In the exams: agricultural development bank officer recruitment, animal husbandry, fisheries and farm engineering (heavy); agricultural field officer recruitment in banking, crops, soils, horticulture and animal husbandry (heavy)
How our questions for IBPS SO Agricultural Field Officer, CRP SPL-XVI spread across the units of Sector-specific Agribusiness Electives. Difficulty: 17 easy, 25 medium, 4 hard.
| Poultry and hatchery business (ABM 522) | 7 | |
| Agro-chemicals and the Insecticides Act (ABM 513) | 6 | |
| Seed programmes and certification (ABM 514) | 5 | |
| Farm power and its cost analysis (ABM 517) | 5 | |
| Fertiliser manufacture and demand (ABM 512) | 4 | |
| Feed plant management and regulation (ABM 520) | 4 | |
| Dairy plant management and dairy marketing (ABM 527) | 4 | |
| Renewable energy institutions (ABM 529) | 4 | |
| Farm machinery business | 3 | |
| Floriculture business | 2 | |
| Livestock business | 2 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
On pesticide labels in India, a red diamond-shaped toxicity mark indicates that the product is
B. extremely toxic
India uses red for extremely toxic, yellow for highly toxic, blue for moderately toxic and green for slightly toxic. 'Highly toxic' is the yellow mark, a common confusion.
Under India's Insecticides Act, 1968, which body registers pesticides for import, manufacture and sale?
A. The Registration Committee constituted under the Act
The Registration Committee registers insecticides; the Central Insecticides Board advises. States issue manufacturing and selling licences under the Insecticides Act, not the Seeds Act; the food safety regulator sets residue limits but does not register pesticides.
A state sows 200,000 ha of a crop at a seed rate of 25 kg/ha and targets a seed replacement rate of 40%. How much quality seed must be supplied?
D. 2,000 t
Seed need = area x seed rate x SRR = 200,000 x 25 x 0.40 = 2,000,000 kg = 2,000 t. 5,000 t ignores the SRR (it is the whole seed requirement); 800 t applies the 40% twice; 20,000 t is a kg-to-tonne slip.
Which of these is a variable (operating) cost of a tractor rather than a fixed cost?
C. Fuel and lubricants
Fuel and lubricants rise with hours used. Depreciation (straight-line), interest, housing, insurance and taxes are the fixed (DIHT) costs that occur whether or not the tractor works.
Which mycotoxin is of greatest concern in maize and groundnut meal stored under hot, humid conditions?
C. Aflatoxin
Aflatoxins are produced by Aspergillus moulds in warm, humid storage. Gossypol is a natural compound of cottonseed, solanine of potato, and tannins of sorghum and other plants; none is a mycotoxin.
A hatchery sets 12,000 eggs, 88% are fertile, and 9,500 saleable chicks hatch. What is hatchability on fertile eggs?
C. 90.0%
Fertile eggs = 12,000 x 0.88 = 10,560; hatchability on fertile = 9,500 / 10,560 = 90.0%. 79.2% is hatchability on total eggs set; 88.0% is fertility; 10.0% is the share of fertile eggs that failed to hatch.
A broiler flock of 10,000 chicks placed sells 9,600 birds at an average 2.4 kg and consumed 36,864 kg of feed. What is the flock FCR based on live weight sold?
D. 1.60
Live weight sold = 9,600 x 2.4 = 23,040 kg; FCR = 36,864 / 23,040 = 1.60. 1.54 uses chicks placed instead of birds sold; 0.625 inverts the ratio; 3.84 is feed per bird, not per kg.
A broiler flock has 96% livability, 2.0 kg average live weight at 32 days and FCR 1.5. Using EPEF = (livability % x live weight kg) / (age days x FCR) x 100, what is the flock's EPEF?
A. 400
EPEF = 96 x 2.0 / (32 x 1.5) x 100 = 192 / 48 x 100 = 400. 417 uses 100% livability; 16.7 uses the mortality (4%) instead of livability; 4.0 omits the x 100.
Under two-axis pricing a dairy pays 750 per kg of fat and 320 per kg of SNF. What is the price per kg of milk testing 4.0% fat and 8.6% SNF?
A. 57.52
Price per kg = (4.0 x 750 + 8.6 x 320)/100 = (3,000 + 2,752)/100 = 57.52. 30.00 is the fat payment only; 27.52 is the SNF payment only; 5,752 is the price per 100 kg read as per kg.
A solar pump costs 375,000; a 60% subsidy leaves the farmer paying 150,000. It replaces 800 L of diesel a year at 90 per litre and saves 6,000 a year in engine maintenance. What is the farmer's simple payback?
D. 1.92 years
Annual saving = 800 x 90 + 6,000 = 78,000; payback = 150,000 / 78,000 = 1.92 years. 2.08 omits the maintenance saving; 4.81 uses the cost before subsidy; 0.52 inverts the ratio.
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