Uttarakhand BSc Agriculture Admission: Dates, Application Process, Eligibility, Top Colleges, Counselling

Course Name

BSc Agriculture

Course Duration

4 years

Course Level

Undergraduate

Admission Process

CUET UG Entrance Exam

Eligibility Criteria

10+2 with 50% marks

CUET UG 2025 Application Process Begins

Last Week of February 2025

CUET UG 2025 Application Process Ends

April 2025

CUET UG 2025 Release of Admit Card

May 2025

CUET UG 2025 Exam Dates

May 2025

Release of CUET UG 2025 Answer Key

July 2025

CUET UG 2025 Result Declaration

July 2025

Name of the Exam

CUET UG 2025

Conducting Body

NTA (National Testing Agency)

Mode of the Exam

Computer-Based Test

Exam Duration

60 minutes

Medium of the Exam

13 languages (Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu)

Type of Questions

MCQ-based questions

Total Sections

4 sections

Total Domain Subjects

23

Marking Scheme

• 5 marks for every correct answer
• -1 mark for every incorrect answer

Total Marks

250 marks

Unit 1: Agrometeorology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Biochemistry and Microbiology

• Agrometeorology: Elements of Weather-rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind velocity, Sunshine weather forecasting, climate change about crop production.
• Genetics & Plant Breeding:
• Cell and its structure, cell division-mitosis and meiosis and their significance
• Organization of the genetic materials in chromosomes, DNA, and RNA
• Mendel’s laws of inheritance. Reasons for the success of Mendel in his experiments. Absence of linkage in Mendel’s experiments.
• Quantitative inheritance, continuous and discontinuous variation in plants.
• Monogenic and polygenic inheritance.
• Role of Genetics in Plant breeding, self and cross-pollinated crops, methods of breeding in field crops-introduction, selection, hybridization, mutation and polyploidy, tissue and cell culture.
• Plant Biotechnologydefinition and scope in crop production
• Biochemistry: pH and buffers, Classification and nomenclature of carbohydrates; proteins; lipids; vitamins, and enzymes.
• Microbiology: Microbial cell structure, Micro-organisms- Algae, Bacteria, Fungi, Actinomycetes,
• Protozoa and Viruses. Role of micro-organisms in respiration, fermentation, and organic matter
• decomposition.

Unit 2: Livestock Production

• Scope and Importance:
• Importance of livestock in agriculture and industry, White revolution in India.
• Important breeds Indian and exotic, distribution of cows, buffaloes, and poultry in India.
• Care and Management:
• Systems of cattle and poultry housing
• Principles of feeding, and feeding practices.Balanced ration definition and ingredients.
• Management of calves, bullocks, pregnant and milch animals as well as chicks cockerels and layers, and poultry.
• Signs of sick animals, symptoms of common diseases in cattle and poultry, Rinderpest, black quarter, foot and mouth, mastitis and hemorrhagic septicemia coccidiosis, Fowl pox and Ranikhet disease, their prevention, and control.
• Artificial Insemination: Reproductive organs, collection, dilution, and preservation of semen and artificial insemination, role of artificial insemination in cattle improvement. Livestock Products: Processing and marketing of milk and Milk products.

Unit 3: Crop Production

• Introduction:
• Targets and achievements in foodgrain production in India since independence and its future projections, sustainable crop production, commercialization of agriculture, and its scope in India.
• Classification of field crops based on their utility-cereals, pulses, oils seeds, fiber, sugar, and forage crops.
• Soil, Soil fertility, Fertilizers, and Manures:
• Soil, soil pH, Soil texture, soil structure, soil organisms, soil tilth, soil fertility, and soil health.
• Essential plant nutrients, their functions, and deficiency symptoms.
• Soil types of India and their characteristics.
• Organic manure, common fertilizers including straight, complex, fertilizer mixtures and biofertilizers; integrated nutrient management system.
• Irrigation and Drainage:
• Sources of irrigation (rain, canals, tanks, rivers, wells, tubewells).
• Scheduling of irrigation based on critical stages of growth, time interval, soil moisture content, and weather parameters.
• Water requirement of crops.
• Methods of irrigation and drainage.
• Watershed management
• Weed Control: Principles of weed control, methods of weed control (cultural, mechanical, chemical, biological, and Integrated weed management).
• Crops: Seedbed preparation, seed treatment, time and method of sowing/planting, seed rate; dose, method, and time of fertilizer application, irrigation, intercultural and weed control; common pests and diseases, caused by bacteria, fungi viruses, and nematode and their control, integrated pest management, harvesting, threshing, postharvest technology: storage, processing, and marketing of major field crops-Rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, groundnut, mustard, pigeon-pea, gram, sugarcane, cotton, and berseem.

Unit 4: Horticulture

• Importance of fruits and vegetables in the human diet, Crop diversification & processing Industry.
• Orchard- location and layout, ornamental gardening, and kitchen garden.
• Planting system, training, pruning, intercropping, protection from frost and sunburn.
• Trees, shrubs, climbers, annuals, perennials-definition and examples. Propagation by seed, cutting, budding, layering, and grafting.
• Cultivation practices, processing, and marketing of (i) Fruits - mango, papaya, banana, guava, citrus, grapes. (ii) Vegetables - Radish, carrot, potato, onion, cauliflower, brinjal, tomato, spinach, and cabbage. (iii) Flowers - Gladiolus, canna, chrysanthemums, roses and marigold.
• Principles and methods of fruit and vegetable preservation.
• Preparation of jellies, jams, ketchup, chips, and their packing.

SC

15%

ST

7.5%

OBC

27%

EWS

10%

PwD

5%

Sports/ECA Quota

As per University norms and guidelines

Aligarh Muslim University

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya

Babasaheb Bhimro Ambedkar University

Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Madhya Pradesh

Jamia Millia Islamia

Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University

Central University of Punjab

Manipur University

Sikkim University

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University

Jawaharlal Nehru University

University Of Delhi

Banaras Hindu University

Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad

Central University of Gujarat

Central University of Himachal Pradesh

Central University of Haryana

North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya

Central University of Jammu

Tezpur University, Assam

Central Sanskrit University

The English And Foreign Languages University

Pondicherry University

Central University of Jharkhand

Central University of Andhra Pradesh

Central University of Karnataka

Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

Central University of Rajasthan

Central University of Kashmir

Central University of South Bihar

Central University of Kerala

Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University

Central University of Odisha

University Of Hyderabad, Telangana

Mahatma Gandhi Central University

Visva-Bharati University

Central University of Tamil Nadu

Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwa Vidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh