IBPS AFO study plan

IBPS AFO · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Agriculture (professional knowledge for Agricultural Field Officer) & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability

Map the Agriculture syllabus into five blocks (agronomy, soil science, horticulture, plant protection, animal husbandry/extension) and rank them by your current confidence
Solve 60 numerical-ability questions across simplification, number series and percentage to establish a baseline accuracy score
Build a one-page formula sheet for percentages, ratio and averages and revise it daily
Read one standard agronomy chapter and write 20 self-made factual recall points from memory

A dated baseline sheet recording Agriculture block-wise confidence ratings and quantitative accuracy percentage across 60 solved questions

Week 2

Memorise major crop varieties, their recommended seasons and seed rates for at least 10 field crops
Distinguish between macro and micronutrient deficiency symptoms in wheat, rice and maize
Practise 40 agriculture MCQs under a 25-minute timer and log every wrong answer with its correct fact
Summarise integrated pest management stages and key pest-disease pairs for two crops

A 40-entry error log from timed agriculture practice, each entry rewritten as a single correct fact

Week 3

Cover soil science and irrigation: soil types, pH correction, water-use efficiency and drip/sprinkler comparisons
Learn the main government agriculture schemes, their launch year and beneficiary group
Solve 50 reasoning puzzles on seating arrangement and blood relations with a fixed 30-minute limit
Convert each wrong reasoning answer into a written rule you can apply next time

A two-column scheme-and-rule sheet listing 15 agriculture schemes and 15 reasoning rules distilled from errors

Week 4

Revise animal husbandry, fisheries and extension education, focusing on breeds, diseases and vaccination schedules
Complete 100 English grammar questions on subject-verb agreement, tenses and prepositions
Read two editorial passages and extract 25 vocabulary items with usage sentences
Attempt one full-length Agriculture sectional test and analyse section-wise accuracy

A sectional test report showing Agriculture accuracy percentage plus a 25-word vocabulary log with original sentences

Week 5

Master data interpretation sets: tabular, bar and pie charts, solving 30 sets with calculator-free arithmetic
Drill time-work, speed-distance and profit-loss using shortcut methods rather than full equations
Solve 60 reasoning questions on syllogism, coding-decoding and inequalities
Time every practice block and record average seconds per question for each topic

A topic-wise timing table showing average seconds per question for eight quantitative and reasoning topics

Week 6

Revise banking awareness: RBI functions, monetary policy tools, types of accounts and NPA classification
Track current affairs of the past four months and condense them into 100 one-line facts
Practise 60 English questions on reading comprehension and cloze tests with a 20-minute cap per set
Memorise agriculture-insurance and priority-sector lending basics relevant to a field officer role

A 100-fact current-affairs and banking digest organised by month, plus an English comprehension accuracy figure

Week 7

Re-revise every flagged Agriculture error from weeks 2 to 6 until each is answered correctly twice in a row
Attempt two full mock tests in exam order and simulate the actual sectional time limits
Solve 50 mixed numerical questions focusing on your two weakest topics from the timing table
Compress the whole Agriculture syllabus into 30 revision cards

Two completed mock tests with score sheets, sectional timings and a list of the five weakest topics overall

Week 8

Revise all 30 agriculture cards and the scheme sheet twice, once aloud from memory
Solve 100 rapid-fire reasoning questions at exam pace to rebuild speed
Re-attempt every question missed in the week-7 mocks and confirm correction
Finalise an exam-day strategy specifying section order and per-section time budgets

A written exam-day plan with section order and time budgets, backed by an improved mock score over week 7

Week 2: Agriculture error log has at least 40 entries and you can recall 10 crop variety and seed-rate facts without notes

Week 4: Agriculture sectional accuracy is at least 60 percent and English grammar practice accuracy is at least 65 percent

Week 6: Quantitative and reasoning average time per question is under 60 seconds, and the 100-fact awareness digest is complete

Week 8: Final mock score improves over the week-7 baseline, with no section below 50 percent accuracy