IBPS RRB Agriculture Officer study plan
IBPS RRB Agriculture Officer · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Agriculture (professional knowledge relevant to the Agriculture Officer post) & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Map the Agriculture syllabus into 10 blocks (agronomy, soil science, horticulture, plant protection, animal husbandry, extension, schemes, irrigation, seed technology, farm management) and rank each block by your current confidence
Solve 60 numerical-ability questions split evenly across simplification, number series, and percentage to establish a baseline accuracy score
Build a one-page formula sheet covering percentage, ratio, average, and simple/compound interest, then recall it from memory twice
Start a daily 10-minute mental-math drill (tables 1-25, squares 1-30, cube roots) and log completion for all 7 days
Your checkpoint
A written baseline report listing your accuracy percentage for each of the 10 Agriculture blocks and for the 60-question numerical test, with the three weakest areas highlighted
Agriculture (professional knowledge relevant to the Agriculture Officer post)
Study soil science fundamentals: soil texture, pH, salinity, and nutrient deficiency symptoms, and write 20 self-made recall cues
Memorise the major government agriculture schemes (their objective, beneficiary, and nodal agency) and test yourself with a blank-table fill-in
Cover agronomy of the five leading cereal and pulse crops, noting sowing season, seed rate, and spacing for each
Solve 80 previous-year-style Agriculture MCQs and record every wrong answer with its correct fact
Your checkpoint
A 40-item self-made Agriculture flashcard set (scheme, crop, and soil facts) plus an error log of 80 solved MCQs with corrections written out
Agriculture (professional knowledge relevant to the Agriculture Officer post) & Reasoning
Complete plant protection: identify 15 major pests and diseases with their host crop, causal organism, and one control measure
Study horticulture and irrigation basics, then summarise drip and sprinkler system advantages in five bullet points each
Learn the standard reasoning puzzle types (floor, box, month, and day scheduling) and solve 12 puzzles under a 10-minute timer each
Practise syllogism and inequality sets daily, targeting 90% accuracy over 100 questions
Your checkpoint
A pest-and-disease reference table of 15 entries plus a reasoning log showing time and accuracy for 12 puzzles and 100 syllogism/inequality questions
Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Solve 20 seating-arrangement and 20 blood-relation questions, recording time per question and accuracy
Complete 150 quantitative questions across time-work, time-speed-distance, and profit-loss, maintaining an error log with the correct method for each mistake
Drill data interpretation: 10 sets of bar, line, pie, and tabular charts, computing averages and ratios under time pressure
Review all logged errors from weeks 1-3 and re-solve every one without looking at the solution
Your checkpoint
A mid-plan diagnostic sheet showing accuracy and average time per question for reasoning and quantitative sections, with a list of the five error types that recur most
General Awareness with special reference to Banking & English Language / Hindi Language
Build a banking-awareness core: RBI functions, monetary policy tools, CRR/SLR, repo and reverse repo, and types of bank accounts, tested by 50 MCQs
Memorise current agriculture and rural-development news from the past three months, noting scheme launches, budget allocations, and institutional appointments
Learn 60 high-frequency English words with usage sentences and practise 5 reading-comprehension passages with a 7-minute cap each
Complete 40 cloze-test and error-spotting questions, recording grammar rules you missed
Your checkpoint
A dated current-affairs and banking-awareness digest of at least 60 facts, self-tested with a 50-question quiz scored and reviewed
General Awareness with special reference to Banking & Computer Knowledge
Cover financial inclusion, priority-sector lending, NABARD and cooperative banking structure, and Kisan Credit Card features, verified by 40 MCQs
Revise the banking digest from week 5 and add one month of fresh current affairs, testing recall without notes
Study computer fundamentals: hardware, memory units, generations, and operating-system basics, then answer 50 MCQs
Practise MS Office and internet/email concepts plus basic networking and cyber-security terms through 50 more MCQs
Your checkpoint
Two scored quizzes (one banking/general awareness, one computer knowledge) of 50 questions each, with a one-page list of every fact you got wrong
Agriculture (professional knowledge relevant to the Agriculture Officer post) & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Revise all 10 Agriculture blocks using your flashcards, then attempt a 100-question Agriculture mock and analyse every wrong answer
Solve two full-length quantitative sectional tests of 40 questions each within 25 minutes
Re-attempt the weakest quantitative topics identified in week 4 and confirm improvement in accuracy
Update the current-affairs digest with the latest month and re-test the banking facts you previously missed
Your checkpoint
A full-length Agriculture mock scored and analysed, plus a quantitative sectional scorecard comparing week 4 and week 7 accuracy
Reasoning & English Language / Hindi Language & General Awareness with special reference to Banking & Computer Knowledge
Take three full-length mock tests simulating the actual sectional time limits and log section-wise scores
Revise only the error logs and flashcards from weeks 1-7, avoiding new material
Practise 30 English or Hindi language questions daily (depending on your chosen medium) for speed and accuracy
Final-pass the banking and computer fact sheets, then get adequate sleep and confirm exam-day logistics
Your checkpoint
A final mock-test summary table with section-wise accuracy trends across the three tests, plus a one-page revision checklist confirmed complete
Milestones
Week 2: You can state objective, beneficiary, and nodal agency for at least 12 major agriculture schemes and score 60% or higher on a 40-question Agriculture quiz
Week 4: Reasoning accuracy reaches 80% with average time under 60 seconds per question, and quantitative accuracy reaches 70% on a 150-question practice set
Week 6: Banking-awareness and computer-knowledge quizzes each score 70% or higher, and the current-affairs digest has at least 90 verified facts
Week 8: Across three full-length mocks, overall score improves each time and no section falls below 60% accuracy