ICAR-IARI Technician study guide
ICAR-IARI Technician · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute Technician recruitment refers to technician-level posts at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, which the institute's own site groups under the Field/Farm Technician Functional Group - the same functional grouping under which Subject Matter Specialist (T-6) posts at KVK Shikohpur (Gurugram) have been advertised. Candidates for such posts are typically graduates or diploma holders in agriculture or allied sciences who want hands-on technical work supporting research divisions, farm operations and extension activity rather than a scientist track. Because IARI is a research institute, the written assessment is built around the institute's own discipline structure: Crop Improvement, Plant Protection, Basic Sciences, and related areas such as NRM, Social Science and Horticultural Science, with an extension component reflecting IARI's strong outreach mandate (Krishi Vigyan Mela, Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav, farmers' helplines). Preparation should be discipline-first: revise undergraduate-level genetics, breeding, entomology, plant pathology, soil science, plant physiology and extension methodology, then practise objective questions under time pressure. The ICAR-IARI Technician study guide has 4 sections and about 1,269 words.
01Agricultural Extension
Agricultural Extension in the ICAR-IARI Technician exam tests how agricultural research reaches farming communities. Expect questions on extension education principles, communication, adoption and diffusion, programme planning, teaching methods, rural sociology, and evaluation.
323 words, about 2 min02Crop Improvement
Crop Improvement tests genetics and plant breeding: inheritance, breeding methods, variety development and seed classes. The exam expects you to match a breeding method to the crop's pollination system and the trait being improved.
332 words, about 2 min03Plant Protection
Plant Protection tests entomology and plant pathology within integrated pest management: pest recognition, disease diagnosis, thresholds, biological control and safe pesticide use. The disease triangle requires a susceptible host, a virulent pathogen and a favourable environment; time is often added.
305 words, about 2 min04Basic Sciences
Basic Sciences tests the physics, chemistry, biology and quantitative reasoning that underpin agricultural technology. Questions often apply school-level science to field and laboratory situations.
309 words, about 2 min