Punjab PSEB Senior Secondary NSQF Agriculture study guide
Punjab PSEB Senior Secondary NSQF Agriculture · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) is the state school examination board for Punjab, India, headquartered at Vidya Bhawan, Phase-8, SAS Nagar (Mohali). It came into existence through a legislative enactment in November 1969 for the development and promotion of school education in the state of Punjab, and in 1987 the Vidhan Sabha amended the Board's Act to grant it autonomy. Among the Board's academic activities, the site lists a dedicated NSQF section alongside its syllabus, question bank, structure of question paper, and model test paper pages, and it publishes Vocational Group Syllabus material for the 2026-27 session. This page covers the Senior Secondary (Class XII) NSQF vocational examination, which combines trade theory with a trade practical assessed by an external examiner; the Board issued a letter for external examiners for the practical paper and separate instructions for NSQF exams, both dated 01-07-2026. Topics on this exam: NSQF vocational trade theory (Senior Secondary) and NSQF vocational trade practical (Senior Secondary). The Punjab PSEB Senior Secondary NSQF Agriculture study guide has 2 sections and about 804 words.
01NSQF Agriculture - Trade Theory (Senior Secondary)
The Senior Secondary NSQF Agriculture trade theory paper checks whether you can explain and calculate the principles behind field operations: crop seasons, soil fertility, fertilizer doses, irrigation, pest management and farm records. Questions often ask you to choose a practice for a Punjab situation and justify it. Kharif crops are sown with the monsoon in June–July and harvested in autumn: paddy, maize, cotton and moong. Rabi crops are sown in October–November and harvested in March–April: wheat, mustard and gram.
398 words, about 2 min02NSQF Agriculture - Trade Practical (Senior Secondary)
The practical exam assesses whether you can perform and record common farm tasks safely: soil sampling, seed treatment, nursery raising, fertilizer placement, sprayer calibration, irrigation scheduling, pest scouting and simple machinery checks. You may be asked to demonstrate a procedure and explain why each step is done. Take soil samples at 0–15 cm plough depth in a zig-zag pattern, avoiding bunds, channels, fertilizer bands and manure heaps. Collect 8–15 cores from a uniform field, mix them, quarter the heap to about 500 g, air-dry in shade, and label with field, depth and date.
406 words, about 2 min