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GPSC Horticulture Officer Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern

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Detail Information about Gujarat PSC has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of Horticulture Officer vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.

GPSC Horticulture Officer Syllabus 2026

Organization Name Gujarat Public Service Commission
Post Name Horticulture Officer
Total Posts Notified Soon
Category Syllabus and Exam Patten
Job Location Gujarat
Offical Site gpsc.gujarat.gov.in or gpsc-ojas.gujarat.gov.in

GPSC Horticulture Officer Syllabus 2026

General Studies Syllabus :
 
1. Geography of India – Geographical, Economic, Social, Natural Resources and Population related topics – With Special reference to Gujarat

2. Cultural Heritage of India – Literature, Arts, Religion and Architecture - with Special reference to Gujarat

3. History of India- With Special reference to Gujarat

4. Indian Economy and Planning
 
5. Indian Politics and Constitution of India:
 
(1) Preamble
(2) Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties
(3) Directive Principals of State Policy
(4) Composition of Parliament
(5) Powers of the President of India
(6) Powers of Governor
(7) Judiciary
(8) Provisions for Scheduled Casts, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes of the society
(9) NITI Aayog
(10) Constitutional and Statutory Bodies: Election Commission of India, Comptroller and Auditor General, Information Commission
 
6. General Science, Environment and Information & Communication Technology
 
7. Daily events of Regional, National and International Impotence including Sports
 
8. General Mental Ability Test
 
(1) Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability
(2) Number Series, Coding-Decoding
(3) Questions about relationship.
(4) Shapes and their Sub-sections, Venn Diagram
(5) Questions based on Clock, Calendar and Age
(6) Number system and order of Magnitude
(7) Linear Equations - in one or two Variables
(8) Ratio, Proportion and Variation
(9) Average of Mean, Median, Mode- including weighted Mean (10) Power and Exponent, Square, Square Root, Cube Root, H.C.F. & L.C.M.
(11) Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss
(12) Time and Work, Time and Distance, Speed and Distance
(13) Area and Perimeter of Simple Geometrical Shapes, Volume and Surface Area of Sphere, Cone, Cylinder, Cubes and Cuboids
(14) Lines, Angels and Common geometrical figures - properties of transverse or parallel lines, properties related to measure sides of a triangle, Pythagoras theorem, quadrilateral, rectangle, Parallelogram and rhombus.
(15) Introduction to algebra-BODMAS, simplification of weird Symbols.
(16) Data interpretation, Data Analysis, Data sufficiency, Probability
 
9. Gujarati Grammar :
 
(૧) જોડણી
(૨) સમાનાથી-વિરૂધ્ધાથી ર્બ્દો
(૩) રૂહિપ્રયોગો અનેકિેિતો
(૪) સમાસ
(૫) સંવધ
(૬) અિંકાર
(૭) છંદ
 
10. English Grammar
 
(1) Articles, Pronouns, Adjectives, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Question tag.
(2) Verb and Tense, Agreement between subject and verb, Gerund, Participles.
(3) Modal auxiliaries. Usage of can, may, could, should, etc.
(4) Use of some, many, any, few, a little. Since and for.
(5) Active and passive voice
(6) Degrees of adjectives.
(7) Common errors of usage.
 
Concerned Subjects (Horticulture) Syllabus
 
1. Fruit Science : Tropical and Dry Land Fruit Production. Subtropical and Temperate Fruit Production. Biodiversity, Conservation, Canopy Management, Propagation Nursery Management, Breeding and Post Harvest Technology for Fruit Crops. Growth, Development and Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops. Organic Horticulture. Protected Fruit Culture. Gap for Horticultural Crops. Climate Management in Horticultural Production. Advances in Breeding, Production and Growth Regulation of Fruit Crops. Genomics and Bioinformatics in Horticulture. Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics. Biotic and Abiotic Stress Management in Horticultural Crops. Systematics of Fruits Crops.
 
2. Vegetable Science : Production Technology of Cool Season and Warm Season Vegetable Crops. Breeding. Growth. Development, Seed Production Technology and Systematics of Vegetable Crops. Production Technology of Underexploited Vegetable Crops. Organic Vegetable Production Technology, Fundamentals of Processing of Vegetables. Advances in Vegetable Production. Advances in Breeding of Vegetable Crops. Protected Cultivation of Vegetable Crops, Biotechnology in Vegetable Crops, Seed Certification, Processing and Storage of Vegetable Crops, Abiotic Stress Management in Vegetable Crops.
 
3. Floriculture and Landscape Architecture : Breeding of Flower Crops and Ornamental Plants, Production Technology of Cut Flowers. Production Technology for Loose Flowers.
Landscaping and Omamental Gardening. Protected Floriculture. Value Addition in Flowers. Turfing and Türf Management. Advances in Breeding of Flower Crops, Flower Production Technology, Protected and Precision Floriculture, Landscape Architecture. Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Flowers.
 
4. Plantation, Spices, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops : Production Technology, Breeding and Processing of Plantation Crops, Spice Crops, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops. Underexploited Medicinal and Aromatic Crops. Advances in Production of Plantation Crops, Spice Production, Medicinal and Aromatic Crop Production Technology Advances in Breeding of Plantation Crops, Spices, Medicinal and Atomatic Crops. Biotechnology in Plantation Crops and Spices. Post Harvest Processing and Extraction in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Environmental Horticulture.
 
5. Post-Harvest Technology : Principles of Post- Harvest Management for Perishable Horticultural Produce, Fundamentals of Processing of Fruit. Laboratory Analysis and Quality Assurance Techniques of Fresh and Processed Horticultural Produce Techniques for Sensory Analysis of Processed Produce. Pre-Harvest Practices affecting Post- Harvest Life of Perishable Horticultural Produce. Principles of Post-Harvest Management of Spices, Plantation Crops, Ornamental, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Processing of Plantation Crops, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Packagings for Perishable Horticultural Produce. Packaging Technology of Processed Horticultural Produce. Process Engineering In Horticultural Crops Advances in Post-Harvest Management of Fresh Horticultural Produce. Advances in Processing Technology of Horticultural Crops. Packing House Operations and Transportation of Fresh Horticultural Produce. Commercial Aspects of Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Produce. Dehydration Technology and Freezing Technology of Horticultural Produce, Fruit and Vegetable Fermentation Technology Waste Management from Horticulture Processing Industries
 
6. Natural Resource Management (Horticulture) : Fundamentals of Soil Science, Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management, Environmental Science, Water Management in Horticultural Crops. Organic Farming, Soil and Plant Analysis, Farm Power and Machinery.
 
7. Basic Concepts for Horticulture development : Growth and Development of Horticultural Crops, Fundamentals of Extension Education, Elementary Plant Biochemistry Biotechnology. Horti-Business Management, Entrepreneurship Development.
 
8. Scenario of horticulture in the state : Geographical area. Agro climatic zones for horticulture crops. Soil and water resource of the state. Area and production of horticulture crops. Important horticulture crops and its potential areas. Quality of horticulture produce in the state. Important problems of horticultural crops of the state and its solutions. Horticulture development schemes and Horticulture extension activities. Horticulture Research and Research institutes, Horticulture Marketing.
 
9. Hi-tech horticulture : Green house technology and its utility in horticulture. Use of tissue culture, net house and micro irrigation system in horticulture. Quality and export of horticulture produce/agri export zones.
 
10. Weed Management in Horticultural Crops : Definition, classification and characteristics of weeds, Weed ecology, Principles and methods of weed management, IWM for horticultural crops, management of problematic, parasitic and aquatic weeds. Herbicide protectants and antidotes. Principles of herbicide selectivity. Herbicide resistant weeds and crops.
 
11. Principles of Seed Production and Quality Control in Horticultural Crops : Introduction, Principles of seed production, Seed quality control, seed certification, Seed testing, Seed legislation.
 
12. Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering : Surveying and levelling, Soil erosion, Soil conservation, Irrigation and drainage, Wells and Pumps.
 
13. Waste Management in Horticulture Industry : Introduction to environment, Characteristics of horticulture industrial wastes, Waste water management, Solid waste managerment, Environmental monitoring and regulations: Green technologies - CDM eco labeling biosensors Bio indicators -environmental impact assessment (EIA), EMS environmental education and awareness-environmental laws and organizations.
 
14. Various Schemes for Horticulture Development of Central Government and Gujarat State Government.
 
15. Organizational setup and functions of various divisions/institutions/ boards under Department of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare and Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India. Horticulture division of State State Government.
 
16. Current Trends and Recent Developments in the field of Horticulture.

Gujarat PSC Horticulture Officer Exam Pattern 2026

Candidates before going to take the written exam, aspirants must know the Gujarat PSC Horticulture Officer Test Pattern 2026.

Section-1 : General Studies-100 Questions-100 marks

Section-2 : Concerned Subjet – 200 Questions – 200 marks. Total 300 Questions, Total 300 marks.


Duration : 180 Minutes
 
S.No. Subject No.of Question Mark
1. General Studies 100 100
2. Concerned Subject (Horticulture) 200 200
  Total 300 300

GPSC Horticulture Officer Exam Date 2026 : Notified Soon

Starting Date of Application Form : Notified Soon

Last Date of Application Form : Notified Soon

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