BIT Birla Institute of Technology - Online Entrance Test for M.Sc. http://QuestionPaper.in/EntranceExam26-BIT.aspx BIT Birla Institute of Technology - Online Entrance Test for M.Sc. en-us Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences Syllabus http://QuestionPaper.in/EntranceExam26-BIT.aspx#Natural-Resources-and-Agricultural-Sciences-Syllabus Agriculture: Its importance in national economy. Factors determining agro ecological zones and geographic distribution of crop plants, cultural practices for cereal, pulses, oilseed, fiber, sugar, tuber and fodder crops and scientific basis for these crop rotations, multiple and relay cropping, intercropping and mixed cropping.

Forestry: Classification, inventory, damage assessment, disease detection, forest management.

Soil: Origin and types of soils; Soil as medium of plant growth and its composition, mineral and organic constituents of the soil and their role in crop production; chemical, physical and microbiological properties of soils. Land degradation, erosion, land reclamation.

Irrigation and Drainage: Sources of irrigation (rain, canals, tanks, rivers, wells, tube wells). Scheduling of irrigation based on critical stages of growth, time interval, soil moisture content and weather parameters, Water requirement of crops, Methods of irrigation and drainage, watershed management.

Concepts in Resources-Allocation of natural resources and measuring resource scarcity Resources classification systems, natural and cultural resources, renewable and non-renewable resources. Resource Conservation -resource monitoring and management, Sustainable development of natural resources.

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