ICAR's JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) Exam
About ICAR’s JRF Exam :- ICAR’s JRF is an All India basis examination for admission to Master Degree Programmes in different State Agricultural Universities, Central Universities and Deemed Universities conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.
Exam Pattern :
Exam Pattern :
- The ICAR JRF/SRF exam is conducted by NTA and ICAR and will be conducted in the online mode, i.e., computer-based test (CBT). The exam will be conducted only in English for 2 hours, i.e., 120 minutes. All the questions asked in the ICAR JRF/ SRF will be of MCQ type.
- 120
- 360 for each major subject-group paper.
- For each correctly answered MCQs = 4 (four) marks
- For each incorrectly answered MCQs = - 1 (ONE) mark will be deducted from total marks scored.
- For question with no response = 0 Mark (and no negative marking for that question)
List of Major Subject Group with Code (Only Important Agricultural MSGs) :-
- Code 01: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP A” - PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Code 02: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “B” - PLANT SCIENCES
- Code 03: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “C” - PHYSICAL SCIENCE
- Code 04: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “D” - ENTOMOLOGY AND NEMATOLOGY
- Code 05: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “E” – AGRONOMY
- Code 06: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “F” - SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Code 07: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “G” - STATISTICAL SCIENCES
- Code 08: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “H” – HORTICULTURE
- Code 09: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “J” - FORESTRY/AGROFORESTRY & SILVICULTURE
- Code 11: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “L” - WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Code 12: MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “M” - HOME SCIENCE