BIHAR SSC FISHERIES OFFICER & SUPERVISOR EXAM SYLLABUS - 2014

Bihar SSC Exam Syllabus 2014

Bihar Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will conduct a Written exam for recruitment of Matasya Prasar Padadhikari (Officer) and Matasya Prasar Paryavekshak (Supervisor) in Animal and Fishing Resources (Fisheries) Department. Nowadays Competition Level become very high so Competitive Exams gets too tougher. Candidates facing critical problem of “What to prepare” and “How to prepare” for the best in their Exams. So, here we are providing the prescribed latest Syllabus & Exam Pattern of Graduate Level Combined Competitive Exam conducting by Bihar SSC for the best preparations of Candidates who are going to participate in this Competitive Exam.

Exam Pattern : Exam Pattern for Matasya Prasar Padadhikari and Paryavekshak written Exam is as Follows :-

► Written Exam will be Multiple Choice Objective Type.
► The Duration of Test is 02 hrs 15 min (135 Minutes).
► The question paper will be available in both English and Hindi languages.
► For every Right Answer 04 marks are determined.
► For every Wrong Answer 01 mark shall be deducted.

Exam Syllabus : Exam Syllabus for Matasya Prasar Padadhikari and Paryavekshak written Exam is given below :-

Matasya Prasar Padadhikari (Officer)

UNIT-1 : Fishery resources and management and Fish Biology.

Classification and taxonomical characteristics of cultivable fisheries, crustaceans and moll uses. Fresh water and pond ecosystem. Population dynamics, fish stock, abundance methods and analysis. Conservation and management of fishery resources. Impact of over exploitation and climate change on fisheries resources. Culture & Capture fisheries resources of Bihar & present status along its present production of fish and fish seed via-a-via supply & demand. Fin fish & shell fish anatomy and its various aspects of biology.

UNIT-2 : Fish aquaculture.

Reproduction and breeding behaviour in fishes and shellfishes, brood stock improvement maturity and fecundity studies. Induced spawning methods and seed production, natural fish seed collection and rearing methods. Types of eggs and development of larval stages of fin fishes and shellfishes. Prepratation and management of fresh water and brackish water fishponds. Cultivable species identification, introduction of exotic fishes in India. Culture methods: Pen and cage culture practices, carp and shrimp hatchery management, basis aspects of biotechnology & genetics in relation to fisheries. Fish disease and its control. Ornamental fish Breeding and its culture. Types of fish culture. Capture and culture fisheries in low lying water bodies.

UNIT-3 :

Ecology of water bodies. Important limn logical and biological parameters in relation to fisheries of lotic and lentic waters, biological productivity and its impact on fisheries. Environmental impact assessment on fisheries in lentic and lotic waters. Biological parameters including energy flow, community ecology and aquatic association, biodiversity and its conservation, aquatic pollution and its management.

UNIT-4 : Harvest and post harvest technology.

Common crafts and gears used for fish capture. Boat building material and demerits of wood, steel, aluminum, Ferro cement and FRP. Different types of fibres and netting materials and their characteristics, preservation of netting, parts of a trammel net, purse-scene, gill net and tuna long line. Food chemistry, fundamentals of microbiology. General methods of fish preservation and fishery by products. Canning and packaging techniques, processing and product development techniques.

UNIT-5 : Fisheries economics, extension & statistics.

Introduction to fishery economics and concepts of cooperative, marketing and banking management. Supply v/s demand economics of hatchery management and fish culture operations. Profit maximization. Problems in estimating costs and returns in fisheries. Fisheries extension methods. Training and education needs in fisheries. Communication concepts, Modern tools of fishery extension education, participatory rural appraisal (PRA), Rapid rural appraisal (RRA), role of women in fisheries; Basics of statistics in fisheries and computer science.

Matasya Prasar Paryavekshak (Supervisor)

UNIT-1 : Fishery resources and management & Fish Biology.

Classification and taxonomical characteristics of cultivable fisheries, crustaceans and molluses. Fresh water and pond ecosystem. Conservation and management of fishery resources. Impact of over exploitation and climate change on fisheries resources. Culture & Capture fisheries resource of Bihar & present status along its present production of fish and fish seed vis-a-vis supply & demand.

UNIT-2 : Fish aquaculture.

Reproduction and breeding behaviour in fishes and shellfishes, brood stock improvement, maturity and fecundity studies. Induced spawning methods and seed production, natural fish seed collection and rearing methods. Types of eggs and development of larval stages of fin fishes and shellfishes. Preparation and management of freshwater fishponds. Cultivable species identification, introduction of exotic fishes in India. Culture methods: Pen and cage culture practices, carp and shrimp hatchery management. Fish disease and its control. Ornamental fish Breeding and its culture. Aquarium keeping, construction and maintenance. Types of fish culture. Capture and culture fisheries in low lying water bodies.

UNIT-3 : Ecology of water bodies.

Important limnological and biological paramenters in relation of fisheries of lotic and lenitc waters, biological productivity and its impact on fisheries. Biodiversity and its conservation, aquatic pollution and its management.

UNIT-4 : Post harvest technology.

General methods of fish preservation. Fishery by products.

UNIT-5 : Fisheries economics & extension.

Introduction to fishery economics, Demand & supply, concepts of cooperative & marketing management. Profit maximization. Problems in estimating costs and returns in fisheries. Fisheries extension methods. Training and education needs in fisheries.

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