UPSSSC Junior Engineer (Agriculture) Main Exam 2026 — 134 Posts, Diploma in Agricultural Engineering Required

The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC), Lucknow, has invited online applications from Indian citizens for the Junior Engineer (Agriculture) Main Examination (PET-2025)/19 under Advertisement No. 19-Pariksha/2026, for 134 vacant Junior Engineer posts under the control of the Agriculture Directorate (कृषि निदेशालय). Only candidates who appeared in the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) 2025 and received a scorecard from the Commission are eligible to apply — this notification does not open a fresh PET window. Shortlisting for the Main exam itself is based on PET-2025 normalized scores.

📅 Important Dates

⚠️ Special note from the source: if your fee payment isn't reconciled by the bank by 07-10-2026, you get exactly 7 more days — until 14-10-2026 — to get it reconciled. You cannot print your application form, and your application does not finally submit, until reconciliation is complete. No representation or claim will be accepted after 14-10-2026 under any circumstances.

📊 Category-Wise Vacancy Breakdown (Vertical Reservation)

✅ Row-sum verified: 54 + 23 + 1 + 43 + 13 = 134, matching the source's own grand total. Posts are a mix of Permanent & Temporary (स्थायी व अस्थायी).

Horizontal Reservation

Legend: H.H. = Hard of Hearing · O.A. = One Arm Affected · O.L. = One Leg Affected · L.C. = Leprosy Cured · Dw. = Dwarfism · A.A.V. = Acid Attack Victim.

🎓 Eligibility

Essential Qualification:

• High School exam from the UP Board of Secondary Education, or an equivalent exam recognized by the government.
• A 3-year Diploma in Agricultural Engineering from the UP Board of Technical Education, or an equivalent qualification approved by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).

Equivalence note: per the UP Board of Technical Education Secretary's letter dated 26-10-2024, diploma courses listed under "Agricultural Engineering" in AICTE's Approval Process Handbook 2022-23 (Annexure-7) — namely Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Technology — are accepted as equivalent qualifications.

Preferential Qualification (used as a tie-breaker when candidates are otherwise equal): minimum 2 years' service in the Territorial Army, OR an NCC 'B' Certificate.

🎂 Age Limit

18 to 40 years, calculated as of 1 July of the calendar year in which the vacancies were advertised for direct recruitment. Age relaxation applies for SC/ST/OBC and other categories as notified by the UP government from time to time.

✅ Selection Process

Selection is by written examination only — no interview. Shortlisting for this Main exam is done category-wise at 15 times the advertised vacancies, based on PET-2025 normalized scores (to 2 decimal places), including every candidate tied at the cutoff. Candidates with a zero or negative PET-2025 score (absolute or normalized) are not shortlisted. Candidates flagged "Under Investigation" or "Provisional" in their PET-2025 result may apply conditionally, but their shortlisting and any final selection remain subject to the Commission's ongoing verification.

💰 Application Fee

Freedom fighter dependents, ex-servicemen, women, PwBD, and outstanding sportsperson candidates pay per their base category above. Separately, only candidates shortlisted for the Main exam pay an additional Main-exam fee, due before admit-card download — the source states this requirement exists but does not state the amount.

Payment modes: Credit Card, Debit Card, Internet Banking, UPI, or SBI e-Challan (payable at any SBI branch).

📝 How to Apply

📋 Document Checklist

Which Certificate Applies to You?

These certificates are issued and signed by an external authority — not filled and submitted by you directly to UPSSSC. Get them ready before applying; full specimen formats are in the official notification.

📚 Exam Pattern & Full Syllabus

One paper, 100 objective/MCQ questions, 100 marks, 2 hours (120 minutes). Each correct answer: 1 mark. Each wrong answer: 25% (¼ mark) negative marking. If held across multiple shifts/days, scores are normalized per the Commission's 22 May 2019 notice.

✅ Row-sum verified: Part-1's 13 sub-topics (5 marks each) sum to 65 questions/65 marks; 65 + 15 + 20 = 100, matching the source's own total.

Detailed Syllabus

Part-1 (Subject Knowledge):

1. Farm Power Engineering and Non-Conventional Sources of Energy: Sources of power on farms — comparative study, uses, and limitations; brief description of animal power, fossil fuel (diesel and petrol), wind, solar, biogas, and electric power.
2. I.C. Engines: Principles of heat engines and their operation; classification of I.C. engines; operating principles of two-stroke and four-stroke, diesel and petrol engines; stationary, reciprocating, and rotary parts (materials and functions); related terms and numerical problems; engine performance.
3. Tractor: Classification and adaptability of tractors; factors affecting tractor selection; overview of different makes, models, and HP ranges; recurring operating costs of small petrol engines, diesel engines, and tractors.
4. Non-Conventional Energy — Biogas Technology: Introduction to biogas and its production; biodigestion of plant and animal waste; reactions during biodigestion; gases produced (including elimination of unwanted CO₂ and H₂S); factors affecting gas production; efficiency of biogas plants in winter; uses of biogas.
5. Wind Engineering and Solar Energy Technology: Types of windmills (vertical and horizontal axis); uses and site selection for windmill construction; operation and maintenance of windmills; solar radiation and its potential in India; applications of solar energy and solar collectors.
6. Post-Harvest Technology and Agro-Waste Industries — Introduction: Importance of grain and seed processing; principles of agricultural processing; sequence of operations and flow diagrams; services offered by processors to farmers, for wheat, maize, paddy, and soybean.
7. Agro-Based Industries: Sugarcane crushing; Khandsari and jaggery making processes and equipment; vegetable and animal waste utilization; by-products of soybean and potato; dehydration of vegetables.
8. Farm and Land Development Machinery — Farm Mechanization: Definition, status of farm mechanization in India, scope, limitations, and advantages; primary and secondary tillage equipment; sowing/planting equipment; harvesting/threshing equipment; land development equipment (dozer, scraper, drag hoe, dragline) — construction, operation, output.
9. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering — Introduction: Definition and history of irrigation; necessity and scope; waterlogging and salinity (definitions, control needs and measures); interrelationship between irrigation and drainage; drainage efficiency; types of surface and subsurface drainage systems.
10. Water Requirement of Plants: Soil types and properties in relation to irrigation/drainage; classes and availability of soil water; evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration; consumptive use; estimating crop water requirements; duty of water and delta; irrigation depth/timing estimation; scheduling criteria based on soil-plant-atmosphere factors.
11. Irrigation Methods and Minor Irrigation: Surface and subsurface methods; sprinkler and drip systems and conjunctive use; measuring irrigation efficiencies (conveyance, storage, application, distribution, water use); importance and advantages of minor irrigation; land surveying, leveling methods, cuts and fills; tubewell sources, need, advantages/disadvantages, site characteristics and selection.
12. Soil and Water Conservation and Land Reclamation Engineering: Mechanics, types, and causes of soil erosion; damage from erosion; agronomic measures (contour farming, mulching, strip/cover/mixed cropping); role of grasses; mechanical erosion-control methods (field/contour/graded bunding, ridge and channel terraces); gully erosion control and classification; temporary and permanent structures (earthen check dams, brush dams, loose-rock dams, straight-drop spillways).
13. Land Reclamation and Ravine Reclamation: Classification of Usar soils, salt-tolerant crops, reclamation of Usar soils, wasteland, forest lands, and sandy soils; sand dune stabilization; classification of ravines and measures for ravine reclamation.

Part-2 (Computer & IT): History and application of computers, IT, Internet and WWW; hardware/software; input/output; Internet Protocol/IP address; IT gadgets; email creation and use; printer/tablet/mobile operation; MS-Word and MS-Excel essentials; operating systems, social networking, e-governance; digital financial tools; future skills and cyber security; technological developments (AI, Big Data, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Internet of Things) and India's achievements in this field.

Part-3 (Uttar Pradesh General Knowledge): History, culture, art, architecture, festivals, folk dance, literature, regional languages, heritage, social customs and tourism, geographical landscape and environment, natural resources, climate, soil, forest, wildlife, mines and minerals, economy, agriculture, industry, business and employment, polity and administration, and current events/achievements of Uttar Pradesh across various fields.

ℹ️ Key Candidate Instructions

The notification carries 29 numbered general instructions (11.01–11.29), identical UPSSSC boilerplate to other Commission advertisements. Compressing to the genuinely distinct/high-stakes ones (full text is in the official PDF):

• Only UP domicile residents get reservation benefit — non-domiciled candidates are treated as Unreserved.
• A candidate can claim only one reservation category, whichever is more beneficial, if eligible for more than one.
• For women candidates, the caste certificate must be issued based on the father's side lineage.
• EWS certificate must be obtained specifically between 01-04-2026 and 07-10-2026, based on FY 2025-26 income, valid for FY 2026-27.
• Ex-servicemen must have retired on or before the application last date (07-10-2026) to claim the reservation.
• Outstanding Sportsperson candidates must submit a certificate from a competent authority per UP's 2022 Sportsperson Direct Recruitment Rules.
• Married male candidates with more than one living wife, or women married to such men, are ineligible unless exempted by the Governor.
• Application corrections are allowed only until 14-10-2026; no correction request is entertained after that under any circumstances.
• Providing false information, or being unable to prove claimed facts with valid certificates, can lead to rejection and debarment (DEBAR) from this and future Commission exams/selections — malpractice, impersonation, or bigamy are explicitly covered.
• The Commission does not correspond individually with candidates — all updates are posted on the official website, which candidates must check regularly.
• The Commission's decision on eligibility/ineligibility is final.

📞 Contact & Signatory

The notification is issued by the Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission, Lucknow — no individual name or direct phone/email is given for the signatory beyond the Commission's general channels:

• Address: PICUP Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow – 226010
• Website: upsssc.gov.in
• Email: online.upsssc@nic.in

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