The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) has yet to update the MPPSC Forest Service syllabus and MPPSC State Forest exam pattern on its official website for the 2023 cycle. The candidates must be aware of the detailed MPPSC State Forest Service Syllabus to ensure that they do not miss out on anything while preparing for the exam. The Forest Services exam is conducted to fill various vacancies for the post of ACF and Forest Ranger under the State Forest Services department. Understanding the MPPSC Forest Service syllabus will help you prepare for the exam in a planned manner.
The MPPSC SFS Prelims syllabus is divided into two papers, viz. General Studies and General Aptitude Test. The detailed MPPSC State Forest Service prelims syllabus is given below:
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Paper I - General Studies |
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General Science and Environment |
Questions on general science and Environment (Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity & Climate Change). will cover general appreciation and understanding of science including matters of everyday observation and experience as may be expected of a well educated person who has not made a special study of any particular scientific discipline. |
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Current Events of National & International Importance |
In current events knowledge of significant National and International level will be tested. |
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History of India and Independent India |
questions of general knowledge related to social, economic and political aspects will be asked. Also, there will be questions on Indian National Movement and Development of Independent India. |
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Geography of India |
(a) Geography of India There will be questions of general knowledge relating to Physical, social and economic geography. It will also include questions on indian Agriculture and Natural resources. There will be questions pertaining to demography and census of India. (b) General Geographical awareness of world |
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Indian Polity and Economy |
Political system and constitution of the country, Panchayati Raj. social system, sustainable economic development, elections, political parties, plans. Industrial development, foreign trade and economic and financial Institutions |
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Sports |
Important games and sports tournaments. Awards, personalities and Renowned Sports Institutions of M.P., India. Asia and World. |
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Geography. History and Culture of M.P |
questions related to the development of Mountains, rivers, climate. Flora and Fauna, Minerals transportation in the Geography of Madhya Pradesh . It will also have questions relating to important dynasties of M.P., Contribution of important dynasties in the History & Culture of Madhya Pradesh. There will be questions on Tribals, Arts, Architecture, Fine Arts and Historical personalities of M.P |
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Polity and Economy of M.P. |
Political system. Political parties and elections, Pachyati Raj, Social system and sustainable economic development of M.P.. This will also include questions on Industry, Plans, Economic programmes, business, demography and census of M.P |
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Information and Communication Technology |
Questions pertaining to characteristics, uses, and terminologies such as website, online, search engine, e-mail, video mail, chatting, video conferencing, hacking, cracking, virus and cyber crime. |
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Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe |
Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) 1989 (No.33 of 1989) and the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (No. 22 of 1955) The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. |
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Paper II - General Aptitude Test |
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General Aptitude Test |
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Subject |
Syllabus |
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Section I - General Studies |
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General knowledge about India |
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General Hindi |
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General English |
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History, Culture & Literature of Madhya Pradesh |
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Geography of the Madhya Pradesh |
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3.Politics and Economy of M.P. |
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4. Current events of International, National and M.P. |
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General Mathematics |
o Additions. o Multiplication. o Subtraction. o Division. o Simple Formula and their use factors. o H.C.F. and L.C.M. o Fractions. o Simple Equations.
o Circular Measure. o Simple Problems with Heights and Distance. o Definitions of Trigonometric Ratios.
o Line and Angles. o Parallels. o Parallelograms. o areas of Quadrilaterals. o Construction of Angles. o Construction of Triangles.
o Profit and Loss. o Average. o Simple and Compound Interest. o Time and Distance. o Percentage. o Area. o Time and Work. o Ratio and Proportion. |
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5.Information and Communication Technology |
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Section B: Forestry and General Science |
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Unit I - Forest and Forestry |
Definitions, terminology, history and background of forest, objective of forestry, role of forest(productive, protective and ameliorative), forest cover of India and M.P., influence of forest on environment, forest types of India and M.P., reasons for declining forest, classification of forest, Trees Outside Forest (TOF), state wise forest distribution and growing stock, silvics and silviculture, forest regeneration , some commercially important trees (botanical name and family) examples teak, shisham, sal, babul, harra, bahera, amla, tendu, palash, arjun, khair, mahua. |
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Unit II - Forest Utilization |
Definitions, terminology, wood product, wood seasoning, wood preservation, plywood, particle-wood, pulp and paper, saw milling, logging, forest measurements (tree height, volume, biomass), non-wood forest products. fibres, flosses, grasses, tannin, gums, dye, resin, oleoresin, essential oils, tree borne oil seeds, medicinal plants. |
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Unit III - Forest Policy and Legislation |
Definitions, terminology, National Forest Policies (1894, 1952, 1988). Forest Law, Indian Forest Act (1927, 2002, 2006), comparison of forest Policies, Wild Life Protection Act (1972) and its amendments. Forest conservation Act (1980) and amendments, Environment Protection Act 1986. Biodiversity Act 2002, Forest Right Act 2006 for tribals, Indian Forest Act 2019 (Amendment). Bamboo freed from forest produce, joint forest management, social forestry, agroforestry, farm forestry, Agroforestry Policy 2014, M.P. Joakvaniki Act, 2001. |
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Unit IV - Forest Protection |
Definitions, terminology, Classification of injurious agencies- man, animals, insects, plants, environmental factors, forest fires and control measures, grazing and grazing management. afforestation, soil conservation, watershed management. Global warming, role of forest in climate mitigation, carbon pool. role of forest in soil and water conservation, National parks, Census, ecosystem services, forest management, reserve forest, Biosphere reserves. |
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Unit V - Tribes of Madhya Pradesh |
Major Tribes of M.P. and its sub castes -Bhil, Gond, Baiga etc. Special backward tribes of M.P.- Baiga, Bhariya, Sahariya. General introduction, regions and their features of languages and dialects of tribes of M.P., Major institutions and museum for tribes in M.P., Festivals, Religious beliefs, Culture and traditions of tribes of M.P., Welfare Schemes of tribes, Role of tribes in forest protection. |
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Unit VI - Chemistry |
Rate of chemical reaction and chemical equilibrium - Preliminary knowledge of rate of chemical reaction. Fast and slow chemical reactions. Reversible and irreversible chemical reactions. Reversible reaction and dynamic nature of equilibrium. Acids and bases. pH scale [simple numerical questions. Exothermic and endothermic reactions. Some important chemical compounds - properties and uses. Method of production manufacture [water, washing soda, baking soda bleaching powder and plaster of Paris.) preparation of building material-lime cement glass and steel. Metals - Position of metals in the periodic table and general properties. Metal, mineral ore. Difference between mineral and ore. Metallurgy-concentration, roasting, smelting, refining of ores. Metallurgy of copper and Iron, corrosion of metals. Alloys. Nonmetals - Position of nonmetals in the periodic table. Preparation properties and uses of Hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen. Some important organic compounds - laboratory method of preparing alcohol and acetic acid, properties and uses of some general artificial polymers, polythene, polyvinyl chloride. Teflon soap and detergents. |
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Unit VII - Physics |
Source of Energy - Conventional and new sources of Energy, source of solar energy, causes of origin of energy in the Sun, solar heating devices, solar cooker solar cell, wind energy, biogas, fossil fuels, ideal fuel properties of idea! fuel. Nuclear energy, nuclear Fission, Fusion, chain reaction, nuclear reactor, uses and harms of nuclear energy. General information about CREDA. Light - nature of light reflection of light, laws of reflection, reflection from plane and curved surface, image formation by plane convex and concave mirror, relation between focal length and radius of curvature, determination of focal length of concave mirror by single pin method. [Relation between u-v-f [numerical examples. Refraction of light - laws of refraction, refraction by glass slab, critical angle, total internal reflection, use of total internal reflection in daily life, lens [converging and diverging lens. Definition focal length optical centre image formation by lens Human eye. its defects and remedies. Comparison between photographic camera and human eye. Simple telescope and astronomical telescope. Construction working, uses, ray diagram [no formula derivation). Electricity and its effects - electric intensity, potential, potential difference, electric current Ohm's law. Resistance specific resistance, influencing factors, combination of resistance and related numerical examples thermal effect of current its use, calculation of power iT'S ranT -P-i-ents. Che.ioa, e.eCs or electric cont construction. ' f Magnetic M effect ° ' of current - Magnetic effect of current. Oersted experiment, electromagnetic accumulator cell induction' electric motor, working principle and use of generator, general studies of alternating current and direct current electric discharge ,n gases, discharge tube, cathode rays. X-rays and their properties. Magnetism - Magnet and its types artificial magnet, methods of preparing magnets, molecular theory of magnetism, demagnetization, magnetic keepers, magnetic lines offer and their properties. Plotting the lines offeree Terrestrial magnetism, magnetic storm, magnetic meridian geographical meridian, relation between VH1 and^ |
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Unit VIII - Biology |
Animal nutrition - Types of nutrition. Autotrophic Nutrition, Heterotrophic Nutrition. Holozoic, Parasitic Saprophytic 'symbiotic. Insectivorous, important terms of nutrition process. Digestion in unicellular ceil animals [amoeba] and multicellular animal grasshoppers. Human digestive system and digestive process. Photosynthesis, main steps of the process, light reaction and dark reaction. Factors influencing Photosynthesis. Experiments related to photosynthesis. Respiration - Definition, respiratory organs of animals breathing and respiration. Types of respiration. Aerobic and anaerobic respiration, respiratory system of human beings and mechanism of respiration [general information], respiratory quotient [RQ] of carbohydrate, fat and protein. Transport of mineral and water in plants and animals [In context of human being] Composition and function of blood, structure and working of heart, structure and function of blood vessels [preliminary knowledge] coagulation of blood, blood group, blood transfusion, blood bank, function of lymph system, diseases related to heart. Excretion - excretion in plants and excretory products. Excretion in animal and excretory organs Excretion system of man and excretion process [general information] artificial kidney dialysis. Osmoregulation. Diseases related to kidney Control and coordination - coordination in plants and animal Phytohormones. Nervous system of human beings. Structure and function of human Brain and spinal cord, reflex action, endocrine glands hormone and their function. Reproduction and growth - type of reproduction Asexual reproduction fission, budding, regeneration, vegetative reproduction, layering, cutting, grafting. Parthenogenesis, sexual reproduction in plants, structure of flower and reproduction process [general information] pollination fertilization. Human reproductive system and reproduction process. Heredity and evolution - heredity and variation, basis of heredity chromosome and DNA [preliminary information] gene sex determination preliminary knowledge of organic evolution [Oparin's theory only] |
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Unit IX - Environment |
Biodiversity and its conservation - General introduction - definition, species and genetic diversity. Blo-geographic classification of India. Importance of Biodiversity - Constructive and Destructive application. Importance of social, moral and alternative vision. Global. National and Local level Blo-diversity. India as a wide diversity nation, Hotspots of Biodiversity, threats to biodiversity. Residential damage, damage to wildlife, humans and wild animals struggle. India's threatened (endangered) and local species. Conservation of biodiversity. Topological and Non topological conservation. Environmental pollution - Reason effect and conservation - Air pollution, water pollution, sea pollution, soil pollution, sound/noise pollution, thermal pollution, nuclear pollution. Solid waste management- Urban and Industrial solid waste management: reason, effect and control. Human role in pollution control. Disaster Management. Floods, Earthquake. Cyclones and Landslides. Human Population and Environment, Population growth. Variation in the population in various countries. Population explosion and Family Welfare Programme. Environment and Human health |
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Unit X - Elementary Mathematics and General Mental Ability |
Arithmetic: Average profit and loss, simple and compound interest. Area Time, work and Labour, Time and distance; Square Root. Percentage, Ratio and Proportion, use of log table, volumes of rectangular surface and solids. Algebra: Fundamental laws and first four rules additions, Subtraction, multiplication, division, simple formula and their use factors, H.C.F.L.C.M. by factors, fractions, simple equations, factors of easy trinomial expressions of second degree. Geometry: Line and angles, parallels, triangles, congruence inequalities, parallelograms, applications of parallels, bisectors, perpendiculars etc. Construction of angles, construction of triangles, construction of quadrilaterals, theorems of areas of triangles and parallelograms. Areas of quadrilaterals, theorem of Pythagoras and its converse, reduction of quadrilaterals to an equivalent triangle, reduction of a rectilinear figure to a triangle or rectangle of equal areas, construction of a rectangle of given area and having one side of given length, miscellaneous construction, loci, Intersection of loci, exercises on loci. Trigonometry: Circular measure. Definitions of trigonometric ratios, simple problems on heights and distance. General Mental Ability: Numerical ability, reasoning, coding, data analysis and interpretation, analogy. |
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Paper |
Subject |
Total Marks |
Duration |
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Paper-1 |
General Studies |
200 |
2 hours |
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Paper-2 |
General Aptitude Test |
200 |
2 hours |
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Paper |
Subject |
Question |
Total Marks |
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Part A |
General Knowledge of Madhya Pradesh, National and International Level |
100 |
200 |
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Part B |
Forestry and General Science |
100 |
200 |
Interview:
The MPPSC SFS interview round is conducted for 50 marks. Candidates who qualify the prelims exam and the mains exam will be promoted for the Interview round. The candidates must be prepared with the basics of the subjects and have general awareness to pass this round. The final selection of the candidate will be based upon his/her merit.
Candidates must satisfy the Physical Standard Test to be eligible to be a part of the recruitment process. The measurements are different for male and female candidates. Check the table below to know more!
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Female |
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Height (UR,OBC,SC candidate) |
163 cm |
150 cm |
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Height (ST candidates) |
152 cm |
145 cm |
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Chest Measurement |
79 cm (minimum expansion 5 cm) |
74 cm (minimum expansion 5 cm) |
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Physical Efficiency Test (4 hours walk) |
25 km |
ACF: 14km FR & PM: 16 km |
