The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is going to recruit candidates for Agriculture Field Officer (Scale-1) vacancies. The detailed IBPS AFO Notification 2025 will be released officially in July 2025 along with complete details for IBPS AFO Recruitment 2025. The candidates interested in IBPS Agriculture Field Officer posts must fulfil the required eligibility criteria and submit their online application forms at www.ibps.in. The selection will be done through three stages, i.e., Prelims, Mains, and Interview round, for which the Prelims and Mains exam dates have already been announced by the IBPS Exam Calendar 2025.
IBPS AFO Notification 2025
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will upload the IBPS AFO Notification PDF for Agriculture Field Officer vacancies in July 2025. The candidates willing to apply for IBPS AFO Recruitment 2025 have to go through the detailed advertisement to know about eligibility, application fee, selection process, and other details. The link to download the IBPS AFO Notification 2025 will be attached below as it will be released officially.
IBPS AFO Exam Date 2025 Out
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has released the IBPS AFO Exam Date 2025 along with the IBPS AFO Exam Calendar 2025. The IBPS AFO Prelims Exam 2025 has been scheduled for 30th August 2025, and the IBPS AFO Mains Exam 2025 for the prelims-qualified candidates has been scheduled for 9th November 2025.
IBPS AFO Recruitment 2025- Important Dates
The complete schedule for IBPS AFO 2025 Recruitment will be released along with the IBPS AFO Notification 2025. The notification will be released in July 2025. The IBPS has already announced the Prelims and Mains exam dates, that have been mentioned below.
| IBPS AFO Recruitment 2025- Important Dates | |
| Events | Dates |
| IBPS AFO Notification Release | July 2025 |
| IBPS AFO Apply Online starts | — |
| Last Date to Apply | — |
| Last Date to pay the application fee | — |
| Last Date to print the application form | — |
| IBPS AFO Prelims Exam | 30th August 2025 |
| IBPS AFO Mains Exam | 9th November 2025 |
IBPS AFO 2025 Eligibility Criteria
The candidates with the required eligibility criteria for Agriculture Field Officers posts can only apply for the IBPS AFO Vacancy 2025. Check IBPS AFO 2025 Eligibility Criteria from the table below.
| Parameters | Eligibility Criteria |
| Education | The candidate must have a 4-year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture |
| Age Limit | 20 to 30 years A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.11.1992 and not later than 01.11.2002 (both dates inclusive) |
IBPS AFO 2025 Online Application
The registration dates for the IBPS AFO Recruitment 2025 will be released along with the IBPS AFO Notification 2025. The registration process will start on the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection’s official website, www.ibps.in. As the registration process will start officially, we will also provide a direct link of the application form below for the convenience of the candidates
IBPS AFO 2025 Application Fee
Only the applicants who submitted with the required application fee will be accepted by IBPS. The fee will be accepted only through the online mode.
| IBPS AFO 2025 Application Fees | |
| Category | Application Fee |
| General & OBC | Rs. 850/– |
| SC/ST/PWD category | Rs. 175/- |
IBPS AFO 2025 Exam Pattern
IBPS will be following the below-detailed exam pattern for shortlisting eligible candidates for the IBPS AFO 2025 Exam. The previous year, IBPS introduced separate sectional timing for each section in the preliminary exam. Let’s have a look at the revised IBPS AFO Exam Pattern.
The preliminary exam will be a qualifying phase for the mains, and candidates will have to meet the cut-offs of the prelims to be eligible to appear for the Mains exam.
IBPS AFO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025
| IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025 | |||||
| S No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| 2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 | 120 minutes | ||
IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2025
| IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2025 | ||||
| Name of Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
IBPS AFO 2025 Syllabus
The IBPS AFO Syllabus for Prelims & Mains exam has been tabulated below for your reference. If you are preparing for the IBPS AFO Recruitment 2025 Exam must go through the detailed syllabus.
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| Reasoning Ability | English Language | Quantitative Aptitude | General Awareness |
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IBPS AFO Professional Knowledge Syllabus
- Basics of Crop production
- Horticulture
- Seed Science
- Agronomy and Irrigation
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Practices
- Soil resources
- Animal Husbandry
- Agroforestry
- Ecology
- Government Schemes
