SO SPECIALIST AGRICULTURAL OFFICER
Last Updated: Dec 10, 2025
What is SO Agricultural Officer job profile in bank?
Every year, banks announce new job vacancies across various posts in the banking sector and conduct recruitment through IBPS exams. These exams serve as a gateway for candidates to secure positions like Probationary Officer (PO), Clerk, and Specialist Officer (SO) in public sector and regional rural banks. Proper preparation for IBPS exams is essential to succeed in these competitive recruitment processes.
Basically the agricultural So Officer work includes promoting bank in rural areas to the villagers so that the policies related to agriculture followed by the bank could be known to the rural people and how it could benefit them.It is the responsibility of the agricultural officers to make the farmers aware of the agriculture policies and benefits they could have and ensure that the rural farmers meet the financial needs .
Eligibility criteria
Atleast graduation or 4yrs degree course in agriculture/animal husbandry with minimum 50 % aggregate.
Salary offered
This post comes in Scale 1 specialist officer.
The salary offered- 33,000 to 35,000/month
Benefits offered under this post to the SO Agricultural officer are-
1)Basic allowance
2)The DA or dearness allowance
3)Accomodation allowance or house rent pay
4)Travel allowance
5)Basic amenities allowance
6)Medical allowance
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Preparation
1)You need to put in lot of effort and hard work for the exams. A positive and hard effort to clear the exams will definitely help you out.
2)Be very clear about the important aspects of subjects and topics relevant. You need not to jump into its roots and theory as that might leave you in confusion and questions for the last moment.
3)Be careful while choosing books for studying as any wrong book might lead you to danger zone.Take suggestions from your teachers or tutors as they will be able to suggest you wisely.
4)Do not bound yourself to prepare well for the prelims exams only as you have to study hard and put more efforts after prelims to the main exams and the interview section.
Syllabus as of the professional knowledge part
There has been a significant change in the IBPS/Specialist Officer exam pattern with the introduction of the Mains section, which has added a new level of difficulty for candidates. This section focuses entirely on Professional Knowledge, and since the exam is related to agriculture, all questions will be based on agriculture concepts, practices, and current affairs related to the sector. Aspirants must prepare thoroughly in this domain to score well.
Important books to be considered-
-Agricultural field officer IBPS by Lalita Gaur
-IBPS SO for agricultural field officer by Elangovan & M Mahalakshmi.
-A Competitive book of Agriculture by Nem Raj Sunda
Best Coaching methods would include
Online classes
Pendrive classes
Video tutorials or Live Interactive sessions.
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