The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is going to recruit candidates for the Agricultural Area Officer (Scale -1) vacancies. Detailed IBPS AFO notification 2025 will be officially released in July 2025 with complete information for IBPS AFO Recruitment 2025. Candidates interested in the posts of IBPS Agricultural Sector Officer should meet the required eligibility criteria and submit their online application form on www.ibps.in. The selection will be done through three phases, that is, prelims, men’s and interview rounds, for which the dates of prelims and main exam 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 the vacancies in July 2025. Candidates wishing to apply for IBPS AFO recruitment 2025 will have to undergo detailed advertisements 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 officially released.
IBPS AFO Exam Date 2025 Out
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has released the IBPS AFO exam date 2025 with IBPS AFO Exam Calendar 2025. IBPS AFO Prelims Exam 2025 has been scheduled for 30 August 2025, and IBPS AFO Mains Mains Exam 2025 has been scheduled to 9 November 2025 for prelims-qualified candidates.
IBPS AFO Recruitment 2025- Important dates
The entire schedule for IBPS AFO 2025 recruitment will be released with IBPS AFO notification 2025. The notification will be released in July 2025. IBPS has already announced the dates of prelims and main examination, which have been mentioned below.
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| Events | Dates |
| IBPS AFO notification release | July 2025 |
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| IBPS AFO Prelims Examination | 30 August 2025 |
| IBPS AFO Mains Examination | 9 November 2025 |
IBPS AFO 2025 Eligibility Criteria
Candidates with required eligibility criteria for the posts of Agricultural Sector Officers can only apply for IBPS AFO Vacancy 2025. Check the IBPS AFO 2025 eligibility criteria from the table below.
| Parameter | eligibility criteria |
| Education | Candidates should have a 4 -year degree (graduate) in agriculture/ horticulture/ animal spouses/ veterinary science/ dairy science/ fishery science/ fisheries/ piciculture/ Agri. Marketing and Cooperation/ Cooperation and Banking/ Agriculture-Vajah/ Forestry/ Agricultural Bioteology/ Food Sciences/ Agricultural Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Serculture |
| Age limit | 20 to 30 years A candidate would not have been born before 02.11.1992 and later not from 01.11.2002 (both dates inclusive) |
IBPS AFO 2025 online application
Registration dates for IBPS AFO recruitment 2025 will be released with IBPS AFO notification 2025. The registration process will start on the official website of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection www.ibps.in. Since the registration process will start officially, we will also provide a direct link to the application form given below for the convenience of the candidates.
IBPS AFO 2025 application fee
Only applicants who presented with the required application fee will be accepted by IBPS. The fee will only be accepted through online mode.
| IBPS AFO 2025 application fee | |
| Social class | Application |
| General & OBC | Rupee. 850/ – |
| SC/ST/PWD category | Rupee. 175/- |
IBPS AFO 2025 Exam Pattern
The IBPS IBPS AFO 2025 will follow the examination pattern below to shortlist eligible candidates for the exam. Last year, IBPS launched a separate sectional time for each section in the preliminary examinationLet’s take a look at the revised IBPS AFO exam pattern.
The preliminary examination will be a qualification phase for the mens, and the candidates will have to complete the cut-off of the prelims that will be eligible to appear for the main examination.
IBPS AFO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025
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| S. no. | test name | Number of questions | Maximum marks | Examination medium | Duration |
| 1 | English language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| 2 | logic | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 | 120 minutes | ||
IBPS then main exam pattern 2025
| IBPS then main exam pattern 2025 | ||||
| test name | Number of questions | Maximum marks | medium | Duration |
| Professional knowledge | 60 | 60 | English and Hindi | 45 minutes |
IBPS AFO 2025 Course
The IBPS AFO course for Prelims & Mains Exam has been tabulated below for your reference. If you are preparing for IBPS AFO recruitment then 2025 exam should undergo a detailed course.
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| Argument capacity | English language | Quantitative Aptitude | general awareness |
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IBPS AFO Professional Knowledge Course
- Basics of crop production
- Horticulture
- Seed -science
- Agriculture and irrigation
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural practices
- Land resources
- Animal husbandry
- Agroforestry
- Circumstances
- Government schemes
