FCI Syllabus 2020 With Complete Subject Wise PDF

FCI is considered to be the most respected job in the central government. There is huge competition in this field. The candidates who have been preparing for the FCI should know the complete detailed syllabus for JE, Stenographer, and Manager post. Find the complete information about the FCI Syllabus 2020 in the article.
FCI Syllabus 2020
- Even though, the selection process for FCI Recruitment will consist of three phases- Online Computer Based Test (Phase-I & Phase-II), and Document Verification.
- The FCI Online Process will be expected to begin in the month of April 2020.
- Food Corporation of India has released the 4500+ vacancies 2020 for the post of JE and Stenographer.
- A huge of the candidates have been applied for the exam, so they can take the FCI Preparation Tips and start preparing by maintaining the time table.
- The subjects that FCI 2020 Syllabus for Paper I covers are English Language, Reasoning Ability, and Numerical Aptitude.
FCI Phase 1 Syllabus 2020
The following table has the Syllabus of FCI 2020 for the prelims exam of FCI. The candidates must know that FCI Syllabus Phase 1 is the same for all the posts that FCI offers:
Numerical Aptitude | Reasoning | English Language |
Data Interpretation | Alphanumeric Series | Cloze Test |
Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Blood Relations | Fill in the blanks |
Mixtures & Allegations | Coded Inequalities | Miscellaneous |
Number Systems | Coding-Decoding | Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting |
Permutation, Combination &Probability | Data Sufficiency | Para jumbles |
Profit & Loss | Input-Output | Paragraph Completion |
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | Logical Reasoning | Reading Comprehension |
Sequence & Series | Puzzle | – |
Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | – |
Simplification | Seating Arrangement | – |
Time &Distance | Syllogism | – |
Work & Time | Tabulation | – |
The following table has FCI JE Syllabus for Prelims or Phase 1 of FCI for all the posts:
Subject | Total Questions | Max.Marks | Duration Of Exam |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 min |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 min |
Numerical Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 min |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 min |
FCI Phase 2 Syllabus
The FCI Exam Syllabus for Mains differs from one post that FCI offers to another.
- However, the candidates must have the information of all the syllabuses of different posts.
- Moreover, the syllabus of FCI for Mains Exam is designed as per the Post candidates are applying for
- In last, Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering) FCI Syllabus Mains Exam 2020
The table below has the detailed Food Corporation of India Syllabus for FCI JE Mains Exam 2020:
Detailed Syllabus for Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering) (Post Code A) |
Building Materials: Physical and Chemical properties building stones, cement (Portland), Asbestos products, Timber and Wood-based Products, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, varnishes, etc.
Surveying: Principles of surveying, plane table surveying, theodolite, leveling and contouring, curvature, permanent adjustment of dumpy level, methods of contouring, tachometric survey, etc. Soil Mechanics: Void ratio, porosity, saturation, water content, a specific gravity of soil grains and unit weights, grain size, Atterberg’s limits, soil classification, plasticity chart, permeability, consolidation of soils. Lab tests, moisture content, bearing capacity of soils, plate load test, standard penetration test, etc. Estimating, Costing and Valuation: Estimate, analysis of rates, earthwork, Brick, RCC work shuttering, Painting, Flooring, Plastering flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and combined footings, Steel Truss, Piles, etc. Transportation Engineering: Types of pavements, pavement materials – aggregates and bitumen, Design of flexible and rigid pavements, bituminous construction, rigid pavement joint, pavement maintenance, Railway Engineering. Environmental Engineering: Quality of water, purification, distribution, sanitation, sewerage and sewage treatments. Structural Engineering: Theory of Structures, bending moment and shear force diagrams retaining walls, eccentric loads, slope deflection, critical load and columns, torsion, etc. Concrete Technology: Latest technology and uses of concrete, water-cement ratio, workability, mix design, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete, quality control of concrete, repair and maintenance of a concrete structure, etc. RCC Designs: RCC flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, the design of single reinforced beams, retaining walls, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State method and Working Stress method). Steel Design: Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams, roof trusses, plate girders. Construction Management: Construction scheduling Bar Chart, CPM and PERT, etc. |
Food Corporation of India Syllabus for Junior Engineer Mains Exam
Although the table below has the complete details of the FCI Exam Syllabus for Junior Engineer (Electrical Mechanical Engineering) for the Mains Exam 2020:
Junior Engineer (Electrical Mechanical Engineering) (Post Code B) |
Basic concepts, Concepts of current, voltage, power, energy and their units, Circuit law, AC Fundamentals, Measurement and measuring instruments, Electrical Machines, Synchronous Machines, Generation, Transmission and Distribution of power in different power stations, Estimation and costing, Utilization of Electrical Energy, Basic Electronics, Theory of Machines and Machine Design, Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials, Thermal Engineering, Air standard Cycles for IC engines, Rankine cycle of steam, Air Compressors & their cycles, Boilers Refrigeration cycles, Production Engineering. |
Assistant Grade-III (Accounts) FCI Syllabus Mains 2020
The candidates can check the following table for the FCI Syllabus Recruitment 2020 for the post of Assistant Grade-III for the Mains Exam 2020:
Assistant Grade-III (Accounts) (Post Code G) | ||
1. | Basic Accounting concept including preparation of books of accounts | |
2. | Taxation including | Income Tax |
Goods and Services Tax | ||
3. | Auditing | Auditing Concepts and methods |
Internal & External audit of companies | ||
4. | Commercial Laws (Basic Knowledge) | Contract Act |
Company Act | ||
Sales of Goods Act | ||
Negotiable Instrument Act | ||
5. | Basic of Computers | Operating System |
Browsers | ||
Memory (Internal, External, Portable) | ||
Chats | ||
M.S. Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) | ||
Networks |
FCI Syllabus Mains Assistant Grade-III (Technical)
Although, the table below has the FCI Syllabus 2020 for Assistant Grade-III (Technical) for Mains Exam 2020
Assistant Grade-III (Technical) (Post Code H) |
Agriculture: – Statics of Indian Agriculture (Cereals & Pulses), Elementary Entomology, Plant Protection, Agricultural Economics.
Botany:- Cell Biology: Tissue, Organ & Organ System, Genetics, Plant Classification, Diversity, Ecology, Life Process: Photosynthesis, Respiration, Circulation, Movement, etc, Basics of Biochemistry. Zoology: – Animal Cell & Tissue, Organ System, Heredity & Variation, Animal Classification, Micro Organism, Insects & Rodents. Chemistry: – Chemical bonding, Organic Chemistry: Basics of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, aldehydes and acids, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry in daily life. Physics: – Measurements, Basic Physics, Light, Electricity. The syllabus mentioned above for Agriculture, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, and Physics are grouped into the following two categories:
Most Importantly, at the time of filling up of the online application form, the candidate applying for the post of AG-III (Tech) shall have to select any one of the above groups for online examination Paper-II i.e. either Group-A or Group-B in which he/she wishes to appear in the examination. The option once exercised shall be final and no further changes will be allowed under any circumstances. |
FCI Phase 3 Syllabus 2020
However, the FCI exam has Paper 3. The candidates can read about the Exam details of FCI Phase 3 Syllabus as follows:
- Firstly, there will be a total of 120 questions in the exam
- Secondly, the questions will base on General English, General Hindi, GK, and Computer Knowledge
- Hence, the FCI Exam Paper 3 is for the candidates who have applied for Post Code D [Assistant Grade-II (Hindi)], and Post Code E [Typist (Hindi)]
- Most importantly, the questions will be in objective type (MCQs)
FCI Syllabus for Phase 4 2020
The FCI Paper 4 has to be given by those students that have applied for the Post Code D [Assistant Grade-II (Hindi)]. The important details regarding the FCI Paper 4 Syllabus are as follows:
- However, Paper 4 of FCI is basically a translation test
- Moreover, Candidates have to translate 2 passages from Hindi to English
- Hence, Each of the passage carries 60 marks
- After all, his is an online test and the type of this paper is subjective
- Most importantly, the candidates should know how to use the keyboard layouts: Inscript and Remington (GAIL)
FCI 2020 Syllabus for Phase 5
Moreover, the candidates who are applying for the post of Post Code C [Steno Grade-II] will be attempting this exam. The several instructions Syllabus for Paper 5 of FCI Exam are as follows:
- Firstly, the exam has a total of 120 questions
- Secondly, the exam is an Objective type (MCQs)
- In last, the questions will be asked from General English, General Hindi, General Intelligence and regarding Computer Knowledge.
FCI Posts and Paper Codes
However, the candidates must know the details regarding the posts in FCI Recruitment. The Prelims are similar for all the posts in FCI 2020 Syllabus but the Mains exams differ. The candidates can check different posts in FCI and their postcode in the following table:
Paper Code | Posts |
F | AG-III (General) |
I | AG-III (Depot) |
E | Typist (Hindi) |
C | Steno Grade – II |
A | Junior Engineer Civil |
B | Junior Engineer ( Electrical & Mechanical) |
G | AG-III (Accounts) |
H | AG-III (Technical) |
D | AG-II (Hindi) |
FCI Selection Process 2020
Candidates should know the complete FCI Selection Process 2020 for the posts of JE and Stenographer, which is mentioned in the following points-
All the posts except Typist (Hindi) (Post Code – E)& Stenographer Grade-II (Post Code -C) will go through 3 staged selection process.
- Phase I
- Phase II
- Document Verification
However, Typist (Hindi) (Post Code – E) & Stenographer Grade-II (Post Code -C) will go through 4 staged selection process. The skill test will be an additional skill required for these two posts mentioned here.
- Phase I
- Phase II
- Skill test (Qualifying in nature)
- Document Verification
FCI Manager Syllabus 2020
- The FCI Manager Recruitment has released and once the online process will complete, an official will release the exam dates soon for the exam.
- Candidates have the opportunity to be a part of the Food Corporation of India till 27th October 2020.
- There are different posts with the FCI Manager Vacancy of 330.
- Candidates can apply for any manager post they want to be- General/ Depot/ Movement/ Accounts/ Technical/ Civil Engineering/ Electrical Mechanical Engineering/ Hindi.
- The Syllabus is a bit different for each post of the Manager.
FCI Manager Syllabus Phase 1
Here is the syllabus for each subject of FCI Manager Phase 1, go through the below table while preparing-
Subject | Syllabus |
English Language | Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Fillers, Sentence Errors, Vocabulary based questions, Sentence Improvement, Jumbled Paragraph/Sentences, Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph/Sentences Restatement. |
Numerical Aptitude | Data Interpretation, Inequalities (Quadratic Equations), Number Series, Approximation and Simplification, Data Sufficiency, Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems, HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns. |
Reasoning Ability | Puzzles, Seating Arrangements, Direction Sense, Blood Relation, Syllogism, Order and Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Machine Input-Output, Inequalities, Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series, Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning, Passage Inference, Statement, and Assumption, Conclusion |
FCI Manager 2020 Syllabus Phase 2
- While applying for the post having code D, E, F and G will appear in Paper-I to be followed by Paper-II.
- The Online Test for Paper – I & Paper-II shall be held in single Engineering sitting.
- Those who are applying and for Postcode H will appear in Paper-III to be followed by Paper-IV.
- The online Test for Paper – III & Paper-IV shall be held in a single sitting.
- Paper-I is common for post code A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
- Every Paper for the exam will be held in a single sitting.
Number of Papers | Postcode | Post | |
One Paper Exam | Paper I only | A | Manager (General) |
B | Manager (Depot) | ||
C | Manager (Movement) | ||
Two Paper Exam | Paper I and Paper II | D | Manager (Accounts) |
E | Manager (Technical) | ||
F | Manager (Civil Engineering) | ||
G | Manager (Electrical Mechanical Engineering) | ||
Paper III and Paper IV | H | Manager (Hindi) |
FCI Syllabus Manager for Paper 1
- A total of 120 Multiple Choice Questions are there with a time duration of 90 minutes.
- Topic consisting of Reasoning, Data Analysis, Computer Awareness, General Awareness, Management, and Current Affairs
- For the post of Manager (General / Depot / Movement / Accounts / Technical / Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering).
FCI Syllabus Paper 2 for Manager
- General Accounting and Finance for candidates applying for Manager (Accounts)
OR - Agriculture, Food Science & Technology, Agricultural Engineering & Bio-Technology for candidates applying for Manager (Technical)
OR - Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering for candidates applying for Manager (Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering)
I. FCI Syllabus for Manager (Accounts) (Post Code-D): This post needs specialization from Accounting, Finance, Taxes, Auditing and the basic knowledge of Computers.
Subject | Topics |
Basic Accounting Concept | This includes the preparation of books of accounts and Accounting Standards. |
Financial Accounting | Analysis of Financial Statement |
Budgeting and Budgetary Control | |
Working Capital Management | |
Capital Budgeting and Ratio Analysis | |
Taxation | Income Tax including filling pf return, TDS, Advance Tax, etc |
Goods and Services Tax | |
Auditing | Auditing Concepts and Methods |
Internal and External Audit of Companies | |
Commercial Laws | Contract Act |
Companies Act | |
Sales of Goods Act | |
Negotiable Instrument Act | |
Consumer Protection Act | |
RTI Act | |
Basic Computers | Operating System |
Browsers | |
Memory (Internal, External, Portable) | |
Chats | |
Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) | |
Networks |
II. FCI Manager (Technical) (Post Code-E): This category specialization from Agriculture, Biotechnology, Entomology, Chemistry field, and Food.
Subject | Topics |
Agriculture | Statistics of Indian Agriculture (Cereals & Pulses) |
Food & Agriculture Microbiology | |
Nutrition (Animal & Plant) | |
Postharvest care of Cereals & Pulses | |
Food grain Protection | |
Agriculture Extension | |
Bio-Technology | Microbes: Beneficial & Harmful |
Genetic Engineering | |
Biotechnological Principles | |
Economic Biotechnology | |
Pathogens & Control | |
Recent trends | |
Entomology | Basic Entomology |
Economic Entomology | |
Beneficial and harmful insects | |
Integrated Post Management (IPM) | |
Storage Grain Insect pest | |
Vertebrate Pests | |
Chemistry | Physical Chemistry: Structure of Atoms, Chemical Bonding, Radioactivity |
Inorganic Chemistry, Periodic Table, Basics Metals & Non-metals | |
Organic Chemistry, Basics of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, aldehydes, and acids | |
Biochemistry (Carbohydrates, Proteins & Fats) | |
Food | PFA Act, 1964 |
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006/Food Safety and Standards Regulations 2011 | |
Right to Information Act, 2005 |
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III. FCI Syllabus for Manager (Civil Engineering) (Post Code-F): These categories for specialization from Engineering, construction, building, Surveying, Soil Engineering, Design.
Subject | Topics |
Engineering Materials & Construction Technology | Selection of site for the construction |
Engineering Materials & Construction Technology | |
Planning and orientation of buildings, acoustics | |
Ventilation and air conditioning | |
Building and highway materials, Stones, Brick’s timber, Lime, Cement Mortar, Plain and reinforced Cement Concrete, Bitumen, Asphalt | |
Building Materials | Stone, Lime, Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminium, Fly Ash, Basic Admixtures |
Timber, Bricks and Aggregates Classification, properties and selection criteria, Cement, etc | |
Construction Practice, Planning, and Management | Construction Planning |
Equipment, site investigation | |
Tendering Process and Contract Management | |
Quality Control, Productivity, Operation Cost | |
Land acquisition, Labour safety, and welfare | |
Surveying | Surveying |
Leveling, temporary and permanent adjustments of levels and Theodolite | |
Use of theodolite | |
Tachometry | |
Trigonometrically and Triangulation survey | |
Contours and contouring | |
Computations of areas and volumes | |
Soil/ Geotechnical Engineering | Classification of Soil |
Field identification tests | |
Water content, specific gravity, voids ratio, porosity, Soil permeability and its determination in the laboratory and field | |
Darcy’s law, Flow nets its Characteristics | |
Local and general shear failures | |
Plate load test | |
Stability of simple slopes | |
Highway and Bridges | Classification of road land width |
Flexible pavements | |
WBM courses, subbase, sand bitumen base curse, crushed cement concrete base/subbase course | |
Prime and tack coats | |
surface dressing | |
Asphaltic concrete, seal coats | |
Structural Analysis | Strength of Materials |
Bending Moments and shear force | |
Suspended Cables | |
Concepts and Use of ComputerAided Design | |
Design & Steel Structures and Design of Concrete & Masonry Structures | Principles of working stress methods |
Design of tension and compression members | |
Design of beams and beam-column connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial roofs | |
Principles of Ultimate load design | |
Estimating Costing and Valuation | Estimate, analysis of rates, earthwork |
Brick, RCC work shuttering, Painting, Flooring, Plastering flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and combined footings, Steel Truss, Piles, etc | |
Valuation Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of value |
IV. FCI Manager syllabus (Electrical Mechanical Engineering) (Post Code-G):
Thermodynamics |
Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Airconditioning |
Theory of Machines, Machine Design |
Strength of Materials, Engineering Materials |
Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering |
Production Planning and Control |
Material handling |
Electrical Circuits, Network theorems, EM Theory |
Strength of Materials, Engineering Materials |
Electrostatics, Material Science (Electric Materials), Electrical Measurements |
Elements of Computation Power Apparatus and Systems (Power System: Power generation; Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear & Solar power production, and Transmissions) |
Electromechanics, Control Systems, Electronics and Communications, Estimation and costing, Use of computers |
FCI Syllabus Manager for Paper 3
- Candidates applying for the (PostCode- H) Manager (Hindi).
- There is a time duration of 90 minutes for 120 questions which carry 1 mark each.
- The exam will be asked in the form of Multiple Choice Questions
- Topics: General Hindi, General English, General Awareness, General Intelligence, Computer Awareness, Management, and Current Affairs.
FCI Syllabus Paper 4 for Manager
01 Passage for translation from Hindi to English | 30 Marks |
01 Passage for translation from English to Hindi | 30 Marks |
01 Essay in Hindi | 30 Marks |
01 Precis Writing in English | 30 Marks |
Total | 120 Marks |
For appearing in Paper-IV Manager (Hindi) candidate should be able to use the following keyboard
layouts:
1. Inscript
2. Remington (GAIL)

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