FCI Syllabus 2022 & Exam Pattern for Assistant Grade 3 Posts, Topics & Subjects

FCI Syllabus 2022 

FCI Syllabus 2022 for Assistant Grade 3: Food Corporation of India (FCI) will be conducting FCI Assistant Grade 3 2022 Exam in four stages: Phase-I, Phase-II, Interview & Training. The Phase-I & Phase-II exam will be conducted online, followed by Interviews and Training. To ace FCI Assistant Grade 3 2022 Exam, it is necessary to know the Selection Process, Exam Pattern and Detailed Syllabus of this exam. This article will help you to prepare judiciously for FCI Recruitment 2022 Exam. In this article, we are sharing FCI Syllabus 2022 for Assistant Grade 3, Exam Pattern & Selection Process. Let's have a look at the exam pattern and syllabus for all stages of FCI Assistant Grade 3 2022 Recruitment process one by one.

FCI Syllabus 2022 for Assistant Grade 3

Candidates are advised to bookmark this page to prepare according to the FCI Syllabus 2022 for Assistant Grade 3. If you know the syllabus and exam pattern completely it will give you clarity about the exam and will help you to make a strategy.

FCI Selection Process for Assistant Grade 3

For Assistant Grade 3 (General/ Depot/ Movement/ Accounts/ Technical/ Civil Engineering/ Electrical Mechanical Engineering):-

The selection process will be consisting of 3 Stages:
Stage 1 -: Online Computer Based Test (Phases – I and II)
Stage 2 -: Interview
Stage 3 -: Training

Manager (Hindi):

The selection process will be consisting of 2 Stages –
Stage 1 -: Online Computer Based Test
Stage 2 -: Interview

FCI Exam Pattern 2022 for Assistant Grade 3

Begin your preparation for FCI Assistant Grade 3 Examination, let's understand FCI Exam Pattern 2022 for Assistant Grade 3 for each phase of online examination. 

FCI Exam Pattern 2022: Phase-I

The FCI Manager Phase-I examination will be conducted online and Objective type (Multiple Choice Questions). Candidates are allocated total duration of 60 Minutes to complete the preliminary exam. There is section-wise timing for all sections i.e. 20 minutes each. It consists of 3 sections with a total of 100 questions and a maximum score of 100 marks.

Note: Each question will carry equal 01 (one) mark. For each wrong answer, there will be negative marking of one-fourth (1/4) of the mark assigned to that question.
If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no negative marking for that question.
The marks obtained in Phase-I will not be reckoned in final merit ranking.

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FCI Syllabus 2022 for Assistant Grade 3: Phase-I

FCI covers three sections in FCI Assistant Grade 3 Phase-I exam i.e. English Language, Numerical Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. The details syllabus for FCI Assistant Grade 3 2022 Phase-I exam is mentioned below:

FCI Syllabus for English Language

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze Test
3. Fillers
4. Sentence Errors
5. Vocabulary based questions
6. Sentence Improvement
7. Jumbled Paragraph/Sentences
8. Paragraph Fillers
9. Paragraph Conclusion
10. Paragraph/Sentences Restatement

FCI Syllabus for Reasoning Ability

1. Puzzles, Seating Arrangements
2. Direction Sense
3. Blood Relation
4. Syllogism
5. Order and Ranking
6. Coding-Decoding
7. Machine Input-Output
8. Inequalities
9. Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
10. Data Sufficiency
11. Logical Reasoning
12. Passage Inference
13. Statement and Assumption
14. Conclusion

FCI Syllabus for Numerical Aptitude

1. Data Interpretation
2. Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
3. Number Series
4. Approximation and Simplification
5. Data Sufficiency
6. Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems
7. HCF and LCM
8. Profit and Loss
9. SI & CI
10. Problem on Ages
11. Work and Time
12. Speed Distance and Time
13. Probability
14. Mensuration
15. Permutation and Combination
16. Average
17. Ratio and Proportion
18. Partnership
19. Problems on Boats and Stream
20. Problems on Trains
21. Mixture and Allegation
22. Pipes and Cisterns

FCI Exam Pattern 2022: Phase-I

Candidates applying for posts having codes 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.

Candidates applying 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 codes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.

Online Test for Paper - I & Paper - II and Paper - III & Paper IV shall be held in a single sitting.

Note: There will be no negative marking in Phase-II of the FCI Manager Examination.

FCI Syllabus for Assistant Grade 3: Phase-II

Paper 1 (Duration – 90 minutes) (120 Marks) -:

120 Multiple Choice Questions of General Aptitude 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).

Paper 2 (Duration – 60 minutes) (120 Marks) -:

I. 60 Multiple Choice Questions on General Accounting and Finance for candidates applying for Manager (Accounts)
OR
II. 60 Multiple Choice Questions on Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Engineering & Bio Technology for candidates applying for Manager (Technical)
OR
III. 60 Multiple Choice Questions on Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering for candidates applying for Manager (Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering).

I. FCI Assistant Grade 3 (Accounts) (Post Code-D): This post has categories for specialised persons from Accounting, Finance, Taxes, Auditing and who has basic knowledge of Computers.

1. Basic Accounting concept– This includes the preparation of books of accounts and Accounting Standards.
2. Financial Accounting –
   (a) Analysis of Financial statement
   (b) Budgeting & Budgetary control
   (c) Working Capital management
   (d) Capital Budgeting & Ratio Analysis
3. Taxation –
   (a) Income Tax including the filing of the return, TDS, Advance Tax etc
   (b) Goods & Services Tax.
4. Auditing – 
   (a) Auditing Concepts and Methods
   (b) Internal & External Audit of Companies
5. Commercial Laws – 
   (a) Contract Act
   (b) Companies Act
   (c) Sales of Goods Act
   (d) Negotiable Instrument Act
   (e) Consumer Protection Act
   (f) RTI Act
6. Basic Computers
   (a) Operating System
   (b) Browsers
   (c) Email
   (d) Memory(Internal, External, portable)
   (e) Chats
   (f) Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
   (g) Networks

II. FCI Assistant Grade 3 (Technical) (Post Code-E): This post has categories for specialised persons from Agriculture, Biotechnology, Entomology, Chemistry field

1. Agriculture
   (a) Statistics of Indian Agriculture (Cereals & Pulses)
   (b) Food & Agriculture Microbiology
   (c) Nutrition (Animal & Plant)
   (d) Postharvest care of Cereals & Pulses
   (e) Food grain Protection
   (f) Agriculture Extension
2. Biotechnology
   (a) Microbes: Beneficial & Harmful
   (b)Genetic Engineering,
   (c) Biotechnological Principles
   (d) Economic Biotechnology
   (e) Pathogens & Control
   (f) Recent trends
3. Entomology
   (a) Basic Entomology
   (b)Economic Entomology
   (c) Beneficial and harmful insects
   (d) Integrated Post Management (IPM)
   (e) Storage Grain Insect pest
   (f) Vertebrate Pests
4. Chemistry–
   (a) Physical Chemistry: Structure of Atoms, Chemical Bonding, Radioactivity
   (b) Inorganic Chemistry, Periodic Table, Basics Metals & Non-metals
   (c) Organic Chemistry, Basics of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, aldehydes and acids
   (d) Biochemistry (Carbohydrates, Proteins & Fats)
5. Food-
   (a) PFA Act, 1964
   (b) Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006/Food Safety and Standards Regulations 2011
   (c) Right to Information Act, 2005
    

III. FCI Assistant Grade 3 Syllabus (Civil Engineering) (Post Code-F): This post has categories for specialised persons from Engineering, constructions, building, Surveying, Soil Engineering, Design

1. Engineering Materials & Construction Technology:
   (a) Selection of site for the construction
   (b) Engineering Materials & Construction Technology
   (c) Planning and orientation of buildings, acoustics
   (d) Ventilation and air conditioning
   (e) Building and highway materials, Stones, Bricks timber, Lime, Cement Mortar, Plain and reinforced Cement Concrete, Bitumen, Asphalt
2. Building Materials:
   (a) Stone, Lime, Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminium, Fly Ash, Basic Admixtures,
   (b) Timber, Bricks and Aggregates Classification, properties and selection criteria, Cement etc
3. Construction Practice, Planning and Management:
   (a) Construction Planning
   (b) Equipment, site investigation
   (c) Tendering Process and Contract Management
   (d) Quality Control, Productivity, Operation Cost
   (e) Land acquisition, Labor safety and welfare
4. Surveying:
   (a) Surveying
   (b) Leveling, temporary and permanent adjustments of levels and Theodolite
   (c) Use of theodolite
   (d) Tachometry
   (e) Trigonometrically and Triangulation survey
   (f) Contours and contouring
   (g) Computations of areas and volumes
5. Soil/Geotechnical Engineering:
   (a) Classification of soil
   (b) Field identification tests
   (c) Water content, specific gravity, voids ratio, porosity, Soil permeability and its determination in the laboratory and field
   (d) Darcy’s law, Flow nets its Characteristics
   (e) Local and general shear failures
   (f) Plate load test
   (g) Stability of simple slopes
6. Highway and bridges:
   (a) Classification of road land width
   (b) Flexible pavements
   (c) WBM courses, sub-base, sand bitumen base curse, crushed cement concrete base / sub-base course
   (d) Prime and tack coats
   (e) surface dressing
   (f) Asphaltic concrete, seal coats
7. Structural Analysis:
   (a) Strength of materials
   (b) Bending moments and shear force
   (c) Suspended Cables
   (d) Concepts and use of Computer-Aided Design
8. Design of steel structures:
   (a) Principles of working stress methods
   (b) Design of tension and compression members
   (c) Design of beams and beam-column connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial roofs
   (d) Principles of Ultimate load design
9. Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures:
   (a) Principles of working stress methods
   (b) Design of tension and compression members
   (c) Design of beams and beam-column connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial roofs
   (d) Principles of Ultimate load design
10. Estimating, Costing and Valuation:
    (a) estimate, analysis of rates, earthwork
    (b) Brick, RCC work shuttering, Painting, Flooring, Plastering flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and combined footings, Steel Truss, Piles etc
    (c) Valuation- Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation

IV. FCI Assistant Grade 3 syllabus (Electrical Mechanical Engineering) (Post Code-G):

(a) Thermodynamics
(b) Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning
(c) Theory of Machines, Machine Design
(d) Strength of Materials, Engineering Materials
(e) Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering
(f) Production Planning and Control
(g) Material handling
(h) Electrical Circuits, Network theorems, EM Theory
(g) Strength of Materials, Engineering Materials
(i) Electrostatics, Material Science (Electric Materials), Electrical Measurements,
(j) Elements of Computation Power Apparatus and Systems (Power System: Power generation; Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear & Solar power production and Transmissions)
(k) Electromechanics, Control Systems, Electronics and Communications, Estimation and costing, Use of computers

V. FCI Assistant Grade 3 syllabus (Hindi) (Post Code-H):

Paper 3 (Duration-90 minutes) (120 Marks) -:

120 Multiple Choice Questions on General Hindi, General English, General Awareness, General Intelligence, Computer Awareness, Management and Current Affairs for candidates applying for the Post Code H Manager (Hindi).

Paper 4 (Duration-90 minutes) (120 Marks) (Subjective Test) -:

i. 01 Passage for translation from Hindi to English (30 Marks)
ii. 01 Passage for translation from English to Hindi (30 Marks)
iii. 01 essay in Hindi (30 Marks)
iv. 01 Precis Writing in English (30 Marks).

For appearing in Paper-IV Manager (Hindi) candidate should be able to use the following keyboard layouts:
1. Inscript
2. Remington (GAIL)