Food Corporation of India (FCI) is going to conduct FCI Manager 2025 Exam in four phases: Phase-1, Phase-2, Interview and Training. Phase-1 and Phase-II examination will be conducted online, followed by interview and training. This article discusses the detailed topic-wise syllabus, selection process and exam pattern, which will help candidates to start their preparation in the right path for the exam. The syllabus consists of all the important subjects therefore candidates must bookmark this page and cover the topics one by one for the upcoming UP SI exam.
FCI Syllabus 2025 for Manager Grade 2
The candidates who will be applying for the exam firstly should know the FCI Manager Syllabus 2025 to start their preparations for the exam. With the help of the syllabus, candidates can prepare efficiently and effectively for the exam. Candidates can also know the exam pattern through this article which will help them to understand the important topics and their weightage in the exam. The syllabus and the exam pattern can help candidates boost their preparations and help them prepare well for the exam which will increase their chances of selection.
| FCI Syllabus 2025 for Manager Grade 2 | |
| Recruitment Body | Food Corporation of India (FCI) |
| Post Name | Manager (Category-2) |
| Vacancies | To be notified |
| Category | Syllabus |
| Exam Level | National |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Negative Marking | ¼th mark |
| Selection Process | Online Test- Phase 1 & Phase 2, Interview |
| Official Website | https://fci.gov.in/ |
FCI Manager Selection Process 2025
For Manager (General/Depot/Movement/Accounts/Technical/Civil Engineering/Electrical Mechanical Engineering):-
- The selection process will consist 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 consist of 2 Stages:
Stage 1 -: Online Computer-Based Test
Stage 2 -: Interview
FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2025
- 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.
- For Postcode A, B, C, D, E, F and G, Paper – I is common.
- Online Test for Paper – I & Paper – II and Paper – III & Paper IV shall be held in a single sitting.
| Number of Papers | Post codes | 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) | |
| Paper Type | No. of Questions / Marks | Time |
| Paper 1 | 120 Questions/ 120 Marks | 90 Minutes |
| Paper 2 | 60 Questions/ 120 Marks | 60 Minutes |
| Paper 3 | 120 Questions/ 120 Marks | 90 Minutes |
| Paper 4 | 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). |
90 Minutes |
Note: Phase-II of the FCI Manager Examination does not have any negative markin.
FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2025: Phase-I
FCI Manager Phase-1 Exam will be conducted online and in objective mode (multiple choice questions). To complete the preliminary exam total 60 minutes are provided to candidates. There is section-wise timing for all sections i.e. 20 minutes each. It has 3 sections with total 100 questions and maximum 100 marks.
| FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2025 [Phase 1] | |||
| Section | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Time Duration |
| English Language | 25 | 25 | 15 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 25 | 25 | 15 minutes |
| Numerical Aptitude | 25 | 25 | 15 minutes |
| General Studies | 25 | 25 | 15 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Note: One-fourth (1/4) marks will be deducted for each wrong answer and each question will carry 01 mark. If a question is left blank, i.e. the candidate does not provide any answer; then there will be no negative marks for that question. The marks obtained in the first stage will not be counted in the final merit ranking.
FCI Manager Syllabus 2025: Phase-I
The detailed syllabus of FCI Manager 2025 Phase-1 Exam is mentioned below:
FCI Manager Syllabus for English Language
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Fillers
- Sentence Errors
- Vocabulary based questions
- Sentence Improvement
- Jumbled Paragraph/Sentences
- Paragraph Fillers
- Paragraph Conclusion
- Paragraph/Sentences Restatement
- One Word Substitution
FCI Manager Syllabus for 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 Syllabus for 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
FCI Manager Syllabus 2025: Phase-II
Paper 1 (Duration – 90 minutes) (120 Marks) -:
Candidates must complete 120 Multiple Choice Questions of General Aptitude that blend Reasoning, Data Analysis, Computer Awareness, General Awareness, Management and Current Affairs for the Manager (General / Depot / Movement / Accounts / Technical / Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering positions.
Paper 2 (Duration – 60 minutes) (120 Marks) -:
I. 60 multiple choice questions on General Accounting and Finance for candidates applying for the post of Manager (Accounts)
OR
II. 60 multiple choice questions on Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Engineering and Biotechnology for candidates applying for the post of Manager (Technical)
OR
III. 60 multiple choice questions on Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering for candidates applying for the post of Manager (Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering).
I. FCI Manager (Accounts) (Post Code-D): This post is for specialists in the field of accounting, finance, taxes, auditing and persons with basic knowledge of computers.
- Basic Accounting concept– This includes the preparation of books of accounts and Accounting Standards.
- Financial Accounting –
(a) Analysis of Financial statement
(b) Budgeting & Budgetary control
(c) Working Capital management
(d) Capital Budgeting & Ratio Analysis - Taxation –
(a) Income Tax including the filing of the return, TDS, Advance Tax etc
(b) Goods & Services Tax. - Auditing –
(a) Auditing Concepts and Methods
(b) Internal & External Audit of Companies - Commercial Laws –
(a) Contract Act
(b) Companies Act
(c) Sales of Goods Act
(d) Negotiable Instrument Act
(e) Consumer Protection Act
(f) RTI Act - 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 Manager (Technical) (Post Code-E): This post is for categories of specialists in the fields of Agriculture, Biotechnology, Entomology, Chemistry.
- 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 - Biotechnology
(a) Microbes: Beneficial & Harmful
(b)Genetic Engineering,
(c) Biotechnological Principles
(d) Economic Biotechnology
(e) Pathogens & Control
(f) Recent trends - Entomology
(a) Basic Entomology
(b)Economic Entomology
(c) Beneficial and harmful insects
(d) Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
(e) Storage Grain Insect pest
(f) Vertebrate Pests - 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) - 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 Manager Course (Civil Engineering) (Post Code-F): This post is for specialized persons in the field of Engineering, Construction, Building, Surveying, Soil Engineering, Design.
- 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 - Building Materials:
(a) Stone, Lime, Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminum, Fly Ash, Basic Admixtures,
(b) Timber, Bricks and Aggregates Classification, properties and selection criteria, Cement etc - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Structural Analysis:
(a) Strength of materials
(b) Bending moments and shear force
(c) Suspended Cables
(d) Concepts and use of Computer-Aided Design - 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 - 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 - Estimating, Costing and Valuation:
(a) estimate, analysis of rates, earthwork
(b) Bricks, RCC work shuttering, painting, flooring, plastering flexible pavements, tube wells, isolates and aggregate foundations, steel trusses, piles etc.
(c) Valuation – Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, appraisal value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation
IV. FCI Manager 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
(1) Electrostatics, materials science (electrical materials), electrical measurement,
(h) Calculation of components of power equipment and systems (power systems: electricity generation; thermal, hydro, nuclear and solar energy generation and transmission)
(k) Electro mechanics, control systems, electronics and communication, estimation and costing, use of computers
V. FCI Manager 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 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).
To appear in Paper-IV Manager (Hindi), the candidate should be able to use the following keyboard layouts:
1. Inscript
2. Remington (GAIL)
