FCI Manager Syllabus 2026: Exam Pattern and Complete Selection Process

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) recruits for the prestigious Manager Grade 2 position through a rigorous four-stage process: Phase-I, Phase-II, Interview, and Training. To successfully clear the FCI Manager 2026 Exam, candidates must have a deep understanding of the selection criteria, exam pattern, and the comprehensive syllabus. In this guide, we provide a detailed breakdown of the recruitment stages and essential topics to help you streamline your exam preparation.

FCI Syllabus 2026 for Manager Grade 2

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FCI Syllabus 2026 for Manager Grade 2
Recruitment Body	Food Corporation of India (FCI)
Post Name	Manager (Category-2)
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/

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FCI Manager Selection Process 2026

For Manager (General, Depot, Movement, Accounts, Technical, Civil Engineering, and Electrical/Mechanical Engineering):

The selection process comprises three distinct stages:
Stage 1: Online Computer-Based Test (Phase-I and Phase-II)
Stage 2: Interview
Stage 3: Training

For Manager (Hindi):

The selection process consists of two stages:
Stage 1: Online Computer-Based Test
Stage 2: Interview

FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2026

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Paper-I is common for postcodes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
4. 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: There is no negative marking applicable in the Phase-II examination for FCI Manager posts.

FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2026: Phase-I

The FCI Manager Phase-I is an objective-type online test. Candidates are allotted a total of 60 minutes, with sectional timing constraints of 20 minutes per section. The exam includes three core sections, totaling 100 questions for a maximum of 100 marks.

FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2026 [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: Each question carries one mark. A penalty of one-fourth (1/4) of a mark applies to each incorrect answer. Unanswered questions do not attract negative marks. Please note that marks secured in Phase-I are qualifying in nature and are not included in the final merit list.

FCI Manager Syllabus 2026: Phase-I

The FCI Manager Phase-I exam tests candidates across three key areas: English Language, Numerical Aptitude, and Reasoning Ability. The detailed syllabus for the 2026 Phase-I exam is outlined below.

FCI Manager 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
11. One Word Substitution

FCI Manager 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 Manager 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 Manager Syllabus 2026: Phase-II

Paper 1 (90 Minutes) - 120 Marks:

This paper consists of 120 multiple-choice questions covering General Aptitude, Reasoning, Data Analysis, Computer Awareness, General Awareness, Management, and Current Affairs for all Category 2 technical and general posts.

Paper 2 (60 Minutes) - 120 Marks:

I. 60 MCQs on General Accounting and Finance (for Accounts Manager).
OR
II. 60 MCQs on Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, and Agricultural Engineering (for Technical Manager).
OR
III. 60 MCQs on Civil or Electrical/Mechanical Engineering (for relevant Engineering Managers).

I. FCI Manager (Accounts): Specialised focus on Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Auditing, and basic Computer Proficiency.

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 Manager (Technical): Designed for experts in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Entomology, and Chemistry.

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 Pest 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 Manager (Civil Engineering): Focuses on construction, building materials, surveying, soil mechanics, and structural 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 Manager (Electrical/Mechanical Engineering):

(a) Thermodynamics (b) Heat Transfer, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning (c) Theory of Machines and Machine Design (d) Strength and Properties of Materials (e) Production and Industrial Engineering (f) Production Planning (g) Material Handling (h) Electrical Circuits and Network Theory (i) Electrostatics and Electrical Measurements (j) Power Systems (Thermal, Hydro, Solar) (k) Control Systems and Electronics.

V. FCI Manager (Hindi):

Paper 3 (90 Minutes) - 120 Marks:

120 MCQs covering General Hindi, English, Awareness, Intelligence, Computer Knowledge, Management, and Current Affairs for Manager (Hindi) candidates.

Paper 4 (90 Minutes) - 120 Marks (Subjective):

i. Hindi to English translation passage (30 Marks)
ii. English to Hindi translation passage (30 Marks)
iii. Hindi Essay (30 Marks)
iv. English Precis Writing (30 Marks)

For Paper-IV (Hindi), candidates must be proficient in the following keyboard layouts: 1. Inscript, 2. Remington (GAIL).

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