FCI Syllabus 2019 – Food Corporation of India 2019

Food Corporation of India (FCI), one of the largest Public Sector Undertakings, has released the notification for FCI Recruitment 2019 for a whopping 4103 posts. The FCI recruitment 2019 includes vacancies for the posts of Junior Engineer (JE) (Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering), Assistant Grade II (Ag II) (Hindi), Steno Grade-II, Typist (Hindi) And Assistant Grade-III (Ag III) (General /Accounts / Technical / Depot). So now it is very high time to start preparing for the Exam and knowing the syllabus is the first step in the ladder to success. In this blog we will help you take your first step with the entire FCI Syllabus 2019 Examination both for Prelims and Mains.

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PATTERN OF ONLINE TEST

The online test will comprise of Phase-I and Phase-II exams:

The online exam of Phase-I shall be common irrespective of the post. Phase-I of online test, the test will be Objective type (Multiple Choice Questions). Each question will carry equal one mark. For each wrong answer, there will be negative marking of one-fourth of the mark assigned to that question.

The test structure for Phase I Online exam is as follow:-

Sr. No.	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration	Version
1.	English Language	30	30	20 min	English
2.	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 min	Bilingual
3.	Numerical Aptitude	35	35	20 min	Bilingual
	Total	100	100	60 min

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FCI Syllabus 2019 for Phase I

Following table contains the list of topics from Reasoning Ability, Numerical Aptitude and English Language sections.

English Language	Numerical Aptitude	Reasoning
Cloze Test	Data Interpretation	Alphanumeric Series
Fill in the blanks	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Blood Relations
Miscellaneous	Mixtures & Allegations	Coded Inequalities
Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting	Number Systems	Coding Decoding
Para jumbles	Permutation, Combination &Probability	Data Sufficiency
Paragraph Completion	Profit & Loss	Input Output
Reading Comprehension	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage	Logical Reasoning
	Sequence & Series	Puzzle
	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
	Simplification	Seating Arrangement
	Time & Distance	Syllogism
	Work & Time	Tabulation

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FCI Syllabus 2019 for Phase II

Paper-I (Duration-90 Minutes):

120 Multiple Choice Questions of General Aptitude consisting of Reasoning/General Intelligence, English Language, Computer Proficiency, General Awareness, Current Events, Data Analysis/Numerical Ability/Data Interpretation for the Post Code A {Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering)}, B {Junior Engineer (Electrical Engineering)}, C {Junior Engineer (Mechanical Engineering)}, F {AG-III (General)}, G {AG-III (Accounts)}, H{AG – III (Technical)} & I { AG-III (Depot)}.

Paper-II (Duration-60 minutes) :

The detailed FCI syllabus 2019 for specified technical posts for Paper-II to assess the post specific technical knowledge of relevant stream is as under:

a. Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering)

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, 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 concrete structure etc
RCC Designs	RCC flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, 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.

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b. Junior Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical Engineering):

The topics for Junior Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical Engineering) are given below in the table

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.

 

c. Assistant Grade-III (Accounts):

1. Basic Accounting concept including preparation of books of accounts.
2. Taxation including Income Tax and Goods and Services Tax.
3. Auditing: – (a) Auditing concepts and methods, (b) Internal & External audit of companies.
4. Commercial Laws:- (Basic Knowledge) (a) Basics of Contract Act, (b) Basics of Company Act, (c) Basics of Sales of Goods Act, (d) Negotiable Instrument Act
5. Basic of Computers: (a) Operating System, (b) Browsers, (c) Email, (d) Memory (Internal, External, portable), (e) Chats, (f) Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), (g) Networks

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d. Assistant Grade-III (Technical):
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.

Note: The above syllabus for Agriculture, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry and Physics is grouped into following two categories:
GROUP A- Agriculture, Botany and Zoology.
GROUP B- Agriculture, Chemistry and Physics.

Paper-III (Duration-90 minutes)

120 Multiple Choice Questions on General Hindi, General English, General Awareness, General Intelligence and Computer Knowledge for candidates applying for Post Code D {Assistant Grade-II (Hindi)}, and Post Code E {Typist (Hindi).

Paper-IV (Duration-90 minutes) (Subjective Test):

Translation – 2 Passages, one each from Hindi to English and vice-versa or candidates applying for the Post Code D {Assistant Grade-II (Hindi)}. Each Question will carry 60 marks and the maximum marks for the Paper-IV would be 120. This online test will be subjective type.

Paper-V (Duration-90 minutes):

120 Multiple Choice Questions on General English, General Awareness, General Intelligence and Computer Knowledge (with specific reference to MS Word and Internet) for candidates applying for the Post Code C {Steno. Grade-II}.

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