What is the CWC exam pattern 2026?

The CWC 2026 exam is an online test of 3 hours with 202 questions for 230 marks. Each section is timed separately. The paper includes a descriptive test of 2 questions for 30 marks.

Is there negative marking in the CWC exam 2026?

Yes. 1/4th of the marks for each question is deducted for every wrong answer in the objective tests. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.

What is the selection process for CWC Assistant Manager posts?

Assistant Manager posts (Post Codes 01 to 06) have three stages: Online Test, Document Verification and Interview. Candidates are shortlisted for the interview in a 1:5 ratio.

In which language will the CWC exam be conducted?

Most sections are in Hindi and English. English Language and the Descriptive Test are in English only. Reasoning & Computer Aptitude is also in English only for Junior Executive (General) and Junior Executive (Technical).

CWC Syllabus 2026, Check Exam Pattern for Various Posts

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The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) has announced CWC Recruitment for a total of 327 vacancies for Assistant Manager and Junior Executive posts. Candidates interested in the CWC exam must be looking for the Syllabus, which is shared in this article along with the exam pattern.

Candidates applying for these posts should thoroughly understand the syllabus, exam pattern, marking scheme, and selection process to ensure efficient exam preparation. Check this article for a detailed CWC Syllabus 2026.

CWC Syllabus 2026 and Exam Pattern

The CWC Syllabus and Exam Pattern for all posts are provided here. The exam will be conducted online with 200 questions, covering various subjects such as Reasoning and Computer Aptitude, English Language, Data Analysis & Interpretation, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, and Professional Knowledge. The official syllabus has been released along with the official notification and it is provided below in this article.

CWC Syllabus 2026- Highlights
Name of Organization	Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)
Name of Post	Assistant Manager and Junior Executive
Category	Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Mode of Exam	Online
Total Marks	230
Total Questions	202
Exam Duration	3 Hours
Negative Marking	1/4th
Selection Process	Online Test and Document Verification followed by Interview (as per post applied)
Official Website	www.cewacor.nic.in.

CWC Exam Pattern 2026

The CWC exam will consist of 202 questions, each worth 1 mark. Candidates will have 3 hours to complete the exam, which will be conducted in both Hindi and English.

CWC Exam Pattern for Assistant Manager (General)

Section	Questions	Marks	Time	Medium
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	60	60	50 min	Hindi & English
English Language	40	40	25 min	English
Data Analysis & Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude	60	60	50 min	Hindi & English
General Awareness	40	40	25 min	Hindi & English
Language & Comprehension Abilities (Descriptive)	2	30	30 min	English
Total	202	230	3 hrs

CWC Exam Pattern for Assistant Manager (Technical, Finance, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical)

Section	Questions	Marks	Time	Medium
Professional/Subject Knowledge	60	60	55 min	Hindi & English
General Awareness	40	40	20 min	Hindi & English
English Language	40	40	25 min	English
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	30	30	25 min	Hindi & English
Data Analysis & Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude	30	30	25 min	Hindi & English
Language & Comprehension Abilities (Descriptive)	2	30	30 min	English
Total	202	230	3 hrs

CWC Exam Pattern for Junior Executive (Technical)

Section	Questions	Marks	Time	Medium
Subject Knowledge	65	65	55 min	Hindi & English
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40	40	25 min	English
Data Analysis & Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	30 min	Hindi & English
General Awareness	20	20	15 min	Hindi & English
English Language	35	35	25 min	English
Language & Comprehension Abilities (Descriptive)	2	30	30 min	English
Total	202	230	3 hrs

CWC Exam Pattern for Junior Executive (General)

Section	Questions	Marks	Time	Medium
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	50	50	45 min	English
Data Analysis & Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 min	Hindi & English
General Awareness	50	50	25 min	Hindi & English
English Language	50	50	35 min	English
Language & Comprehension Abilities (Descriptive)	2	30	30 min	English
Total	202	230	3 hrs

CWC Syllabus 2026

The CWC Syllabus for the written exam consists of 4 to 5 subjects: Reasoning and Computer Aptitude, English Language, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, and Professional Knowledge. Each section covers multiple topics, which are detailed in the table below. Candidates can check the table below for CWC topics and sub-topics.

CWC Syllabus
Parts of Exam	Topics
Reasoning	Distance and Direction
	Alpha/ Numeric/ Symbol Series
	Inequalities: Direct and Indirect
	Syllogism: Only a few
	Input-Output: Shifting and arranging based
	Data Sufficiency: 2 statements
	Blood Relations: Normal Blood Relations
	Coding Decoding: Chinese Coding
	Oder and Ranking
	Seating Arrangements: Circle/ Square/ Triangle/ Linear/ Uncertain number of persons
	Puzzles: Category/ Comparison/ Designation/ Box/ Box/ Day/ Month/ Year/ Floor & Flat
	Miscellaneous
Computer	Computer Basics
	Organization of a computer
	PORTs
	Central Processing Unit (CPU)
	Input/output devices
	Memory organization
	Computer memory
	Keyboard shortcuts
	Back-up devices
	Windows Explorer
	E-Banking
	Working with the Internet and e-mails
	Web Browsing & Searching
	Downloading & Uploading
	Managing an E-mail Account
	Windows Operating System including basics of Microsoft Office like MS Word, MS Excel, and PowerPoint, etc.
	Basics of networking and cyber security
	Networking devices and protocols
	Network and information security threats (like hacking, viruses, worms, Trojans, etc.) and preventive measures.
English Language	Cloze Test
	Sentence Correction
	Para Jumbles
	Fill in the Blanks
	Reading Comprehension
	Spotting Errors
	Sentence Improvement
	Para/Sentence Completion
	Sentence Rearrangement
	Column-Based, Spelling Errors
	Word Swap
	Word Rearrangement
	Sentence Based Errors
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Tabular Data
	Line Graphs
	Bar Graphs
	Pie Charts
	Radar Graphs
	Mixed Graphs
	Caselet/ Passage
	Missing Graphs
	Data Sufficiency
	Data Comparison
General Awareness	Indian History
	Indian Geography
	Economics
	General Science
	Environment and its Application to the society
	Current events relating to India and its neighbouring 23 countries especially about Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene
	General Polity including the Indian Constitution, Scientific Research, etc.
Quantitative Aptitude	Number Series
	Simplification/ Approximation
	Quadratic Equations
	Data Interpretation (Tables, Bar Graphs, Line Charts, Pie Charts, Caselets, Radar Graphs, etc.)
	Averages
	Time, Speed, and Distance
	Simple and Compound Interest
	Profit and Loss
	Ratio and Proportion
	Time and Work
	Percentage
	Mensuration
	Probability
	Permutation and Combination
	Age-based problems
	Partnership

CWC Syllabus for Professional Knowledge

To succeed in the written exam, candidates should thoroughly prepare all the topics below for the test. The topic-wise syllabus for the Professional Knowledge exam is provided here to guide your preparation.

Syllabus for Assistant Manager (Technical)

Section	Topics
Agricultural Process Engineering & Storage Systems	Engineering properties of produce, drying and moisture management, cleaning/grading/material handling, processing of cereals/pulses/oilseeds, storage systems (godowns, silos, controlled and modified atmosphere), packaging
Food Engineering & Preservation	Heat and mass transfer basics, preservation by cooling/freezing/refrigeration/cold storage, pasteurization and sterilization, water activity and storage principles
Food Chemistry & Nutrition	Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, enzymes, chemical and biochemical changes in storage/processing, food quality and deterioration
Food Microbiology & Pest Control	Microorganisms in food grains, microbial growth and spoilage, storage fungi and mycotoxins, food-borne pathogens, fumigation, stored grain pests, rodent control, IPM, pesticide dosage and safety
General Biology & Biotechnology	Biomolecules, enzymes, microorganisms, basic genetics and molecular biology, biotechnology in food preservation, grain quality and pest management
Grain Storage, Quality Control & Chemical Preservation	Grain quality inspection and grading, sampling, moisture determination, grain standards, storage losses, scientific storage, pre- and post-monsoon prophylactic treatment, fumigation chemicals and dosage, warehouse quality control

Syllabus for Assistant Manager (Finance)

Section	Topics
Financial Accounting	Ind AS (Companies Act, 2013), accounting process and GAAP, income/expense/assets/liabilities, bank reconciliation statement, rectification entries and disclosure notes, cash flow statement, company final accounts format, banking operations, payroll accounting, cost accounting and cost control/reduction
Taxation	Income Tax (concepts and provisions as per Income Tax Act, 2025), salient features of the GST Act, 2017
Auditing	Concept, company audit, audit reports and certificates, ledger scrutiny, internal control

Syllabus for Assistant Manager (Engineering-Civil)

Section	Topics
Structural Engineering	Engineering mechanics, strength of materials, structural analysis, engineering materials (other than concrete and steel), concrete structures and design (IS codes), steel structures and design (IS codes)
Geotechnical & Geomatics Engineering	Soil mechanics, foundation engineering, soil improvement techniques
Water Resources Engineering	Fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology, irrigation
Environmental Engineering	Water and waste water, air pollution, municipal solid waste, noise pollution
Transportation Engineering	Transportation infrastructure, highway pavements, traffic engineering
Surveying	Principles, maps, distance and angle measurement, traversing and triangulation, horizontal and vertical curves, basics of GIS and GPS
Others	Project management and planning, concrete technology and prestressed concrete

Syllabus for Assistant Manager (Engineering-Electrical)

Section	Topics
Electric Circuits	Network graph, KCL/KVL, node and mesh analysis, transients, sinusoidal steady state, resonance, filters, network theorems (Thevenin, Norton, Superposition, Max Power Transfer), two-port networks, three-phase circuits, power and power factor
Electromagnetic Fields	Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law, field and potential of charge distributions, dielectrics, capacitance, Biot-Savart and Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law, Lorentz force, inductance, magnetic circuits
Signals & Systems	Continuous and discrete signals, LTI and causal systems, Fourier series, sampling theorem, Fourier/Laplace/z-transforms
Electrical Machines	Transformers (single and three phase, auto), DC machines, three-phase and single-phase induction motors, synchronous machines, losses and efficiency
Power Systems	Generation, AC/DC transmission, line models, compensation, insulators, distribution, per-unit, load flow (Gauss-Seidel, Newton-Raphson), voltage/frequency control, fault analysis, protection, circuit breakers, stability
Control Systems	Modelling, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, time response, Routh-Hurwitz, Nyquist, Bode, root locus, compensators, P/PI/PID controllers, state space
Measurements	Bridges, potentiometers, measurement of V/I/power/energy/PF, instrument transformers, digital meters, oscilloscopes, error analysis
Analog & Digital Electronics	Diodes, BJT, MOSFET, rectifiers, clipping/clamping, amplifiers, oscillators, op-amps, active filters, timers, combinational and sequential logic, A/D and D/A converters, 8085 microprocessor
Power Electronics	Power devices (diode, thyristor, triac, GTO, MOSFET, IGBT), DC-DC converters, rectifiers, inverters, harmonics, PWM

Syllabus for Assistant Manager (Engineering- Mechanical)

Section	Topics
Applied Mechanics & Machine Design	Engineering mechanics, strength of materials, stress and strain, beams/shafts/columns, theory of machines, gears/bearings/brakes/clutches/belts/pulleys, machine design, basic vibration
Thermal Engineering & Fluid Mechanics	Fluid properties, Bernoulli’s theorem, pipe flow, pumps and compressors, thermodynamics, IC engines, refrigeration and air conditioning, heat transfer, psychrometry, compressed air systems
Manufacturing Technology & Engineering Materials	Materials and heat treatment, casting/welding/brazing/fabrication, machining, CNC, metrology, limits/fits/tolerances, maintenance and inspection
Production Engineering	Metal cutting, tool geometry and wear, jigs and fixtures, abrasive and non-traditional machining, CAD/CAM, additive manufacturing, production planning and control
Industrial Engineering	Inventory control, forecasting, scheduling, MRP, lean manufacturing, operations research (LP, transportation, assignment, network models, queuing, PERT/CPM)

Syllabus for Junior Executive (Technical)

Section	Topics
Basic Agriculture	Crop production, animal husbandry, plant protection, agriculture extension, horticulture, agriculture economics
Botany	Cell biology, tissue/organ/organ system, genetics, plant classification, diversity, ecology, life processes (photosynthesis, respiration, circulation, movement)
Zoology	Insect morphology/physiology/taxonomy, organ systems, heredity and variation, micro-organisms, storage and public health, insects and rodents, insecticides, toxicology
Chemistry	Chemical bonding, organic, inorganic, biochemistry
Physics	Motion, force and energy, electricity, magnetism, light and sound, thermodynamics, measurement

CWC Exam Pattern: Marking Scheme

Rule	Details
Negative marking	1/4 of the marks for each wrong answer in objective tests. There is no penalty for blank answers.
Subject Knowledge (Posts 02-06 and 08)	Minimum 40% for UR, 35% for OBC/EWS/SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen
Descriptive Test (all posts)	Minimum 40% for UR, 35% for OBC/EWS/SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen
Cut-offs	Sectional and Overall both
Interview (Posts 01-06)	30 marks. Minimum 50% for UR/EWS, 45% for OBC, 40% for SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen
Online exam: Interview weightage	85 : 15
Junior Executive merit	Based on online test marks, subject to document verification
Tie-breaker	The older candidate ranks higher