FCI Syllabus 2026 and Exam Pattern for All Posts, Phase-wise Syllabus

FCI Manager Syllabus for Phase II

The FCI Manager Phase 2 Exam is the second stage of the selection process and is conducted for candidates who qualify in Phase 1. The syllabus for this stage is more detailed and focuses on assessing candidates’ subject knowledge, managerial aptitude, and understanding of role-specific responsibilities. It includes topics from general studies, management, and discipline-specific subjects relevant to the post applied for.

FCI Syllabus For Accounts Manager Post

Commercial Laws –

• Contract Act
• Companies Act
• Sales of Goods Act
• Negotiable Instrument Act
• Consumer Protection Act
• RTI Act

Financial Accounting –

• Analysis of Financial statement
• Budgeting & Budgetary Control
• Working Capital Management
• Capital Budgeting & Ratio Analysis

Auditing –

• Auditing Concepts and Methods
• Internal & External Audit of Companies

Basic Computers –

• Operating System
• Browsers
• Email
• Memory(Internal, External, portable)
• Chats
• MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Networks

Taxation –

• Income Tax including the filing of the return, TDS, Advance Tax, etc
• Goods & Services Tax.

FCI Syllabus For Technical Manager

Biotechnology –

• Microbes: Beneficial & Harmful
• Genetic Engineering,
• Biotechnological Principles
• Economic Biotechnology
• Pathogens & Control
• Recent trends

Chemistry –

• Physical Chemistry: Structure of Atoms, Chemical Bonding, Radioactivity
• Inorganic Chemistry, Periodic Table, Basics Metals & Non-metals
• Organic Chemistry, Basics of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, aldehydes and acids
• Biochemistry (Carbohydrates, Proteins & Fats)

Entomology –

• Basic Entomology
• Economic Entomology
• Beneficial and harmful insects
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Storage Grain Insect pest
• Vertebrate Pests

Agriculture –

• Statistics of Indian Agriculture (Cereals & Pulses)
• Food & Agriculture Microbiology
• Nutrition (Animal & Plant)
• Postharvest care of Cereals & Pulses
• Food grain Protection
• Agriculture Extension

Food –

• PFA Act, 1964
• Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006/Food Safety and Standards Regulations 2011
• Right to Information Act, 2005

FCI Syllabus For Electrical/ Mechanical Engineering Manager

• Thermodynamics
• Heat Transfer, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning
• Theory of Machines, Machine Design
• Strength of Materials, Engineering Materials
• Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering
• Production Planning and Control
• Material Handling
• Electrical Circuits, Network theorems, EM Theory
• Strength of Materials, Engineering Materials
• Electrostatics, Material Science (Electric Materials), Electrical Measurements,
• Elements of Computation Power Apparatus and Systems (Power System: Power generation; Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear & Solar power production, and Transmissions)
• Electro-mechanics, Control Systems, Electronics and Communications, Estimation and costing, Use of computers

FCI Syllabus For Civil Engineering Manager

Engineering Materials & Construction Technology-

• Selection of site for the construction
• Engineering Materials & Construction Technology
• Planning and orientation of buildings, acoustics
• Ventilation and air conditioning
• Building and highway materials, Stones, bricks, timber, Lime, Cement Mortar, Plain and reinforced Cement Concrete, Bitumen, and Asphalt.

Building Materials-

• Stone, Lime, Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminium, Fly Ash, Basic Admixtures,
• Timber, Bricks and Aggregates Classification, properties and selection criteria, Cement, etc

Construction Practice, Planning, and Management-

• Construction Planning
• Equipment, site investigation
• Tendering Process and Contract Management
• Quality Control, Productivity, Operation Cost
• Land acquisition, Labor safety, and welfare

Surveying-

• Surveying
• Levelling, temporary and permanent adjustments of levels and Theodolite
• Use of theodolite
• Tachometry
• Trigonometric and Triangulation survey
• Contours and contouring
• Computations of areas and volumes

Soil/Geotechnical Engineering-

• Classification of soil
• Field identification tests
• Water content, specific gravity, voids ratio, porosity, Soil permeability, and its determination in the laboratory and field
• Darcy’s law, Flow nets its Characteristics
• Local and general shear failures
• Plate load test
• Stability of simple slopes

Highways and bridges-

• Classification of road land width
• Flexible pavements
• WBM courses, sub-base, sand bitumen base course, crushed cement concrete base / sub-base course
• Prime and tack coats
• surface dressing
• Asphaltic concrete, seal coats

Structural Analysis-

• Strength of materials
• Bending moments and shear force
• Suspended Cables
• Concepts and use of Computer-Aided Design

Design of steel structures-

• Principles of working stress methods
• Design of tension and compression members
• Design of beams and beam-column connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial roofs
• Principles of Ultimate Load Design

Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures –

• Principles of working stress methods
• Design of tension and compression members
• Design of beams and beam-column connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial roofs
• Principles of Ultimate Load Design

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.
• Valuation- Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation

FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2026 for Phase 1

Phase 1 is the preliminary stage of the FCI Manager selection process. The exam consists of four sections: English Language, Reasoning Ability, Numerical Aptitude, and General Studies. Candidates must complete 100 objective-type questions within a duration of 60 minutes.

FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2026 for Phase 2

The FCI Manager Phase 2 examination is post-specific, with separate papers designed for different managerial positions. This stage evaluates candidates on subjects relevant to the post they have applied for. The detailed paper-wise structure and question distribution for Phase 2 are provided in the table below.

FCI 2026 Preparation Tips

The FCI Exam 2026 syllabus is broad and divided into two phases. Phase 1 mainly tests candidates on speed and accuracy, while Phase 2 checks their detailed understanding of subjects and concepts. Below are some useful preparation tips that can help candidates clear all stages of the FCI exam successfully.

• Understand the complete syllabus and exam pattern first so that you avoid studying irrelevant topics and focus only on what is actually asked.
• Begin your preparation with Phase 1 subjects to build speed and accuracy before moving to post-specific Phase 2 topics.
• Practice sectional mock tests regularly to improve time management, especially since Phase 1 has sectional timing.
• Strengthen your fundamentals in Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning because these sections require both logic and quick calculation skills.
• Read daily current affairs from reliable sources to stay updated on national, economic, and agriculture-related news.
• For technical and accounts posts, revise your graduation-level core subjects systematically instead of depending only on guidebooks.
• Solve previous year question papers to understand question trends, difficulty level, and commonly repeated topics.
• Attempt full-length mock tests at least twice a week in the final month to simulate real exam conditions.
• Analyze every mock test carefully to identify weak areas instead of just checking your score.