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 conducted for candidates who qualify in Phase 1 and has a comprehensive, topic-wise syllabus tailored to this stage. This phase aims to assess a candidate’s in-depth knowledge and understanding of the core duties of an FCI Manager. It covers important areas such as management concepts, general studies, and discipline-specific subjects, offering a thorough evaluation of professional competence and subject expertise.

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
• Trigonometrically 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

The first stage in the FCI Manager selection process is Phase 1. This phase includes four sections: English, Numerical Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and General Studies. Candidates are required to answer a total of 100 questions within a 60-minute timeframe.

FCI Manager Exam Pattern 2026 for Phase 2

In Phase 2, separate exams are conducted for each post to select the most suitable candidates for the FCI Manager positions. For detailed information on the questions included in the Phase 2 exam, please refer to the table below.

FCI 2026 Preparation Tips

The FCI Recruitment 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.