FCI Assistant Grade 3 Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern, Syllabus Topics

Food Corporation of India (FCI) is responsible for FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam 2025 to recruit eligible candidates for various Grade 3 posts. The selection process for Grade 3 posts is based on Phase I, Phase II, and Interviews and Training. The first step to begin preparation for the FCI Assistant Grade 3 examination is the candidates must know the complete syllabus and exam pattern to plan a proper exam strategy for the exam. For the ease of candidates here we have provided the FCI Assistant Grade 3 Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern. 

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern

Candidates must go through the FCI Assistant Grade 3 Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern before starting their preparation. This will help them to strategize their preparation. If you know the syllabus and exam pattern completely it will give you clarity about the exam and will help you to make a strategy.

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FCI Assistant Grade 3 Selection Process 2025

For Assistant Grade 3 (General/ Depot/ Movement/ Accounts/ Technical/ Civil Engineering/ Electrical Mechanical Engineering):-

• Phase 1
• Phase 2

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam Pattern 2025

Begin your preparation for FCI Assistant Grade 3 Examination, let's understand FCI Exam Pattern 2025 for Assistant Grade 3 for each phase of online examination. 

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam Pattern 2025 for Phase 1

The FCI Assistant Grade 3 Phase-I examination will be conducted online and Objective type (Multiple Choice Questions). Candidates are allocated total duration of 60 minutes to complete the preliminary exam. There is section-wise timing for all sections i.e. 15 minutes each. It consists of 4 sections with a total of 100 questions and a maximum score of 100 marks.

Note: Each question will carry an equal 01 (one) mark. For each wrong answer, there will be a negative marking of one-fourth (1/4) of the mark assigned to that question.
If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no negative marking for that question.
The marks obtained in Phase-I will not be reckoned in the final merit ranking.

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Syllabus 2025 for Phase-I

FCI covers three sections in FCI Assistant Grade 3 Phase-I exam i.e. English Language, Numerical Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. The details syllabus for FCI Assistant Grade 3 2025 Phase-I exam is mentioned below:

FCI Syllabus for the 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

FCI 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 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 Syllabus for General Studies

1. History
2. Geography
3. Economics
4. General Science (8th level)
5. Current Affairs

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam Pattern for Phase 2

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.

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.

Paper-I is common for postcodes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.

Online Tests for Paper - I & Paper - II and Paper - III & Paper IV shall be held in a single sitting.

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam Pattern for Paper 1

There will be 120 MCQs for 1 mark each to be answered in 90 minutes. 

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam Pattern for Paper 2

The FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam Pattern 2025 for Paper 2 has been tabulated below as per the post code candidates are preparing for- 

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam Pattern 2025: Paper 3

1. The FCI Assistant Grade 3 Exam will have a total of 120 MCQ’s of a total duration of 90 Minutes
2. Total Marks- 120

FCI Assistant Grade 3 Syllabus 2025 for Phase 2

I. FCI Assistant Grade 3 (Junior Engineer- Civil Engineering) (Post Code-A): This post has categories for specialised persons from Accounting, Finance, Taxes, Auditing and who has basic knowledge of Computers.

1. Building Materials: Physical and Chemical properties of building stones, cement (Portland), Asbestos products, Timber and Wood based Products, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, varnishes etc.
2. Surveying: Principles of surveying, plane table surveying, theodolite, leveling and contouring, curvature, permanent adjustment of dumpy level, methods of contouring, tachometric survey etc.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Structural Engineering: Theory of structures, bending moment and shear force diagrams retaining walls, eccentric loads, slope deflection, critical load and columns, torsion etc.
7. 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.
8. 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).
9. Steel Design: Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams, roof trusses, plate girders. Construction Management: Construction scheduling Bar Chart, CPM and PERT etc.

II. FCI Assistant Grade 3 Junior Engineer (Electrical Mechanical Engineering) (Post Code B):

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.

III. FCI Assistant Grade 3 (Accounts) (Post Code G):

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

IV. FCI Assistant Grade 3 (Technical) (Post Code H)

1. Agriculture:- Statics of Indian Agriculture (Cereals & Pulses), Elementary entomology, Plant Protection, Agricultural Economics.
2. Botany:- Cell Biology :Tissue , Organ & Organ System, Genetics, Plant Classification, Diversity, Ecology, Life Process: Photosynthesis, Respiration , Circulation, Movement etc, Basics of Biochemistry.
3. Zoology:- Animal Cell & Tissue, Organ System, Heredity & Variation, Animal Classification, Micro Organism, Insects & Rodents.
4. Chemistry:- Chemical bonding, Organic Chemistry : Basics of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, aldehydes and acids, Inorganic Chemistry , Chemistry in daily life.
5. Physics:- Measurements, Basic Physics, Light, Electricity.

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