FSSAI
Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Cereal and Cereal Products (2022)
Official analytical methods for cereals and flours — the laboratory part of Food Analyst and CFSO.
Exam resources
CSIR-CFTRI Technical Assistant (Food Technology)
CSIR-CFTRI recruits Technical Assistants through a written test of three papers: mental ability, general awareness and English, and a subject paper. The Food Technology post sits a 100-question Food Science and Technology Paper III.
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Marking scheme
+3 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong answer (Paper III). An unanswered question scores zero. Our mocks for this exam are scored the same way.
Source: CSIR-CFTRI Technical Assistant Paper III booklet, 9 Feb 2025 ↗
Available previous-year papers are presented with their recorded question, mark and duration totals.
These changes are derived from a comparison of consecutive papers for the same post. They do not represent an official announcement.
| Change | Compared papers | Before | After | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CFTRI Technical Assistant 2025 (9 February) → CFTRI Technical Assistant 2025 (21 December) | 100 q 300 marks 90 min 1 section | 96 q 288 marks 90 min 1 section |
Questions
100 → 96
Marks
300 → 288
Section split
Food Technology / Food Science 100q → 96q
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FSSAI · FoSTaC
FoSTaC Manual — Special (Level 2), Bakery
Bakery process hygiene and hazards as FSSAI sets them out — the bakery and cereal questions in CFSO.
Students: A CFSO aspirant lists FoSTaC among the FSSAI initiatives to know and advises studying FSSAI training documents.
NCERT
Class 12 Human Ecology & Family Sciences — Food Processing and Technology
A plain-language overview of preservation and processing — an ideal first read.
NIOS
Home Science (321), Lesson 9 — Food Preservation
Household and basic industrial preservation principles — an easy introduction.
Food chemistry
FSSAI
Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Oils and Fats
Official methods for acid, iodine and saponification values and related tests — Food Analyst exam and GATE oils and fats.
NCERT
Class 11 Biology — Biomolecules
Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and enzymes — the base for food chemistry and biochemistry.
NCERT
Class 12 Chemistry — Biomolecules
Structures of sugars, amino acids, vitamins and nucleic acids — the chemistry side of food biochemistry.
Food microbiology
OpenStax · Rice University
Microbiology (OpenStax)
A complete, peer-reviewed university microbiology textbook, free from its publisher — growth, control, pathogens and food microbiology.
NCERT
Class 12 Biology — Microbes in Human Welfare
Microbes in curd, cheese, bread and fermentation — entry-level food microbiology.
NCERT
Class 8 Science — Microorganisms: Friend and Foe
Food spoilage, preservation and pathogens at a very basic level — general-science questions.
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