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FCI Manager (Technical) 2026

The Food Corporation of India recruits Managers (Technical) for technical oversight of food-grain procurement, storage and quality. The selection process begins with a common Phase I examination.

Previous papers
3
Full mocks
29
Sectionals
33

The Food Corporation of India conducts this recruitment process for Manager (Technical) posts. Phase I assesses general aptitude; technical subjects are assessed at a later stage of the selection process.

Conducted by
Food Corporation of India (FCI)
FCI recruitment (opens on the official site)

Who can apply

Applicants must hold the prescribed graduate qualification and satisfy the age limit stated in the recruitment notification.

  • B.Tech or B.E. in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline, or a B.Sc in Agriculture, depending on the post
  • Age broadly 18 to 28, with the usual category relaxations
  • Exact discipline list, age cut-off date and relaxations are set per advertisement

A summary. Confirm the details in the current notice.

Source: FCI recruitment ↗. Checked 2026-08-15.

Based on past papers, not an official scheme. Confirm in the current notice.

Every section is compulsory, with no choice between them, and the paper is timed at 60 minutes.

Sections, questions and marks
Section Questions Marks Status
English Language 25 25 Compulsory
Reasoning Ability 25 25 Compulsory
Numerical Aptitude 25 25 Compulsory
General Studies 25 25 Compulsory
Paper total — 100

English, Reasoning, Numerical Aptitude and General Studies are all compulsory — there is no optional section to choose.

Marking scheme

+1 for a correct answer, −0.25 for a wrong answer. An unanswered question scores zero. Our mocks for this exam are scored the same way.

Source: FCI Advt 02/2022 (Category II) ↗

Manager (Technical) is shown because it is the food-technology post. Its Paper-II covers Agriculture, Food Science and Technology. These figures are from Advt. 02/2022 (Category-II): Phase I was held in Dec 2022 and Phase II on 29 Jan 2023. FCI's own recruitment site (recruitmentfci.in) is offline, and its archived result files list the selected candidates but have no cut-off table. The figures are therefore as reported by Bankersadda. Scales are from FCI's official Info Handouts: Phase I is out of 100, and Phase II for Manager (Technical) is Paper-I (120) plus Paper-II (120), out of 240. A dash means the source shows no figure, usually because there was no vacancy.

Category-wise cut-off marks by year
Year Stage UR OBC EWS SC ST Source
2023 Phase II, South Zone, Manager (Technical) (out of 240: Paper-I 120 + Paper-II 120) 143.00 139.00 — 111.00 — Reported, Bankersadda ↗
2022 Phase I, North-East Zone, Manager (Technical) (out of 100) 44.75 — — — — Reported, Bankersadda ↗

Compared across past papers. Not an official announcement.

Detected changes between consecutive papers
Change Compared papers Before After What changed
2019 FCI Manager (Technical) 2013 — Paper II (Agriculture / Food Science & Technology) → FCI Manager (General & Depot) 2019 120 q 120 marks 90 min 1 section 100 q 100 marks 60 min 3 sections
Questions 120 → 100 Duration 90 → 60 min Marks 120 → 100 Dropped Agriculture / Food Science & Technology Added Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language
2013 FCI Manager 2013 — Paper I (Reasoning, English, Numerical Aptitude, General Studies) → FCI Manager (Technical) 2013 — Paper II (Agriculture / Food Science & Technology) 120 q 360 marks 90 min 1 section 120 q 120 marks 90 min 1 section
Marks 360 → 120 Dropped General Aptitude Added Agriculture / Food Science & Technology

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