FSSAI
Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Cereal and Cereal Products (2022)
Official analytical methods for cereals and flours.
Exam resources
NIFTEM Entrepreneurship & Management 2026
NIFTEM Kundli's entrance examination is an admission route to its M.Tech programmes. It assesses general ability and subject knowledge in the chosen food-technology stream.
NIFTEM-K conducts this entrance examination for eligible M.Tech applicants without a qualifying GATE or CUET-PG score when seats remain after the corresponding counselling rounds. The 90-minute paper contains 100 MCQs: 30 questions in Part A and 70 questions from the elective stream selected with the programme preference. This test series covers the Food Technology stream associated with the FTM programme.
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- National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K)
Who can apply
This route applies to eligible NIFTEM-K M.Tech applicants without a qualifying GATE or CUET-PG score when seats remain after the corresponding counselling rounds.
- B.E. or B.Tech, or an M.Sc, in a relevant discipline
- At least 60% marks
- Non-GATE/non-CUET candidates sit an institute entrance test: 100 MCQs (Part-A, 30Q General Ability/English/GK; Part-B, 70Q from your chosen department's elective stream), 90 minutes, -0.25 per wrong answer
- Department (and hence Part-B stream) preference is fixed at application — it cannot be changed after submission
- GATE or CUET-PG qualifiers are admitted on that score, without sitting this entrance test
A summary. Confirm the details in the current notice.
Source: NIFTEM-K Admission Prospectus 2026-27 ↗. Checked 2026-08-23.
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 90 minutes.
| Section | Questions | Marks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part-A — General Ability, English & General Knowledge | 30 | 30 | Compulsory |
| Part-B — Food Technology Stream (Food Traceability & Blockchain, RTE/Convenience Food Technology, Food Industry Risk Management, Spice/Plantation Value Addition, Food Quality Certification & Branding) | 70 | 70 | Compulsory |
| Paper total | — | 100 |
Part-A (General Ability, English & GK) and Part-B (the Food Technology stream) are both compulsory — there is no optional section to choose. Part-B is one of five elective streams in the real exam, picked at application time; this site covers the Food Technology stream only.
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.
NIFTEM-K's own non-GATE M.Tech entrance test (100 MCQs, 1 mark each, so the score is out of 100), 2022-23 admission. NIFTEM publishes no cut-off table. These figures are the lowest entrance score that got an FTM (Food Technology & Management) seat, read from NIFTEM's own counselling list. In 2022 only two FTM seats went to non-GATE candidates, and later rounds did not change them.
| Year | Stage | FTM-OPEN | FTM-EWS | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Non-GATE entrance score (out of 100) of the last FTM seat allotted, 1st counselling | 87 | 78 | Official, NIFTEM-K 1st Counselling List of Non-GATE Candidates, M.Tech 2022-23, 28-07-2022 (archived copy) ↗ |
Free PDFs and recommended books for NIFTEM. How we choose
Free PDFs
10 free PDFsProcessing & preservation
FSSAI · FoSTaC
FoSTaC Manual — Special (Level 2), Bakery
Bakery process hygiene and hazards as FSSAI sets them out.
NCERT
Class 12 Human Ecology & Family Sciences — Food Processing and Technology
A plain-language overview of preservation and processing.
NIOS
Home Science (321), Lesson 9 — Food Preservation
Household and basic industrial preservation principles.
Dairy technology
FSSAI
Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Milk and Milk Products
Official laboratory methods for milk analysis and adulteration tests.
FAO
Milk and Dairy Products in Human Nutrition
Milk composition, nutrition and the place of dairy in diets.
Nutrition
ICMR-NIN
Dietary Guidelines for Indians (2024, 2nd edition)
India's official diet, RDA and My Plate guidance.
FAO/WHO
Fats and Fatty Acids in Human Nutrition
Expert consultation on lipid requirements.
FAO
Human Nutrition in the Developing World (Latham)
A classic free textbook on macro- and micronutrients and deficiency diseases.
NCERT
Class 12 Human Ecology & Family Sciences — Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
A simple introduction to clinical nutrition and dietetics.
Core food science
4 resourcesCore food technology
Textbook of Food Science and Technology (ICAR)
Indian food-science baseline for processing, preservation, chemistry.
Reading suggestion
Core food science
Food Science by B. Srilakshmi
Useful for food chemistry, nutrition, preservation.
Reading suggestion
Microbiology
Food Microbiology by M. R. Adams and M. O. Moss
Strong reference for spoilage, pathogens, fermentation.
Reading suggestion
Food engineering
Food Process Engineering and Technology by Zeki Berk
Good engineering reference for heat transfer, dehydration, freezing.
Reading suggestion
Aptitude and general studies
1 resourceAptitude
Quantitative Aptitude by R. S. Aggarwal
Useful for arithmetic, reasoning-adjacent quantitative practice in recruitment papers.
Reading suggestion
Free channels worth following for NIFTEM.
YouTube channels
2 channelsOfficial
NIFTEM Kundli
The institute's own channel.
Educator
Food Tech Online
Previous-year-question videos for ICAR-PG food science, GATE food technology.
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- Subject test Free Hard Set 21 Part-A — General Ability, English & General Knowledge 30Marks 27 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Hard Set 23 Part-A — General Ability, English & General Knowledge 30Marks 27 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Easy Part-A — General Ability, English & General Knowledge 30Marks 27 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Hard Set 27 Part-A — General Ability, English & General Knowledge 30Marks 27 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Hard Set 29 Part-A — General Ability, English & General Knowledge 30Marks 27 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Medium Set 2 Part-B — Food Technology Stream (Section I: Food Science & Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food and Nutrition) 70Marks 63 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Hard Set 3 Part-B — Food Technology Stream (Section I: Food Science & Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food and Nutrition) 70Marks 63 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Hard Set 5 Part-B — Food Technology Stream (Section I: Food Science & Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food and Nutrition) 70Marks 63 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Easy Set 7 Part-B — Food Technology Stream (Section I: Food Science & Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food and Nutrition) 70Marks 63 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Easy Set 10 Part-B — Food Technology Stream (Section I: Food Science & Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food and Nutrition) 70Marks 63 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Medium Set 12 Part-B — Food Technology Stream (Section I: Food Science & Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food and Nutrition) 70Marks 63 minDuration Free Start test
- Subject test Free Hard Set 14 Part-B — Food Technology Stream (Section I: Food Science & Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food and Nutrition) 70Marks 63 minDuration Free Start test