UPSC Marketing Officer (DMI, Agmark) official syllabus guide
UPSC Marketing Officer (DMI, Agmark) syllabus 2027
UPSC set an offline pen-and-paper recruitment test on 23 March 2025 to shortlist candidates for interview. All questions carry equal marks and a wrong answer costs one third of a question's marks. UPSC did not state the number of questions; the site's mocks use 120 questions of 2.5 marks. Most of the paper is agricultural marketing and economics; the market-legislation and grading parts, which include the FSS Act, FSSAI and AGMARK, are where a food science graduate gains most.
Exam pattern and marking
- Offline pen-and-paper test, 2 hours, objective multiple-choice questions, English medium
- Maximum 300 marks; all questions carry equal marks
- One third of the marks of a question deducted for each wrong answer; no penalty for a blank
- Recruitment test and interview weighted 75:25; interview standard 50 for General/EWS, 45 for OBC, 40 for SC/ST and PwBD
One 2-hour objective paper, 300 marks, ten-part syllabus syllabus
English language
1 topic- Grammar, vocabulary and comprehension
Quantitative aptitude
1 topic- Arithmetic, percentages, ratios, averages and simple data interpretation
Basic concepts of marketing
2 topics- Market structure, conduct and performance; marketing functions; marketing mix; market segmentation; marketing strategy
- Marketing efficiency, marketing costs, marketing margin and price spread; pricing strategies; marketing risks
Agricultural marketing
2 topics- Types of market; storage and warehousing; emerging problems in agricultural marketing
- Agricultural prices and policy: MSP, administered prices; e-NAM
Market legislation
3 topics- APMC Act and the role of APMCs in agricultural marketing
- Essential Commodities Act, National Food Security Act, Food Safety and Standards Act
- WDRA, CACP, FSSAI, AGMARK and DMI
Grading, standardisation and quality management
1 topic- AGMARK grading and grade standards, quality management systems
Market information and intelligence
1 topic- Digital marketing in agriculture; basic computer applications; price forecasting
Market research
1 topic- Sampling; demand and supply analysis; basic descriptive statistics; regression analysis; time-series analysis
Indian agricultural economy
1 topic- General awareness of the Indian agricultural economy
Current events
1 topic- Current events of national and international importance
Source: UPSC addendum to Advt. 09/2024: scheme and syllabus of the recruitment test (copy) ↗. Checked 2026-10-30.
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