Punjab Food Inspector Exam 2013 Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books

Food & Civil Supplies (FCS) Department of Punjab is going to conduct Food Inspectors Exam 2013 on 15th December, 2013 and therefore th...

Food & Civil Supplies (FCS) Department of Punjab is going to conduct Food Inspectors Exam 2013 on 15th December, 2013 and therefore this blog post is being made to help you find the prep materials for this exam - it would discuss the exam pattern as given in the notification and also point you to the sources of Sample Papers and Books available in the market for similar exams.

This article follows an earlier article of mine titled: FCS Punjab Food Inspector Recruitment 2013 Notification, Form & Eligibility, that helps you apply for the exam. If you have not applied so far for the exam, may be you would love to go through the above post.

Without wasting time further, let us find what is the pattern/format of FCS Punjab Food Inspector Exam.

Punjab Food Inspector Exam 2013 Pattern/Format:

FCS Punjab Food Inspector Exam consists of  single paper of 150 marks with duration of 150 minutes. The question paper contains 150 questions from 6 test sections as given in the table at right.

Qualifying Cut-off mark is 35% of the total mark i.e. 53 (to be precise: 52.5). You will need to score this mark, as only than you would get a place in the merit list. However, please note that you should be in the top 461 in the merit list to get the Food Inspectors job offer from FCS Punjab. How? Because recruitment for these vacancies would be done based on the Food Inspector Exam 2013 only.

Please beware of the negative marking in this exam: 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.  So make your guess answers wisely!

If you look closely in the pattern of exam for FCS Punjab Food Inspector, you would find that maximum mark has been allotted to section "Test of Reasoning", while the two language papers carries the least marks. So you must base your preparation accordingly.

This pattern of exam is very similar to IBPS CWE Clerk Exam, which has all the five test sections of FCS Punjab Food Inspector Exam excepting the Punjabi language test section. You can find a comparative analysis of the pattern of two exams in the table at left.

Even the eligibility required for both the exams are similar - Graduation in any discipline. Hence you can use the test prep materials for IBPS CWE Clerk Exam as the test prep materials for the FCS Punjab Food Inspector Exam. Why I am saying this is very simple: test prep materials available on the net for Punjab FCS Food Inspector Exam is very rare and hence you should use the sample papers and prep books of a similar exam to prepare for the FCS Punjab Food Inspector Exam.

FCS Punjab Food Inspector Exam Syllabus:

FCS Punjab has not prescribed any syllabus for its Food Inspector Exam. Its notification says following about the syllabus:
"There is no prescribed syllabus/book for the examination but the questions will be comparable to any other national/state level examination of similar nature."

Govt of AP in such an exam had given its syllabus as you can find the same here - but please mind that there are lot of dissimilarity in between Punjab FCS Exam & AP Food Inspector Exam. I think better option would be to use the route of IBPS CWE Clerk exam to prepare for this exam.

FCS Punjab Food Inspector Exam Sample Papers:

As said before, I could not find any sample, previous years exam papers specific to Punjab FCS Food Inspector Exam. Therefore, may be you would find following books providing you the sample papers of IBPS CWE Clerk exam useful:
Solved Papers Bank Clerical Grade Examination For I.B.P.S. CWE (Including 25 Sets) by G K Publications
List Price: Rs. 295; Offer Price: Rs. 192; Discount: Rs. 103 (35%)
This book contains 25 sets of solved Clerical Exam papers. The papers follow the IBPS Clerk Exam CWE pattern and syllabus.

IBPS Bank Clerk CWE Solved Papers (Hindi) by Kiran Prakashan
Price: Rs. 285

Prep Books for FCS Punjab Food Inspector Exam:

Continuing on my suggestion to use the prep books of  IBPS CWE Clerk exam, I am posting the name of few guide books that you can use for Punjab Food Inspector Exam.

You can buy the books from the nearby book stores. But my suggestion would be to buy it from Flipkart, as apart from huge discounts (upto 50%), Flipkart offers you the ease of getting the books delivered at home freely, if the order exceeds RS. 500/=. It also offers you Cash-On-Delivery (Pay when you get the book). Best part of Flipkart is the prompt service - the books should normally be delivered within 3/4 days at your home.

Study Package For IBPS Common Written Examination Clerical Cadre by Sanjeev Joon; Publisher: TMH

List Price: Rs. 365; Offer Price: Rs. 237; Discount: Rs. 128 (35%)

This book covers all five test sections topics of IBPS CWE Clerk, 6 Model Practice Papers and 2 Previous Years' Solved Papers.

Ultimate Guide to IBPS-CWE Bank Clerk Examination: Current Affairs by Disha Publication

List Price: Rs. 300; Offer Price: Rs. 150; Discount: Rs. 150 (50%)

The book contains specific sections for Reasoning, English Language, Numerical Ability, General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry and Computer Knowledge.

Study Package for IBPS Clerk Grade Pariksha (Hindi) by Sanjeev Joon; Publisher: TMH

List Price: Rs. 345; Offer Price: Rs. 224; Discount: Rs. 121 (35%)

This book covers all five test sections topics of IBPS CWE Clerk, 6 Model Practice Papers and 2 Previous Years' Solved Papers.

IBPS (CWE) Clerical Cadre (Hindi) Publisher: Unique

List Price: Rs. 325; Offer Price: Rs. 211; Discount: Rs. 114 (35%)

Thats all the prep materials for Punjab Food Inspector Exam I have till this time. But I shall be on the lookout and post any other sample papers and prep books I find for this exam. So please keep visiting.