This article assists you to find the Prep materials for FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam 2015. It first discusses about the Pattern/Format of the exam and then provides you the Exam Syllabus. At the end, this article leads you to the Sample Papers and Prep books.
Date of FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam 2015 has still not been decided and hence it is the best time to start your preparation. Early bird gets the worm, is not it?
Pattern of FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam 2015:
Which and how many papers you have to appear in this FCI exam, if you are appearing for the Assistant Grade-III posts? The exam pattern given in the notification makes that very confusing, specially as it is being held for many other posts, besides the Assistant Grade-III.
Therefore I have simplified the information, which you can find in the table at right. As you can see, if you appear for AG-III (General) or AG-III (Depot), there is only one exam paper - Paper-I.
But if you are targeting AG-III (Accounts) or AG-III (Technical), you have to appear in two papers - Paper-I and Paper-II.
What are these two papers?
Paper-I is a General Aptitude paper and Paper-II is a Technical paper.
While Paper-I is common for all posts, Paper-II is specific to the post you are applying for. For example, Paper-II for AG-III (Accounts) would contain questions on Commerce while the same paper for AG-III (Technical) would contain questions on Biological Sciences.
In each of these two papers, there are 120 questions, each worth 1 mark, which has to be answered within the duration of 1-1/2 hour (i.e. 90 minutes). Therefore you have 45 seconds to answer each question.
FCI in its notification has not said what are the test sections within the General Aptitude paper and what is the mark distribution. But my own experience with such exams says that probable number of questions should be as follows:
This FCI exam format is very similar to the IBPS Bank PO CWE exam, which is as given in the table at right. As the qualifications are also similar (i.e. graduation), I can say for sure that you can use the prep materials available for IBPS PO exam to prepare for FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam.
With above information on the exam pattern, let us find what is the Syllabus for this exam.
Syllabus for this exam as given in the notification is as below:
Syllabus of Paper-I (Duration-90 minutes)
120 Multiple Choice Questions of General Aptitude consisting Reasoning, Data Analysis, English Language, Computer Proficiency, General Awareness, General Intelligence, Current Events, Numerical Ability, Data Interpretation.
Syllabus of Paper-II (Duration-90 minutes):
For candidates applying for AG-III (Accounts):
120 Multiple Choice Questions on Commerce particularly General Accounting and Finance to assess the post specific technical knowledge of relevant stream.
For candidates applying for AG-III (Technical):
120 Multiple Choice Questions on Biological Sciences to assess the post specific technical knowledge of relevant stream.
Previous Years Exam Paper for FCI Assistant Exam:
But as I said above, you can also use the sample/previous years exam papers of IBPS CWE PO Exam to prepare. You can click here to find the find the IBPS CWE PO Exam Papers.
FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam Prep Book:
There are many books available in the market for this exam. I have short-listed the same below. If you do not find the books on a nearby book store, just order them online from Flipkar which offers huge discounts upto 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 500/=.
SSC FCI Combined Recruitment Assistant Guide Grade 3 (Paper - 1); Publisher: Student Aid
MRP: Rs. 220, Offer Price: Rs. 210, Discount: Rs. 10/= (4%).
FCI Food Corporation of India: Assistant Grade-III Practice work Book (Paper-1); Publisher: Kiran Prakashan
MRP: Rs. 275, Offer Price: Rs. 247, Discount: Rs. 28/= (10%).
FCI Food Corporation of India: Combined Recruitment Exam for Assistant Grade 3 (Paper-1); Publisher: G.K.PUBLISHERS
MRP: Rs. 350, Offer Price: Rs. 170, Discount: Rs. 180/= (51%).
FCI exam prep book in Hindi:
FCI Food Corporation of India: General, Depot, Accounts & Technical Practice Work Book Assistant Grade-III (Paper- ); Publisher: Kiran Prakashan
MRP: Rs. 255; Offer Price: Rs. 200; Discount: Rs. 55 (21%)
I am on the look out for some more study materials for FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam and would post the same here. So keep coming back. And again, if you are appearing for the posts of JE, please wait for my next blog post: Prep materials for FCI Assistant Grade-III Junior Engineers Exam 2015.
I am on the look out for some more study materials for FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam and would post the same here. So keep coming back. And again, if you are appearing for the posts of JE, please wait for my next blog post: Prep materials for FCI Assistant Grade-III Junior Engineers Exam 2015.
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