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FSSAI Technical Officer Syllabus 2021 PDF: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) officials have released the Syllabus and Exam pattern for Statistical Field Surveyor, Assistant Revenue Inspector, Amin, Forest Guard, and Excise Constable Post. Candidates who have all going to write the Group C Examination are now started preparing for that exam. All those candidates can read here and here you can get the syllabus and exam pattern for FSSAI Technical Officer Examination. Direct link for downloading the syllabus and the Official portal link will be attached below.

FSSAI Syllabus 2021 – Full Details

Fssai Syllabus 2021
FSSAI Syllabus 2021
Download FSSAI Syllabus 2021 @www.fssai.gov.in
Organization Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Post Name Statistical Field Surveyor, Assistant Revenue Inspector, Amin, Forest Guard, and Excise Constable
Vacancies 2841
Category Syllabus
Syllabus Available Now
Official website https://www.fssai.gov.in

FSSAI Selection Process 2021

Name of the Post Stages of Selection
Assistant Director CBT+ Written Examination + Interview
Assistant Director (Technical) CBT+ Written Examination + Interview
Technical Officer CBT+ Written Examination
Central Food Safety Officer CBT+ Written Examination
Administrative Officer CBT+ Written Examination + Interview
Assistant CBT+ Written Examination
Junior Assistant Grade I CBT+ Written Examination
Hindi Translator CBT+ Written Examination
Personal Assistant CBT+ Written Examination+ Skill Test
Assistant Manager(IT) CBT+ Written Examination
IT Assistant CBT+ Written Examination
Deputy Manager CBT+ Written Examination + Interview
Assistant Manager CBT+ Written Examination

FSSAI Exam Pattern 2021

The paper would be 100 Objective MCQ-type questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. 4 marks would be given for each correct answer and 1 mark deducted for each wrong answer.

For Assistant Director (Technical), Technical Officer, and Central Food Safety Officer:-

Paper Subjects No. Of
Questions
Duration
Part A General Intelligence 5 120 Minutes
General Awareness 5
English language Comprehension 5
Computer Literacy 10
Part B Indian and International Food Laws (An Overview) 25
FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives ( A General Understanding) 25
Subject Matter Knowledge 25
Total 100

For Assistant Director & Administrative Officer:- 

Paper Subjects No. Of
Questions
Duration
Part A General Intelligence 5 120 Minutes
General Awareness 5
English language Comprehension 5
Computer Literacy 10
Part B Indian and International Food Laws (An Overview) 10
FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives ( A General Understanding) 10
Subject Matter Knowledge 55
Total 100

For Assistant Manager (IT) & IT Assistant:- 

Paper Subjects No. Of
Questions
Duration
Part A General Intelligence 10 120 Minutes
General Awareness 10
English language Comprehension 5
Part B Indian and International Food Laws (An Overview) 5
FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives ( A General Understanding) 5
Subject Matter Knowledge 65
Total 100

For Assistant & Junior Assistant Grade-I:-

S. No Subjects No. Of
Questions
Duration
1 General Intelligence 20 120 Minutes
2 Quantitative Aptitude 20
3 English language 15
4 General Awareness 25
5 Computer Literacy 10
6 FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives (A General Understanding) 10
Total 100

For Personal Assistant:-

The paper would be 100 Objective MCQ-type questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. 4 marks would be given for each correct answer and 1 mark deducted for each wrong answer. This would be followed by a Skill Test in Steno typing.

S.No Subjects No of Questions Duration
1 General Intelligence & Reasoning 20 120 Minutes
2 General Awareness 20
3 Computer Literacy 10
5 English Language & Comprehension 50
Total 100


Skill test in Stenography:
Candidates who obtain the qualifying marks in the Examination as may be prescribed by FSSAI will only be called for the Skill Test. The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English /Hindi at the speed of 80 w.p.m. for the post. The matter will have to be transcribed on a computer. The transcription time will be 50 minutes for English and 65 minutes for Hindi respectively.

For Hindi Translator:-

The paper would be in two parts, with 100 Objective MCQ-type questions in Part 1 to be attempted in 120 minutes. 4 marks would be given for each correct answer and 1 mark deducted for each wrong answer. Part 2 would be descriptive type. Both Part 1 and Part 2 would carry 50% weightage each.

Paper Subjects No. of Questions
Paper 1 General Hindi 100
General English
Paper 2 Translation and Essay Descriptive Paper 4 questions having 25 marks each


For Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager:-

The paper would be in two parts, with 100 Objective MCQ-type questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. 4 marks would be given for each correct answer and 1 mark deducted for each wrong answer.

Paper Subjects No. Of
Questions
Duration
Part A General Intelligence 5
General Awareness 5
English language Comprehension 5 120 Minutes
Computer Literacy 10
Part B Indian and International Food Laws (An Overview) 10
FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives ( A General Understanding) 10
Subject Matter Knowledge 55
Total 100

FSSAI Syllabus 2021:

Assistant Director (Technical), Technical Officer and Central Food Safety Officer:

PART A: General Aptitude and Computer Literacy – indicative syllabus

GENERAL APTITUDE:

General Intelligence: would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type for e.g. Questions on analogies, similarities, and differences, space visualization, problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observations, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series, etc.

General Awareness: Questions to test the ability of the candidates General Awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. Also testing knowledge of currents events and matters of everyday observation as may be expected of an educated person. The test will include questions relating to India and neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including Indian Constitution, sports and scientific research, etc. These questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline

English language Comprehension: This would test the candidate’s understanding of the English language its vocabulary, grammar, etc. Would include questions on comprehension, one-word substitution, synonyms, and antonyms, spelling errors, spotting errors in sentences, grammar – noun, pronoun, adjectives, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, use of ‘a’ ‘an” and ‘the’, idioms and phrases etc..

COMPUTER LITERACY

The candidate is expected to be able to handle all regular office work on computers. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint) including basic commands, Google Docs, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp, FB, Twitter, etc). would be tested

Part B- Functional Knowledge Test:

Indian and International Food Laws (An Overview):

  • Food Safety and Standards Act of India, 2006: Provision, definitions, and different sections of the Act and implementation.
  • FSS Rules and Regulations
  • Overview of other relevant national bodies (e.g. APEDA, BIS EIC, MPEDA, Spice Board, etc.)
  • International Food Control Systems/Laws, Regulations and Standards/Guidelines with regard to Food Safety – (i) Overview of CODEX Alimentarius Commission (History, Members, Standard setting and Advisory mechanisms: JECFA, JEMRA JMPR): WTO agreements (SPS/TBT):
  • Important national and international accreditation bodies

FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives ( A General Understanding):

  • Genesis and Evolution of FSSAI
  • Structure and Functions of Food Authority Overview of systems and processes in Standards, Enforcement, Laboratory
    ecosystem, Imports, Third-Party Audit, etc.
  • Promoting safe and wholesome Food (Eat Right India, Food Fortification, snf, Clean Street Food Hub, RUCO and various other social and behavioral change initiatives)
  • Training and capacity building
  • Role of State Food Authorities

Subject Matter Knowledge:

Principles of Food Preservation, Processing, and Packaging:

  • Food Processing Operations, Principles, Good Manufacturing Practices
  • Overview of food preservation methods and their underlying principles including novel and emerging methods/principles
  • Overview of food packaging methods and principles including novel packaging
    materials/techniques

Principles and Basics of Food Chemistry and their role in Human Nutrition

  • Structure and functions of macro-and micronutrients
  • Role of macro and micronutrients in human nutrition
  • Overview of food additives with respect to their technological functions
  • Overview of anti-nutritional factors and their removal from foods
  • Overview of enzymes as food processing aids
  • Overview of nutraceuticals and functions foods
  • Overview of food contaminants and adulterants and their effects on human health
  • Food allergens and allergenicity
  • Importance of diet in alleviating health risks, especially non-communicable
    diseases

Food Microbiology & General principles of Food Hygiene

  • General principles of food microbiology and overview of foodborne pathogens
  • Overview of sources of microorganisms in the food chain (raw materials, water, air, equipment, etc.) and microbiological quality of foods
  • Microbial food spoilage and Foodborne diseases
  • General principles and techniques in the microbiological examination of foods
  • Overview of beneficial microorganisms and their role in food processing and human nutrition
  • General principles of food safety management systems including traceability and recall – sanitation, HACCP, Good production and processing practices (GMP, GAP, GHP, GLP, BAP, etc)

General concepts of Food Analysis and Testing:

  • Fundamentals of field level and laboratory sampling with reference to the importance of statistical tools.
  • Overview of basic/classical methods of food analysis
  • Overview of modern analytical techniques including mass spectrometry and molecular techniques.
  • Principles of Quality assurance and Quality control with reference to food analysis and testing.

Assistant Director & Administrative Officer:

PART A: General Aptitude and Computer Literacy – indicative syllabus:

GENERAL APTITUDE

General Intelligence: would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type for e.g. Questions on analogies, similarities, and differences, space visualization, problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observations, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series etc.

General Awareness: Questions to test the ability of the candidates General Awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. Also testing knowledge of currents events and matters of everyday observation as may be expected of an educated person. The test will include questions relating to India and neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including Indian Constitution, sports and scientific research, etc. These questions will be such that they do not required a special study of any discipline

English language Comprehension: Would test the candidates understanding of the English language its vocabulary, grammar etc. Would include questions on comprehension, one-word substitution, synonyms and antonyms, spelling error, spotting errors in sentences, grammar – noun, pronoun, adjectives, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, use of ‘a’ ‘an” and ‘the’, idioms, and phrases etc.

COMPUTER LITERACY

A candidate is expected to be able to handle all regular office work on computers. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint) including basic commands, Google Doc, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp, FB, Twitter, etc). would be tested.

Part B- Functional Knowledge Test:

Indian and International Food Laws (An Overview)

  • Food Safety and Standards Act of India, 2006: Provision, definitions, and
    different sections of the Act and implementation.
  • FSS Rules and Regulations
  • Overview of other relevant national bodies (e.g. APEDA, BIS EIC, MPEDA,
    Spice Board etc.)
  • International Food Control Systems/Laws, Regulations and Standards/Guidelines with regard to Food Safety – (i) Overview of CODEX Alimentarius Commission (History, Members, Standard setting and Advisory mechanisms: JECFA, JEMRA JMPR): WTO agreements (SPS/TBT):
  • Important national and international accreditation bodies

FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives ( A General Understanding)

  • Genesis and Evolution of FSSAI
  • Structure and Functions of Food Authority
  • Overview of systems and processes in Standards, Enforcement, Laboratory
    ecosystem, Imports, Third-Party Audit
  • Promoting safe and wholesome Food (Eat Right India, Food Fortification, snf, Clean Street Food Hub, RUCO and various other social and behavioral change initiatives)
  •  Training and capacity building
  • Role of State Food Authorities

Subject Matter Knowledge 

Office and Financial Procedure

  • Office Procedure & Office Management
  • General Financial Rules- 2017
  • FR&SR, Medical Attendance Rules, Travelling Allowances Rules, LTC Rules, Joining Time Rules
  • CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965, CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964
  • CCS(Pension) Rules 1972, Provident Fund Rules & New Pension Scheme
  • Reservation Policy

OR

Constitutional Law:

Features and general principles of Constitutional Law, Part III, IV and IV A of the Constitution of India , Judiciary at Federal and State Levels, Conduct of Government Business, Executive power of the Union and the States, 1st Part XIII dealing with trade, commerce and intercourse within the territory of India, Centre State relations, Legislature at Union, State and Local Levels. Doc, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp,FB, Twitter etc). would be tested.

Administrative Law:

Principles of Natural Justice, Rule of Law, Quasi-Judicial, quasi – administrative and administrative bodies: powers, functions and discretions, Delegated Legislation, Executive control and supervision of autonomous bodies, Difference between Inquisitorial and Adversarial system, Ombudsman, Lokayukta and Lokpal, etc

Procedural Law:

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 including Procedure relating to summoning, examination etc. of witnesses etc. Temporary Injunction and interim relief, Law of Evidence including Presumption and conclusive proof, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Penal Laws including Indian Penal Code, Law of Arbitration and Conciliation, Mediation, Alternate Dispute Resolution – concept, purpose/prospects

Multidisciplinary and Contemporary Legal Issues:

Intellectual Property regime, Trademarks etc, Valuation issues in intellectual properties, Law and Economics – use and knowledge of basic economic principles in appreciation of the competition law, Major statutes governing environmental law, Competition law and common man, Consumer Protection Act and the Competition Act, International Competition Law framework: OECD,ICN, WTO, UN etc, Basic principles of statutory interpretation, IT and cyber laws; concept, purpose/prospects.

Law of Contract, Law of Partnership, Corporate Law (Overall Understanding)

Assistant Manager (IT) & IT Assistant:

PART A: General Aptitude and Computer Literacy:

GENERAL APTITUDE

General Intelligence:
 
would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type for e.g. Questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observations, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series etc.

General Awareness: Questions to test the ability of the candidates General Awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. Also testing knowledge of currents events and matters of every day observation as may be expected
of an educated person. The test will include questions relating to India and neighboring

Part B- Functional Knowledge Test:

Indian and International Food Laws (An Overview)

  • Overview of Food Safety and Standards Act of India, 2006: Provision, definitions and different sections of the Act and implementation.
  • Overview of FSS Rules and Regulations
  • Overview of other relevant national bodies (e.g. APEDA, BIS EIC, MPEDA, Spice Board etc.)
  • International Food Control Systems/Laws, Regulations and Standards/Guidelines with regard to Food Safety – (i) Overview of CODEX Alimentarius Commission (History, Members, Standard setting and Advisory mechanisms: JECFA, JEMRA JMPR): WTO agreements (SPS/TBT):
  • Important national and international accreditation bodies

FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives (A General Understanding)

  • Genesis and Evolution of FSSAI
  • Structure and Functions of Food Authority
  • Overview of systems and processes in Standards, Enforcement, Laboratory ecosystem, Imports, Third Party Audit Promoting safe and wholesome Food (Eat Right India, Food Fortification, snf, Clean Street Food Hub, RUCO and various other social and behavioural change
    initiatives)
  • Training and capacity building
  • Role of State Food Authorities

Subject Matter Knowledge 
Engineering Mathematics:

  • Mathematical Logic: Propositional Logic; First Order Logic.
  • Probability: Conditional Probability; Mean, Median, Mode and Standard Deviation; Random Variables; Distribution; uniform normal, exponential Poisson, Binomial.
  • Set Theory & Algebra: Sets, Relations, Functions, Group, Partial Orders, Lattice, Boolean Algebra.
  • Combinatory: Permutations, Combinations, Counting, Summation, generating
    functions, recurrence relations, asymptotic.
  • Graph Theory: Connectivity, spanning trees, Cut vertices & edges, covering, matching independent sets, coloring Planarity, Isomorphism.
  • Linear Algebra: Algebra of matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, Eigen values and Elgen vectors.
  • Numerical Methods: LU decomposition for systems of linear equations; numerical solutions of non-linear algebraic equations by Secant, Bisection and Newton- Raphson Methods; Numerical integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rules.
  • Calculus: Limit, continuity & differentiability, Mean value Theorems, Theorems of Integral calculus, evaluation of definite & improper integrals, Partial derivatives, Total derivatives, maxima & minima.

Computer Science And Information Technology

  • Digital Logic: Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point)
  • Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instruction and addressing modes, ALU and date-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode), instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.
  • Programming and Data Structure: Programming in C; Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary Search trees, Binary heaps.
  • Algorithms: Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis, Design, Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide and conquer, Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, spanning trees, shortest paths, Hashing, Sorting, Searching, Asymptotic analysis (Best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper and lower bounds, Basic concepts of complexity classes-P, NP, NP-Hard, NP-complete.
  • Theory of computation: Regular language and finite automata, context free language and Push-down automate, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Undesirability.
  • Compller Design: Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization
  • Operating Systems: Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPC scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory. File systems, I/O Protection and security
  • Databases: ER-model , Rational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus). Database design (Integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential file, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.
  • Information Systems and Software Engineering: information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis , data flow diagrams, process specifications, Input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding testing, implementation, maintenance.
  • Computer Networks: ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4). Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop,  ftp, http): Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Network security- basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls.
  • Web technologies: HTML, XML, basic concepts of client-sever computing

Assistant & Junior Assistant Grade-I:

General Intelligence: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. The test will include questions on Semantic Analogy, Symbolic operations, Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Trends, Figural Analogy, Space Orientation ,Semantic Classification, Venn Diagrams, Symbolic/ Number Classification, Drawing inferences, Figural Classification, Punched hole/ pattern-folding & unfolding ,Semantic Series, Figural Pattern – folding and completion, Number Series, Embedded figures, Figural Series, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Word Building, Social Intelligence, Coding and de-coding, Other subtopics, if any Numerical operations.

Quantitative Aptitude: Number Systems, Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers Fundamental arithmetical operations: Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Allegation, Time and distance, Time and work.

English Language: Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms/ Homonyms, Antonyms, Spellings/ Detecting mis-spelt words, Idioms & Phrases, One word substitution, Improvement of Sentences, Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs, Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration, Shuffling of Sentence parts, Shuffling of Sentences in a passage, Cloze Passage, Comprehension Passage.

General Awareness: Questions are designed to test the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions are also designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may e expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating  to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research

Computer Literacy: Candidate is expected to be able to handle all regular office work on computers. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, power point) including basic commands, Google Doc, emails, commonly use social media handles
(Whattsapp,FB, Twitter etc). would be tested.

FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives (A General Understanding) – Genesis and Evolution of FSSAI, Structure and Functions of Food Authority, Overview of systems and processes in Standards, Enforcement, Laboratory ecosystem, Imports, Third Party Audit, Promoting safe and wholesome Food (Eat Right India, Food Fortification, snf, Clean Street Food Hub, RUCO and various other social and behavioral change initiatives), Training and capacity building, Role of State Food Authorities

Personal Assistant:

General Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. The test will include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgement, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationship, arithmetical computation and other analytical functions.

General Awareness: Questions will be designed to test the ability of the  candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its Neighboring countries especially pertaining to Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including Indian Constitution, and Scientific Research etc. These questions will be such that  they do not require a special study of any discipline.

Computer Literacy: Candidate is expected to be able to handle all regular office work on computers. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, power point) including basic commands, Google Doc, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp,FB, Twitter etc) would be tested.

English Language & Comprehension: In addition to the testing of candidates’ understanding of the English Language, its vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage, etc

Hindi Translator:

Paper 1:

General Hindi: (Objective type)
General English: (Objective type)
The questions will be designed to test the candidates‟ understanding of the languages and literature, correct use of words, phrases and idioms and ability to write the languages correctly, precisely and effectively. The questions will be of degree level.

General Hindi:
Topics covered in Hindi Language Preparation:

  • Grammatical Topics i.e. Samas, Sandhi, Kriya, Visheshan, etc, Hindi Synonyms, Hindi Paragraphs, Hindi Proverbs, Hindi Antonyms

General English:
This part of the Paper-I tests the Reading and Writing Skills of the candidate in English. Topics covered in English Language Preparation:

  • Fill in the Blanks, Error Recognition, Articles, Verbs, Preposition, Spelling Test, Vocabulary, Grammar, Synonyms, Sentence Structure, Antonyms, Sentence Completion, Correct use of words, Phrases and Idioms
Paper-II Syllabus: Translation and Essay Descriptive Paper

This paper will test the candidates’ translation skills and their ability to write as well as comprehend the Hindi and English languages correctly, precisely and effectively.
The paper will consist of:

  • Two passages for translation-one passage for translation from Hindi to English and one passage for translation from English to Hindi
  • An Essay each in Hindi and English

Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager:

PART A: General Aptitude and Computer Literacy – indicative syllabus:

GENERAL APTITUDE
General Intelligence: would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type for e.g. Questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observations, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series etc.

General Awareness: Questions to test the ability of the candidates General Awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. Also testing knowledge of currents events and matters of every day observation as may be expected of an educated person. The test will include questions relating to India and neighboring countries specially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including Indian Constitution, sports and scientific research etc. These questions will be such that they do not required a special study of any discipline

English language Comprehension: Would test the candidates understanding of the English language its vocabulary, grammar etc. Would include questions on comprehension, on word substitution, synonyms and antonyms, spelling error, spotting errors in sentences, grammar – noun, pronoun, adjectives, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, use of ‘a’ ‘an” and ‘the’, idioms and phrases etc.

COMPUTER LITERACY: Candidate is expected to be able to handle all regular office work on computers. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, power point) including basic commands, Google Doc, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp,FB, Twitter etc). would be tested.

Part B-Functional Knowledge Test:

Indian and International Food Laws (An Overview)

  • Food Safety and Standards Act of India, 2006: Provision, definitions and different sections of the Act and implementation.
  • FSS Rules and Regulations
  • Overview of other relevant national bodies (e.g. APEDA, BIS EIC, MPEDA,
    Spice Board etc.)
  • International Food Control Systems/Laws, Regulations and Standards/Guidelines with regard to Food Safety – (i) Overview of CODEX Alimentarius Commission (History, Members, Standard setting and Advisory mechanisms: JECFA, JEMRA JMPR): WTO agreements (SPS/TBT):
  • Important national and international accreditation bodies

FSSAI – Role, Functions, Initiatives (A General Understanding)

  • Genesis and Evolution of FSSAI
  • Structure and Functions of Food Authority
  • Overview of systems and processes in Standards, Enforcement, Laboratory ecosystem, Imports, Third Party Audit
  • Promoting safe and wholesome Food (Eat Right India, Food Fortification, snf, Clean Street Food Hub, RUCO and various other social and behavioral change initiatives)
  • Training and capacity building
  • Role of State Food Authorities

Subject Matter Knowledge 

  • Development of Human Behavior, Sensation, Attention and Perception, Learning, Memory, Thinking and problem solving, Motivation and Emotion, Intelligence and Aptitude, Personality, Attitudes, Values and Interests, Language and Communication.
  • Communication basic models, Various types of Communication, Human Communication, Speech Communication, Verbal and Non-Verbal
    Communication, Classification of Media, Mass Communication, Social Media Channels, Communication Technology.
    OR
    Library classification, Information sources, services and users, Information and communication technology, Library automation and networking, Library management

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