FCI Watchman Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2022: Know the Marking Scheme: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has recently given FCI Watchman syllabus and exam pattern 2022. Aspirants who are planned to participate FCI Watchman Exam can go through the subject wise FCI Watchman syllabus & Exam Pattern PDF before starting the preparations.

Read on ahead to know the details information of the FCI Watchman Exam syllabus & FCI Watchman exam pattern prescribed by the corporation on this page along with FCI Watchman Selection Process.
FCI Watchman Exam Syllabus & Pattern 2022 – Overview
Recruitment Board | Food Corporation of India |
Post Name | Watchman |
Exam Name | FCI Watchman Exam |
FCI Watchman Selection Process
The selection process for the FCI Watchman has two stages:
- Written examination
- Physical Endurance Test.
FCI Watchman Exam Pattern
As per the FCI Watchman exam pattern, FCI Watchman Selection will be based on two stages i.e. written examination and Physical Endurance Test (PET). Check out the overview of both the stages below:
Fci watchman Written Exam
- The FCI Watchman is going to be held in the offline or OMR mode.
- The questions in the written exam are going to be objective in nature.
- The written examination is going to have 120 questions.
- The level of the examination will be equivalent to the class 8th standard and the language of the paper will be English, Hindi and Punjabi
- The candidates will get 1 mark for each correct answer while there is no provision of negative marking in the examination.
- The minimum qualifying marks in the written exam will be 40% of the total marks for all the categories
- Candidates will get 90 minutes to complete the offline test
Subjects | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
For General Candidates | |||
Numerical Ability | 120 | 120 | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Reasoning Ability | |||
Current Affairs | |||
General Knowledge | |||
English Language | |||
Total | 120 | 120 | |
For Ex-Contractual Guards | |||
Basic Arithmetic and General Knowledge pertaining to basic Numerical skills and Basic English | 120 | 120 | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Total | 120 | 120 |
FCI Watchman PET: Physical Endurance Test
Candidates who successfully find their name in the FCI Watchman result list will be called to appear in the PET. This test is going to have three levels i.e. running, long jump, and high jump and will be qualifying in nature. Check out the details of each section below:
Gender | Distance | Running | |||||
18-30 years | 30-35 years | 35-40 years | 40-45 years | 45-50 years | 50 years and above | ||
Male | 1000 meters | 330 sec | 370 sec | 409 sec | 440 sec | 471 sec | 497 sec |
Female | 800 meters | 255 sec | 300 sec | 345 sec | 390 sec | 435 sec | 480 sec |
Long Jump (in Three Attempts) | |||||||
Gender | 18-30 years | 30-35 years | 35-40 years | 40-45 years | 45-50 years | 50 years and above | |
Male | 3.95 m | 3.80 m | 3.65 m | 3.50 m | 3.35 m | 3.20 m | |
Female | 2.74 m | 2.60 m | 2.45 m | 2.30 m | 2.15 m | 2.00 m | |
High Jump (in Three Attempts) | |||||||
Gender | 18-30 years | 30-35 years | 35-40 years | 40-45 years | 45-50 years | 50 years and above | |
Male | 1.14 m | 1.10 m | 1.05 m | 1.00 m | 0.95 m | 0.90 m | |
Female | 0.90 m | 0.85 m | 0.80 m | 0.75 m | 0.70 m | 0.65 m |
FCI Watchman Syllabus 2022 in Details
Subject | Syllabus |
For General Candidates | |
General Knowledge | HistoryIndian PolityCurrent EventsGeographyEconomyCurrent National & International EventsBankingSportsDefence Government Schemes |
Current Affairs | Current Events related to National and International Importance |
Reasoning | Decision MakingProblem SolvingAnalysisVisual MemoryDiscriminationDirection SenseArithmetical ReasoningBlood RelationAnalogyVenn-DiagramVerbal ReasoningNon-Verbal ReasoningArrangement & PatternPuzzlesSpatial OrientationSpatial VisualisationSimilarities & Differences |
English Language | ComprehensionSynonyms & AntonymsOne word substitutionPassageGrammarIdioms & PhrasesShuffling of sentences |
Numerical Ability | Number SystemsDecimals & FractionsRelationship between NumbersTime and DistanceRatio and ProportionComputation of Whole NumbersPercentagesAveragesFundamental Arithmetic OperationsProfit & LossMensurationDiscountInterestTime and WorkRatio and TimeTables and Graphs |
For Ex Contractual Guards | |
Basic Arithmetic | AdditionSubtractionMultiplicationDivision, etc. |
General Knowledge | Restricted to India only |
General English | Spelling CorrectionParts of Speech, etc. |