FSSAI Exam Syllabus 2025: Check Post-wise CBT Syllabus

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) conducts the entrance exams for the position of Technical Officer, Central Food Safety Officer, Assistant, Food Analyst, and other posts. Candidates should go through the syllabus before starting the preparation for this entrance exam.

The candidate needs to have proper knowledge of General English, General Knowledge, General Intelligence, and Quantitative Aptitude to score higher and better.

FSSAI Exam Pattern 2025

The exam pattern of the FSSAI varies for each post, and it is important for the candidate to understand the exam pattern in detail for the same. The details are as follows:

FSSAI Technical Officer & CFO Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is given below:

FSSAI Junior Assistant Grade- I & Assistant Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is given below:

Hindi Translator Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is given below:

FSSAI Assistant Director Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is given below:

FSSAI Assistant Manager (IT) & IT Assistant Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is given below:

FSSAI Assistant Manager Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is given below:

FSSAI Personal Assistant Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is given below:

FSSAI Post-Wise Syllabus 2025

The post-wise syllabus of the entrance exam of FSSAI Recruitment 2025 has been mentioned below. Candidates can also get knowledge of the FCI Manager Syllabus

FSSAI AD (Technical), Technical Officer, and CFO Syllabus

The detailed syllabus has been mentioned below:

Principles of Food Preservation, Processing, and Packaging

1. Food Processing Operations, Principles, Good Manufacturing Practices
2. Overview of food preservation methods and their underlying principles including novel and emerging methods/principles
3. Overview of food packaging methods and principles including novel packaging materials.

Principles and Basics of Food Chemistry

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

Food Microbiology & General Principles of Food Hygiene

1. General principles of food microbiology and overview of foodborne pathogens
2. Overview of sources of microorganisms in the food chain (raw materials, water, air, equipment, etc.) and microbiological quality of foods
3. Microbial food spoilage and Foodborne diseases
4. General principles and techniques in the microbiological examination of foods
5. Overview of beneficial microorganisms and their role in food processing and human nutrition
6. 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

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

FSSAI Assistant Director Syllabus

The detailed syllabus has been mentioned below:

Office and Financial Procedure

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

Constitutional Law

1. Features and general principles of Constitutional Law, Part III, IV, and IV A of the Constitution of India
2. Judiciary at Federal and State Levels
3. Conduct of Government Business
4. The executive power of the Union and the States, 1st Part XIII dealing with trade, commerce, and intercourse within the territory of India, center-state relations
5. Legislature at Union, State, and Local Levels.

Also, check FCI Recruitment Syllabus.

Administrative Law

1. Principles of Natural Justice
2. Rule of Law
3. Quasi-Judicial
4. quasi–administrative and administrative bodies
5. powers, functions and discretions, Delegated Legislation, Executive control, and supervision of autonomous bodies
6. Difference between Inquisitorial and Adversarial system, Ombudsman
7. Lokayukta and Lokpal etc

Procedural Law

1. Code of Civil Procedure
2. 1908 including Procedures relating to summoning, examination, etc. of witnesses, etc.
3. Temporary Injunction and interim relief
4. Law of Evidence including Presumption and conclusive proof
5. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973
6. Penal Laws including the Indian Penal Code
7. Law of Arbitration and Conciliation, Mediation
8. Alternate Dispute Resolution – concept, purpose/prospects

Multidisciplinary and Contemporary Legal Issues

1. Intellectual Property regime
2. Trademarks etc
3. Valuation issues in intellectual properties
4. Law and Economics
5. Use and knowledge of basic economic principles in appreciation of the competition law
6. Major statutes governing environmental law
7. Competition law and the common man
8. Consumer Protection Act and the Competition Act
9. International Competition Law framework: OECD, ICN, WTO, UN, etc.
10. Basic principles of statutory interpretation
11. IT and cyber laws; concept, purpose/prospects.
12. Law of Contract, Law of Partnership, Corporate Law (Overall Understanding)

FSSAI Assistant Manager (IT) & IT Assistant Syllabus

The detailed syllabus has been mentioned below:

Engineering Mathematics

1. Mathematical Logic: Propositional Logic; First-Order Logic.
2. Probability: Conditional Probability
3. Mean Median, Mode and Standard Deviation, Random Variables, Distribution, Uniform normal, exponential Poisson, Binomial.
4. Set Theory & Algebra: Sets, Relations, Functions, Group, Partial Orders, Lattice, Boolean Algebra
5. Combinatory: Permutations, Combinations, Counting, Summation, generating functions, recurrence relations, asymptotic.
6. Graph Theory: Connectivity, spanning trees, Cutting vertices & edges, covering, matching independent sets, coloring Planarity, Isomorphism.
7. Linear Algebra: Algebra of matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, Eigenvalues, and Eigenvectors.
8. Numerical Methods: LU decomposition for systems of linear equations; numerical solutions of nonlinear algebraic equations by Secant, Bisection, and Newton- Raphson Methods; Numerical integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rules.
9. 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

1. Digital Logic: Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating-point)
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Theory of computation: Regular language and finite automata, context-free language and Push-down automata Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Undesirability.
6. Compiler Design: Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization
7. Operating Systems: Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronisation, Deadlock, CPC scheduling, Memory management, and virtual memory. File systems, I/O Protection, and security
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Web technologies: HTML, XML, basic concepts of client-server computing.

FSSAI Assistant & Junior Assistant Grade-I Syllabus

The detailed syllabus has been mentioned below:

General Intelligence

1. Semantic Analogy
2. Symbolic operations
3. Symbolic/ Number Analogy
4. Trends, Figural Analogy, Space Orientation
5. Semantic Classification, Venn Diagram
6. Symbolic/ Number Classification
7. Drawing inferences, Figural Classification
8. Punched hole/ pattern-folding & unfolding
9. Semantic Series, Figural Pattern – folding and completion
10. Number Series
11. Embedded figures, Figural Series
12. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence
13. Word Building, Social Intelligence
14. Coding and decoding, other subtopics, if any Numerical operations

Quantitative Aptitude

1. Number Systems
2. Computation of Whole Number
3. Decimal and Fractions
4. Relationship between numbers Fundamental arithmetical operations
5. Percentages
6. Ratio and Proportion
7. Square roots
8. Averages
9. Interest (Simple and Compound)
10. Profit and Loss, Discount
11. Partnership Business
12. Mixture and Alligation
13. Time and distance
14. Time and work
15. Mensuration (area, perimeter, volume).

English Language

1. Spot the Error
2. Fill in the Blanks
3. Synonyms/ Homonyms
4. Antonyms
5. Spellings/ Detecting misspelled words
6. Idioms & Phrases
7. One word substitution
8. Improvement of Sentences
9. Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs
10. Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration
11. Shuffling of Sentence parts
12. Shuffling of Sentences in a passage
13. Cloze Passage
14. Comprehension Passage
15. Parts of Speech

General Awareness

1. Environment and its application to society.
2. Also testing knowledge of currents events and matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect
3. The test will include questions relating to India and neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene
4. General Polity including Indian Constitution
5. Sports and scientific research etc.
6. Important national/ international agencies/ institutions/ bodies.

Computer Literacy

1. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint) including basic commands
2. Google Docs, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp, FB, Twitter, etc)

FSSAI - Role, Function, Initiative (A General Understanding)

1. Genesis and Evolution of FSSAI
2. Structure and Functions of Food Authority
3. Overview of systems and processes in Standards
4. Enforcement
5. Laboratory ecosystem
6. Imports, Third-Party Audit
7. Promoting safe and wholesome Food (Eat Right India, Food Fortification, SNF, Clean Street Food Hub, RUCO, and various other social and behavioral change initiatives)
8. Training and capacity building
9. Role of State Food Authorities

FSSAI Personal Assistant Syllabus

The detailed syllabus has been mentioned below:

General Intelligence & Reasoning

1. Semantic Analogy, Symbolic operations
2. Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Trends
3. Figural Analogy, Space Orientation
4. Semantic Classification, Venn Diagrams
5. Symbolic/ Number Classification
6. Drawing inferences, Figural Classification
7. Punched hole/ pattern-folding & unfolding
8. Semantic Series
9. Figural Pattern – folding and completion
10. Number Series, Embedded figures
11. Figural Series, Critical Thinking
12. Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence
13. Word Building, Social Intelligence
14. Coding and decoding, Other subtopics

General Awareness

1. Environment and its application to society.
2. Also testing knowledge of currents events and matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect
3. The test will include questions relating to India and neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene
4. General Polity including Indian Constitution
5. sports and scientific research etc.
6. important national/ international agencies/ institution/ bodies

Computer Literacy

1. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint) including basic commands
2. Google Docs, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp, FB, Twitter, etc)

English Language

1. Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks
2. Synonyms/ Homonyms
3. Antonyms
4. Spellings/ Detecting misspelled words
5. Idioms & Phrases, One-word substitution
6. Improvement of Sentences
7. Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs
8. Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration
9. Shuffling of Sentence parts
10. Shuffling of Sentences in passage
11. Cloze Passage
12. Comprehension Passage
13. Parts of speech.

Quantitative Aptitude

1. Number Systems
2. Computation of Whole Number
3. Decimal and Fractions
4. Relationship between numbers Fundamental arithmetical operations
5. Percentages, Ratio, and Proportion
6. Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound)
7. Profit and Loss, Discount
8. Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation
9. Time and distance
10. Time and work
11. mensuration (area, perimeter, volume).

FSSAI - Role, Function, Initiative (A General Understanding)

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

FSSAI Hindi Translator Syllabus

The questions will be designed to test the candidate’s 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. The detailed syllabus has been mentioned below:

General Intelligence & Reasoning

1. Semantic Analogy, Symbolic operations
2. Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Trends
3. Figural Analogy, Space Orientation
4. Semantic Classification, Venn Diagrams
5. Symbolic/ Number Classification
6. Drawing inferences, Figural Classification
7. Punched hole/ pattern-folding & unfolding
8. Semantic Series
9. Figural Pattern – folding and completion
10. Number Series, Embedded figures
11. Figural Series, Critical Thinking
12. Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence
13. Word Building, Social Intelligence
14. Coding and decoding, Other subtopics

General Awareness

1. Environment and its application to society.
2. Also testing knowledge of currents events and matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect
3. The test will include questions relating to India and neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene
4. General Polity including Indian Constitution
5. sports and scientific research etc.
6. important national/ international agencies/ institution/ bodies

Computer Literacy

1. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint) including basic commands
2. Google Docs, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp, FB, Twitter, etc)

English Language

1. Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks
2. Synonyms/ Homonyms
3. Antonyms
4. Spellings/ Detecting misspelled words
5. Idioms & Phrases, One-word substitution
6. Improvement of Sentences
7. Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs
8. Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration
9. Shuffling of Sentence parts
10. Shuffling of Sentences in passage
11. Cloze Passage
12. Comprehension Passage
13. Parts of speech.

Quantitative Aptitude

1. Number Systems
2. Computation of Whole Number
3. Decimal and Fractions
4. Relationship between numbers Fundamental arithmetical operations
5. Percentages, Ratio, and Proportion
6. Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound)
7. Profit and Loss, Discount
8. Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation
9. Time and distance
10. Time and work
11. mensuration (area, perimeter, volume).

FSSAI - Role, Function, Initiative (A General Understanding)

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

Part II

Part II will also comprise of 60 questions to be attempted in 90 minutes and will have questions on the subject matter of translation (in objective form)

1. Translation: Principles & Practices(10 Questions)
2. Official Language Policy of Indian Union(10 Questions)
3. Noting & Drafting or Precis Writing in Hindi(10 Questions)
4. Translation from Hindi to English(15 Questions)
5. Translation from English to Hindi(15 Questions)

FSSAI Deputy Manager Syllabus

The detailed syllabus has been mentioned below:

General Intelligence

1. Analogies
2. Similarities and differences
3. Space visualization
4. Problem-solving
5. Analysis, judgment, decision making
6. Visual memory
7. Discriminating observations
8. Relationship concepts
9. Arithmetical reasoning
10. Verbal and figure classification
11. Arithmetical number series
12. Non-verbal series etc.

General Awareness

1. Environment and its application to society.
2. Also testing knowledge of current events and matters of everyday observation as may be expected of an educated person.
3. 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.

Computer Literacy

1. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint)
2. basic commands over Google Docs, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp, FB, Twitter, etc)

FSSAI - Role, Function, Initiative (A General Understanding)

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

Each Section shall have 20 questions. Out of six sections, candidates attempt questions from four Sections. A total of 80 questions will be asked from four chosen sections.

FSSAI Assistant Manager Syllabus

The detailed syllabus has been mentioned below:

General Intelligence

1. Analogies
2. Similarities and differences
3. Space visualization
4. Problem-solving
5. Analysis, judgment, decision making
6. Visual memory
7. Discriminating observations
8. Relationship concepts
9. Arithmetical reasoning
10. Verbal and figure classification
11. Arithmetical number series
12. Non-verbal series etc.

General Awareness

1. Environment and its application to society.
2. Also testing knowledge of current events and matters of everyday observation as may be expected of an educated person.
3. 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.

Computer Literacy

1. Knowledge of MS office (word, excel, PowerPoint)
2. basic commands over Google Docs, emails, commonly use social media handles (Whattsapp, FB, Twitter, etc)

FSSAI - Role, Function, Initiative (A General Understanding)

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

Candidates attempt questions from either one of the Sections. A total of 80 questions will be asked.

Section A

1. Communication theories: concept and process
2. Media laws, ethics, and regulations
3. corporate communication
4. writing for traditional media (newspapers, magazines, radio, television, etc) and new media (website, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
5. Advertising principles and concepts
6. Media planning, campaign planning

Section B

1. Development of Human Behaviour, Sensation
2. Attention and Perception, Learning, Memory
3. Thinking and problem solving
4. Motivation and Emotion, Intelligence and Aptitude
5. Personality, Attitudes, Values, and Interests
6. Language and Communication.

Section C

1. Library classification, Information sources
2. services, and users, Information and communication technology
3. Library automation and networking, Library management

The entrance exam of FSSAI Recruitment 2025 is for those who want to apply for the post of Central Food Safety Officer, Assistant, etc., and make their career related to these positions in the future. The candidate needs to understand the eligibility and the syllabus before applying for these posts. They would soon update their website with dates of the application form, the notification, exam dates, etc. by the authorities. The candidate has to keep a track of all these on their official website.