Food Inspector Exam Details

Can you tell me about the eligibility required for applying for Food Inspector Exams as I want to pursue my career in that field?

[Quick Sam]

Food inspectors monitor and keep close alertness on food processors, manufacturers and distributors for violation of safety and sanitation. Inspectors report violations to the apt regulatory agency and are responsible for ensure that foods are suitable for human consumption

Skills required for a Food Inspector –
Critical thinking
- knowledge of laws and legal codes
- ability to solve problems
- judgement and decision making
- co-ordination of personnel
- trouble shooting
- management of personnel

Eligibility for Food Inspector:-
UPSC All India Food Inspector Exam Union Public Service Commission directs All India Food Inspector Exam for recruitment of food inspectors in various offices in the country.

Age: Candidates must be aged between 18 and 25 years of age are eligible to apply for the post of Food Inspector.

Educational qualification: Aspirants possesing any of the following qualifications are eligible to apply for UPSC All India Food Inspector Exam –

Graduates in medicine with one year training in food inspection –
Bachelor degree in science stream with chemistry as a compulsory –
Bachelor degree in Agriculture / Public Health/ Veterinary Science/Dairy Technology/Pharmacy / Food Technology

Procedure of Selection:- Candidates are selected based on performance in written test and interview

It is a national level exam consisting of technical and aptitude based questions. The exam will be conducted at examination centers in every district of each state.

Candidates possessing any degree equivalent to those given above are eligible to apply.

Pattern of exam:-
The test pattern comprises of questions on technical side, which includes science subjects. It also consists of numerical ability and GK questions. There will also be an English language test. The duration of the exam will be 150 minutes. Aspirants need to be very careful in attempting unknown questions, as there is negative marking for incorrect answers.

Food Inspector Exam Question Paper
Q-1 When Tipu Sultan was killed?
1) May 10, 1799 2) May 12, 1799 3) May 5, 1799 4) May 9, 1799
Q-2 Which art was patronised by jahangir ?
1) Architecture 2) Sculpture 3) Painting 4) Music
Q-3 Which museum was designed by George Witter, was formerly known as Prince of
Wales Museum?
1) Mahatma Gandhi Sanghralaya 2) Veermata Sanghralaya
3) Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sanghralaya 4) Dr. Ambedkar Sanghralaya
Q-4 Which fort was built after the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
1) Fort Henry 2) Fort William 3) Fort Calcutta 4) Fort Andrew
Q-5 The Gandhi Mandapam where Gandhiji's ashes were placed before immersion is
in...
1) Kanyakumari 2) Gandhinagar 3) Ahmedabad 4) Ganga
Q-6 which of these cities has the maximum number of historical monuments?
1) Kolkata 2) Delhi 3) Mumbai 4) Patiala
Q-7 which museum is the largest in India?
1) Indian Museum 2) Tagore Museum 3) Calcutta Museum
4) Subhash Chandra Bose Museum
Q-8 Which of the following places in India was ruled by the Ahoms for more than 600
years?
1) Bihar 2) Assam 3) Tripura 4) Arunachal Pradesh
Q-10 Name this Indian Tennis player who has turned Hollywood filmmaker?
1) Leander Paes 2) Mahesh Bhupathi 3) Vijay Amritraj 4) Ashok Amritraj
Q-11 which historical monument was built to commemorate the visit of King George V
and Queen Mary to Bombay?
1) India Gate 2) Churchgate 3) Arc of Victory 4) Gateway of India
Q-12 Sishu is the literary work of which Indian author?
1) Vikram Seth 2) Jawaharlal Nehru 3) Rabindranath Tagore 4) Arundhati Roy
Q-13 The Western Ghats in Maharashtra is known as...?
1) Nilgiris 2) Sahyadris 3) Cardamon Hills 4) Annamalai
Q-14 which state is known as India's Spice Garden...?
1) Kerala 2) Karnataka 3) Bihar 4) Uttaranchal
Q-15 Which Indian State has most airports?
1) Maharashtra 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Kerala 4) Gujarat
Q-16 Located in India it is Asia's largest residential university. Name it...?
1) Banaras Hindu University 2) The Utkal University 3) Jawaharlal Nehr University
4) Anna University
Q-17 Who said, "those who attack Congress and spare Nehru are fools. They do not
know the A.B.C of politics ... "?
1) Dr B.R. Ambedkar 2) Atal Behari Vajpayee 3) Shyama Prasad Mukherji
4) Laloo Prasad Yadav
Q-18Who was the first Indian F.R.S?
1) Curekji 2) Dadaji 3) Cursetji 4) Karimji
Q-19 Who was the first Muslim lady to sit in the throne of Delhi?
1) Noorjehan 2) Razia Riaz Monnera 3) Iltumisha 4) Sultana Razia Begum
Q-20 From which animal is the valuable Pashmina wool obtained?
1) Black sheep 2) Deer 3) Ram 4) Himalayan goat
Q-21 Which animal is the main attraction in Assam's Kaziranga National Park?
1) Zebra 2) The one-horned rhinoceros 3) Lion 4) Giraffe
Q-22 Manikaran is a pilgrim site located in ...?
1) Uttaranchal 2) Punjab 3) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Himachal Pradesh
Q-23 What is the name of Indian film producer, who was awarded 'officer de la legion d'
honour by French government in June 2008?
1) Mahesh Bhatt 2) Yash Chopra 3) Subhash Ghai 4) Shyam Benegal
Q-24 Which of the following teams has won recently held Kitply Cup Tri-Series
Cricket?
1) India 2) Bangladesh 3) Pakistan 4) Sri Lanka
Q-25 What was the name of noted writer, who was given Knighthood by Queen
Elizabeth II on June 25 at the Buckingham Palace?
1) Amitab Ghosh 2) Vikram Chandra 3) Vikram Seth 4) Salman Rushdie
Q-26 Universe 2008, Diana Mendoza belongs to
1) Colombia 2) USA 3) Venezuela 4) China
Q-27 According to Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Year Book 2008, which
country accounted for nearly half of the world military spending?
1) Rsussia 2) UK 3) China 4) USA
Q-28 According to a report, compiled by National Crime Records Bureau, in which
country maximum number of merder tad place in the world?
1) South Africa 2) USA 3) India 4) Afghanistan
Q-29 Which Indian channel recently started operating in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA)?
1) NDTV Imagine 2) IBN-7 3) India TV 4) Zee TV
Q-30 Which country is nearest to the South Pole?
1) Australia 2) New Zealand 3) Chile 4) South Africa
Q- 31 The basin of which one of the following rivers is the widest?
1) Amazon 2) Nile 3)Congo 4) Volga
Q -32 Greenwich Mean Time is the local time of:
1) 180° longitude 2) 80° W longitude 3) 0° longitude 4) 80° E longitude
Q -33 London is located at 0°, while Baghdad at 45° east. If news is broadcast from
London at 10 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad?
1) 11.30 AM 2) 2.00 3) 1.00 PM 4) 12.30 PM
Q -34 The International Date Line is closest to which one of the following?
1) Japan 2) Greenwich, England 3) Canary Islands 4) Aleutian Islands
Q -35 If Amsterdam is X + 1, Montreal is X– 5, Tokyo is X+ 9 and Lisbon is X, X
denotes:
1) GMT
2) the temperature as measured by the Kelvin scale to arrive at the temperature as
measured by the Celsius scale
3) base from which height and depth from the sea-level is measured
4) the figure to be used from converting the Imperial System to the Metric System
Q- 36 The Constitution of India was enacted by a Constituent Assembly was set up
1) Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946 2) under the Indian Independence Act 1947
3) Under a resolution of the Provisional Government 4)by the Indian National Congress
Q -37 The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India was held on
1) 26 January 1948 2) 16 August 1947 3) 9 December 1946 4)26 November 1947
Q-38 which of the following acted as the Provisional President of the Constituent
Assembly?
1) C. Rajagopalachari 2)Dr. Sachhidanand Sinha 3)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q 39 On December 11, 1946 the Constituent Assembly elected____________ as its
permanent Chairman.
1) Jawahar Lal Nehru 2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 3) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 4) K.M.Munshi
Q 40 The strength of the Constituent Assembly, after the withdrawal of the Muslim
League, was reduced to
1) 299 2)329 3) 331 4)359
Q 41 Who acted as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent
Assembly?
1) B.R. Ambedkar 2) C.Rajagopalachari 3) Rajendra Prasad 4) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q 42 The Objective Resolution, which outlined the philosophy of the Indian Constitution,
was moved in the Constituent Assembly by
1)Dr. S. Radhakrishanan 2)Dr. Rajendra Prasad 3)Jawahar Lal Nehru 4)B.R.Ambedkar
Q 43 The Constitution of India was adopted on
1)26 January 1950
2)26 January 1949
3)26 November 1949
4) None
Q -43 The Constitution of India is
1)rigid 2)flexible 3)partly rigid and partly flexible 4)very rigid
Q -44 The Constitution of India describes India as
1) A union of states 2) quasi-federal 3) A federation of states and union territories
4) Partly unitary and partly federal
Q -45 The Constitution declares India a "Secular State", which means
1) Religious worship is not allowed 2)religions are patronized by the state
3) The state regards religions as a private affair of the citizen and does not discriminate
on this basis
4) None of the above
Q-46 The power to form new states or change the boundaries of existing states rests
with
1) the President 2) the Parliament 3) the Election Commission 4) none
Q -47 Freedom to speech under the Indian Constitution is subject to reasonable
restrictions on the grounds of protection of
1) Sovereignty and integrity of the country 2) the dignity of the office of the Prime
Minister 3) the dignity of the council of minister 4) all the above
Q-48 Who is the Chairman of National Women Commission in India?
1)Mrs. Sushma Swaraj 2)Mrs. Girija Vyas 3)Mrs. Maneka Gandhi 4)Mrs. Nazma Heptulla
Q-49 The States Reorganistion Commission, set up in 1953 to consider the demand for
linguistic states, was headed by
1) Fazl Ali 2) K M Pannikar 3) H N Kunzru 4) M C Mahaja
Q-50 The States Reorganisation Act, 1956, divided the entire country into
1)22 tates and 9 union territories
2)14 tates and 6 union territories
3)17 tates and 7 union territories
4) None
Q-51 A primary fuel is that which is used in the same form as it occurs in nature. Which
of the following is not a primary fuel?
1) Kerosene 2) Wood 3) Coal 4) Natural Gas
Q-52 Where was the first oil well struck in the world?
1) Kuwait 2) USA 3) Saudi Arabia 4) Australia
Q-53 What is the main component of biogas and natural gas?
1) Ethane 2) Methane 3) Propane 4) Butane
Q-54 What is the major component of this adhesive: woodworking glue also known as
PVA glue?
1) Natural rubber 2) Polyamide 3) Cellulose 4) Poly (vinyl alcohol)
Q-55 What is dry ice?
1) Liquid nitrogen 2) Water ice 3) Solid carbon dioxide 4) Frozen ethanol
Q-56 Which element has close to 10,000,000 known compounds?
1) Oxygen 2) Carbon 3) Hydrogen 4) Sodium
Q-57What element is name after Copenhagen, Denmark?
1) Arsenic 2) Cobalt 3) Hafnium 4) Copper
Q-58 What element's three isotopes have different names?
1) Helium 2) Oxygen 3) Carbon 4) Hydrogen
Q-59 Which chemical compound occurs naturally in tea and coffee and is a popular
additive to soft drinks?
1) Cellulose 2) Nicotine 3) Maltose 4) Caffeine
Q -60 A meteorite struck Antarctica in 2004. It was 30 feet wide. How far away was the
climate affected by this strike?
1) Only a small section of Antarctica 2) South Africa and Argentina
3) The North Polar region 4) Other side of the planet
Q- 61 In what country must you turn over any meteor finds?
1) Scotland 2) Egypt 3) South Africa 4) Russia
Q-62 Who discovered Uranus?
1) Herschel 2) Ganleo 3) Copernicus 4) None of these
Q- 63 Who among the following is associated with the invention of computers?
1) Edison 2) Babbage 3) Mac Millen 4) Rangabhashyam
Q- 64 Ornithology is the
1) Study of bones 2) Study of birds 3) Study of smells 4) None of these
Q-65 When does lunar eclipse occur?
1) On half moon 2) On quarter moon 3) On full moon 4) On new moon
Q -66 Which Indian media house recently acquired Virgin Radio in UK in 53.2 million
dollar?
1) HT Media Limited 2)The Indian Express Group 3) Bennet Coleman & Co. Ltd.
4) Deccan Chronicle Limited
Q -67 Which Indian metal producer company has formed a joint venture in Georgia to
make rods?
1) Tata Steel 2) KVS Ispat 3) Jindal Steel 4) JSW Steel Ltd
Q -68 Name of the Indian group companies which recently entered in the non-life
insurance business with Liberty Mutual group of US.
1) Mahindra 2) Dabur 3) Baidyanath 4) Tata
Q -69 Which Indian company has recently signed an agreement with the Oman
Government to set up an aluminium plant inGulfnationinthejointventure?
1) Jindal Aluminium 2) Kesari Metal 3) Future Metals 4) Parikh Metals
Q- 70 What is the name of company, which renetly tied up with US based power plant
engineering consultant Black and Veatch (B&V) for engineering consultancy services
for the Sasan and Krishanpatnam ultra mega power projects?
1) SHV Energy Pvt .Ltd 2) Tata Power 3) Bhushan Powerand Steel Ltd
4) Reliance Infrastructure
Q- 71. Haiti faced unprecedented earthquake recently which seems to be the second
worst earthquake in history. What is the official language of the island nation?
1) English 2) French 3) Spanish 4) Louisiana Creole
Q- 72 How much have the game administers agreed to pay to the Indian male hockey
team to bring the players back to practice for the upcoming World Cup?
1) 50 lakhs to be disbursed among players
2) 2 crore to be disbursed among the players
3) 2 lakhs per player
4) None of the above
Q- 73. Sri Lanka defeated India in the Idea Cup final at Mirpur. Who was the skipper of
the winning side?
1) Chanaka Welegedara 2) Nuwan Kulasekara 3) Kumar Sangakkara
4) Tillakaratne Dilshan
Q- 74. The internet search-engine giant Google has indicated that it will shut down its
operations in … following a string of reported cyber attacks on its services.
1) Thailand 2) China 3) Bangladesh 4) India
Q- 75 Who is the sponsor of Hockey India?
1) Pepsi 2) Coca Cola 3) Sahara 4) Nike
Q- 76 Which judicial post in India came under purview of the Right to Information (RTI)
Act with a judgment by the Delhi High Court?
1) Chief Justice of India 2) Supreme Court judges 3) Chief Justices of States
4) Bar Association members
Q- 77 This disease is caused by the deficiency of protein. Can you identify it from the
given options?
a. Goitre b. Kwashiorkar c. Hypokalemia d. Dermatosis
Q- 78 We all know very well that the Pacific Ocean is the earth’s largest ocean. Which
of the following represents the percentage area (approximately) of the earth covered by
it?
1) 25% 2) 35% 3) 40% 4) 45%
Q- 79 This place is the wettest place on earth. Can you identify it from the given
options?
1) Mount Waialeale 2) Cherapoonji 3) Mawsynram 4) None of these
Q- 80 The number of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council is
1) 5 2) 10 3) 15 4) 20

Hi guys I want to become Food Inspector and for it I want to information for Food Inspector Exam

[Kiran Chandar]

Food inspectors mointor and keep close vigilance on food processors, manufacturers and distributors for violation of safety and sanitation. Inspectors are many also be required to inspect slaughter houses and poultry farms.

Food Inspector Exam is conducted by the Food and Supplies Department of the respective states for short listing eligible candidates in the concerned position, beside it Union Public Service Commission also directs All India Food Inspector Exam for recruitment of food inspectors in various offices around the country

Eligibility for Food Inspector:-
Applicants have must graduation in medicine or have a bachelors degree in agriculture, pharmacy, food technology and dairy technology.

Age limit :
Aged should between 18 and 25 years of age are eligible to apply for the post of Food Inspector.

Selection process :-
Candidates will be selected based on performance in written test and interview.


Syllabus for Food Inspector Exam:

Mental Ability/ Reasoning:

Finding Pattern and Trends, Creative Thinking, Verbal Reasoning, Assessment of Figures and Diagrams and Unfamiliar Relationships etc

Mathematical Skills/ Quantitative Aptitude:

Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Numerical Calculations, Charts and Tables respectively

General Knowledge/ Current Affairs:

Current Affairs related to Trade and Economy of India, Indian Political System, Indian Judiciary System, Sports, Culture and Science & Technology related issues respectively

Language /Verbal Ability:

Questions based on Comprehension, Grammar Based Questions, Essay Writing in both the languages – Hindi and English, Vocabulary Test and Sentence Formation respectively

Computer Proficiency:

Fundamental Concepts of Computers, Operating System Operations respectively