KVIC Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility, Important Dates

KVIC doesn't publish a fixed exam pattern. Each regular recruitment sets its own, and it has used different agencies in different cycles.

Regular Group B and C posts usually have an objective written test covering reasoning, quantitative aptitude, English and general awareness (including khadi, village industries and rural development), with computer knowledge for clerical posts, a subject paper for Assistant Director and specialist posts, and typing or shorthand tests where the post needs them.

Contractual engagements usually have no written test: shortlisting on qualification and experience, then an interview. Take the actual structure from the advertisement on kvic.gov.in.

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Analogy, classification, series, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, order and ranking, syllogism, Venn diagrams, puzzles, statement and conclusion, non-verbal reasoning.

Quantitative Aptitude

Number system, simplification, percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit and loss, interest, time and work, time and distance, mensuration, data interpretation.

General English

Comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, error spotting, sentence improvement, fill in the blanks, one-word substitution.

General Awareness, centred on KVIC's sector

Current affairs, polity and the Constitution, history, geography, economy and general science, plus:

• Khadi and village industries: the KVIC Act 1956, the Commission's structure and functions, state Khadi and Village Industries Boards, khadi institutions, the Khadi Mark.
• PMEGP: eligibility, subsidy pattern, the roles of KVIC, KVIB and the District Industries Centre, and the implementing banks.
• Rural development and MSME: the MSME Act and classification, Panchayati Raj, self-help groups, rural credit, cluster development, and the Ministry of MSME's schemes.

Computer Knowledge

Fundamentals, MS Office, internet and email, basic security, for clerical and assistant posts.

Professional subjects

For Assistant Director and consultancy posts, the advertised discipline: management, economics, finance, engineering, textiles or rural development.

Regular posts

• Assistant Director and Group Head: a degree, often postgraduate, with set experience.
• Assistant, Stenographer and similar: graduation, with typing or shorthand speed where relevant.
• Multi Tasking Staff: class 10 or as prescribed.

Contractual engagements

• Young Professional: a postgraduate or professional qualification, little or no experience, usually an age ceiling in the low thirties.
• Advisor and Senior Consultant: substantial experience in the field, often with a retirement-age ceiling.

Age limits are set in each advertisement. Regular posts get the usual central relaxations; contracts set their own.

Some posts, such as Director and Deputy CEO, are filled on deputation from serving government officers and aren't open to outside applicants.

Regular posts

1. Written examination.
2. Skill test where the post needs one, typing or shorthand.
3. Document verification.

Contractual engagements

1. Shortlisting on qualification and experience.
2. Interview, at the office that advertised.

A contract usually means a fixed fee, a term renewable on performance, no HRA, no pension and no claim to a permanent post. Each advertisement sets its own figure.

Each listing on the KVIC Vacancies page links to its advertisement. Some are applied for online through KVIC Online; others by sending the form to the office named.

Most current advertisements come from state offices (in September 2026: Shimla, Dehradun, Nagpur, Karnataka, Patna, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai and Telangana) alongside headquarters in Mumbai, and you apply to that office.

Regular posts come as a full notification with pay level, eligibility and selection process, applied for online. The last one visible was Assistant Director-I, 12 posts at Level 09.

The Vacancies page also lists things that aren't jobs: empanelment of advertising agencies, panels of advocates, inquiry officers, training programmes and khadi scheme invitations. Read the item before applying.

One employer: the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, headquartered in Mumbai, with state and divisional offices across the country.

Most KVIC vacancies have no exam centre. Contractual engagements are decided by interview at the office that advertised, so apply to the Patna office and you're interviewed in Patna. Travel allowance usually isn't paid for these; check the advertisement.

For a regular recruitment with a written test, the notification and call letter name the centres.

KVIC has no annual calendar. Offices advertise on the KVIC Vacancies page as they need people, and windows close within a few weeks.

Live as at 9 September 2026

All contractual. Older notices include a staff car driver skill test and Director and Deputy CEO posts on deputation.

Contractual engagements have no admit card. Shortlisted candidates are contacted by the advertising office using the email and phone number in the application, so keep those working. Bring original certificates, experience letters and ID to the interview.

For a regular recruitment with a written test, the notification says where to download the call letter. Extensions and cancellations appear only on the KVIC Vacancies page.

For contracts there's no published merit list, cut-off or marks. You get an offer or you hear nothing.

For regular posts the final result is declared through KVIC's online recruitment system. KVIC does cancel recruitments after applications close, as with the Assistant Director-I OBC posts, so check the KVIC Vacancies page if a process goes quiet.

KVIC publishes no cut-off marks. Most of its vacancies are contracts filled in ones and twos by interview, so there's nothing to cut off.

Where a regular recruitment has a written test, category-wise cut-offs are set after the exam for that recruitment only. Watch the KVIC Vacancies page when one is advertised.

1. Check which route your post takes. A regular post means a written test; a consultant or young professional contract means qualification, experience and an interview.
2. Learn KVIC's own subject. The KVIC Act, PMEGP and how it runs through banks, khadi certification, MSME policy, and the village industry groups (mineral based, agro based, polymer and chemical based, forest based, hand made paper and fibre, rural engineering and new technology, and service industries). These come up in the exam and at interview, and the scheme material and annual reports are on kvic.gov.in.
3. General sections are standard. SSC-style reasoning, maths and English preparation carries over.
4. For a contract, your experience is your application. Document it precisely, with dates and certificates.
5. Check the KVIC Vacancies page on a schedule. Windows are short and there's no calendar.

No sample papers or previous year papers are available for KVIC. The Commission doesn't publish papers, answer keys or response sheets, and most of its posts have no written test.

For a regular recruitment, the syllabus and pattern are in the notification on the KVIC Vacancies page.

• Khadi and Village Industries Commission
• KVIC Vacancies page: every advertisement, extension and cancellation
• KVIC Online (kviconline.gov.in): the portal for online applications, results and the PMEGP e-portal
• Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

What does KVIC do?

It promotes khadi and village industries under the Ministry of MSME and runs PMEGP.

Is there always a written exam?

No. Regular posts have one; contractual engagements are usually qualification, experience and interview.

Are Young Professional posts permanent?

No. They're fixed-term contracts.

Is any regular recruitment open?

Not as at 9 September 2026. Everything advertised was contractual.

Where do I apply?

Each advertisement on the KVIC Vacancies page says whether to apply online or send the form to the office.