FRI Entrance Exam Syllabus 2025: Download Subject-wise Syllabus PDF

Forest Research Institute Entrance Exam 2025 ( FRI Entrance Exam )

Rakshit Prabhakar
Updated on Sep 19, 2025 12:03 IST

By Rakshit Prabhakar

FRI Entrance Exam 2025 Syllabus was released by the exam conducting authority in the information brochure along with the release of the exam notification. The FRI exam 2025 syllabus tends to remain the same as in the previous year. 

The syllabus provides a common platform for assessing candidates' knowledge and abilities, ensuring fairness and transparency in the admission process. Candidates should also check the FRI Entrance exam pattern 2025 to know the structure and types of questions that will be asked in the examination and the depth of covering the FRI exam 2025 syllabus will then be based on that. Both the syllabus and exam pattern play a pivotal role in the FRI Exam 2025 preparation strategy

The FRI Entrance Exam 2024 syllabus is divided into Sections A and B for Paper 1 and 2. The syllabus is an important part of the preparation and in order to ace the entrance exam, students are required know the FRI Entrance Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme and the Syllabus as well.

Table of content
  • FRI Entrance Exam 2025 Common Syllabus
  • FRI Entrance Exam 2025 Paper 1
  • FRI Entrance Exam 2025 Paper II
  • FRI Entrance Exam Pattern 2025 Highlights
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FRI Entrance Exam 2025 Common Syllabus

Candidates can check out the FRI Entrance Exam 2025 syllabus for section A from here:

Basic Science (Including Social Science)

Arithmetic and Quantitative Abilities

Computational Ability

Quantitative Reasoning

Interpretation of Tables

Graphs

General Knowledge

Current Affairs

English Language

Comprehension

Vocabulary

Grammar

Idioms

Metaphors

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FRI Entrance Exam 2025 Paper 1

Paper-I of the FRI Entrance Exam will cover the following topics in Section A which are as follows:

  • General Silvi Cultural Principles
  • Silviculture Systems
  • Silviculture of Tress

Paper 1 of the FRI Entrance Exam will cover the following topics in Section B which are as follows:

  • Agroforestry
  • Social Forestry
  • Joint Forest Management and Tribology
  • Forest Soil
  • Soil Conservation
  • Watershed Management
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FRI Entrance Exam 2025 Paper II

Paper-II of the FRI Entrance Exam will cover the following topics in Section A which are as follows:

  • Forest Management and Management System
  • Forest Working Plan
  • Forest Mensuration and Remote Sensing Modeling
  • Surveying and Forest Engineering

Paper-II of the FRI Entrance Exam will cover the following topics in Section B which are as follows:

  • Forest Ecology and Ethnobotany
  • Forest Ecology
  • Forest Resources and Utilization
  • Environmentally sound forest harvesting practices
  • Need and Importance of wood seasoning and preservation
  • Forest Protection and Wildlife Biology
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FRI Entrance Exam Pattern 2025 Highlights

The table below brings the expected FRI Entrance Exam 2025 exam pattern highlights.

Particulars

Details

Mode of the examination

Online Remote Proctored Admission Test

Medium/ Language

English and Hindi

Duration of the examination

three hours

Frequency of exam in a year

Once a year

Type of questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) asked from FRI Entrance Exam syllabus

Total number of Questions

200

Total Marks

200

Negative marking

Yes

Marking Scheme

+1 for correct answer| -.25 for an incorrect answer

Total sections in the question paper

4

Name of the section and number of questions asked from it

Section A: Basic Sciences

Section B: Reasoning

Section C: GK

Section D: English Comprehension

 

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Answered 2 weeks ago

The FRI Entrance Exam covers a wide range of topics in forestry, environmental science, and natural resource management. The following are some of the types of questions that are typically asked in the exam.

Multiple choice questions are the most common type of question asked in the FRI Entrance Exam

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Answered 2 weeks ago

The FRI Entrance Exam was conducted on May 4, 2025. The counseling round has also been concluded.

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Answered 2 weeks ago

Multiple choice questions will be asked in the FRI entrance exam.

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