Cochin Port Authority Class I & II Posts Exam Syllabus 2026

Cochin Port Authority (CoPA) has published the syllabus for the Written Examination for Class I & II posts (Notice No. A9/DR/Cl.I & II/2025-S dated 21.08.2026, updated 31.08.2026). The syllabus covers the following posts (total 12 vacancies): Accounts Officer, Programmer, Assistant Executive Engineer (Ele/E&C) & Assistant Engineer (Electrical), and Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) & Assistant Engineer (Civil).

Important: The date, time and venue of the examination will be intimated at least 21 days prior to the date of examination. Candidates are advised to regularly check the official website for updates.

Exam Pattern

1. Accounts Officer – Syllabus (10 Units)

Unit 1 – Accounting: Accounting Standards, GAAP, AS, IFRS, Ind AS; Company Accounts as per Schedule III of Companies Act 2013; Banking, Electricity & Insurance accounting; Cooperative Societies; Branch & Departmental Accounts; Non-profit organisations; Computerized Accounting System.

Unit 2 – Auditing: Nature, scope & significance; Audit Engagement, Programme, Working Papers, Evidence & Report; Internal check, control & audit; Reporting under Companies Act; Cost & Secretarial audit; Auditing of different undertakings.

Unit 3 – Financial Management: Meaning, objectives, scope; Sources of Funds; Capital & Money Markets; Cost of Capital, Capital Structure & Leverages; Working Capital Management; Dividend Decisions; Risk Management (VAR, Capital Adequacy Norms).

Unit 4 – Taxation: Direct Taxation – Residential Status, Heads of Income, TDS/TCS/Advance Tax, ICDS; Indirect Taxation – Customs Law, GST (CGST/SGST/IGST/Cess), Registration, Supply, Time/Value/Place of Supply, Input Tax Credit, RCM.

Unit 5 – Commercial, Industrial & Company Law: Indian Contract Act; Sale of Goods Act; Negotiable Instrument Act; Partnership Act; LLP Act; Factories Act; Payment of Gratuity Act; EPF Act 1952; ESI Act 1948; Payment of Bonus Act; Minimum Wages Act; Companies Act 2013.

Unit 6 – Management Accounting: Introduction; Relationship between Management & Cost Accounting; Analysis & Interpretation of Financial Statements; Learning Curve.

Unit 7 – Cost Management: Life Cycle Costing, Target Costing, Kaizen Costing, Value Analysis & Engineering, Throughput Costing, Business Process Re-engineering, Back Flush Costing, Activity Based Costing (ABC).

Unit 8 – Decision Making Techniques: Marginal Costing, CVP Analysis, Profit Volume Graph, Make or Buy, Pricing Decisions, Variance Analysis, Transfer Pricing, Service Sector Costing.

Unit 9 – Performance Evaluation & Improvement: Balanced Score Card, Supply Chain Management, Du-Pont Analysis, Benchmarking, Six Sigma, Statistical Quality Control, PDCA, MIS, TPM & TQM, SWOT Analysis.

Unit 10 – Business Valuation: Meaning of Value; Valuation Methods (Non-DCF, DCF, NPV, PI, IRR); Valuation of Inventory, Investments, Intangibles & Human Resources.

2. Programmer – Syllabus (8 Units)

Unit 1 – Operating System, Data Structures & C Programming: Scheduling, Deadlocks, Memory Management, File Systems, Disk Scheduling, Process/Threads, Real Time OS, Linux shell programming; Linked List, Stack, Queue, Hashing, Binary/AVL Trees, Graphs, Sorting; C – Operators, Control, Functions, Arrays, Strings, Structures, Pointers, File Handling.

Unit 2 – OOP through C++/Java: Data Abstraction, Encapsulation, Classes, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Exception Handling; Java Applets, Multithreading, GUI/I/O Classes.

Unit 3 – DBMS: Keys, E-R Model, Normalization (1NF-5NF), Aggregate Functions, Subqueries, Views, Joins, Transactions (ACID), Concurrency Control, Triggers, Stored Procedures.

Unit 4 – Client-Server Architecture & Full Stack Web Technologies: 2/3-Tier Architecture, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, JSP, ASP.NET, AJAX, SignalR, SOAP, Web Services.

Unit 5 – Computer Networks & Security: TCP/IP, OSI Model, IEEE 802.3/4/5/11, Routing, Congestion Control, TCP, UDP, DNS, Email Protocols, Cryptography & Network Security.

Unit 6 – Software Engineering: System Modelling, Life Cycle Models, SRS, Feasibility Studies, Design & Implementation, Validation, Software Testing, Real-time Software Design, Critical Systems.

Unit 7 – Mobile App Development: Flutter (Dart) / React Native / Native (Kotlin/Swift); Reactive UI State Management (Bloc, Provider, Zustand, Redux); SQLite, Room, CoreData; REST APIs, GraphQL, JSON, OAuth, Data Encryption, Memory Leak Detection.

Unit 8 – Agentic AI: Multi-Agent AI Systems, Memory Integration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), API Orchestration, LangGraph / CrewAI / AutoGen, Semantic Chunking, Vector Databases (Pinecone, ChromaDB, FAISS, Qdrant).

3. AEE (Ele/E&C) & AE (Electrical) – Syllabus (14 Units)

Unit 1 – Electrical Materials: Crystal structures, Ceramic/Insulating/Magnetic materials, Ferrites, Semiconductors, Nanomaterials, Superconductors.

Unit 2 – Electrical Circuits: KCL, KVL, Network Theorems, Transient Response, Sinusoidal Steady State, Two-Port Networks, Three Phase Circuits, Gauss Theorem, Maxwell Equations.

Unit 3 – Measurements & Instrumentation: Bridges, Potentiometers, Moving Coil/Iron Instruments, CRO, Q-Meter, Spectrum Analyzer, Power Quality Analyzer, Transducers, Data Acquisition Systems.

Unit 4 – Control Systems: Feedback, Transfer Function, Block Diagrams, Routh-Hurwitz, Nyquist, Bode Plots, Root Loci, PID Controllers, State Space Analysis.

Unit 5 – Electrical Machines: Transformers, DC Machines, Induction Motors, Synchronous Machines, Servo & Stepper Motors.

Unit 6 – Power Systems: Generation, Transmission Line Models, Fault Analysis, Protection Systems, Circuit Breakers, Load Flow, Stability, HVDC, FACTS, Smart Grid, Distributed Generation.

Unit 7 – Power Electronics & Drives: Diodes, Transistors, Thyristors, GTOs, MOSFETs, IGBTs, Phase Control Rectifiers, Choppers, Inverters, DC-DC/DC-AC Converters, Power Supplies.

Unit 8 – Analog & Digital Electronics: Op-Amps, Combinational/Sequential Logic, Multiplexers, A/D & D/A Converters, Active Filters, Linear Integrated Circuits.

Unit 9 – Electronic Communication: AM, FM, PM, PCM, DPCM, Digital Modulation (ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK, QAM), Error Control Coding, Spread Spectrum.

Unit 10 – Communication Systems: Wireless Communication, Link Budget, OFDM, MIMO, Microwave Communication (Klystron, Magnetron, TWT, Gunn), Optical Communication (LED, LASER, WDM), Satellite Communication, Computer Networks.

Unit 11 – Digital Signal & Image Processing: DFT, FFT, FIR/IIR Filters, Multirate Signal Processing, Image Enhancement, DCT, Histogram, JPEG.

Unit 12 – VLSI & Embedded Systems: CMOS, PLA, PAL, FPGA, 8085/8086/8051 Architecture, Assembly Programming, Memory & I/O Interfacing.

Unit 13 – Computer Fundamentals: Number Systems, Boolean Algebra, CPU Architecture, Memory Organization, OS Basics, Networking, Virtual Memory, File Systems.

Unit 14: Repairs & Maintenance of Electrical Installations.

4. AEE (Civil) & AE (Civil) – Syllabus (11 Units)

Unit 1 – Building Materials: Stone, Lime, Glass, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Timber, Bricks, Cement, Concrete, Mix Design.

Unit 2 – Estimation, Construction Practice, Planning & Management: Estimating & Costing, Rate Analysis, Specifications, Contracts, Tender, CPWD Manual, Quality Control, Land Acquisition, Valuation.

Unit 3 – RCC & Steel Structures: Working Stress & Limit State Design, Beams, Slabs, Columns, Footings, Retaining Walls, Water Tanks, Steel Connections, Plate Girders, Pre-stressed Concrete.

Unit 4 – Structural Analysis: Determinate/Indeterminate Structures, Influence Lines, Slope Deflection, Moment Distribution, Matrix Methods, AutoCAD & CAD Applications.

Unit 5 – Environmental Engineering: Water Supply, Waste Water Treatment, Solid Waste Management, Air & Noise Pollution, Ecology.

Unit 6 – Geo-technical & Foundation Engineering: Soil Properties, Shear Strength, Compaction, Consolidation, Earth Pressure, Retaining Walls, Foundation Design, Pile Foundations.

Unit 7 – Survey & Transportation Engineering: Surveying, GPS, Remote Sensing, GIS, Highway Planning, Pavement Design, Railways, Air Transport.

Unit 8 – Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics: Fluid Properties, Open Channel Flow, Pipe Flow, Water Resources Engineering, Irrigation.

Unit 9 – Dredging: Equipment & Methods, Dredging Quantities, Environmental Considerations, Contract Documents.

Unit 10 – Ports & Harbour Structures: Oceanographic Surveys, Wave Theories, Coastal Engineering, Breakwaters, Berth & Jetty Design, Mooring Dolphins, Fender Systems, IWT Structures.

Unit 11 – Arbitration & Conciliation: Latest Arbitration and Conciliation Act.