⟩ Planning to start a career as a manual tester ,is taking a course compulsory or can I get the subject by referring through information on internet?,Does manual testers use any tools in real time
Not necessary that you have to take any course provided if you are not fresher. Suppose if you are working in any company as design engineer, then as you have the domain knowledge working as end user. Then you can definitely use this knowledge to test the software and find bugs. And regarding processes and tools used every company has different strategy which can be managed or learn once you get into that company.