UPSC EPFO EO/AO Exam Pattern & Syllabus

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UPSC EPFO EO Selection Process

UPSC EPFO 2023 Exam will be conducted in two phases which are given below:

1. Recruitment Test (RT): Pen & Paper based

2. Interview

Those who will qualify the first round will further reach the interview round and the final selection of the candidate will be based on the marks obtained in the test and the interview. 

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UPSC EPFO EO Exam Pattern

Exam	Marks	Weightage
Recruitment Test	300	75%
Interview	100	25%

UPSC EPFO EO Recruitment Test (RT)

• The test will be of 2 hours
• All questions carry equal marks
• There will be objective type questions along with multiple choice of answers
• The test medium will be both Hindi & English
• For every wrong answer there will be a penalty of deduction of one-third of the marks
• No penalty will be marked if the question is unmarked

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UPSC EPFO EO Recruitment Syllabus

The syllabus of the Test broadly comprises the following topics:

i) General English- To evaluate candidate’s understanding of English language & workman like use of words.

ii) Indian Freedom Struggle.

iii) Current Events and Developmental Issues.

iv) Indian Polity & Economy.

v) General Accounting Principles.

vi) Industrial Relations & Labour Laws.

vii) General Science & knowledge of Computer applications.

viii) General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude.

ix) Social Security in India

The detailed UPSC EPFO EO/AO Syllabus is given below:

EPFO EO General English Syllabus

Below mentioned are the important topics for General english are:

• Phrase replacement
• Reading Comprehension
• Sentence completion/ para completion
• Cloze Test
• Error Spotting
• Fill in the Blanks
• Para Jumbles
• Phrases/ Idioms
• Spellings
• Synonyms/Antonyms

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EPFO EO Indian Freedom Struggle Syllabus

British extension:

The Carnatic Wars, invasion of Bengal. Mysore and its confrontation with British expansion: The three Anglo-Maratha Wars. Regulating and Pitt’s India Acts. Early composition of the British raj.

Confrontation to British rule:

Early uprisings, The 1857 Revolt-reasons, character, course and result, Indian Freedom struggle the first stage: Growth of national consciousness; creation of Associations; Establishment of the Indian National Congress and its Moderate stage; Swadeshi Movement; Economic Nationalism; The development of Extremism and the split in Congress; The policy of Divide and Rule; Congress-League Pact of 1916.

Gandhian thoughts and techniques of mass mobilization:

Civil Disobedience, the Khilafat movement, Non-Cooperation Movement, and Quit India Movement; another strand in the National Movement-Revolutionaries, Subhash Chandra Bose, and the Indian National Army.

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EPFO EO Indian Polity & Economy Syllabus

Indian Economy:

Economic growth and development – basic concept and definition of economy and economics, use and transfer of resources, distributive effects, macro and microeconomic policy, micro-macro balance, distributive impact of economic policies, Inclusion – definition, relevance, types, financial inclusion, recent initiatives. Fiscal policy – definition, component, receipts, revenue and capital account, tax revenue, expenditure, budget.

Indian Polity:

Indian Constitution, historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, the conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these, Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes, Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues/

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EPFO EO Syllabus for Current Events & Developmental Issues

Current events basically refer to as the daily current affairs that are important from an exam point of view. Developmental Issues confine to the schemes and laws made public by the government to maintain the decorum and for the ease of run of the constitution. developmental issues also cover the yojanas revealed by the government for the betterment of the public.

EPFO EO Syllabus for General Accounting principles

Principles of Accounting, Analyzing & Recording Transactions, Adjustments & Financial Statements, Completion of the accounting cycles, Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Industrial Relations & Labour Laws

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Industrial Relations:

Industrial relations code (IRC) Bill, Model of labour reforms

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Labour Laws:

About, Types, Areas implemented, sectors applicable, overview

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UPSC EPFO EO Syllabus for General Science & Knowledge of Computer

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General Science:

Physics, Chemistry, Life Science

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Computer Applications:

Computer organisations, Operating Systems, Database management, Data structures, Data communications, Computer networks

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EPFO EO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude & General Mental Ability

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude:

Number Systems, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Average Ratio, SI & CI and Arithmatic questions.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General Mental Ability

Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables), Data sufficiency Syllogism, Puzzles & More.

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EPFO EO Syllabus for Social Security in India

What is Social Security?, History of Social security, Social Security in India, Social Security: Constitutional Provisions Concurrent List, Part IV Directive Principles of State Policy, Difference between Organized and Unorganized Sectors SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS in India, Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act), Employees’ Provident Funds Act, 1952, Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (WC Act), Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (M.B. Act), Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (P.G. Act), Social Security In India: Different From Developed Nations, Provident Fund.

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