| Exam | Marks | Weightage |
| Recruitment Test | 300 | 75% |
| Interview | 100 | 25% |
UPSC EPFO 2021 Exam will be conducted in two phases which are given below:
1. Recruitment Test (RT): Pen & Paper based
2. Interview
The UPSC EPFO Recruitment Test (RT) will be pen and paper-based and the candidates who qualify recruitment test will be eligible for the interview round. The final selection of a candidate will be based on the marks obtained in Recruitment Test and Interview.
UPSC EPFO 2021 Exam will be conducted in two phases which are given below:
1. Recruitment Test (RT): Pen & Paper based
2. Interview
The UPSC EPFO Recruitment Test (RT) will be pen and paper-based and the candidates who qualify recruitment test will be eligible for the interview round. The final selection of a candidate will be based on the marks obtained in Recruitment Test and Interview.
UPSC EPFO Exam Pattern 2021
The UPSC EPFO Exam pattern involves two stages. The first stage involves the carrying Objective type questions, and in the second stage, there will be an interview. To shortlist the candidate for the interview, a pen and paper-based written Test will be conducted by the commission.
I. Scheme of UPSC EPFO Recruitment Test (RT)
(i) The test will be of two hours duration
(ii) All questions will carry equal marks.
(iii) The test will be objective type questions with multiple choices of answers.
(iv) The medium of the test will be both Hindi and English.
(v) There will be penalty for wrong answers. Every wrong answer will carry a deduction of one-third of the marks assigned to that question.
(vi) If no answer is marked for a question, there will be no penalty for that question.
Note: The interview stage in this exam involves minimum qualifying marks.
| Category | Qualifying marks |
| General | 50 |
| OBC | 45 |
| SC/ST/PH | 40 |
II. UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Recruitment Test (RT)
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 syllabus for UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer is given below
i) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General English
Phrase replacement, Reading comprehension, Sentence completion/ para completion, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks, Para Jumbles, Phrases/ Idioms, Spellings, Synonyms/Antonyms
ii) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Indian Freedom Struggle
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:
CivilDisobedience, 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.
iii) UPSC EPFO 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 yojana’s revealed by the government for the betterment of the public.
iv) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Indian Polity & Economy
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
Indian Economy:
Economicgrowth 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.
v) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General Accounting principles
Principles of Accounting, Analyzing & Recording Transactions, Adjustments & Financial Statements, Completion of the accounting cycles, Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals.
vi) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Industrial Relations & Labour Laws
UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Labour Laws:
About, Types, Areas implemented, sectors applicable, overview.
UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Industrial Relations:
Industrial relations code (IRC) Bill, Model of labour reforms.
vii) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General Science & Knowledge of Computer Applications
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.
viii) UPSC EPFO 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.
ix) UPSC EPFO 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.
III. UPSC EPFO Marks Weightage
Recruitment Test (RT) and Interview carry weightage in the ratio of 75:25 for the candidates shortlisted based on Recruitment Test (RT) and qualify in the interview.