UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2024

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct a recruitment test (RT) for shortlisting eligible candidates for Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer (EO/AO) posts in the Employees & Provident Fund Organisation. Here, we are sharing the UPSC EPFO  Enforcement Officer Syllabus and Exam Pattern for the Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer exam. The candidates preparing for the UPSC EPFO Exam must be well aware of the UPSC EPFO Syllabus, Exam Pattern, marking scheme, and other details. 

UPSC EPFO EO Syllabus 2024

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the UPSC EPFO 2024 Syllabus for the post of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer along with its official notification. Check all the details related to the UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2024 here and get benefits. Candidates who are applying for UPSC EPFO can check out the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Test (RT) Syllabus 2024 here. Candidates can prepare for the exam by referring to the UPSC EPFO  Enforcement Officer Syllabus.

UPSC EPFO EO Selection Process 2024

UPSC EPFO 2024 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 date and other details regarding the interview will be announced on the official website in due course. The final selection of a candidate will be based on the marks obtained in the Recruitment Test and Interview.

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UPSC EPFO Exam Pattern 2024

The UPSC EPFO Exam pattern involves two stages. The first stage involves 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.

UPSC Enforcement Officer Syllabus and Scheme for the Recruitment Test (RT) for the posts of Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers is as under:-

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 a 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.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Recruitment Test (RT)

The syllabus of the Test broadly comprises the following topics:-

i) General English- To evaluate the candidate’s understanding of the 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 the UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer is given below:

i) 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) 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:

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

iii) 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 are confined to the schemes and laws made public by the government to maintain decorum and for the ease of running the constitution. developmental issues also cover the yojanas revealed by the government for the betterment of the public.

iv) 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:

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.

v) General Accounting principles

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

vi) 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) 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) Quantitative Aptitude & General Mental Ability

Quantitative Aptitude:

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

General Mental Ability

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

ix) 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

The Recruitment Test (RT) and Interview carry weightage in the ratio of 75:25 for the candidates shortlisted based on the Recruitment Test (RT) and qualify for the interview.

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