UPSC EPFO Revised Exam Date 2020 Out: Check Here for Admit Card, Exam Pattern, Books, Strategy, Previous papers and Results

UPSC EPFO Revised Exam Date 2020 Out

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released a notification for the posts of Enforcement Officer (EO) in the Employees' Provident Fund Organization. There is a total vacancy of 421. UPSC EPFO has 2 stages - Recruitment Test and Interview. The stage-1 will be an offline exam (Pen & Paper Based) and the next stage will be a face-to-face personality test.

The official notification for UPSC EPFO 2020-2021 Recruitment was released on 11th January 2020. The exam date of the stage-1 has been announced to be held on October 04, 2020. However, the exam date has been postponed with no further notice. 

As per UPSC latest updates, the Recruitment Test for the posts of EO / AO in the Employees' Provident Fund Organization earlier scheduled to be held on October 04, 2020, has been postponed. The new date for the conduct of this RT will be published on the website of the Commission at the time of issue of the calendar of Examinations / Recruitment Tests for 2021. The exam date is now Revised on UPSC annual calender in 9 May, 2020.

Check here For the Latest Revised UPSC Annual Calender - 17.08.20 (uploaded)

UPSC EPFO 2020 Syllabus :

The syllabus of the Test broadly comprises the following topics -

1. General english
2. Indian Freedom Struggle.
3. Current Events and Developmental Issues.
4. Indian Polity & Economy
5. General Accounting Principles
6. Industrial Relations & Labor Laws
7. General Science & knowledge of Computer applications
8. General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude
9. Social security in india

Scheme & weightage for the Recruitment Test (RT) for the posts of Enforcement Officers / Accounts Officers is as under :

Scheme of the RT:

• The test will be of two hours duration
• All questions will carry equal marks.
• The test will be objective type questions with multiple choices of answers.
• The medium of the test will be both Hindi and English.
• There will be penalty for wrong answers. Every wrong answer will carry a deduction of one-third of the marks assigned to that question. If no answer is marked for a question, there will be no penalty for that question.

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.

Check here For the Detailed Official Notification

UPSC EPFO Previous Cut off Marks :

Category	UR	OBC	SC	ST	Total
No. of Candidate	108* Inc. 12(PH-OH) & 02(PH-HI)	110 Inc. 07(PH-OH)	32	07	257

Category	UR	OBC	SC	ST	PH(OH)	PH(HI)
Recruitment Test	49.50	44.50	42.50	43.50	30.00	33.00
Interview	50	45	40	40	-	-
Final Selection	110.83	103.78	102.23	103.06	88.11	93.61

Thus, as you can see the cut off marks were on the lower side indicating that exam was of decent level and not easy.

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UPSC EPFO 2020 Some Recommended Books And Strategy :

UPSC EPFO 2020 Guide By Disha Kiran UPSC EPFO 2020 Practice Work Book (English)	https://amzn.to/3g9ZXN6 https://amzn.to/3kX2cH7
Objective General English By S.P Bakshi Plinth to Paramount Vol.1 (updated) Plint to Paramount Vol. 2 (updated)	https://amzn.to/3iYsLtF https://amzn.to/319QS2J https://amzn.to/3aKEXeY
A Brief History of Modern India By Spectrum History of Modern India By Bipin Chandra	https://amzn.to/3aHs9FZ https://amzn.to/2E5FhsK
NCERT History Books Set of Class - 6 TO 12	https://amzn.to/3aAxL51
Current Events and Developmental Issues	The Hindu,PIB
Indian Polity By M. Laxmikant (English) Indian Polity By M. Laxmikant (Hindi)	https://amzn.to/34jnrxf https://amzn.to/2Q6Ce5T
General Accounting Principles	https://amzn.to/327wXR8
Kiran UPSC EPFO EO / AO Industrial Relations and Labor laws (English) Industrial Relations and Labour Laws by Piyali Ghosh	https://amzn.to/34ebvws https://amzn.to/2DWFHBL
EPFO Industrial Relation, Labor Laws & Social Securities In India By Kiran Social Security In India by R.P. Yadav	https://amzn.to/317CsQE https://amzn.to/2Yd2kJ5
General Science & knowledge of Computer applications (Lucent) NCERT Science Book Set for Class 6 to 10 Encyclopedia of General Science By Arihant	https://amzn.to/2Q8a22t https://amzn.to/3g8gKA3 https://amzn.to/3kYnCnl

General English :

20 questions were there.

• Synonym of the word in sentence- Direct synonyms were not asked. Thus focus was on application part rather than just memory. Even if you don't know the exact meaning, you can gauge it from the line.
• Antonym of the word in sentence- Direct antonyms were not asked. Thus focus was on application part rather than just memory. Even if you do not know the exact opposite meaning, you can gauge it from the line.
• Error in the line- The focus was on application part.
• Substitute for the Phrase- The focus was on application part.
• Fill in the blanks- The focus was on application part.

Thus, the focus was more on application part rather than testing the exact knowledge of rules of grammar or comprehension. The same was mentioned in syllabus too. This was a scoring area for candidates with decent English knowledge.

Indian Freedom Struggle :

• 15 questions were asked from this part. The questions asked can be categorized difficult. There were no easy pickings here. It even beat the level of questions asked in civil services examination. 
• Even if a candidate had gone through books like Bipin Chandra or Rajiv Ahir (read for civil services), some questions were difficult to answer. 
• Thus it was an area to sail without attracting negative marks (remember negative marking is high at 1 / 3rd rather than 1 / 4th as in SSC). Thus one needs to be careful.

Current Events and Developmental Issues :

7 questions were asked from this part. The questions were relatively easy. Study from any decent source would have provided the answers. Though the weightage was quite low. One can expect more questions from this part.

Indian Polity :

5 questions were asked from this part. The questions were of average level, which is the case with any UPSC paper. Though the weightage was quite low. One can expect more questions from this part.

Indian Economy :

8 questions were asked from this part. 4 of them were core theoretical questions. Someone who has read basic theory of economy would have find these questions as lottery, others might have struggled. Overall average level as with any UPSC paper.

General Accounting Principles :

15 questions were asked from this part. The questions asked were odd in the respect that some of them would have been difficult even for commerce graduates to answer. Understandably, Science / Arts background students would have find it even more difficult. Overall, can be categorized as difficult. Thus it was an area for Science / Arts background students to sail without attracting negative marks. The weightage given was high compared to other such exams taken by UPSC.

Industrial Relations & Labor Laws and Social Security in India :

20 questions were asked from this part. The weightage given was high compared to other such exams taken by UPSC. Almost half of the questions were from Core theoretical base. Then some from Indian context and 2–3 current affair based on Social Security. Overall average level.

General science :

10 questions were asked from this part. The questions asked from Core theoretical base rather than current based.Overall average level.

Knowledge of Computer applications :

5 questions were asked from this part. The questions were very easy. A scoring area for candidates.

General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude :

15 questions were asked from this part. Questions of Time, Speed, distance, profit / loss etc. were asked. Not much reasoning was asked. The questions were of average difficulty level. Those who have prepared for Quant for UPSC / SSC / Bank PO would have found them scoring. Those trying to solve them with common sense and not through formula would have taken a lot of time.

Overall Advice :

• Don't rush through basic principles as UPSC has knack of focussing on them.
• Speed is not much of a factor (except Quant Part) unlike in exams like SSC. So attempt your exam in a calm manner.
• Remember there are 120 questions (not 100). In civil services examination conducted by UPSC there are 100 questions, thus some candidates preparing for civil services examination might carry that impression.
• Try to go through your paper at least 3 times. In first go, only attempt those questions about whom you are at least 90% confident. In second go, attempt those questions about whom you are at least 60% confident. In last go, the rest. You would be amazed that during the third reading you would recall the answers of some of those questions which were unanswerable in first reading. It is the power of subconscious mind.
• Don't panic if you find paper difficult in first reading. Remember, its a relative exam and not absolute. Difficult exam is difficult for everyone and easy exam is easy for everyone. The one holding his / her nerves in exam hall has a much better chance.
• Mark you answers after every reading. Do not wait till end to mark your answers. Many candidates do it in a rush in last times only to fill circles wrongly.
• Give particular attention to what question is asking. like to identify correct or incorrect answer. Many candidates rush through the question and mark wrong answer despite knowing the correct answer.
• For science / arts background students, go through accounting related basic concepts from a decent book without going much in detail. Remember, UPSC is not allowing you calculator, thus only broad questions would be asked.
• For Arts background students, work on your Quant. part. (Normally, Quant is not their forte).
• Take care of negative marking as it is 1 / 3rd.
• Don't go into examination hall without practicing decent number of mock tests. It means giving them in almost the same conditions you would face in examination hall.

All the best......