UPSC EPFO APFC 2023 Exam Pattern & Syllabus

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) exam to recruit eligible candidates for the post of APFC in the EPFO. This year, the exam will take place on July 2, 2023. This leaves you with almost 1.5 months for your preparation. Vacancies are fewer in this exam and therefore you need to put extra effort to outshine other aspirants. This exam is conducted in two stages: the Preliminary Exam and Interview.

Preliminary Exam

The Preliminary Exam is a computer-based test (CBT) and consists below topics:

• General English- To evaluate a candidate’s understanding of English language & workman–like use of words.
• Indian Culture, Heritage & Freedom Movements & Current Events
• Population, Development and Globalization
• Governance and Constitution of India
• Present Trends in Indian Economy
• Accounting and Auditing, Industrial Relations, Labour Laws, Insurance
• Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications, General Science
• Elementary Mathematics, Statistics and General Mental Ability.
• Social Security in India.

The Preliminary Exam is a qualifying exam and only those candidates who qualify the exam will be eligible to appear for the Main Exam.

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Interview

The interview is the final stage of the selection process and will be conducted by a panel of experts. The interview will test the candidate’s personality, communication skills, and their ability to think on their feet.

The interview is a very important stage in the selection process and the candidate’s performance in the interview can make a big difference in their chances of getting selected.

Syllabus

The syllabus for the UPSC EPFO APFC exam is as follows:

General English

• Active And Passive Voice
• Articles
• Cloze Test
• Comprehension
• Conclusion
• Conjunctions
• Error Correction
• Fill in the Blanks
• Grammar
• Idioms & Phrases
• One Word Substitutions
• Passage Completion
• Prepositions
• Sentence Completion
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Spotting the Error
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Synonyms & Antonyms
• Tenses
• Theme Detection
• Unseen Passages
• Verb & Adverb
• Vocabulary
• Word Formation

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Indian Culture

• Post- Mauryan Phase: The period of Shungas, Kanvas, and Satavahanas
• Gupta Empire
• Stone Age
• The Harappan Civilization
• Mauryan Period
• Literature and Philosophy
• Kushana Empire
• Temple Architecture Styles

Population

• Births and deaths
• Population changes
• Population aging
• Population estimates and projections
• Mobility and migration

Globalization

• Climate justice
• Economic inequality
• Fairtrade
• Forced migration
• Global dimming
• Global issues (category)
• Human overpopulation
• Human trafficking

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Governance

• Board Diversity
• Corporate Culture and Whistleblower Protections
• Board Oversight of Mission-Critical Risks
• Audit Committee Oversight of Internal Controls
• Human Capital Management
• Environmental, Social, and Governance Oversight

Accounting

• Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality
• Audit Quality
• Forensic and Valuation Services
• Business, Industry, and Government
• Professional Ethics
• Tax
• Plain English Accounting
• Personal Financial Planning
• Financial Reporting
• Firm Practice Management
• Fair Value Measurement
• Not for Profit
• Information Technology
• Governmental Audit Quality

Basic Computer Knowledge

• MS Project, Microsoft Publisher
• Database Management System
• MS Visio and MS Excel
• MS Word, Microsoft OneNote
• Computer Networks
• MS PowerPoint
• Introduction to Computer Science
• The Internet
• Microsoft Outlook
• Data Structures
• Workplace Productivity Tools
• Emerging Technologies and Web Publishing
• Microsoft Access
• PC Software and Office Automation
• Boolean Algebra

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General Science

• Environmental chemistry
• Biomolecules
• Motion in a plane
• Thermal properties of Matter
• Semiconductor electronics
• Motion in a straight line
• Physical
• world
• Solid-state
• States of matter: gasses and liquids
• Systems of particles and rotational motion
• Ray optics and optical instruments
• Laws of motion
• Kinetic theory
• Atoms
• Magnetism and Matter
• Electric charges and fields
• Electrochemistry and chemical kinetics
• Wave Optics
• P-block elements
• Gravitation
• Oscillations
• Current electricity
• Electromagnetic waves
• Thermodynamics
• Mechanical properties of solids
• Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
• Electromagnetic induction
• Units and measurements
• Chemical bonding and molecular structure
• Nuclei
• Classification of elements and periodicity in properties
• Mechanical properties of fluids
• Moving charges and magnetism
• Electrostatic potential and capacitance
• Alternating current

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Elementary Mathematics

• Counting
• Abacus
• Addition and subtraction
• Multiplication and Division
• LCM and HCF
• Fractions and Decimals
• Counting Money
• Place Value & Face Value

Statistics

• Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals
• Probability
• Experiments and sampling
• Linear regression and correlation
• Describing and displaying data

General Mental Ability

• Analogy
• Arithmetical Reasoning
• Inserting the Missing Character
• Direction Sense Test
• Eligibility Test
• Alphabet Test
• Classification
• Mathematical Operations
• Sitting Arrangements
• Coding-Decoding
• Blood Relations
• Number, Ranking, and Time Sequence Test
• Series

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