The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will soon release the EPFO Stenographer 2023 exam dates. EPFO Steno’s recruitment notification has already been released, however the exam dates have not been announced yet. For candidates those who have not started their exam preparation it is important for the candidates to be familiarized with the EPFO Stenographer exam pattern and syllabus. EPFO Steno has Reasoning Ability/General Aptitude as a section and in this article we will be discussing the EPFO steno syllabus and along with this we are going to provide few EPFO Steno Reasoning Ability/General Aptitude Free Preparation Questions. These free questions will be like practice questions along with the answers.
EPFO Steno 2023 Exam Pattern
| Section | No. of Questions | Maximum marks | Duration |
| General Aptitude | 50 | 200 | 2 Hours 10 minutes (130 minutes) |
| General Awareness [includes Computer Awareness] | 50 | 200 | |
| English Language and Comprehension | 100 | 400 | |
| Total | 200 | 800 |
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EPFO Steno 2023 Syllabus
| Subject | Syllabus |
| Reasoning Ability | AnalogySimilarities & DifferencesSpace VisualizationProblem SolvingAnalysis, JudgementDecision MakingVisual MemoryDiscriminating ObservationCoding-DecodingPuzzleVenn DiagramDirection & DistanceBlood RelationOrder & RankingNumber SeriesVerbal ReasoningNon-Verbal Reasoning |
| English Language and Comprehension | Reading ComprehensionSynonyms & AntonymsFill in the BlanksSpellingsPhrases & Idiom MeaningActive & Passive VoiceDirect & Indirect SpeechPara Jumble & Sentence JumblePhrase Replacement/ Sentence CorrectionError Spotting |
| General Awareness | Static AwarenessCurrent AffairsScience & TechnologyHistoryCultureGeographyEconomic sceneGeneral polityScientific researchIndian constitutionSports |
EPFO Steno Reasoning Ability/General Aptitude Free Preparation Questions
Topic: SSC Syllogisms
Subtopic: Statements and Conclusions
Level: 0
1.) In the question below some statements are given followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion definitely follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
All Tire is Rubber.
No Rubber is Iron.
All Iron is Steel.
Conclusions:
I. Some Tire is not Iron.
II. Some Rubber is Tire.
III. Some Steel is not Iron.
a.) Only conclusion I follows
b.) Only conclusions I and II follow
c.) Only conclusion III follows
d.) Only conclusion II follows
Answer: b)
Solution:
Following figure can be formed:
From the above figure, only conclusions I and II follow.
Hence, option b.
Topic: SSC Analogy
Subtopic: Words
Level: 0
2.) Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to first term.
STRUGGLE: DMFHTSST :: HARMONY: ?
a.) XONNQBG
b.) XSNNQBG
c.) XONNPBG
d.) XONNQCG
Answer: a)
Solution:
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
| Z | Y | X | W | V | U | T | S | R | Q | P | O | N |
The letters in the word are written in reverse order. Then immediate preceding and immediate succeeding letters are written for the alternate letters as per the English Alphabetical series.
As, ‘STRUGGLE’ is coded as ‘DMFHTSST’
| S | T | R | U | G | G | L | E |
| E | L | G | G | U | R | T | S |
| D | M | F | H | T | S | S | T |
Similarly, ‘HARMONY’ is coded as ‘XONNQBG’
| H | A | R | M | O | N | Y |
| Y | N | O | M | R | A | H |
| X | O | N | N | Q | B | G |
Hence, option a.
Topic: SSC Analogy
Subtopic: Words
Level: 0
3.) Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to first word.
Gravity: Pull :: Magnetism: ?
a.) Earth
b.) Attract
c.) Throw
d.) Wire
Answer: b)
Solution: As, Gravity pulls the mass.
Similarly,
Magnetism attracts the metallic objects.
Hence, option b.
Topic: SSC Classification
Subtopic: Words
Level: 0
4.) Four letter- clusters have been given out of which three are alike in some manner, while one is different. Choose the odd one.
a.) DNMDEA
b.) TSDREE
c.) FNNLAE
d.) RMNIELA
Answer: c)
Solution:
On rearranging the letters in each option, we get an English Meaningful word.
From option (a): DNMDEA – DEMAND
From option (b): TSDREE – DESERT
From option (c): FNNLAE – No English Meaningful word can be formed.
From option (d): RMNIELA- MINERAL
Hence, option c.
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Topic: SSC Non – Verbal Reasoning
Subtopic: Embedded
Level: 0
5.) Select the option in which the given figure is embedded (Rotation is not allowed).
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
Answer: d)
Solution:
The embedded figure is shown below:
Hence, option d.
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Topic: SSC Coding Decoding
Subtopic: Words
Level: 0
6.) In a certain code language, ‘Q’ is coded as ’25.5’ and ‘L’ is coded as ‘18’ then ‘TEN’ will be coded as ____ in the same code language.
a.) 25, 7.5, 14
b.) 45, 14, 14
c.) 30, 7.5, 21
d.) 15, 14, 21
Answer: c)
Solution:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
| Z | Y | X | W | V | U | T | S | R | Q | P | O | N |
| 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
The letters are coded as:
The positional value of the alphabet is multiplied by 1.5 to obtain the code.
The positional value of ‘Q’ is 17, so Q is coded as (17 × 1.5) = 25.5.
The positional value of ‘L’ is 12, so L is coded as (12 × 1.5) = 18.
Similarly,
The positional value of ‘T’ is 20, so T is coded as (20 × 1.5) = 30.
The positional value of ‘E’ is 05, so E is coded as (5 × 1.5) = 7.5.
The positional value of ‘N’ is 14, so N is coded as (14 × 1.5) = 21.
Therefore, the code of “TEN” is: (30, 7.5, 21)
Hence, option c.
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Topic: SSC Venn Diagram
Subtopic: Logic
Level: 0
7.) Which Venn diagram represents the correct relationship between:
Clock, Time, Watch
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
Answer: b)
Both Clock and Watch are devices, which show time.
Hence, option b.
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Topic: SSC Miscellaneous
Subtopic: Matrix
Level: 0
8.) What will come in the place of question mark?
| K | O | L |
| C | E | V |
| ? | U | F |
a.) Q
b.) D
c.) G
d.) N
Answer: a)
Solution:
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
| Z | Y | X | W | V | U | T | S | R | Q | P | O | N |
In each row,
2nd letter is immediate succeeding vowel after the 1st letter. 3rd letter is opposite of the 2nd letter as per the English Alphabetical Series.
In row 1,
1st letter = K, 2nd letter = O (immediate succeeding vowel after K), 3rd letter = L (opposite letter of O)
In row 2,
1st letter = C, 2nd letter = E (immediate succeeding vowel after C), 3rd letter = V (opposite letter of E)
Similarly,
In row 3,
2nd letter = U, so, the 1st letter should be a consonant which comes before U and after O.
From the given options, we can say, Q can be the 1st letter.
1st letter = Q, 2nd letter = U (immediate succeeding vowel after Q), 3rd letter = F (opposite letter of U)
Hence, option a.
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Topic: SSC Blood Relations
Subtopic: Normal
Level: 0
9.) Pointing to a picture, Mina said, “He is son of my husband’s only daughter’s brother in law’s only brother”. How is the person in the picture related to Mina?
a.) Grandson
b.) Grandmother
c.) Son
d.) Cannot be determined
Answer: a)
Solution:
We make the following family tree:
Person in the picture is Grandson of Mina.
Hence, option a.
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Topic: SSC Puzzles
Subtopic: Floor
Level: 0
10.) Five persons A, B, C, D and E live on different floors of a five-storey building. D lives two floors above C. One person lives between D and E. B doesn’t live immediately below D. Who lives two floors above A?
a.) B
b.) D
c.) C
d.) E
Answer: a)
Solution:
Clues:
1. D lives two floors above C.
2. One person lives between D and E.
3. B doesn’t live immediately below D.
Inference:
From Clue 1 and 2, we get C lives on 1st floor, D lives on 3rd floor, E lives on 5th floor.
From Clue 3, we get B lives on 4th floor and A lives on 2nd floor.
Therefore, the final arrangement is given below:
| Floor | Person |
| 5 | E |
| 4 | B |
| 3 | D |
| 2 | A |
| 1 | C |
So, B lives two floors above A.
Hence, option a.
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This brings us to the end of the article. Practice this set of reasoning questions and stay ahead in your exam preparation.
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