UPSC EPFO 2021

Duration : 2 Hours

Test Medium : Hindi & English

Negative Marking: For every wrongly answered question, 1/3rd marks will be deducted.

Application Mode: Online

 Mode of Exam: Offline

Age Limit: There is no minimum age specified. The maximum age to apply for UPSC EPFO is 30 years.

Educational Qualification: Candidates with Bachelor’s Degree in Any Stream in Any Recognized University in India will be eligible for this post.

Subject-wise Syllabus of UPSC EPFO

The syllabus of UPSC EPFO is listed below. Aspirants interested in this exam or who are preparing for this exam can refer this syllabus for their preparation.

Subjects (Topics)

Indian Freedom Struggle

(British Extension: Invasion of Bengal, Carnatic Wars, Mysore, and its confrontation with British expansion: The three Anglo-Maratha Wars. Regulating and Pitt’s India Acts. Early composition of the British raj)

Know about the 1857 Revolt: Its prime reasons, character, course & result,  Indian Freedom struggle, Growth of national consciousness; creation of Associations; Establishment of the INC s and its Moderate stage; Swadeshi Movement; Economic Nationalism; The policy of Divide and Rule; know about the Congress-League Pact of 1916

Gandhian Thoughts & Techniques of Mass Mobilization: 

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

General English

(Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Synonyms/Antonyms, Error Detection, Fill in the Blanks, Cloze Test, Sentence Rearrangement)

Indian Polity & Economy 

Indian Polity

Indian Constitution, historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, Parliament and State Legislatures – Basic Structure, Functioning, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these, Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes, Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications,  know about the Panchayati Raj, Rights Issues and public policies.

All important terms in Economy

Know about the Economic growth and development – Basic concept & definition of economy and economics, Fiscal policy – definition, use and transfer of resources, distributive effects, the distributive impact of economic policies, Inclusion – definition, relevance, types, macroeconomic and microeconomic policy, micro-macro balance, financial inclusion, recent initiatives. Component,  budget

Current Events & Developmental Issues 

Current events refer to the daily current affairs that are important from an exam point of view.

Developmental Issues confined 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 covers the yojana’s revealed by the government for the betterment of the public

General Accounting Principles 

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

General Science & Knowledge of Computer Applications 

Physics

S.I. units, Motion, Sound, Light, Wave, Energy, Electricity.

Chemistry

Chemical Properties of Substance and their uses, Chemical Name of Important substances like Plaster of Paris, etc., Properties of Gases, Physical Change and Chemical Change, Surface Chemistry, Chemistry in Everyday life; Daily Science

Biology

Important and Interesting facts about human body parts, Nutrition in Animals and Plants, Diseases and their causes like Bacteria, Life Science)

Computer Applications

Operating Systems, DBMS, Data Structure, Computer Network, Input/output Devices, Computer Organizations, Internet, MS Office

Social Security in India

(What is Social Security?, History of Social security, Social Security in India, Social Security: Constitutional Provisions, Social security schemes for Unorganised Sector; New Social Security Schemes launched covering social insurances like Pension, Health Insurance and Medical Benefit, Disability Benefit, Maternity Benefit, Gratuity; Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)

Part IV Directive Principles of State Policy, Concurrent List, Difference between Organized & 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.)

General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude 

Mental Ability

Seating Arrangement, Series, Blood Relations, Directions, Syllogism, Seating Arrangement, Puzzle Test, Statement and Conclusion, Statement and Inferences, Data sufficiency)

Quantitative Aptitude

Number System, Algebra, HCF and LCM, Average, Mixtures and Alligation, Ratio and Proportion, Quadratic Equations, Partnership, Percentage, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Time & Work, Speed Time & Distance, Problems on Ages, Calendar & Clock, Permutations & Combinations, Probability

UPSC EPFO Industrial Relations and Labour Laws

Know about the Enforcement Officer Syllabus 2021: Labour Laws

• Labour Laws
• It’s Types
• The areas implemented
• Sectors applicable
• Overview of the topic

UPSC EPFO Industrial Relations Syllabus

• Industrial relations code (IRC) Bill
• Model of labour reforms.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2021: General Science and Knowledge of Computer

UPSC Enforcement Officer Syllabus 2021: General Science:

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Life Science

UPSC EPFO Syllabus Computer Applications 

• Important topics on Computer organisations
• All about Operating Systems
• Data communications
• Computer networks
• Database management
• Data structures