UPSC EPFO Previous Year Question Papers

UPSC EPFO Previous Years Question Papers with Answer Keys

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) cunducted Enforcement Providend Fund Organisation (EPFO) Exam which comes under (Ministry of Labour and Employment) in every year for the post of Assistant Commissioners, Account Officers and Enforcement Officers. It is clear that this exam is cunducted at central level, and  so everyone must be preparing to grab this opportunity.

Details on UPSC EPFO Syllabus and Exam pattern 

HEADQUARTERS : New Delhi. The Officers recruited are liable to be posted anywhere in India.

PROBATION : Two years. f) A pen & paper based Recruitment Test (RT) to short-list the candidates for Interview for recruitment to the posts of Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers (Item Nos. 1 above) shall be conducted by the Commission on 04.10.2020.

Scheme and syllabus for the Recruitment Test (RT) for the posts of Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers (Item Nos. 1 above) is as under:- 

I. Scheme of the 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 answer. 

(iv) The medium of the test will be both Hindi and English

(v) 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. 

II. Syllabus of the RT:

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

i)General English- To evaluate candidate’s understanding of 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. 

III. 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.

The Recruitment Test (RT) will be conducted on 04.10.2020 across the following centers: 

1. Ahmedabad 
2. Shillong 
3. Imphal 
4. Prayagraj(Allahabad) 
5. Shimla 
6. Agartala 
7. Bengaluru 
8. Srinagar 
9. Jorhat 
10. Bhopal 
11. Thiruvananthapuram 
12. Aizawl 
13. Mumbai 
14. Kochi 
15. Itanagar 
16. Kolkata 
17. Lucknow 
18. Raipur 
19. Cuttack 
20. Jammu 
21. Vishakhapatnam 
22. Delhi 
23. Chandigarh 
24. Tirupati 
25. Dispur 
26. Panaji(Goa) 
27. Udaipur 
28. Hyderabad 
29. Port Blair 
30. Sambalpur 
31. Jaipur 
32. Dharwad 
33. Bareilly 
34. Chennai 
35. Madurai 
36. Gautam 
37. Budh Nagar 
38. Nagpur 
39. Ranchi 
40. Ghaziabad 
41. Dehradun 
42. Gangtok 
43. Gurugram 
44. Patna 
45. Kohima 
46. Faridabad 
47. The Centres and the date of holding the Recruitment Test as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission. Applicants should note that there will be a ceiling on the number of candidates allotted to each of the Centres, except Chennai, Dispur, Kolkata and Jaipur. Allotment of Centres will be on the "firstapply-first allot" basis, and once the capacity of a particular Centre is attained, the same will be frozen. Applicants, who cannot get a Centre of their choice due to ceiling, will be required to choose a Centre from the remaining ones. Applicants are, thus, advised that they may apply early so that they could get a Centre of their choice. NB: Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision, the Commission reserves the right to change the Centres at its discretion if the situation demands. All the Centres will cater to Recruitment Test for Persons with Benchmark Disability. Candidates admitted to the Recruitment Test will be informed of the time table and venue of the Recruitment Test. The candidates should note that no request for change of Centre will be entertained.

INSTRUCTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO CANDIDATES FOR RECRUITMENT BY SELECTION 1.CITIZENSHIP:

 A Candidate must be either:

 (a) a citizen of India, or 

(b) a subject of Nepal, or

 (c) a subject of Bhutan, or 

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or 

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania(formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. 

NOTE

 The application of a candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be considered by the Commission and, if recommended for appointment, the candidate may also be provisionally appointed subject to the necessary certificate being issued in his favour by the Government of India. 

2. AGE LIMITS: The age limit for the post has been given in the advertisement. For certain age concessions admissible to various categories please go through the instruction regarding Concessions & Relaxations. 

3. MINIMUM ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must fulfill the essential requirements of the post and other conditions stipulated in the advertisement. They are advised to satisfy themselves before applying that they possess at least the essential qualifications laid down for various posts. No enquiry asking for advice as to eligibility will be entertained. 

NOTE-I: The prescribed essential qualifications are the minimum and the mere possession of the same does not entitle candidates to be called for interview. 

NOTE-II: IN THE EVENT OF NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS BEING LARGE, COMMISSION WILL ADOPT SHORT LISTING CRITERIA TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TO BE CALLED FOR INTERVIEW TO A REASONABLE NUMBER BY ANY OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:

(a) “On the basis of Desirable Qualification (DQ) or any one or all of the DQs if more than one DQ is prescribed”. 
(b) On the basis of higher educational qualifications than the minimum prescribed in the advertisement. 
(c) On the basis of higher experience in the relevant field than the minimum prescribed in the advertisement. 
(d) By counting experience before or after the acquisition of essential qualifications. 
(e) By invoking experience even in cases where there is no experience mentioned either as Essential Qualification (EQ) or as Desirable Qualification (DQ). 
(f) By holding a Recruitment Test.

UPSC EPFO Cunducted exam in two phases which are given below:
Phase I :- Recruitment test (Pen & Paper based)
Phase II :- Interview 
     The Recruitment test is based on Pen and Paper based,and the candidate who are qualify this exam will eligible for Interview. Final selection will base on both recruitment test and interview.

UPSC Exam Pattern 
UPSC EPFO involve two stages, the first one is  carrying Multiple type of question as,or in second stage there will be an interview and those candidate who shorlisted for interview a pen and paper based test is cunducted by commission before interview

Exam	Marks	Weightage
Recruitment test (Pen and Paper based )	100	75%
Interview	100	25%

            so here are some question papers with answer keys which give you some an idea about paper pattern.

UPSC EPFO (Ministry of Labour and Employment )Previous Year Question Papers	Years	Click here to download pdf	click here to download pdf
UPSC EPFO 2014 Exam For the Post of Assistant Labour Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and Employment	2014	Question papers	Answer key
UPSC EPFO 2015 Exam For the Post of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner in EPFO	2015	Question papers	Answer key
UPSC EPFO 2016 Exam	2016	Question papers	Answer key
UPSC EPFO Exam For the Post of Enforcment Officer, Accounts Officer in EPFO, Ministry of Labour and Employment	2017	Question papers	Answer key
UPSC EPFO Exam For the Post of Labour Enforcement Officer (Central)	2018	Question papers	Answer key