EPFO Assistant Recruitment 2020: Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will soon release notification PDF for recruitment of EPFO Assistants on its official website epfindia.gov.in. Check here EPFO Assistant syllabus, exam pattern, selection process and pay scale.
EPFO Assistant 2020 Exam: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will soon release the EPFO Assistant Notification 2020 for the recruitment of Assistant Section Officer on its official website epfindia.gov.in. The EPFO Assistant Recruitment is carried out in different phases - Prelims, Mains and Interview. The EPFO Assistant Preliminary Exam is conducted online as a computer-based exam. A total of 100 questions (MCQs) will be asked from three sections - Numerical Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and English Knowledge. Each question will be of 1 mark and there will be separate sectional timing. EPFO will be penalising candidates for giving wrong answers; there will be negative marking of .25 mark for every wrong answer. Check the in-detail EPFO Assistant selection process, exam pattern, syllabus and pay scale here.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) conducts the EPFO Assistant Recruitment drive under the Direct Recruitment Quota across India to fill vacancies to the post of EPF Assistant. The recruitment to the post of EPFO Assistant will be carried out through an Online Examination in two phases - EPFO Assistant Preliminary Exam (Phase I) & EPFO Assistant Main (Phase II) Exam.
Total Number of Vacancies filled in EPFO Assistant Recruitment 2019
| Category |
Vacancy |
| General |
113 |
| OBC |
76 |
| EWS |
28 |
| SC |
42 |
| ST |
21 |
| PwD |
11 |
The EPFO Assistant selection is done on the basis of:
Exam Pattern of EPFO Prelims 2020 Exam: The EPFO Assistant Preliminary exam will ask a total of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and it will be conducted online. It will be bilingual, both English and Hindi, except for the English section. Each Section will have a separate timing. Have a look:
| Section |
No of MCQs |
Marks |
Duration |
| Numerical Aptitude |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
| English Knowledge |
30 |
30 |
20 minutes |
| Total |
100 |
100 |
60 minutes |
Exam Pattern of EPFO Mains 2020 Exam: The EPFO Mains exam will also be online objective test. A total of 150 MCQs will be asked. Each section will have a separate timing.
| Section |
No of Questions |
Max Marks |
Duration |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
40 |
60 |
35 minutes |
| Reasoning/ Intelligence |
40 |
60 |
35 minutes |
| English Language |
40 |
40 |
30 minutes |
| General/ Economy/ |
30 |
40 |
20 minutes |
| Total |
150 |
200 |
2 hours |
| Note: There will also be a “Descriptive Test” on English language (Letter writing, Precis & Comprehension). The duration of the test will be 45 minutes. |
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| English Language |
Reasoning Ability |
Quantitative Aptitude |
General/Economy/ Financial Awareness |
| Reading Comprehension Vocabulary Cloze Test Sentence Improvement Word Selection Error Detection Rearrangement Idioms and Phrases Active/Passive Voice Direct/Indirect Speech Tense Verbs Sentence Transformation Spelling Test Para Jumbles Phrase Replacement |
Alpha-numeric Series Analogy Verbal Reasoning Coding-Decoding Blood Relations Puzzle Test Syllogism Input Output Direction Sense Venn diagrams Order and Ranking Time Sequence Test Mathematical Operations Statement & Conclusion Data Sufficiency Decision Making Analytical Reasoning Mirror Images Water Images Embedded Figures |
Number Series HCF &LCM Age Problems Boat & Stream Calendar & Clocks Fraction & Decimals Simplification Surds & Indices Pipe & Cisterns Data Interpretation Percentage Profit and Loss Ratio & Proportion Partnership Compound Proportion Time & Work Probability Mensuration Permutation and Combination Average Time, Distance, Speed Probability Stokes & Share Discount Volume and Surface Area
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Current Affairs General Knowledge related to Banking Indian Polity Science and Technology History Geography Countries, Capitals and Currencies Social Science Indian Financial System Important Financial Terms GST Indian Currency Foreign Exchange Reserves Negotiable Instruments International Financial Institutions Cheques and its Types Indian Economy Structure and Functions of RBI Electoral Bonds Important Banking Terminologies Balance of Trade and Payment Top Banking Committees Stock markets and bond markets Primary markets Secondary markets Insurance Industry Financial Development Indian Budget Economic Policies and Schemes |
Key points to note:
The EPFO Assistant will enjoy Level- 7 of Pay Matrix (Civilian employees) Under 7th Pay Commission. The entry pay of the EPF Assistant will be Rs. 44,900.
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