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UPSC EPFO 2025: Vacancy for EO/AO and APFC
In a short notification, UPSC has announced a total of 230 EPFO vacancies, 156
vacancies for Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer (EO/AO) and 74 vacancies for
Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC).
Below are the details of the UPSC EPFO EO/AO and APFC vacancies:
UPSC EPFO 2025 Vacancies
Category EO/AO Vacancies APFC Vacancies
General/Unreserved 78 32
EWS 1 7
OBC 42 28
SC 23 7
ST 12 0
PwBD 9 3
Total 156 74
Out of 156 UPSC EPFO EO/AO vacancies, 9 are reserved for Persons with
Benchmark Disability (PwBD).
Out of 74 APFC vacancies, 3 are reserved for PwBD candidates.
UPSC EPFO Education Qualification 2025
UPSC EPFO EO/AO: A bachelor’s degree in any subject from a recognized
university or institute is the minimum educational qualification required to be eligible
to apply for the UPSC EPFO EO/AO exam.
UPSC EPFO APFC: Here are the essential and desirable educational qualifications
required to be eligible for the UPSC EPFO APFC exam:
Essential: Degree from a recognized University or equivalent
Desirable: Diploma in Company Law/Labour Laws/Public Administration
Number of Attempts for UPSC EPFO
UPSC puts no restriction on the number of attempts.
As long as you meet all the eligibility criteria, you are eligible to apply for the UPSC EPFO
EO/AO and APFC exams.
It is to be noted that appearing for the UPSC EPFO EO/AO and APFC exams does not
affect a candidate’s number of attempts for the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE).
UPSC EPFO Pattern 2025
No matter how strong your prep is, if you don’t understand the exam pattern, you’re
shooting in the dark.
From the number of questions to the weight of each subject, even small details like
negative marking can influence how you plan your paper-solving approach.
The selection procedure of the UPSC EPFO EO/AO and APFC exams consists of:
1. Phase 1 (Recruitment Test)
2. Phase 2 (Interview)
UPSC EPFO EO/AO & APFC Pattern 2025
Here is the UPSC EPFO EO/AO & APFC pattern:
Phase 1, also known as a recruitment test (RT), is an objective-type test conducted
in offline mode.
It lasts 2 hours and carries a total of 300 marks.
The test consists of 120 questions, each carrying 2.5 marks.
There is a negative marking of 0.83 marks, i.e., 1/3rd of 2.5 marks, for every incorrect
answer.
Phase 2, also known as personality test or interview, assesses your personality,
suitability, and communication skills.
It carries a total of 100 marks, and there is a category-wise minimum cut-off, which
is
o 50 marks for UR/General/EWS
o 45 marks for OBC
o 40 marks for SC/ST/PH
UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2025
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The syllabus for EPFO EO/AO and APFC posts is well-defined. But it’s broad. And
that’s exactly why clarity matters.
The official syllabus of the UPSC EPFO EO/AO and APFC exams broadly comprises
the following topics:
Subject Topics
1. Phrase replacement
2. Reading Comprehension
3. Sentence completion/ para completion,
4. Cloze Test
5. Error Detection
General English
6. Fill in the Blanks
7. Para Jumbles
8. Phrases and Idioms
9. Spellings
10. Synonyms and Antonyms
British extension: Carnatic Wars, Invasion of
Bengal. Mysore and its confrontation with
British expansion, Anglo-Maratha Wars, Early
composition of the British Raj.
Confrontation to British rule: Early uprisings,
1857 Revolt, Indian Freedom struggle,
Indian Freedom Struggle Establishment of the Indian National Congress
and its Moderate stage, Swadeshi Movement,
Economic Nationalism; The development of
Extremism and the split in Congress; Divide
and Rule policy; Congress-League Pact of
1916.
Gandhian techniques of mass
mobilization: Civil Disobedience, Khilafat
movement, Non-Cooperation Movement, Quit
India Movement, National Movement-
Revolutionaries, Subhash Chandra Bose, and
the Indian National Army.
National and International current affairs,
Current Events & Development
Issues Developments in education, science,
technology, defence, etc.
Latest Government schemes
Indian Polity
1. Indian Constitution, historical
underpinnings, evolution, features,
amendments
2. Parliament and State Legislatures – Basic
Structure, Functioning, powers & privileges
Indian Polity & Economy and issues arising out of these,
3. Functions and responsibilities of the Union
and the States
4. 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,
5. Panchayati Raj
6. Rights Issues and public policies.
Indian Economy
1. Economic growth and development – Basic
concept & definition of economy and
economics,
2. Fiscal policy – definition, use and transfer
of resources, distributive effects, the
distributive impact of economic policies
3. Inclusion – definition, relevance, types,
macroeconomic and microeconomic policy,
micro-macro balance, financial inclusion,
recent initiatives. component, budget
1. Important Principles of Accounting,
2. Completion of the accounting cycles
General Accounting Principles 3. Subsidiary Ledgers,
4. Analyzing & Recording Transactions,
5. Adjustments & Financial Statement,
6. Special Journals
Physics
1. S.I. units,
2. Motion,
General Science 3. Sound,
4. Light,
5. Wave
6. Energy
7. Electricity
Chemistry
1. Chemical Properties of Substance and their
uses,
2. Chemical Name of Important substances
3. Properties of Gases
4. Physical Change and Chemical Change
5. Surface Chemistry
6. Chemistry in Everyday Life
Biology
1. Facts about human body parts
2. Nutrition in Animals and Plants,
3. Diseases and their causes
4. life Science
Computer Applications
Knowledge of Computer 1. Operating Systems
Applications
2. DBMS, Data Structure
3. Computer Network
4. Input/Output Devices
5. Computer Organizations
6. Internet
7. MS Office
Labour Laws:
1. Important Labour Laws
Industrial Relations & Labour 2. It’s Types
3. The areas implemented
Laws
4. Sectors applicable
5. Overview of the topic
Industrial Relations
1. Industrial relations code (IRC) Bill
2. Model of labour reforms
Quantitative Aptitude
1. Number System
2. Algebra
3. HCF and LCM
4. Average
Quantitative Aptitude & General
5. Mixtures and Alligation
Mental Ability 6. Ratio and Proportion
7. Quadratic Equations
8. Partnership
9. Percentage
10. Simple Interest
11. Compound Interest
12. Profit and Loss,
13. Time & Work
14. Speed Time & Distance
15. Problems on Ages
16. Calendar
17. Clock
18. Permutations & Combinations
19. Probability
Mental Ability
1. Seating Arrangement
2. Series
3. Blood Relations
4. Directions
5. Syllogism
6. Seating Arrangement
7. Puzzle Test,
8. Statement and Conclusion
9. Statement and Inferences
10. Data sufficiency
1. What is Social Security - History of Social
security, Social Security in India
Social Security In India
2. Social Security: Constitutional Provisions
3. Social security schemes for Unorganised
Sectors
4. 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)
5. Directive Principles of State Policy
6. Concurrent List
7. Difference between Organized &
Unorganized Sectors
8. 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.
