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C O N T E N T S
C OEPFON T E N T S
About
• What is EPFO?
• Brief History of EPFO
• Functions of EPFO
• Departments in EPFO
• Hierarchy in EPFO
About EO/AO
• How is the recruitment conducted?
• What is the pattern of examination?
• What is the eligibility?
• Who should prepare for this exam?
• Previous Years Cut Off marks
• Is recruitment regular?
• What is the syllabus of the exam?
• What is the training like?
• What is the job profile and functions of EO/AO?
• What is the salary?
• What are the allowances and benefits?
• What are the promotion opportunities?
• All About Postings
• What is EPFO?
• Functions of EPFO
• Departments in EPFO
• Hierarchy in EPFO
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About EPFO
What is EPFO?
The full form of EPFO is Employees’ Provident Fund
Organisation. It is a statutory, autonomous body that
regulates and manages the Provident Funds (PF) in India.
It comes under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The mission of EPFO is “To extend the reach & quality of
publicly managed old-age income secu ity programmes
through consistent and ever improving standards of
compliance and benefit delive y in a manner that wins
the approval and confidence of Indians in our methods,
fai ness, honesty and integ ity, thereby cont ibuting to
the economic and social well-being of Indians”. EPFO
provides social security to the employees through these
3 schemes-
• The Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 (EPF)
• The Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS)
• The Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme,
1976 (EDLI)
Functions of EPFO
ENFORCEMENT OF
THE ACT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY
MAINTENANCE SETTLEMENT OF
OF INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS
ACCOUNTS 5 MAJOR
FUNCTIONS
OF EPFO
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Departments in EPFO
There are several departments in EPFO, a few of them are as mentioned below -
2 Additional Central
Commissioner (Headquarters)
Hierarchy
in EPFO
6 Enforcement/Accounts
Officer
7 Section Supervisors
10 Multi-tasking staff
About EPFO
About
EO/AO
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• How is the recruitment conducted?
• What is the pattern of examination?
• What is the eligibility?
• Who should prepare for this exam?
• Previous Years Cut Off marks
• Is recruitment regular?
• What is the syllabus of the exam?
• What is the training like?
• What is the job profile and functions of
EO/AO?
• What is the salary?
• What are the allowances and benefits?
• What are the promotion opportunities?
• All About Postings
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About EO/AO
How is the recruitment conducted?
• Interview Details -
• Total Duration - 2 Hours
◦ Total Marks - 100 Marks
• Total Marks - 300 Marks
◦ Category-wise Minimum
• Total Questions - 120
cut-off marks
• Negative Marking - 1/3rd
▪ UR - 50 marks
• Objective Type
▪ OBC - 45 marks
• Offline Mode
▪ SC/ST/PH - 40 marks
Age Relaxation
What is the eligibility?
Age:
Maximum 30 years.
5 3 10 13 15 5 5
years years years years years
years years
for for for for for for Ex- for
SC/ST OBC Person PwBD PwBD Service Central
Educational Qualifications: with (OBC) (SC/ST) man Govt.
Essential: Degree of a recognized University Bench Employe
mark es
or equivalent. Disabili (comple
ty ted
[PwBD atleast
(UR)] 3 years
service)
Interview 50 45 40 40 50 40 40
Interview 50 45 40 40 - -
Is recruitment regular?
As per the past trends, recruitment for the post of EO/AO is not so regular. The last 2
recruitments of EO/AO were held in the year 2021 & 2017. UPSC has however released 418
vacancies for the post of EO/AO in EPFO on 25 February 2023.
• General English
◦ Parts of Speech ◦ Conditional Sentences
◦ Structure of Sentence ◦ Prepositions
◦ Subject-Verb ◦ Conjunctions
◦ Agreements ◦ Articles
◦ Nouns ◦ Adjectives
◦ Pronouns ◦ Determiners
◦ Verbs ◦ Adverbs
◦ Tenses ◦ Active-Passive
◦ Modals ◦ Rearrangement Para Jumbles
◦ Reading Comprehension ◦ Synonyms
◦ Complex Preposition ◦ Antonyms
◦ Phrasal Verbs ◦ One word substitution
◦ Idioms & Phrases
• General Science
◦ Physics ▪ Light – Phenomenon like
▪ Units and Measurements Refraction, Reflection, Total
Internal Reflection, Dispersion,
▪ Kinematics including distance,
Diffraction and Interference
displacement, speed, velocity and
acceleration ▪ Uniform Circular Motion and
Simple Harmonic Motion
▪ Dynamics and Newton’s laws of
motion
▪ Electricity
▪ Pressure and its applications
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◦ Chemistry ◦ Biology
▪ Physical and Chemical changes ▪ Food Components
▪ Elements, Compounds and ▪ Health and Diseases
Mixtures ▪ Cells and Tissues
▪ Atoms and Molecules ▪ Organ systems – Digestive
▪ Chemistry in daily life system, Skeletal system, Muscular
▪ Energy – Renewable and Non- system, Respiratory system,
Renewable Circulatory system and
▪ Metals and Non-metals Reproductive System
• Current Events
◦ Revolt of 1857
▪ First World War and Nationalist
▪ Causes of Revolt of 1857
Movement
▪ Beginning and Spread of Revolt
▪ Entry of Mahatma Gandhi in Indian
▪ Suppression of Revolt
Freedom Struggle
▪ Cause for the failure of Revolt
▪ Important Congress Sessions
▪ Nature of Revolt
between 1908 - 1918
▪ Consequences of 1857 Revolt
◦ Important Events from 1919 – 1929
◦ Rise of Nationalism & Formation of
▪ Post War Economic Hardships
INC
▪ Government of India Act, 1919
▪ Reasons for Rise of Indian
▪ Rowlatt Act 1919
Nationalism
▪ Non-Cooperation and Khilafat
▪ Political Associations before
Movement
Indian National Congress
▪ Swarajist and 2nd Phase of
▪ Highlights of Pre – Congress
Revolutionary Interview
Political work
▪ Growth of left movement in India
▪ Foundation of Indian National
▪ 2nd Phase of Revolutionary
Congress
Struggle
▪ Early Nationalists – the Moderate
▪ Simon Commission and Nehru
Era
report
▪ Contributions of Moderate
◦ Important Events from 1929 to 1939
Nationalists
▪ Civil Disobedience Movement –
▪ Powers and Functions of
First phase
Parliament
▪ Karachi Congress Session
▪ Prominent Moderate Leaders
▪ Round Table Conferences
▪ Indian Council Act of 1892
▪ Second Phase of Civil
◦ Swadeshi Movement and Rise of
Disobedience Movement
Extremisim
▪ Communal Award and Poona Pact,
▪ Understanding Extremists
1932
▪ Swadeshi Movement
▪ Government of India Act of 1935
▪ Morley Minto Reforms
▪ Aftermath of Civil Disobedience
◦ Important EVENTS from 1908 - 1918
Movement
▪ First phase of Revolutionary
▪ Provincial Elections of 1937
Activities
▪ Delhi Durbars
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▪ Equilibrium Unemployment
Promotion opportunities:
After joining EPFO as EO/AO, you need to serve at least 5-7 years on this post and then they
are promoted to the post of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC). After being an
APFC for 5 years, you are promoted to Regional Commissioner II (However, after 4 years you
get a senior time scale that increases your grade pay to 6600). Then, in next 5 years you are
promoted to Regional Commissioner I . After completion of 5-6 years as Regional
Commissioner I, you are promoted to Additional Central Commissioner (Headquarters) who
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heads a zone or is the incharge of the head office (New Delhi) and there are only 12
vacancies for this post.
Postings in EPFO:
After getting recruited in EPFO as an EO/AO or APFC, you can be posted anywhere in India.
Generally you are posted in a zone, not more than 9 years and in a particular office you are
not supposed to stay more than 3 years. There are about 140 regional offices and 114 district
offices of EPFO. Regional offices are generally in Tier 1 & Tier 2 cities and district offices are
generally in Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities. So basically you can be posted in any of these offices.
Resources to
About EPFO
prepare for
the EO/AO Exam
• General English
• Freedom Movement
• General Science
• Current Events
• Accountancy
• Social Security
• Elementary Maths
03
Resources to prepare for the EO/AO exam | 24
• Objective General
English by SP
Bakshi - For
Read editorial
Grammar and
section of The
General English Comprehension NA NA
Hindu/The
• Word Power
Indian Express
Made Easy By
Norman Lewis -
For Vocabulary
• Spectrum’s A
Freedom
Brief History of
Movement NA NA NA
Modern India
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• Accountancy
NCERTs of
class 11th &
Accountancy 12th NA NA NA
• Introduction to
Accountancy
by S. Chand
• PIB
• PRS
• Ministry of Social
Justice and
Empowerment
• Ministry of
Women and Child
Development
Computer Computer NA NA NA
Awareness by
Arihant
Elementary Quantitative NA NA NA
Maths Aptitude by Dr.
R.S. Aggarwal
Apart from the resources mentioned in the table, syllabus, PYQs and mock tests should be
your best friends throughout your preparation journey of UPSC EPFO Examination.
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About EO/AO
Our 6 step
formula to
become
O icer in EPFO
• What is the 6 step formula?
• Our legacy - Our Students
Our 6 step formula to become EO/AO in EPFO | 29
Set a
clear goal #1
Always remember that if you are not sure about WHY you want to take certain actions, it is
most likely that the action won’t yield results. Even if it does, you will not be satisfied with
the result. Same is the case with EPFO exam, you need to have the clarity in your mind that
why you wish to prepare, is it because of money & power, prestige, job security, social
service or is it the postings in metro cities that motivate you to take this exam. Whatever
may be the factor, you have to have your goal crystal clear to be always motivated & act
consistently to get success.
#2 Understand
the exam
The syllabus and previous year questions are like the 2 headlights of your car of
preparation. You miss one of these and your car will meet with an accident, let me
guarantee you this right here! The biggest blunder aspirants like you commit is that they do
not define the scope of the syllabus of the examination and prepare under the impression
that anything and everything can be asked in the examination which is even remotely
related to the syllabus! Hell no! This is NOT the case. Download and print a copy of the
syllabus and then do the same for previous year questions (link has been provided above).
Go through the syllabus atleast 10 times and then go through the previous year questions
(year wise) and see for yourself what are the important topics and in what depth they need
to be studied for the examination. Believe me, more than 90% of the so-called sincere
aspirants do not do this.
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Shortlist
Resources #3
Based on step 2 above, now is the time to shortlist your study sources - be it coaching
material, books, websites, magazines, or the like! And remember, once you prepare a list of
the resources that you are going to follow, DO NOT get swayed by new material that keeps
flooding the market through telegram, Facebook, websites, advertisements, etc! Keep your
head down and focus on completing your study sources. Yes, once you are done with your
sources, you can move to a secondary source but not before that!
Plan a
#4 Strategy
This is a very important step - you must plan a strategy for yourself. This strategy is for ‘you’
and ‘you’ alone. Do not compare your strategy with others, some like studying early in the
morning, some like to burn the midnight oil, some can sit at a stretch for 6 hours, some
study for 2 hours and take a break and then study again. Some study on all 7 days, some
study for 5 days and take a 2-day break. Whatever! The point or the goal is to have a
strategy that ‘works’ for ‘you’. It is not meant to earn shower of praises from your parents,
friends or peers!
Execute with
consistency #5
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Develop
#6 Faith
Always think from your mind and feel from your heart. If you reverse this sentence, you will
get trapped in ‘emotions’. Being emotional isn’t bad at all, it’s good! Getting trapped in
emotions is what is bad! Once you complete step 1-5, you will start to develop faith in
yourself. Have a little trust on your mentors as well, talk to them, mail them, get in touch and
see how they can help you!
After you learn and understand this 6 Step Formula to dominate EPFO Exam, you can literally
apply it on any examination you are taking or might take in the future!
The above formula will always help you set a clear goal and plan all your activities around
that one clear goal.
Our 6 step formula to become EO/AO in EPFO | 32
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Rank
3 8 10
Mr. Om Prakash Birda Mr. Vidyanta Mr. Gokul Suresh Mr. Bishnu Sharma
UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO
Rank Rank
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Rank Rank
18 30 32
Mr. Shubham Agarwal Mr. Amit Joy Mr. Animesh Kumar Ms. Nisha Panwar
UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO
34 40 41 43
Mr. Kapil Gupta Mr. Ashish Yadav Mr. Ashok P Mr. Rajat Singh
UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO
48 49 52 56
Mr. Vishal Harmalkar Mr. Yash Anand Mr. Kunwar Vikram Mr.Skanda Kumar
UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO
58 66 67 72
Mr. Banoth Kethan Mr. Abhishek Sisodia Mr. Tarun Aggarwal Mr. Jithin VJ
UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO
75 79 86 91
Mr. Zaki Anwar Naqvi Mr. Sunny Sahay Mr. Debopam De Mr. Aman Chauhan
UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO
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93 97 98 99
Ms. Divya Joshi Mr. Sunny Sahay Mr. Prashant Srivastava Mr. Krishnachaitanya
UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO UPSC EPFO EO/AO