The UPSC EPFO 2023 exam is not yet conducted and details about the exam will be updated soon. Enforcement Officer and Accounts Officer are permanent positions and are categorised as General Central Service Group ‘B’, Non-Ministerial, Level-8 in the pay matrix as of the seventh CPC. The selected officers are eligible for postings across India. Candidates for these positions must be under 30 and possess a bachelor’s degree in any field. Read more about the EPFO in the linked article.
The UPSC EPFO 2021 Exam was held on September 5, 2021, to fill 421 vacancies for the Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer posts with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The Recruitment Test, which consisted of objective multiple-choice questions, was taken offline by the Union Public Service Commission.

This article will provide a thorough examination analysis of the UPSC EPFO 2021 exam. The analysis includes all information regarding the question paper, along with the level of exam difficulty, topics covered, sectional weightage and more.
Apart from the EPFO exam, the Union Public Service Commission also conducts the IAS Exam, one of the most prestigious examinations in the country. Candidates can get details about the administrative officer exam in the linked article.
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UPSC EPFO Exam Overview
A recruitment test of the objective kind and an interview will be used by UPSC to select candidates. There are two sections to the UPSC EPFO exam. The first part is the written exam, and the second is the interview. The interview makes up 25% of the selection process, while the recruiting exam makes up 75%. The final result will be strongly dependent on the recruitment written test. Following are important points related to the UPSC EPFO Exam:
- One paper with 100 MCQs totalling 100 marks will be used for the UPSC EPFO exam.
- The written exam is a multiple-choice, objective-style paper.
- The total number of marks for the recruitment test is 100. Equal marks are awarded for each question.
- Every incorrect answer will result in a loss of one-third of a mark.
- The medium of the test is both Hindi and English.
- The candidates will have 120 minutes to complete the selection test.
Apart from the Enforcement exam, candidates aspiring to join the government offices can get details of the other competitive exams held in the country at the government exams page.
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UPSC EPFO 2021 Exam Analysis
Below, candidates will find a summary of the UPSC EPFO Exam Analysis for the 5th of September 2021, which will help them get a better idea of the kinds of questions that will be asked in future tests.
The UPSC EPFO test included questions on General English, Social Scrutiny in India, Industrial Relations & Labour Laws, Current Events and Developmental Issues, Indian Polity & Economy, General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude, Indian Freedom Struggle, General Science & Knowledge of Computer Applications, and General Accounting Principles.
UPSC EPFO 2021: Overall Exam Analysis |
Name of Sections |
Difficulty Level |
Number of Questions Asked |
Current Events and Developmental Issues |
Moderate to difficult |
05-07 |
General Accounting Principles |
Easy to Moderate |
08-10 |
General English |
Easy |
18-20 |
General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude |
Moderate |
13-15 |
General Science and Knowledge of Computer Applications |
Moderate |
08-10 |
Indian Freedom Struggle |
Easy to Moderate |
13-15 |
Indian Polity & Economy |
Easy to Moderate |
05-07 |
Industrial Relations & Labour Laws |
Moderate |
03-05 |
Social Security in India |
Easy to Moderate |
03-05 |
Total Questions & Difficulty Level |
Easy to moderate |
120 |
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Given below we have provided all the important questions asked in the exam for the candidates to have a look at and understand the exam pattern.
UPSC EPFO 2021 Exam Questions |
S.No. |
Subject |
Important Questions |
1 |
General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude |
- If W1 and W2 are weights of the two solid iron balls of radii ½ and ⅓ m respectively then find the ratio of weights
- 40% of the students in a classroom are from India and 50% are girls. If 25% of Indian students are girls, what percentage of non-Indian students are boys?
- Let n(>1) be a composite natural number whose square root is not an integer. Consider the following statements: 1. n has a factor which is greater than 1 but less than the square root of n. 2. n has a factor which is greater than the square root of n but less than n. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The average age of husband and wife was 23 years when they have married 5 years ago. The average age of a husband, his wife and his child is 20 years now. How old is the child now?
- The average weight of a hundred students in a class is 46 kg. The average weight of boys and girls is 50 kg and 40 kg respectively. What is the difference between the number of boys and girls?
- English alphabet recorded in the following manner?
- If a varies as b then which of the following statements is correct?
- Which one of the following is the remainder when 74^100 is divided by 9?
- Which one of the following is the arithmetic mean of V3 – V2 and its reciprocal?
- Suppose x and y are two positive numbers such that when x is reduced by 2 and y is increased by 2, the ratio becomes 2:1; and when x is increased by 2 and y is reduced by 2, 28. the ratio becomes 3:1. Which one of the following is equal to x-y?
- How many times does the digit 3 appear 25? between 1 and 100 such that the number where 3 appears is not divisible by 3?
- Average of all prime numbers between 21 & 55?
- If the ratio of Speed of A & B is 5:6 & B allows A a starts at 70 m in a 1.2 km race, who will win the race?
- M is 60 years old, R is 5 years junior to M & 4 years senior to V. The youngest brother of V is B & he is 6 years junior to V. What is the age difference between M & B?
- A hollow cube tube of sides 10 cm each weighing 200 gm, is made. This cube is placed in water with a horizontal face. How many cm of its height sink in water if the density of water is 1 gm/cm^3?
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General Science and Knowledge of Computer Applications |
- When a dielectric material is kept in an external electric field, which one of the following phenomena may be realised?
- Which one of the following substances, when added to water, will not change the pH?
- Which one of the following, on adding to water, will not scatter a beam of light?
- Which one of the following chromosomes has a mismatched pair in a normal human male?
- Which one of the following is not a female reproductive organ in humans?
- Which one of the following cannot be called “Amphibian of the Plant Kingdom”?
- Which of the following is not a consequence of deforestation?
- The word “Vaccine’ has been derived from a Latin word having meaning
- Which one of the following statements is true with regard to the image formation by two eyes of a person?
- Which one of the following will not be reduced by metallic zinc?
- Which one of the following is the size of a hydrogen atom?
- Who among the following discovered Proton?
- Consider the following balanced equation: CO(g) + 2H, (g) → CH, OH (1) How many moles of CH3OH (1) can be obtained by reacting 2.0 mole of CO (g) with 2.0 mole of H, (g)?
- Which one of the following is not a web browser?
- Which one of the following statements is correct regarding electromagnetic wavelength?
- Which one of the following memories is extremely fast and acts as a high-speed buffer between the CPU and the main memory?
- Which of the following is not a language translator
- What is the equivalent decimal value of binary 2 number 101110?
- The Register is used to keep track of the next instruction to be executed
- Which one of the following represents 1 GB of information?
- Which of the following is not an audio file format
- A sequential electronic circuit that is used to store 1-bit of information
- Which one of the following basic operations for converting raw input data into useful information is not performed by all computers?
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3 |
Current Event and Developmental Issues |
- As a routine exercise operation ‘Garam Hawa’ and ‘Sarad Hawa’ Conducted by–?
- The Little Book of Encouragement author?
- Which day is celebrated as Parakram Diwas?
- First player in the history of Test Cricket to take 200 wickets against left-handed batsmen?
- The Global firepower Index 2021, India’s rank?
- Naomi Osaka won the Women’s Singles Title at the Australian Open Tennis Tournament by defeating whom?
- Asia’s first Export Processing Zone?
- Well-targeted system of services delivery to LPG Customers?
- Which one of the following States will be directly connected with Assam by the proposed bridge between Dhubri & Phulbari over the river Brahmaputra?
- Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala the first woman Director General of the WTO. Does she hail from which country?
- The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport project will connect India with which country?
- Question related to Ramsar Convention?
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana?
- Who among the following is the author of ‘Gandhi as Mahatma’?
- Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana what is the maximum amount that can be deposited during a financial year?
- Minimum & Maximum age at which a subscriber can join the Atal Pension Yojana?
- Tri-service contingent of which one of the following countries participated in India’s Republic Day parade in 2021?
- Which one of the following is the acronym for the word ‘NITI’ in NITI Aayog?
- UNESCO has been observing February 21 as International Mother Language Day since 2000. The Idea to celebrate the Day was the initiative of?
- Which one of the following pairs of zonal railways and their headquarters is not correctly matched?
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4 |
General Accounting Principles |
- Which one of the following accounting concepts are applied by an entity, when events such as a new competitor entering the market and a rift between production and marketing departments are not disclosed in the book of accounts?
- Which one of the following concerns prepares Receipts and Payments Accounts?
- Which is the underlying accounting concept that supports no anticipation of profit but provision for all possible losses?
- Which one of the following is the first book in which the transaction of a business unit is recorded?
- Maximum amount of Gratuity payable to the employee under the Payment of Gratuity act 1972?
- When are current liabilities payable
- Is the total of the Debit & Credit side of the tribal balance the same?
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5 |
Industrial Relations, Labour Laws & Social Security in India |
- Minimum number of members required for registration of a Trade Union
- Maximum number of hours in a week that an adult worker is allowed to work for
- Match the following terms Closure/Workmen/Strike/ Lockout
- Adolescent as per the Factories Act 1948
- What is a Controlled Industry
- Maximum period in which the appropriate government shall review and revise the minimum rate of wages under the Minimum Wages Act 1948?
- Trade Dispute under Trade Union Act 1926
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6 |
Indian Polity & Economy |
- Which one of the following statements is correct about Income & Expenditure account?
- According to the Economic Survey 2020 – 21, 41. Which one of the following will be India’s real GDP growth in the year 2021-22?
- Which one of the following does not figure in the list of languages in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India
- Which one of the following is the mandate of the Committee on Estimates?
- Which one of the following facts pertaining to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is not correct?
- Who among the following Speakers of Lok Sabha formally disassociated from the political party after his election as the speaker
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7 |
Indian Freedom Struggle |
- Social Service League in Bombay
- No-Changers in the Congress Party
- Cabinet Mission members
- During 1931, under whose leadership, did a strong Kisan Sabha Movement develop in the Gaya District of Bihar?
- A copy of the famous 16th Century artwork Salvator Mundi which was reportedly stolen, the painting attributed to
- Who among the following was the founder of the Swatantra Party?
- Gandhi’s Salt March to Dandi was started from
- Nirguana Bhakti refers to
- What did Ain-i-Akbari seek to promote within the frontier of the Mughal State?
- Macaulay’s 1835 minute on Education
- Who produced the Pirpur Report (1938)?
- Socialist group in the Congress Party
- Where did Gandhi put his first correction? major public appearance after returning from South Africa in 1915?
- Who among the following was the President to be affected by the Indian National Congress at the time of independence of India?
- Militant Nationalist School of thought in India
- Ryotwari Area
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8 |
General English |
- The dress isn’t really tight. It’ll ____ when you have worn it.
- With his back to the old man, he stood at the window, fist clenched, and his shoulders ___ with his choked sobbing.
- The bereaved mother proudly received the gallantry award ___ her brave son who had laid down his life in the recent war.
- It’s time you went out and ___ your own living.
- The elephant fell into a ___ the hunters had set.
- Spot the Error: The car which went past us when we were driving on the highway must have been doing at least a hundred miles per hour.
- Spot the Error: Neither the servant nor the clerk has done this.
- Spot the Error: Raju will go back home in a year after his stay abroad.
- Spot the Error: I have much work to do.
- Find the nearest in-meaning (synonyms) word of Carnage
- Find the nearest in-meaning (synonyms) word of Religious
- Find the opposite meaning (antonym) word of fertile
- Find the opposite meaning (antonym) word of immigrants
- Find the opposite meaning (antonym) word of elementary
- Find the nearest in meaning (synonyms) word of Imagine
- Find the nearest in meaning (synonyms) word of: invades
- Find the nearest in meaning (synonyms) word of liberal
- Find the opposite meaning (antonym) word of lavish
- Find the opposite meaning (antonym) word of Valour
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UPSC EPFO 2021 Exam: Expected Cut-Off
The difficulty of the UPSC EPFO Exam 2021 Paper was on the moderate side. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will release the EPFO Cutoff for 2021 following the UPSC EPFO 2021 Exam. The expected cut-off for various categories of candidates is as follows:
UPSC EPFO Expected Cut Off 2021 |
Category |
Expected Cutoff Marks |
EWS |
175-180 |
General |
180-190 |
OBC |
170-175 |
ST |
150-155 |
SC |
155-160 |
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UPSC EPFO Previous Year Exam Analysis
Previously, EPFO exam was conducted in 2017, the exam analysis for the same is provided below for the reference of the candidates:
Subject |
Number of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
General Accounting Principles |
13 |
Moderate |
General English |
20 |
Easy to Moderate |
General Mental Ability and Quantitative Aptitude |
15
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Difficult |
General Science and Sci-tech |
11 |
Easy to Moderate |
History |
15 |
Easy to Moderate |
Indian Economy + Current Events and Development Issues |
15 |
Moderate |
Indian Polity |
6 |
Moderate |
Knowledge of Computer applications |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Labour Laws + Social Security in India + Industrial Relations |
19 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
1 |
Easy to Moderate |
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Frequently Asked Questions about UPSC EPFO Exam
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Q1. Will the UPSC EPFO Exam 2023 include negative marking?
Ans. Yes, each incorrect response will result in a loss of 1.3 marks.
Q2
Q2. What are the 2023 UPSC EPFO cutoff scores?
Ans. The UPSC EPFO cutoff scores will be released after the release of the EPFO results.
Q3
Q3. How many shifts will the UPSC EPFO Exam 2023 have?
Ans: There will only be 1 shift used to conduct the UPSC EPFO Exam.