UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer Selection Procedure 2020

UPSC EPFO exam for the post of Enforcement officer is scheduled to be held on 4th October 2020. The selection process for the recruitment of Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer in EPFO includes 2 stages:

Pen & Paper based Recruitment Test (RT)
Interview

Candidates will be shortlisted for the interview on the basis of marks scored in the recruitment test. Shortlisted candidates would be required to submit the documents in support of their claim as per the application form. Their documents will be scrutinized and those Candidates who fulfil all the eligibility conditions of the posts shall be called for interview.

Process	Weightage
Recruitment Test (RT)	75
Interview	25

UPSC EPFO Exam Pattern 2020

The UPSC EPFO Recruitment Test (RT) will be pen and paper-based and the candidates who qualify recruitment test will be eligible for the interview round. The date and other details regarding the interview will be announced on the official website in due course. The examination will consist of multiple-choice questions as per the scheme is given below:

The test will be based on objective type questions with multiple choices of answer.
All questions will carry equal marks as per the exam pattern.
The test will consist of 2-hours duration.
The medium of the recruitment test will be bilingual i.e. both Hindi and English.
There will be a penalty for wrong answers.
Every wrong answer will lead to the deduction of one-third of the marks assigned to that question.

The final selection of a candidate will be based on the marks obtained in Recruitment Test and Interview.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2020

You must go through all the topics to be asked in the exam. The UPSC EPFO syllabus for the recruitment Test broadly comprises the following topics:-

Topics To Be Asked in Recruitment Test
General English	Indian Freedom Struggle
Current Events and Developmental Issues	Indian Polity
General Accounting Principles	Industrial Relations & Labour Laws
General Science	Knowledge of Computer applications
Indian Economy	General Mental Ability
Quantitative Aptitude	Social Security in India

S.No.	Subject	Topics
1	General English	Vocabulary Usage Synonyms Antonyms Grammar Usage Comprehension, etc.
2	Indian Freedom Struggle	Revolt of 1857 – First War of Independence Against British Causes of the Rise of Indian National Movement Indian Nationalism – The Moderate Phase Morley-Minto Reforms Partition of Bengal 1905 Indian National Movement – Extremist Period Important Indian Freedom Fighter Revolutionaries in the Indian Freedom Movement The Rise of Gandhi in Indian Freedom Struggle The Rowlatt Act and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre The Lucknow Pact, 1916 Non-Cooperation Movement Home Rule Movement Salt Satyagraha Moplah Rebellion of 1921 Simon Commission Swaraj Party First Round Table Conference 1930 Poona Pact Quit India Movement Indian National Congress Sessions Indian Independence Act 1947
3	Current Events and Developmental Issues	Current Affairs (National & International) Sports Awards and their importance Politics Finance and Banking sector Population Census Important Books and their writers State Animals and Symbols Name of the Scientist who got Noble prize for important discoveries Important Days Important Inventions and their inventor
4	Indian Polity & Economy	Supreme Court; Meaning of Write Election of President and his functions Important constitution bodies like CAG Facts about parliament Fundamental Duties Governor and his functions State legislature Major Constitutional amendments and their importance Official Language Emergency Provisions National political parties and their symbols
5	General Accounting Principles	Accounting Concepts Realisation Concept Separate Entity Concept Going Concern Concept Money Measurement Concept Dual Aspect Concern Cost Concept Accounting Period Concept Matching Concept Accounting Conventions Consistency Full Disclosure Conservatism Materiality
6	Industrial Relations & Labour Laws	Labour Laws About, Types Areas implemented sectors applicable overview Industrial Relations Industrial relations code (IRC) Bill Model of labour reforms.
7	General Science & Knowledge of Computer applications	Biology: Important and Interesting facts about human body parts, Nutrition in Animals and Plants, Diseases and their causes like Bacteria; Physics: S.I. units, Motion, Sound, Light, Wave, Energy, Electricity; Chemistry: Chemical Properties of Substance and their uses, Chemical Name of Important substances like Plaster of Paris, etc., Chemical Change and Physical Change, Properties of Gases, Surface Chemistry, Chemistry in Everyday life; Daily Science: Development of computers; Input and Output Devices; Memory; MS Office; Internet
8	General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude	General Mental Ability – Sequence of figures, Series, Blood Relations, Directions, Syllogism, Seating Arrangement, Puzzle Test, Statement and Conclusion, Statement and Inferences, Data sufficiency Quantitative Aptitude – Algebra, HCF and LCM, Average, Mixtures and Alligation, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Percentage and its application, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Time, Speed and Distance, Problems Based on Ages, Calendar and Clock, Probability, Permutations and Combinations
9	Social Security in India	Status of Social security in India Social security schemes for Unorganised Sector 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) Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Atal Pension Yojna (APY) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY); Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana Pradhan Mantri Kisan Mandhan Yojana, etc.

UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer: Criteria For Selection

The candidate will have to achieve a minimum level of suitability in their respective category at both stages i.e. ‘Recruitment Test’ as well as ‘Interview’.
The minimum level of suitability in case of RT shall be decided by the Commission on the case to case basis.
The category-wise minimum marks required in interviews, irrespective of whether the selection is made only by interview or by Recruitment Test followed by the interview, will be: