EPFO Assistant Syllabus 2019: EPFO Assistant Exam Pattern (Pre/Mains)

By Gaurav Singh Bhadouria|Updated : May 23rd, 2019

EPFO Assistant Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2019: EPFO has recently released the recruitment notification for the post of EPFO Assistant. This exam is going to be conducted for the first time for a total of 280 vacancies.

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To help you get a better insight into this recruitment, we are sharing with you the EPFO Assistant syllabus and exam pattern for both Prelims and Main examination. You can check topic-wise syllabus & pattern of exam described below.

EPFO Assistant Exam Pattern 2019 - Preliminary Exam

The paper consists of 3 sections, with a sectional timing of 20 minutes for each section. This paper is only qualifying in nature.
For each wrong answer, there will be a negative marking of one-fourth of the total marks assigned to that question.

Name of Test	Max. Questions	Max. Marks	Duration
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 Minutes
English Language	30	30	20 Minutes
Total	100	100	60 Minutes

EPFO Assistant Exam Pattern 2019 - Main Exam

Only the marks obtained in Phase – II will be considered for final selection.
For each wrong answer, there will be a negative marking of one-fourth of the total marks assigned to that question.
The descriptive paper will be completely online.

Name of Test	No. of Qs.	Max. Marks	Duration
Reasoning/ Intelligence	40	60	35 minutes
Economy/ Financial/ General Awareness	40	40	20 minutes
English Language	30	40	30 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	40	60	35 minutes
Total	150	200	2 hours
Descriptive Paper (English Language with an emphasis on comprehensive and analytical abilities)	3 (letter, precis, comprehension)	30	45 minutes