UPSC EPFO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025 for Enforcement Officers Exam

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct the UPSC EPFO Examination 2025 for the recruitment of enforcement officers in the Employees' Provident Fund Organization. In this article, we have shared the detailed UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern to help candidates in their preparation. It is essential for aspirants to know the UPSC EPFO syllabus, exam structure, marking scheme, and other relevant details to excel in the examination

UPSC EPFO EO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will release the UPSC EPFO 2025 syllabus for the post of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization, Enforcement Officer, along with its official notification. Check all the details related to the UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2025 here and get benefits. Candidates can prepare for the exam by referring to the UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer Syllabus 2025.

UPSC EPFO EO Syllabus 2025-Highlights
Organization Name	Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)
Exam Conducting Body	Union Public Service Commission
Post Name	Enforcement Officers
Category	Syllabus
Types of Questions	Multiple-type objective questions (MCQs)
Mode of Exam	Offline
Total Questions	120
Total Marks	Written test: 300 marks Interview: 100 marks
Duration of Exam	2 Hours
Language	English and Hindi
Negative Marking	1/3 Mark per wrong answer
Selection Process	Written test, Interview
Official Website	www.upsc.gov.in

UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officers Selection Process 2025

The candidates will be selected for the UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officers 2025 Examination on the basis of their performance in the written exam and interview. The total marks in the written examination are 300, while the interview is for 100 marks. The UPSC EPFO written examination will be held offline, and the candidates who qualify written test will be eligible for the interview round. In the interview, general candidates have to score at least 50 marks, while OBC candidates have to score a minimum of 45 marks, and SC/ST/PH candidates have to get a minimum of 40 marks.

Written Examination (75%)
Interview (25%)
The interview stage involves minimum qualifying marks for different categories

Qualifying marks in Interview
Category	Qualifying marks
General	50 marks
OBC	45 marks
SC/ST/PH	40 marks

UPSC EPFO EO Exam Pattern 2025

UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officers examination 2025 will be held for 300 marks, out of 300 marks written examination will be held for 200 while interview will be held for 100 marks. There will be negative marking and 1/3 Mark will be deducted for each wrong answer while 2.5 will be given for each correct answer.

The test will be objective-type questions with multiple choices of answers
The total duration of exam is two hours
The medium of the test will be both Hindi and English
All questions will carry equal marks
1/3 Mark will be deducted for each wrong answer
If no answer is marked for a question, there will be no penalty for that question

UPSC EPFO Exam Pattern 2025
Total Questions	120
Total Marks in Written Exam	300
Total Marks in Interview	100
Marking Scheme	2.5 marks will be given for each correct answer
Duration of Exam	2 Hours
Negative Marking	1/3 Mark will be deducted for each wrong answer

UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officers Syllabus 2025

The UPSC EPFO EO SyllabuS 2025 broadly comprises the topics: general English, Indian freedom struggle, current events and developmental issues, Indian politics & economy, general accounting principles, industrial relations & Labour laws, general science & knowledge of computer applications, general mental ability and quantitative aptitude, and social security in India.

Topics	Sub-Topics
General English	Phrase replacement, Reading Comprehension, Sentence completion/ para completion, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks, Para Jumbles, Phrases/ Idioms, Spellings, Synonyms/Antonyms
Indian Freedom Struggle	British extension: The Carnatic Wars, invasion of Bengal. Mysore and its confrontation with British expansion: The three Anglo-Maratha Wars. Regulating and Pitt’s India Acts. Early composition of the British raj Confrontation to British rule: Early uprisings, The 1857 Revolt-reasons, character, course and result, Indian Freedom struggle the first stage: Growth of national consciousness; creation of Associations; Establishment of the Indian National Congress and its Moderate stage; Swadeshi Movement; Economic Nationalism; The development of Extremism and the split in Congress; The policy of Divide and Rule; Congress-League Pact of 1916 Gandhian thoughts and techniques of mass mobilization: Civil Disobedience, the Khilafat movement, the Non-Cooperation Movement, and the Quit India Movement; another strand in the National Movement-Revolutionaries, Subhash Chandra Bose, and the Indian National Army
Current Events & Developmental Issues	Current events basically refer to as the daily current affairs that are important from an exam point of view. Developmental Issues are confined to the schemes and laws made public by the government to maintain decorum and for the ease of running the constitution. developmental issues also cover the yojanas revealed by the government for the betterment of the public
Indian Polity & Economy	Indian Polity: Indian Constitution, historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, the conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these, Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes, Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues/ Indian Economy: Economic growth and development – basic concept and definition of economy and economics, use and transfer of resources, distributive effects, macro and microeconomic policy, micro-macro balance, distributive impact of economic policies, Inclusion – definition, relevance, types, financial inclusion, recent initiatives. Fiscal policy – definition, component, receipts, revenue and capital account, tax revenue, expenditure, budget.
General Accounting principles	Principles of Accounting, Analyzing & Recording Transactions, Adjustments & Financial Statements, Completion of the accounting cycles, Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals
Industrial Relations & Labour Laws	UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Labour Laws: About, Types, Areas implemented, sectors applicable, overview UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Industrial Relations: Industrial relations code (IRC) Bill, Model of labour reforms
General Science & Knowledge of Computer Applications	UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General Science: Physics, Chemistry, Life Science UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Computer Applications: Computer organizations, Operating Systems, Database management, Data structures, Data communications, Computer networks
Quantitative Aptitude & General Mental Ability	Quantitative Aptitude: Number Systems, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Average Ratio, SI & CI and Arithmetic questions General Mental Ability: Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables), Data sufficiency Syllogism, Puzzles & More.
Social Security In India	What is Social Security?, History of Social Security, Social Security in India, Social Security: Constitutional Provisions Concurrent List, Part IV Directive Principles of State Policy, Difference between Organized and Unorganized Sectors 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

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UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2025-FAQs

The UPSC EPFO EO syllabus 2025 covers General English, Indian Freedom Struggle, Current Affairs, Indian Polity & Economy, General Accounting Principles, Industrial Relations & Labour Laws, General Science & knowledge of Computer applications, General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude and Social Security in India.

The selection process of UPSC EPFO EO Examination 2025 is based on the Written test & Interview.

The total marks in the UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officers written examination 2025 are 300 (2.5 marks for each question).

Yes, 1/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer in UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officers Exam 2025.

A total of 120 multiple-choice questions will be asked in the UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer examination 2025.