EPFO Assistant Exam Pattern 2019: Detailed Prelims & Mains Pattern

EPFO announced a total of 280 vacancies for the post of Assistant, and recently result for EPFO Assistant has been declared by the recruiting body the cut off for which is 94.5 for general category. Now it is the time to prepare for the next phase i.e EPFO Assistant mains exam, where four sections namely, English, Reasoning, Quant and general economy and financial awareness followed by a descriptive of 45 marks will be there. As before starting your preprartion, one should know about the EPFO Assistant mains exam pattern so that they can have idea about the marking schemes and other important details. Check the detailed EPFO Assistant mains Exam pattern 2019.

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EPFO Assistant 2019 Examination Pattern :

Knowing the exam pattern is nececssary to prioritize your topics and chapters. As the EPFO Assistant Mains exam will take place on 7th November and harldy one month is left for your preparation so start your preparation right away and check the EPFO Mains exam pattern to continue your studies.

Phase-1: Prelims Examination:

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks is conducted online. This test is of 1-hour duration consisting of 3 Sections(with separate timings for each section) as follows:

S. No.	Name of the Test (Objective Tests)	No. of Questions	Max. Mark	Duration	Version
1.	English Language	30	30	20 minutes	English
2.	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes	Bilingual
3.	Numerical Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes	Bilingual
	Total

Phase –I is qualifying in nature and marks will not be reckoned for final merit.

For each wrong answer, there will be a negative marking of one fourth of the mark assigned to that

The candidates will be shortlisted for Phase-2 in the ratio of 1:10 about 10 times the number of vacancies in each category on the basis of their performance in Phase-1.

Phase-2: Mains Examination:

Main Examination consists of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 30 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests is online. Candidates have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of the Objective Test, Descriptive Test is administered.

S. No.	Name of the Test (Objective Tests)	No. of Questions	Max. Mark	Duration	Version
1.	Reasoning/ Intelligence	40	60	35 minutes	Bilingual
2.	General/ Economy/ Financial Awareness	40	40	20 minutes	Bilingual
3.	English Language	30	40	30 minutes	English
4.	Quantitative Aptitude	40	60	35 minutes	Bilingual
	TOTAL	150	200	2 hours
5.	Descriptive Paper (English Language with emphasis on comprehension and analysis)	3 (letter, precis, comprehe nsion)	30	45 minutes	English
	GRAND TOTAL	153	230	2 hours 45 minutes

The marks obtained in Phase -2 will be considered for final selection.

A Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination): There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.