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UPSC EPFO APFC Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2025: Download PDF!
Last Updated on Jun 10, 2025
Download UPSC APFC 2025 complete information as PDFIMPORTANT LINKS
UPSC EPFO APFC Syllabus 2025 will be released by the Union Public Service Commission. As per the UPSC APFC exam pattern, there are two rounds, the written exam and the interview round. Candidates clearing all the phases of the UPSC APFC exam will be considered for final appointment.
- The UPSC EPFO APFC syllabus for the different subjects relevant to the written examination has been prescribed separately in PDF form.
- Only the candidates who clear the UPSC APFC preliminary exam will be called for the interview round.
- Candidates having UPSC APFC eligibility will be allowed to participate in the selection process
- As per the UPSC EPFO APFC exam pattern, a negative marking equal to 0.33 marks has been prescribed for the wrong answer
Candidates can check more information related to UPSC APFC Exam Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025, important books, and a direct link to download the UPSC Syllabus PDF for the APFC exam on this page.
UPSC EPFO APFC Syllabus 2025
The UPSC APFC syllabus has been prescribed for the subjects that are going to be asked in the examination. Candidates who wish to secure more marks in the UPSC APFC result should prepare the topics as prescribed by the commission. The subject-wise topics and UPSC EPFO APFC syllabus has been listed in the section below.
| Subject | UPSC APFC Syllabus Topics |
| General English | Idioms & Phrases |
| Tenses | |
| Word Formation | |
| Fill in the Blanks | |
| Synonyms & Antonyms | |
| Verb & Adverb | |
| Prepositions | |
| Vocabulary | |
| Theme Detection | |
| Articles | |
| Sentence Completion | |
| Error Correction | |
| Conclusion | |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
| Passage Completion | |
| Grammar | |
| One Word Substitutions | |
| Comprehension | |
| Unseen Passages | |
| Sentence Rearrangement | |
| Conjunctions | |
| Active And Passive Voice | |
| Spotting the Error | |
| Cloze Test | |
| Indian Culture, Heritage & Freedom Movements & Current Events | Stone Age |
| The Harappan Civilization | |
| Mauryan Period | |
| Post- Mauryan Phase: The period of Shungas, Kanvas, and Satavahanas | |
| Kushana Empire | |
| Gupta Empire | |
| Temple Architecture Styles | |
| Literature and Philosophy | |
| Population, Development and Globalization | Births and deaths |
| Mobility and migration | |
| Population aging | |
| Population changes | |
| Population estimates and projections | |
| Governance and Constitution of India | Global issues (category) |
| Climate justice | |
| Economic inequality | |
| Fairtrade | |
| Forced migration | |
| Global dimming | |
| Human overpopulation | |
| Human trafficking | |
| Present Trends in Indian Economy | Board Oversight of Mission-Critical Risks |
| Environmental, Social, and Governance Oversight | |
| Human Capital Management | |
| Audit Committee Oversight of Internal Controls | |
| Corporate Culture and Whistleblower Protections | |
| Board Diversity | |
| Accounting and Auditing, Industrial Relations, Labour Laws, Insurance | Financial Reporting |
| Tax | |
| Personal Financial Planning | |
| Firm Practice Management | |
| Governmental Audit Quality | |
| Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality | |
| Not for Profit | |
| Forensic and Valuation Services | |
| Information Technology | |
| Professional Ethics | |
| Plain English Accounting | |
| Business, Industry, and Government | |
| Audit Quality | |
| Fair Value Measurement | |
| Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications, General Science | MS Word, Microsoft OneNote |
| Microsoft Access | |
| Introduction to Computer Science | |
| Boolean Algebra | |
| Computer Networks | |
| Emerging Technologies and Web Publishing | |
| PC Software and Office Automation | |
| Database Management System | |
| Data Structures | |
| MS PowerPoint | |
| MS Visio and MS Excel | |
| Microsoft Outlook | |
| The Internet | |
| Workplace Productivity Tools | |
| MS Project, Microsoft Publisher | |
| General Science | Chemical bonding and molecular structure |
| Electrochemistry and chemical kinetics | |
| Haloalkanes and Haloarenes | |
| States of matter: gasses and liquids | |
| Laws of motion | |
| Units and measurements | |
| Physical | |
| Gravitation | |
| Kinetic theory | |
| Mechanical properties of solids | |
| Thermodynamics | |
| Motion in a straight line | |
| Electrostatic potential and capacitance | |
| Electromagnetic induction | |
| Current electricity | |
| Magnetism and Matter | |
| world | |
| Oscillations | |
| Ray optics and optical instruments | |
| Alternating current | |
| Atoms | |
| Nuclei | |
| Wave Optics | |
| Motion in a plane | |
| Classification of elements and periodicity in properties | |
| Environmental chemistry | |
| Biomolecules | |
| Solid-state | |
| Systems of particles and rotational motion | |
| Mechanical properties of fluids | |
| Moving charges and magnetism | |
| Electric charges and fields | |
| P-block elements | |
| Electromagnetic waves | |
| Semiconductor electronics | |
| Thermal properties of Matter | |
| Elementary Mathematics, Statistics and General Mental Ability. | Abacus |
| LCM and HCF | |
| Fractions and Decimals | |
| Place Value & Face Value | |
| Addition and subtraction | |
| Multiplication and Division | |
| Counting | |
| Counting Money | |
| Statistics | Describing and displaying data |
| Linear regression and correlation | |
| Experiments and sampling | |
| Probability | |
| Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals | |
| General Mental Ability | Coding-Decoding |
| Blood Relations | |
| Alphabet Test | |
| Sitting Arrangements | |
| Direction Sense Test | |
| Mathematical Operations | |
| Arithmetical Reasoning | |
| Analogy | |
| Classification | |
| Series | |
| Number, Ranking, and Time Sequence Test | |
| Eligibility Test | |
| Inserting the Missing Character |
- The written exam will consist of Multiple Choice Objective Type Questions.
- The exam duration will be 120 minutes.
- The exam will be conducted for 300 marks.
- For each incorrect answer,1/3rd of the marks assigned to the question will be deducted.
| Subject | Total Questions | Total Marks |
| General English | 120 | 300 |
| Indian Culture, Heritage & Freedom Movements & Current Events | ||
| Population, Development and Globalization | ||
| Governance and Constitution of India | ||
| Present Trends in Indian Economy | ||
| Accounting and Auditing, Industrial Relations, Labour Laws, Insurance | ||
| Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications, General Science | ||
| Elementary Mathematics, Statistics and General Mental Ability. | ||
| Social Security In India |
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UPSC EPFO APFC Interview 2025
The interview is the second round of the exam pattern and is conducted for 100 marks. Candidates have to qualify for this round securing marks more than the UPSC APFC cut off marks. As per the official notification, the interview round will be conducted for 25% weightage. The final merit list will be drafted based on the written exam and interview.
The candidates can check all the important updates regarding the latest exam notification, eligibility, selection process. You can also download the Testbook App to stay updated every time.
Last updated on Jun 12, 2025
-> The Union Public Service Commission will be releasing the official UPSC APFC Notification 2025 soon.
-> UPSC APFC 2023 Final Result has been declared on the basis of the recruitment test held on 02.07.2023 & Interviews held from 03.06.2024 to 14.06.2024.
-> Earlier, the Union Public Service Commission had released the notification for the post of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization.
-> A total number of 159 vacancies were released for the recruitment.
-> Candidates had applied from 25th February 2023 to 17th March 2023.
-> Selection of the candidates is based on their performance in the Written Examination and Interview.
-> Candidates who want a successful selection should have to start practising questions through the UPSC APFC Previous Year Question Papers and UPSC EPFO (APFC) Mock Test and score highest in the exam.
-> Stay updated with daily current affairs for UPSC.
UPSC EPFO APFC Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025 FAQs
How can I download the UPSC EPFO APFC 2025 syllabus?
The candidates can download the UPSC APFC syllabus PDF from the Testbook website.
What is the marking scheme for the UPSC APFC Exam Pattern?
The marking scheme of the UPSC EPFO APFC written examination is adding 1 mark for every correct answer and reducing 0.33 marks for the answers that are marked wrongly by the candidate.
How can I get a printout of the UPSC APFC Syllabus PDF?
The candidate has to just visit the official website of Union Public Service Commission and click on the relevant link to download the syllabus PDF.
What happens if I pass the written examination of the UPSC EPFO APFC 2025?
If any candidate clears the UPSC APFC written examination he will be called for the further stages depending on the post that he/she has applied for.
How many subjects are asked in the UPSC EPFO APFC 2025 Tier 1 examination for the post of APFC?
The candidates will be required to answer all the subjects relevant to the UPSC APFC examination.