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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
UPSC EPFO APFC Exam Pattern 2025 (Expected)
  • 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.

Latest UPSC APFC Updates

Last updated on Jun 24, 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

The candidates can download the UPSC APFC syllabus PDF from the Testbook website. 

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.

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.

 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.

The candidates will be required to answer all the subjects relevant to the UPSC APFC examination. 
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