UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern, Download PDF

1. Written Test
2. Interview/Personality Test

• Phrase replacement
• Reading Comprehension
• Sentence completion/ para completion
• Cloze Test, Error Spotting
• Fill in the Blanks
• Para Jumbles
• Phrases/ Idioms
• Spellings
• Synonyms/Antonyms

• Consolidation of the British Empire: The Carnatic Wars, the 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.

• Indian Resistance to the 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.

• The era of Gandhiji: Civil Disobedience, the Khilafat movement, the Non-Cooperation Movement, and Quit India Movement; another strand in the National Movement- Revolutionaries, Subhash Chandra Bose, and the Indian National Army.

• Latest Government Schemes
• Current events related to International Relations
• The latest development in Indian policy
• Major Judgements
• Latest events related to national and international importance

• Indian Polity includes the 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 includes 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, the 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.

• Overview
• About
• Types
• Sectors applicable
• Areas implemented

Industrial Relations:

• Industrial Relations Code (IRC) Bill
• Model of labor reforms.

• General Science: Physics, Chemistry, Life Science
• Computer Applications: Computer organizations, Operating Systems, Database management, Data structures, Data communications, Computer networks

• 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.

1. Constitutional Provisions, Concurrent List
2. Part IV: Directive Principles of State Policy
3. Difference between Organized and Unorganized Sectors: SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS in India
4. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act)
5. Employees’ Provident Funds Act, 1952
6. Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (WC Act)
7. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (M.B. Act)
8. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (P.G. Act)
9. Social Security In India: Different From Developed Nations, Provident Fund