UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2025: Check subject-wise Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Subject

Topics

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General English

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

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Indian Freedom Struggle

• British extension: Carnatic Wars, Invasion of Bengal. Mysore and its confrontation with British expansion, Anglo-Maratha Wars, Early composition of the British Raj.
• Confrontation to British rule: Early uprisings, 1857 Revolt, Indian Freedom struggle, Establishment of the Indian National Congress and its Moderate stage, Swadeshi Movement, Economic Nationalism; The development of Extremism and the split in Congress; Divide and Rule policy; Congress-League Pact of 1916.
• Gandhian techniques of mass mobilization: Civil Disobedience, Khilafat movement, Non-Cooperation Movement, Quit India Movement, National Movement-Revolutionaries, Subhash Chandra Bose, and the Indian National Army.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Current Events & Developmental Issues

• National and International current affairs, 
• Developments in education, science, technology, defence, etc.
• Latest Government schemes

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Indian Polity & Economy

Indian Polity

• Indian Constitution, historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments
• Parliament and State Legislatures – Basic Structure, Functioning, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these,
• Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes, Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications,
• Panchayati Raj
•  Rights Issues and public policies.

Indian Economy

•  Economic growth and development – Basic concept & definition of economy and economics,
• Fiscal policy – definition, use and transfer of resources, distributive effects, the distributive impact of economic policies
• Inclusion – definition, relevance, types, macroeconomic and microeconomic policy, micro-macro balance, financial inclusion, recent initiatives. component, budget

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General Accounting Principles

• Important Principles of Accounting,
• Completion of the accounting cycles
• Subsidiary Ledgers, 
• Analyzing & Recording Transactions,
• Adjustments & Financial Statement, 
•  Special Journals

UPSC EPFO Syllabus General Science & Knowledge of Computer Applications 

Physics

• S.I. units,
• Motion,
• Sound,
• Light,
• Wave
• Energy
• Electricity

Chemistry

• Chemical Properties of Substance and their uses,
• Chemical Name of Important substances 
• Properties of Gases
• Physical Change and Chemical Change
• Surface Chemistry
• Chemistry in Everyday Life

Biology

• Facts about human body parts
•  Nutrition in Animals and Plants,
• Diseases and their causes 
• Life Science

Computer Applications

• Operating Systems
• DBMS, Data Structure
• Computer Network
•  Input/Output Devices
• Computer Organizations 
• Internet
• MS Office

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Industrial Relations & Labour Laws

Labour Laws:

• Important Labour Laws
• It’s Types
• The areas implemented
• Sectors applicable
• Overview of the topic

Industrial Relations

• Industrial relations code (IRC) Bill
• Model of labour reforms

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude & General Mental Ability

Mental Ability

• Seating Arrangement
• Series
• Blood Relations
• Directions
•  Syllogism
•  Seating Arrangement
• Puzzle Test,
• Statement and Conclusion
• Statement and Inferences
• Data sufficiency

Quantitative Aptitude

• Number System
•  Algebra
• HCF and LCM
•  Average
• Mixtures and Alligation
•  Ratio and Proportion
•  Quadratic Equations
• Partnership
• Percentage
•  Simple Interest
• Compound Interest
•  Profit and Loss,
• Time & Work
•  Speed Time & Distance
• Problems on Ages
• Calendar 
• Clock,
• Permutations & Combinations
• Probability

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Social Security In India

• What is Social Security - History of Social security, Social Security in India
• Social Security: Constitutional Provisions
•  Social security schemes for Unorganised Sectors
• New Social Security Schemes launched covering social insurances like Pension, Health Insurance and Medical Benefit, Disability Benefit, Maternity Benefit, Gratuity; Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
• Directive Principles of State Policy
• Concurrent List
• Difference between Organized & 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.

Subject

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General English

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Indian Freedom Struggle

 Current Events & Developmental Issues

 Indian Polity & Economy

 General Accounting Principles

General Science & Knowledge of Computer Applications 

Industrial Relations & Labour Laws

Quantitative Aptitude & General Mental Ability

Social Security In India