How to crack EPFO SSA Exam– Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has released the short notice for the recruitment of candidates for the vacant post of Society Security Assistant. EPFO is expected to conduct the EPFO SSA Exam 2023 soon after the completion of the application procedure. Candidates who are willing to appear for the examination must feel the pressure to complete their preparation before the release of exam dates. To ease the stress on you we are providing you with 18 days study plan where you can revise and study the important topics which will help you clear the exam. This blog is intended for the purpose of giving you a daily study plan. Find How To Crack EPFO SSA Exam 2023 in 18 days.
How to Crack EPFO SSA- Exam Pattern
Before heading to the study plan, candidates must be aware of the detailed exam pattern for the EPFO SSA Recruitment 2023. We have mentioned below the detailed EPFO SSA Exam Pattern.
EPFO SSA Prelims Exam Pattern
| Section | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 Min |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Min |
| Numerical Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 Min |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 Min |
EPFO SSA Mains Exam Pattern
| Sr.No. | Name of the Test(Objective Tests) | No. of Questions | Max.Marks | 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, Precise, Comprehension) | 30 | 45 minutes | English |
| Grand Total | 153 | 230 | 2 hours 45 minutes |
NOTE:
- The marks obtained in Phase – II will be considered for the final selection
- For each wrong answer, there will be a negative marking of one-fourth of the mark assigned to that question
- The descriptive paper will be completely online, i.e. the questions will be displayed on the screen and the candidates will have to type the answers using the keyboard.
- The descriptive paper will be conducted online immediately after completion of the online objective test of Phase-II Main.
EPFO SSA Study Plan: Crack Exam in 18 days
| EPFO SSA Study Plan | |||
| DAY | TASKS | DAY | TASKS |
| Day 1 | EPFO Mains Mock Test 1 | Day 10 | Simplification & Approximation |
| Number Series/ Number System | Blood Relations | ||
| Cloze Test | Quadratic Equations, Double Line-up | ||
| Seating Arrangement– Linear, Circular, Facing Inside/Outside, Mixed | Important Days, Indian Budget | ||
| Awards and Honours and Bank Rates, KYC, Bank Abbreviations. |
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| Day 2 | LCM and H.C.F and Square root, Cube root | Day 11 | Mensuration |
| Correct Usage | Statement-Course of Action | ||
| Analogy | Volume and Surface Area | ||
| Banking and Economic Appointments –Download Monthly New Appointments PDF, Bond Markets and types of Bonds. | Indian Constitution Indian Financial System |
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| Day 12 | Paragraph Completion | ||
| Day 3 | Decimals and Fractions | Coded Inequalities | |
| Time Speed and Distance | Problems on Ages | ||
| Average | Reading Comprehension | ||
| Analytical Reasoning | Indian polity and Governance International Issues |
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| Budget, Books and Authors | Day 13 | EPFO Mock Test 4 | |
| Day 4 | Fillers – Single, Double | Partnerships | |
| Directions and Distances | Coding and Decoding | ||
| Countries, Capitals and Currencies. Culture and Heritage. |
Inventions and Discoveries, Money Markets and Capital Markets | ||
| Day 5 | EPFO Mains Mock Test 2 | Day 14 | Pipes and Cisterns |
| Boats and Stream | Sentence Improvement & Error Spotting | ||
| Grammar (verb, prepositions, adverbs, articles, tenses, etc.) | Data Sufficiency | ||
| Current National and International Events –Download Monthly Current Affairs Bolt. Economic Policies and Schemes of Government. | NDP/ NNP, Payment Banks and Small Finance Banks | ||
| Day 15 | Permutation and Combination | ||
| Day 6 | Ordering and Ranking | Probability | |
| Clock and Calendar Problems | Synonyms/ Antonyms, Word/Phrase Replacement & One Word Substitution | ||
| Idioms and Phrases, Vocabulary based questions | Policies and Laws Related to Banking Reserve bank of India (RBI) – Structure & Function |
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| Economics and Finance. Everyday Science and General Science. | Day 16 | Profit, Loss and Discount | |
| Day 7 | Percentage | Input-Output | |
| Ratios, Proportion | Time and Work | ||
| Alpha-numeric/Alphabetical Series | Science and Technology, Scientific and General Abbreviations | ||
| Financial Institutions of India Financial Markets – Its Types |
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| Day 8 | Odd One Out | Day 17 | EPFO SSA Mock Test 5 |
| Data Interpretation – Charts and Graphs: Line Graph, Bar Graph, Pie Chart; Tabular; Caselet; Mixed DI | Puzzles – Box based, Floor, Calendar, Day/Months based, etc. | ||
| Statement and Conclusion | Simple and Compound Interest | ||
| GDP/ GNP Geography |
Verbal Reasoning | ||
| Day 9 | EPFO Mock Test 3 | Sports and Games. | |
| Mixture and Allegations | Day 18 | Revise your weaker sections. | |
| Para jumbles | RELAX!! | ||
| History- India and World, History of Banks. | RELAX!! | ||
| RELAX!! | |||
Do keep a check on Descriptive English paper which is also a part of the phase 2 exam. Read More about the preparation of Descriptive English Here.
How To Crack EPFO SSA: EPFO SSA Exam Pattern: Phase III – Computer Skill Test
(Computer Data Entry Test)
Candidates will be required to appear for the Skill Test to assess speed and accuracy for Data Entry Work. The minimum requirement is 5000 key depressions per hour. Candidates short-listed for the Skill Test will have to appear for a Skill Test.
Note: Computer Skill Test will be qualifying in nature. Marks obtained will not be reckoned for merit ranking.
Qualifying Marks: – Qualifying Marks in Phase-I (Preliminary Exam.) and Phase–II (Main Exam.) will be decided at per discretion of EPFO
This was all in today’s blog How To Crack EPFO SSA in just 18 days. Please stay tuned with the Oliveboard for more such blogs related to different banking and government exam.
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