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EPFO SSA exam pattern, sample papers and books

June 09, 2009

This blog post has been posted as a sequel to my previous blog article: EPFO JE/SSA Recruitment Notification & Forms, which tells you in detail about the openings for 2382 Social Security Assistant (SSA) & 11 Junior Engineer (Civil) in EPFO. The focus of this blog article is on providing you the EPFO SSA exam study materials – by first telling you about the EPFO exam pattern and than giving you the sources of sample papers & books for EPFO exam, to help you prepare for the same.

At first let us know that the job of a Social Security Assistant (SSA) in EPFO is something very similar to the clerical jobs in the banking industry. The job role as defined in the EPFO recruitment notification is: Maintenance of Accounts and Compliance Records and Settlement of Claims; Preparation of Reports, Cash Books, R & P Accounts etc. and assisting functions of EDP and Administration.

Therefore, as you would find out, EPFO SSA exam pattern (and also questions) is similar to Bank Clerical exam pattern and hence you may use the study materials of Bank Clerical exam as the study materials for EPF SSA written exam (this does not includes the Data entry operator test).

EPFO SSA exam pattern/ Selection procedure:
Selection process, as informed in the EPFO recruitment notification consists of a Written exam followed by a Data entry operator test.

The Written exam consists of objective type questions from following four test areas:
i) Test of English language,
ii) Test of Reasoning,
iii) Test of Numerical ability,
iv) Test of office work aptitude.
Each of these test areas are the same ones as those asked in a bank clerical exam. No mark distribution/time duration has been specified in EPFO notification. In bank clerical exams, generally there are 50 questions for each of these tests, to be answered in 90-95 minutes.

On the other hand, Data entry operator test would assess your speed and accuracy in Data Entry Work. Minimum requirement set by EPFO is 5000 key depressions per hour.

EPFO SSA exam sample papers:
I had tried hard to find previous years EPF SSA exam papers for you on the net – but could not locate any. However, I am very sure that following sample papers for bank clerical exam is going to help you prepare for the SSA exam.

These sample papers have been published by Competition Master – a website I most frequently give reference to, for its years of publishing good quality materials. To access the links given below, you have to register (which is for free) in Competition Master website and use the menu option “Bank Recruitment Exams”:
After registering in Competition Master website, come back to this blog and click at links given below:

Sample papers for EPFO SSA exam: Test of Reasoning section:
SBI Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Reasoning - Part1: 40 solved questions.
SBI Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Reasoning - Part2: 40 solved questions.
Andhra Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Reasoning: 100 solved questions.
United Bank of India Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Reasoning : 100 solved questions.

Sample papers for EPFO SSA exam: Test of English language section:
Bank of Maharashtra Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of English language: 50 solved questions.
Dena Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of English language: 50 solved questions.
Oriental Bank of Commerce Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of English language: 50 solved questions.
Vijaya Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of English language : 50 solved questions.

Sample papers for EPFO SSA exam: Test of Numerical ability section:
Vijaya Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Quantitative Aptitude: 50 solved questions.
Corp Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Quantitative Aptitude: 50 solved questions.
SBI Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Quantitative Aptitude: 40 solved questions.
UCO Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Quantitative Aptitude: 50 solved questions.
Union Bank of India Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Quantitative Aptitude: 50 solved questions.

Apart from Competition Master, I also found these websites offering sample papers for Bank Clerical exams:
Allinterview: It gives 130 model questions with answers.
Allexam: It gives 25 SBI Bank Clerk GK model questions with answers.
Upscportal: It gives you 20 Allahabad Bank model questions.
Upscportal: General Awareness sample Question Paper 2008: 40 Q
Edutalkindia: Numerical Ability/Maths samle Paper: 40 Q

Sample papers for EPFO SSA exam: Test of office work aptitude section:

Clerical Aptitude tests your ability to notice similarities and differences between pairs of names and numbers. Questions asked also assesses ability to handle office routine work, like filing, abbreviating, indexing etc. Following links should help you prepare for it:
Psytech
Psychometric-success: I particularly liked this site.
Personality-and-aptitude-career-tests

Skill test for EPFO SSA exam: Data entry operator test
How good are you in data entry work?
You can use the links below to test yourself:

goodtyping.com: With this simple interface, you can test yourself instantly.

brainbench.com: This is an excellent website to test your data entry operation skill, but you have to take some effort for the free data entry tests available.
At first you have to do a free registration, following which a welcome mail is sent in your mail-id by brainbench. In the mail, you would find a list of free tests you can take as shown in the screenshot below in which, choose “tofreetests.html”:
In the next page choose: “Typing Speed & Accuracy” as shown:
After which you can take the test as shown below:

Books for EPFO SSA exam:
I also searched on the net for the available books for preparation of EPF SSA exam and found following books:
E.P.F.O. Social Security Assistant Recruitment Exam by Dr.lal And Jain. Upkar Prakashan. Price: Rs. 105/=

EPFO Employees Provident Fund Organisaiton Social Security Assistants Exam Guide by Gulati SL. Datason RP. Price: Rs. 175/=

You can purchase any of the books for preparation of the SSA exam.

This completes all the test areas of the EPFO SSA exam – with sample papers for preparation in each section and books. Hope you would find the same useful. Kindly let me know your SSA exam experience by posting your comments below. Also visit this blog again. If I spot any more prep materials for EPFO SSA exam, I would post the same here.

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posted by Prasanta Bora on June 09, 2009   42 comments

EPFO JE/SSA Recruitment Notification & Forms

June 08, 2009

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) of India has just recently issued recruitment notification for a huge requirement of 2382 Social Security Assistant (SSA) & 11 Junior Engineer (Civil). The EPFO recruitment notification can be downloaded by clicking here.

The purpose of this blog post is to summarize the important information contained in the above notification, while the subsequent one would give you the EPFO exam pattern with sample papers and books to help you prepare for the exam.

But at first, lets learn about Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) as an organisation.

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation:
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) of India is one of the largest social security organisations in the world in terms of members and volume of financial transactions. It caters to the compulsory contributory pension and insurance schemes of the Govt. of India.
The total financial corpus managed by the EPFO is in excess of Rs. 2000 billion ($50 billion) and there are a total of about 40 million contributing and non contributing members in about 450,000 covered establishments.
More about EPFO can be found from this About us page of the EPFO website.

EPFO vacancies:
As per the EPFO recruitment notification, vacancies are as below:
Junior Engineer (Civil): 11 vacancies
Salaries offered: Rs. 9,300-34,800 Grade Pay 4,200 (Pre-revised Scale 5,500-9,000)
Job role: Maintenance of existing assets and monitoring of running projects.

Social Security Assistant: 2382 vacancies
Salaries offered: Rs. 5,200-20,200 Grade Pay 2,400 (Pre-revised Scale 4,000-6,000)
Job role: Maintenance of Accounts and Compliance Records and Settlement of Claims; Preparation of Reports, Cash Books, R & P Accounts etc. and assisting functions of EDP and Administration.

State-wise EPFO vacancies are given in page-1 & 2 of the recruitment notification.

EPFO Eligibilities:
Eligibilities for Junior Engineer (JE) - Civil:
Age eligibility: 18 to 27 years as on 08.07.2009. (Relaxations as per Govt. rule)
Academic Qualifications (Essential): Diploma in Civil/Electrical Engineering from an Institute / Board recognized by the Central Government or equivalent qualification.
Desirable: Experience in Estimation, Drawing & Design will be preferred.

Eligibilities for Social Security Assistant (SSA):
Age eligibility: 18 to 27 years as on 08.07.2009. (Relaxations as per Govt. rule)
Academic Qualifications (Essential):
a) Must possess the Degree of a recognized University or equivalent on the closing date of application.
b) Possessing a speed of at least 5000 Key depressions per hour for Data Entry Work.
Desirable: Should possess a Computer Training Certificate from a recognized Institute.

EPFO Exam Important Dates:
Last date for receipt of applications: 08.07.2009 (15.07.2009 for far-flung areas).
Last date of receipt of EPFO call letters: 04.09.2009
Date of issue of duplicate EPFO call letter: 05.09.2009 (2.00 PM to 5.00 PM)
Date of EPFO written examination: 06.09.2009 (Sunday)

EPFO JE/SSA Application forms:
How to apply for the EPFO vacancies?
At first Click here to download the EPFO application forms for JE & SSA.

After that, make demand draft of appropriate EPFO application fee (Rs. 50/= for SC/ST/XS/PH candidates and Rs. 200/= for others). The DD should be single and made in favour of “Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Maharashtra” payable at “Mumbai”.

Application complete in all respects & enclosures should be sent only by ordinary post to following address so as to reach on or before 08.07.2009 (15.07.2009 for far-flung areas):
POST BOX NO.8463, MANDAPESHWAR, BORIVALI (WEST), MUMBAI 400 103.

Enclosure Required:
(1) Demand Draft/Banker Cheque (for all candidates)
(2) Category Certificate (for SC/ST / XS/PH candidates only)

Superscribe the envelope carrying above documents with: Post applied for, Category & Centre of Examination.

EPFO call letters:
You should receive the call letter for EPFO written exam in your postal address within 04.09.2009. If you do not receive the same within this date, contact personally the exam centres opted by you (as given in Page-4 of the notification), along with the photocopy of the demand draft enclosed to the application on 05.09.2009 between 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm to collect the duplicate call letter.

Above information was reproduced from the EPFO recruitment notification to help you know about the EPFO vacancies and how to apply for the same. In my subsequent blog post, I would post information on EPFO exam pattern, sample papers and books. Please visit me again!

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posted by Prasanta Bora on June 08, 2009   68 comments

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June 07, 2009

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