EPFO Personal Assistant: Exam Pattern
The EPFO Personal Assistant exam pattern for UPSC 51/2024 had a written Recruitment Test worth 300 marks and a mandatory qualifying skill test. The skill test was essential for consideration, while the written score determined merit among those who qualified.
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Written format
Element | 2024 rule |
|---|---|
Mode | Objective pen-and-paper test |
Time | Two hours |
Maximum marks | 300 |
Medium | English and Hindi, except questions testing English Language |
Penalty | One-third of the marks assigned to each wrong answer; no deduction for blanks |
Use UPSC Special Advertisement 51/2024 for vacancy 24035101707 and the recruitment test and shorthand requirements used in that cycle.
The notice says questions carry equal marks. It does not give a chapter distribution in the scheme. For a practice item worth three marks, the one-third rule means one mark is deducted if the answer is wrong.
Skill test format
Selected language | Dictation requirement | Transcription limit |
|---|---|---|
English | 120 words per minute for 10 minutes | 50 minutes |
Hindi | 120 words per minute for 10 minutes | 65 minutes |
The applicant indicated the dictation and transcription language in the form. The transcript is produced on a computer. A written test mock alone does not reproduce this separate task.
What scores mean
UPSC used written marks to shortlist by category and kept the skill test qualifying. The EPFO PA cut-off guide shows how to separate shortlisting from the final recommendation threshold when comparing scores.
Practice checks
Use the EPFO PA mock test guide for a two-hour paper and separately time a full dictation and transcription in the selected language. Record both completion time and the errors that remain.
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