What is the EPFO SSA syllabus?

The notification names five areas: general aptitude, general knowledge and awareness, quantitative ability, general English with comprehension and computer literacy. A topic-wise list was not found in the official material we could verify, so use the checklist as a guide.

Which section carries the most marks in EPFO SSA?

General English with Comprehension. In the 2023 cycle it had 50 questions for 200 of the 600 marks.

Is there a descriptive paper in EPFO SSA?

The 2023 cycle had a computer-based objective test and a typing test, with no descriptive paper. Older pages may show a mains and descriptive format, so check the next notification.

Is there a syllabus for the typing test?

No written syllabus applies. Candidates are tested on typing speed and accuracy on a computer, to the standard stated in the notification.

How long does it take to finish the EPFO SSA syllabus?

Most aspirants plan about three months, with the last few weeks for full-length mocks. The time you need depends on your starting level in English and quantitative ability.

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EPFO SSA Syllabus 2026: Section-wise Topics Guide

The EPFO SSA syllabus covers five areas: general aptitude, general knowledge and awareness, quantitative ability, English with comprehension, and computer literacy. This guide turns those section names into a topic checklist you can tick off, with a suggestion on where to start.

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation names the tests in its notification but, in the material we could verify, does not publish a topic-wise syllabus. The topic lists below are built from the section names in the 2023 notification and from the usual scope of such tests. Use them as a working checklist, not as an official list, and compare them with the next notification when it is released.

EPFO SSA syllabus at a glance
Key changes to know
Section-wise topics
Typing skill test
How to cover the syllabus

EPFO SSA syllabus at a glance

Section	Questions	Marks
General Aptitude	30	120
General Knowledge and Awareness	30	120
Quantitative Ability	30	120
General English with Comprehension	50	200
Computer Literacy	10	40

Key changes to know

Single objective test: The 2023 cycle used one computer-based test followed by a typing test. Older pages may still show a prelims, mains and descriptive format, so follow the official notification.
Computer literacy is a section: It is small in marks but easy to score, so do not skip it.
English is the heaviest section: It carries 200 of 600 marks, so its topics need the most hours.

Section-wise topics

General Aptitude (reasoning)

Area	Topics to cover	Start with
Verbal reasoning	Analogy, classification, series, coding-decoding, syllogism, statement and conclusion	Series and coding-decoding
Arrangement	Seating arrangement, puzzles, order and ranking, direction sense, blood relations	Blood relations and direction sense
Non-verbal reasoning	Figure series, pattern completion, mirror and water images	Figure series

Puzzles and arrangements take the most time per question, so practise them untimed first and then add a clock.

General Knowledge and Awareness

Current affairs: Last six to twelve months of national and international events, government schemes, appointments, awards and sports.
Static GK: Indian polity, geography, history, important organisations and basic science.
Economy and finance: Banking terms, budget basics, taxes, and labour and social security schemes, including provident fund basics.

Quantitative Ability

Area	Topics to cover	Start with
Arithmetic	Percentages, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, ratio and proportion, average, mixtures	Percentages
Time-based problems	Time and work, speed, distance and time, pipes and cisterns	Time and work
Data handling	Tables, bar and line graphs, number series, simplification, approximation	Simplification and approximation
Basic geometry and algebra	Mensuration, basic algebra, number system	Number system

General English with Comprehension

Reading comprehension: Passages with inference, vocabulary-in-context and main-idea questions. Read one passage daily.
Grammar: Error spotting, sentence improvement, fill in the blanks, tenses, prepositions, subject-verb agreement.
Vocabulary: Synonyms, antonyms, idioms and phrases, one-word substitution.
Sentence arrangement: Para jumbles and cloze tests.

Computer Literacy

Computer basics and hardware, operating system functions, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint basics, keyboard shortcuts, internet and email, and basic cyber security. Ten questions rarely need more than a week of focused revision.

Typing skill test

The second stage is a computer typing (data-entry) test and has no written syllabus. In the 2023 cycle the standard was reported as 35 words per minute in English or 30 words per minute in Hindi. This is not an official figure for the next cycle, so verify it in the notification, and practise typing a little every day.

How to cover the syllabus

Weeks 1 to 4: Cover arithmetic, grammar rules and reasoning basics. Start a daily reading habit.
Weeks 5 to 8: Add current affairs, economy basics and computer literacy. Begin topic-wise tests.
Weeks 9 to 12: Take sectional tests under time limits and revise your weak topics.
Final weeks: Take full-length mocks, review each one the same day, and revise from your error log.

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