Employment Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) is an organization that assists the Central Board of Trustees in administering the Provident Fund Scheme which is a retirement benefit scheme available for all salaried employees in India. Interested candidates appearing for EPFO Assistant exam can check here for EPFO Assistant Books for reference. Article also includes video tutorials, practice set -quiz for different subjects of the exam. EPFO Assistant exam selection process includes preliminary exam and mains exam.
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Best Books for EPFO Assistant Preparation 2020
There are few important details you need to know as you begin your preparation by selecting the books for reference. Following are the few sections that will be discussed in this article.
- List of books for reference.
- Keep yourself acquainted with the exam pattern as it will ease you to segregate the topics based on weightage.
- EPFO Assistant Practice set-Quiz
- How Entri will help you in the process of preparing for the examination
- Free video tutorials by ENTRI for better preparation of exams.
EPFO Assistant Books for Reference
The following are few book set that contains all the three subjects included in the preliminary exam of EPFO Assistant.
- EPFO Assistants Phase I Preliminary Exam Books by VVK SUBBURAJ
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EPFO (Employees Provident fund Organisation) Assistant Preliminary Exam Book by
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Reasoning Ability books for EPFO Assistant Exam
This section of the exam requires rigorous practice. Solve previous year papers and appear for mock tests to secure a better score in this section
| Name of the book | Author/publisher |
| A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning | by RS Aggarwal /S Chand Publisher |
| Analytical Reasoning | by MK Pandey /Magical Book Series |
| Tricky Approach To Competitive Reasoning (Hindi) | Kiran Publications |
| Logical and analytical reasoning | A. K Gupta |
| New Approach to Reasoning Verbal & Non-Verbal: Verbal, Non – Verbal & Analytical | Indu Sijwali and B. S. Sijwali |
| Quicker Reasoning Test | Upkar Publications |
| A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal | Arihant Publication |
| How to Crack Test of Reasoning | Arihant Publication |
EPFO Assistant books for Numerical Ability
Refer the books mentioned below, and practice thoroughly only then it is possible to score in the mathematics sector
| Name of the Book | Author/Publisher |
| Practice Book on Quicker Maths | by M Tyra and K Kundan /Magical Book Series |
| Fast Track Objective Arithmetic | by Rajesh Verma /Arihant Publishers |
| Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations | by RS Aggarwal /S Chand Publisher |
| Quantum Cat | Sarvesh Kumar Verma |
| Elementary and Advanced Mathematics | Kiran Publications |
EPFO Assistant books for English Language
| Name of the Book | Author/Publisher |
| Objective General English |
S.P. Bakshi |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension |
Arun Sharma Meenakshi Upadhyay |
| General English |
Lucent Publication |
| Word Power Made Easy | Norman Lewis |
| High School English Grammar and Composition | Wren and Martin |
General/ Economy/ Financial Awareness Books
| Name of the Book | Author/Publisher |
| Static General Knowledge | Arihant Publication |
| General Knowledge | Lucent |
| Banking Awareness | Arihant Publication |
| Banking Awareness Handbook of Banking Information | N.S Toor |
Subjects included in the EPFO Assistant exam
As we select the books to prepare for the exam it is also very important to be well acquainted with the examination pattern to make the best usage of the resource books. If the topics and the question pattern is known in advance it will help the candidate in segregating the topics based on its importance.
EPFO selection process includes, preliminary examination and mains examination.
EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern
The prelims contains three papers with a total of 100 marks. The questions are objective in nature.
| Name of Section | No. of Questions | Marks | Time |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 mins |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 min |
| TOTAL | 100 | 100 | 1 Hour |
EPFO Mains Exam Pattern
| Name of Section | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| General/Economy/Financial Awareness | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
| English Language | 30 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 60 | 35 minutes |
| Reasoning/Intelligence | 40 | 60 | 35 minutes |
| TOTAL | 150 | 200 | 2 hours |
Click here for EPFO Syllabus
EPFO Assistant Exam Practice set Quiz
As and when the preparation for the exam is in progress we need to also practice quiz to understand our level in each subject. If tracking is done that way then better preparation can be done after figuring out which areas you are not good at. Below given links are few quiz that will help you with the numerical ability, reasoning ability, English language of the written examination of Delhi Police Recruitment
- Quantitative Aptitude Practice Quiz – Permutation, Combinations and probability
- Quantitative aptitude Practice Quiz – Simple interest and compound interest
- Reasoning ability practice quiz on Alpha numeric series
- Reasoning ability Practice quiz – Puzzle
- Reasoning ability Practice quiz – rectangular Seating
- Reasoning ability Practice quiz – Triangular Seating
- Reasoning ability quiz – Blood Relations
- Quantitative aptitude Practice Quiz- Ratio and Proportion
- Quantitative aptitude Practice Quiz- Mensuration
- Quantitative aptitude Practice Quiz- Probability
- Quantitative aptitude Practice Quiz- Permutation and combination
How Entri will help you with the study preparation for competitive Examination.
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Check the below link to get the details of EPFO Assistant Exam
- How to apply online for EPFO Assistant exam
- Eligibility Criteria of EPFO assistant Exam
- EPFO Assistant exam dates
- EPFO Assistant Selection Process
- EPFO Assistant Salary
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Video Tutorials by ENTRI
Entri also provides free online tutorials for various topics included in different examination. Candidates can refer the videos for preparation. Candidates can have different types of learning methods. Few are auditory learners and others are visual learners. Video sessions will definitely help in emphasizing on the topic better and in a much clarified manner. So do not miss this chance when preparing for EPFO Assistant. Check below for free online tutorials for competitive examination.
Check the below video for tricks to improve the calculation speed for numerical ability section of competitive examinations.
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