EPFO Assistant Mains Analysis 2019: EPFO Assistant Main exam 2019 exam was successfully conducted today. EPFO is one of the most prominent organizations to work with. The difficulty level of the exam was a moderate type. There was no major change or deviation seen in EPFO Assistant Mains exam. In this article, we are going to share the detailed review of EPFO Assistant Mains exam covering all the sections.
EPFO Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2019: Key Highlights
1. Level of Exam – The level of the exam was easy to moderate
2. Reasoning/Intelligence – Easy
3. Quantitative Aptitude – Easy to moderate
4. English Language – Easy to moderate
5. General/Economy/Financial Awareness – Moderate
6. Toughest Section- General Awareness was comparative tougher
7. Easiest Section – Reasoning Ability
8. No major changes or questions were seen in the exam.
EPFO Assistant Mains 2019: Check General Awareness GK Questions here
| Sections | Good Attempts |
|---|---|
| English Language | 22-24 |
| Reasoning/Intelligence | 34-36 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 31-34 |
| General/ Economy/ Financial Awareness | 27-31 |
| TOTAL | 113-124 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
Following were the types of DI:
Caselet DI ( Number of visitor in five different cities)
Pie Chart DI (Data given in percentage)
Tabular DI (Total number of students were given of four schools)
Bar Graph DI (Income and expenditure were given of company of 5 months)
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | 20 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Train Based, Boat & Stream, CI and SI, Profit & Loss, Time and Work, Partnership, Age Based, Mensuration etc.) | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Easy-Moderate |
English Language (Easy-Moderate)
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Topic
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No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
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Reading Comprehension
|
7 | Moderate |
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Error Detection
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4 | Easy |
| Cloze test | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
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Sentence Rearrangement
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5 | Easy-Moderate |
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Phrase Replacement
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4 | Easy |
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Match the column
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3
|
Easy-Moderate
|
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Idiom and phrase
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2
|
Easy
|
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Total
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30
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Easy-Moderate
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Reasoning/Intelligence (Easy)
- Parallel Seating Arrangement (North/South, 7 people each side)
- Floor based puzzle(4 floors, 8 flats)
- Uncertain number of people ( total person 17 after arrangement)
- Month Based puzzle (6 month, 6 cities, 6 people)
- Circular seating arrangement (8 people, some facing center and some outside)
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Topic
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No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
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Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles
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26
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Easy-Moderate
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Inequality
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5 | Easy |
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Syllogism (Only few & Direct)
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5 | Easy |
| Alphabet Based | 2 | Easy |
| Number based | 1 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | Easy |
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Total
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40
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Easy-Moderate
|
General/ Economy/ Financial Awareness (Moderate)
Most of the questions were asked from current affairs. Around 10 questions were asked from Septembers’ Current affairs (approx) and 5 question from August current affairs (Approx). Approx 4-5 question were asked from banking awareness. 1-2 questions were based on Economy survey. No single question from static awareness were asked.
Descriptive Test
There were total 3 letters (Formal/informal)were given out of which only one letter was to be done by the candidate.Only one topic were given in Precis and comprehension writing (Each) The topics were as follows:
Letter writing:
1- Letter to news paper editor for Flood Furiod (Formal)
2- Letter to a friend/Brother, asking for the places to visit while you are going to take the test in the city. (Informal)
Note: We will update the third topic of the letter as soon as we get any update from the aspirants who appear for it.
Precis topic:
Online Video Survey and Analysis
Comprehension:
It was based on food and nature and there were around 5 questions based on it.