EPFO SSA Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern, Steno & SSA Syllabus Topics

May 28, 2025

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The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) conducts the EPFO Social Security Assistant (SSA) exam to recruit qualified candidates for the positions of Social Security Assistants and Stenographers. Candidates preparing for the EPFO SSA exam should familiarise themselves with the syllabus and exam pattern to effectively strategize their study plan and maximise their chances of achieving good scores. Understanding the syllabus is crucial as it provides details about the marking scheme, subject-wise weightage, and the types of questions that will be asked in the exam. In this article, we have outlined the detailed EPFO SSA syllabus and exam pattern for the benefit of candidates.

EPFO SSA Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025

Candidates aiming to succeed in the examination must familiarize themselves with the exam pattern and syllabus for the EPFO. Understanding the EPFO SSA syllabus provides essential information regarding the subjects, marking scheme, and topics to be studied for each stage of the selection process. Below is a summary of the EPFO SSA Syllabus for 2025 in the table.

EPFO SSA Syllabus 2025 Overview
Exam conducting Body	Employees Provident Fund Organization
Exam Name	EPFO SSA 2025
Category	Syllabus
Exam Level	National Level
Mode of Exam	Online
Type of Questions	Objective Type
Selection Process	Computer-Based Test- Skill Test
Official Website	https://www.epfindia.gov.in/

EPFO SSA Selection Process 2025

The candidates undergo 2 phases of the selection process of EPFO SSA Recruitment 2025, which are the Computer-based exam and computer skill test. The candidates who will qualify in the 2 stages will be recruited as Social Security Assistants (SSA) & Stenographers.

Computer-Based Test (Phase-I)
Skill test (Phase-II) (Computer Data Entry Test)

EPFO SSA Exam Pattern 2025

EPFO SSA prelims examination comprises 150 questions for 4 marks each. The total time duration prelim exam is 2 hour 30 minutes (150 Minutes).
There is a negative marking of 1/4 for each incorrect answer.
EPFO SSA Prelims exam will be objective type and after qualifying for the examination candidates will be eligible for the phase 2 (Skill test).

EPFO SSA Exam Pattern 2025
SNo.	Subjects	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1.	General Aptitude	30	120	150 minutes
2.	General Knowledge/ General Awareness	30	120
3.	Quantitative Ability	30	120
4.	General English with *Comprehension	50	200
5.	Computer Literacy	10	40
Total		150	600

EPFO SSA Skill Test 2025

EPFO SSA Skill test is qualifying in nature, marks obtained in the skill test will not be considered for the merit list. The candidates who are qualified in the CBT examination will be called for a skill test. The authorities test the accuracy and speed of the candidate for data entry work. A typing speed of 35 words per minute in English or 30 words per minute in Hindi on a computer. 35 words per minute and 30 words per minute correspond to 10500 Key Depression Per Hour (KDPH) / 9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depressions for each word for Data Entry Work.

EPFO Steno Exam Pattern 2025

The question paper will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice only.
The questions will be set both in English and Hindi except part-III i.e. English Language and Comprehension
There shall be a negative marking of one-fourth marks for each incorrect answer.
Each correct answer carries 4 marks.

EPFO Steno Exam Pattern 2025
SNo.	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1.	General Aptitude	50	200	2 Hours 10 minutes (130 minutes)
2.	General Awareness [includes Computer Awareness]	50	200
3.	English Language and Comprehension	100	400
Total		200	800

EPFO Steno Skill Test 2025

Dictation: 10 minutes at the rate of 80 words per minute. (Dictation will be computer based)

Transcription: 50 minutes (English) / 65 minutes (Hindi). (Only on computer)

EPFO SSA Syllabus

The candidates going to appear for EPFO SSA Exam 2025 must have complete knowledge of the EPFO SSA Syllabus for each stage. EPFO SSA Syllabus 2025 includes five subjects- General Aptitude, General Knowledge/ General Awareness, Quantitative Ability, General English with *Comprehension, and Computer Literacy. Bookmark this page when you begin your preparation so that you don’t miss any topic.

EPFO SSA Syllabus 2025
Subjects	Topics
English Language	Reading comprehension Fillers (Double fillers, Multiple Sentence Fillers, Sentence Fillers) Cloze Test Phrase Replacement Odd Sentence Para Jumbles Inference Sentence Completion Connectors Paragraph Conclusion Phrasal Verb-Related Questions Error Detection Questions Word usage Vocab Based Questions
Reasoning Ability/General Aptitude	Puzzles Seating Arrangements Direction Sense Blood-Relation Syllogism Order and Ranking Coding-Decoding Machine Input-Output Inequalities Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series Data Sufficiency Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument)
Numerical Aptitude	Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart) Inequalities (Quadratic Equations, Quantity 1, Quantity 2) Number Series Approximation and Simplification Data Sufficiency HCF and LCM Profit and Loss SI & CI Problem on Ages Work and Time Speed Distance and Time Probability Mensuration Permutation and Combination Average Ratio and Proportion Partnership Problems on Boats and Stream Problems on Trains Mixture and Allegation Pipes and Cisterns
General Awareness	Banking and Insurance Awareness Financial Awareness Government Schemes and Policies Current Affairs Static Awareness
Computer Awareness	History and Generation of Computers Introduction to Computer Organisation Computer Memory Computer Hardware and I/O Devices Computer Software Computer Languages Operating System Computer Network Internet MS Office Suite and Short cut keys Basics of DBMS Number System and Conversions Computer and Network Security