The Union Public Service Commission has successfully conducted the Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) written examination for the posts of Enforcement Officer/Account Officer yesterday, i.e. September 05, 2021. One day after the completion of the test, candidates seem to be in search of the answer keys. Although the official answer key has not been released at upsc.gov.in, unofficial ones are now available on various websites and YouTube channels.
Before going through the answer key, candidates are advised to keep the question papers of the examination ready. Apart from the official sources, the question papers are also available on apssb.in. Now, to check the unofficial answer keys, one can visit studydaily.co.in and scroll down the page to find the UPSC EPFO answer keys for sets C and D. They are available in PDF formats which one can easily download.
Alternatively, candidates can refer to various YouTube videos to get a detailed explanation of the answer key along with the exam analysis. All they have to do is open YouTube and type ‘UPSC EPFO answer key 2021’. A list of videos will appear which one can play in turns. Candidates can easily get the EPFO 2021 answer key along with the exam analysis on these channels. Many elaborate videos are available, where they have provided a detailed explanations for every question. Note that most of the YouTube channels also have Telegram channels from where students can download the PDFs of the answer keys.
After analyzing the question paper, it can be said the examination was doable. Students who have prepared for more than a year could fairly do better. The level of the question paper was somewhere between easy and moderate. Hence, it is likely that the cut-offs will remain high. As expected earlier, the importance of current affairs was quite prominent. However, there were quite many questions from Modern History.
As per the data available for the UPSC EPFO EO/AO 2017, it can be said that the results for the written examination held yesterday can be expected by the last week of October. This is because the UPSC EPFO EO/AO examination in 2017 was held on February 26, 2017, while the results for the same were declared on April 19, 2017. The difference between the examination date and the result declaration date is 52 days. Hence, based on this calculation, the result for the UPSC EPFO 2021 written examination can be expected by October 27, 2021.
This year, a total of 421 vacancies is going to be filled through this recruitment drive. Candidates after qualifying for the written examination will be called for an interview session. After that, the final list of all selected candidates will be available.