EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis for 31 Jul 2019 Shift 1 – On this page, the students can check the exam analysis and the expected cutoff marks of the EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam 2019. The exam for EPFO Prelims 2019 on July 31, 2019, is held in 2 shifts and in a computer-based test mode. In shift 1 a total of 100 questions were asked. On this page, the candidates can check the type of questions asked, what was the difficulty level and hat they expect in regards to the cutoff marks to clear the exam.
Latest: Check the EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis for 31 Jul 2019 Shift 1 on this page below for each section.
EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis [31 Jul 2019 Shift 1]
Let us first take an overview of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Assistant Prelims Exam pattern:
| Date of the exam | 31 Jul 2019 |
| Shift | 1 |
| Mode of the exam | CBT |
| Total questions in the exam | 100 |
| Total marks | 100 |
| Marking scheme | +1 for correct answers -1/4 for each wrong answer |
| Total sections in the exam | 3 – English Language, Reasoning Ability, Numerical Aptitude |
– If you qualify this phase, you move on to the second stage of selection that is the main exam.
– Since the exam is held across 2 sessions, the scores of the candidates shall be equated following standard practice to adjust for slight differences in difficulty level.
EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam 2019 Analysis For Reasoning Ability Section in Shift 1
The students can check below the analysis of the EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis For Reasoning Ability section.
- There were a total of 35 questions asked in the section and the total time available for the candidates to attempt all the questions were 20 mins.
- The overall difficulty level was Moderate.
- The exam pattern was followed with no changes.
- Number of Good Attempts – 25+
| Topic | Number questions | Difficulty Level |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality – Coded Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Very Easy |
| Alphabetical Series | 2 | Very Easy |
| Direction and Distance | 3 | Easy |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangements | 15 | Moderate |
EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam 2019 Analysis For Numerical Aptitude Section in Shift 1
The students can check below the exam analysis for the Numerical Aptitude section:
- This section had a total of 35 questions that the candidates were to attempt in a total of 20 minutes.
- The overall difficulty level of this section was Easy.
- The exam pattern was followed and there were no changes.
- Number of Good Attempts – 25+
| Topic | Number questions | Difficulty Level |
| Simplification | 8 | Easy |
| Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
| D.I. – tabular | 5 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy |
| Word Problems | 12 | Moderate |
EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam 2019 Analysis For English Language Section in Shift 1
The students can check below the exam analysis for the English Language section:
- This section had a total of 30 questions that the candidates were to attempt in a total of 20 minutes.
- The overall difficulty level of this section was Easy.
- The exam pattern was a bit changed in terms of the nature of the questions asked.
- Number of Good Attempts – 21+
| Topic | Number questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 8 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 6 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
| Phrasal Verb | 5 | Easy |
| Finding Errors | 6 | Easy |
Overall the Difficulty level of the paper was Easy. With a total number of good attempts being 80+.
EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis [31 Jul 2019 Shift 1] Expected Cut Off Marks
The expected cutoff marks in this shift are 78 to 85 marks. the paper was in the favor of the students. Thus, the students must accept the cutoff marks to rise a bit. EPFO is to select the students in the ratio of 1:10 for the main exam. This means against each vacancy 10 students are to be selected for competing in the mains exam.
EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam Result 2019
The candidates can check the result of the EPFO Assistant Prelim Exam 2019 online on epfindia.gov.in. To check the result the candidates need to login using their login credentials. The score of the prelims exam is then available on the next screen. The students must note that the selection is based on the ratio of 1:10. This means the students are selected based on their prelims scores in a way that against each vacancy there are 10 candidates competing.
About EPFO Assistant Recruitment 2019
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) (Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India) conducts 2 exams for selecting the candidates for the post of assistants. The 2 exams are prelims and mains and they are both in CBT mode. The students qualifying prelims move to mains. The final selection is based on the marks of the candidates in the mains exam. There are a total of 280 vacancies this year for this post. The exams are being held across about 150 cities of the nation.
