[Studyplan] Assistant Provident Fund

Commissioner (APFC) by UPSC

Studyplan4 years Ago929 Comments

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Readymade books for APFC exam

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Cost Factor

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Paper 1 General English

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Paper 2 General Studies

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Two rules to crack this exam

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11 August
1.

For Videos containing explaination of Aptitude questions of earlier APFC

exams: Click ME

2.

The Previous Years Question papers of APFC exam are uploaded in a

separate article, click me to download them.

3.

Ive archived all the important articles related to APFC exam, on this
link: www.mrunal.org/apfc

Question from a Visitor

Could you please tell me what should I study for the post of Assistant Commissioner
of Employee provident fund I have checked the syllabus but if you could tell me what
should I study(I mean reference books etc.).

Readymade books for APFC exam

Exams like APFC are not taken at regular interval, so whenever such exam
comes, some bogus moneyminded publication houses, just copy paste few
paragraphs and pages related to the syllabus topics, from other books and
publish a Guidebook for APFC exam, containing 300 pages!

After 1 month, These people will just change the book cover release the same
content for Sales Tax inspectors exam! Therefore such bogus quality readymade
books or study material does not serve much purpose.

Reason: Many candidates also prepare simultaneously for UPSC, State PSC,
Banks, SSC and similar jobs therefore competitive level is always very high. You
need to have your basic concepts clear and foundations strong. Dont try to look
for shortcuts using such readymade books. (Same Advice for RBI officer, LIC
AAO and other similar exams.)

Cost Factor
The General Studies Manual (TMH, Unique, Spectrum) are quite expensive. Theyre
written for UPSC exam hence very thick and heavy. But the entire manual is not
relevant for APFC exam, youve to do selective study of only a few topics. So better
just borrow it from some friend or try to get an old copy.
Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) comprises the following major
topics/ broad areas.
The medium of the test will be both English and Hindi.

Paper 1 General English

The questions in General English component of the test

will be designed to evaluate candidates understanding
of English language and workman-like use of the words.
Please go through the separate article on ( how to prepare English for APFC exam.
Click Me)

Paper 2 General Studies

Note: whenever I mention NCERT, know that it is legally downloaded for free, in
Hindi or English from the official website of NCERT (http://www.ncert.nic.in/ )
Now talking about specific topics under Assistant Provident Fund managers exam.
Current Events

1.

Download this package to prepare current affairs

since Jan11. http://mrunal.org/studymaterial/current-

affairs-package-2012
2.

From now, ask your newspaperman to throw either

Read The Hindu or Indian Express.

1.

NCERT class 7 to 12 (History books), class 11/12

books on Art n Culture.

2.

(optional) History portion from Tata Macgrawhill

General Studies Manual read stuff related to art,
painting, dance, music from Ancient, medieval and
modern era.

Indian Culture Heritage

Freedom Movements

1.
2.

NCERT class 7 to 12 for History.

History portion from Tata Macgrawhill General
Studies Manual.

Note: Syllabus clearly says Freedom movement so read

only Post-1857 period, no need to read Ancient (Harappa)
or Medival (Mughals).
+ do all the mock tests given at the end of General Studies
Manual.
Population

Dont know, what exactly this means! May be Human Geography

class 11/12 book of NCERT could help.

Development and
Globalization

See if there are some pdf files on www.egyankosh.ac.in (youll

need to register there to download files, but it is free.)

Governance and
Constitution of India

The best book ever written: relevant for all exams

Indian Polity by M.Laxmikanth (TMH Publication)
Thorough revision for 5-7 times.
Do all mock questions given at the end of his book.

Present Trends in Indian

Economy

To get the Basic idea about GDP, GNP, Public Debt,

IIP, FII etc. + latest issues in economy, you can read
100+ articles on Economy for Newcomers by Mrunal
Patel on following link http://mrunal.org/Economy

NCERT Class-11 (understanding economic

development) http://www.neerajagarwal.info/ncertbooks-for-class-10-Understanding-EconomicDevelopment-Social-Science.zip

Now Understand: Socialism, Communism,

Capitalism, LPG (liberalisation, globalisation,
privatisation), Green Revolution etc
NCERT: Class-11 (Indian economic development)

http://www.neerajagarwal.info/ncert-books-for-class11-Indian-Economic-Development-Economics.zip

Finally: microeconomic concepts of supply and

demand, elasticity etc (without going to in mathematical
details)

http://www.neerajagarwal.info/ncert-books-for-class12-Introductory-Microeconomics.zip

Class-12 : Macro Economy : money and banking,

role of RBI etc. (without going to in mathematical
details)

http://www.neerajagarwal.info/ncert-books-for-class12-Macroeconomics.zip

You may also use

Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh (Tata Macgrawhill
Publication). Out of all the books on economy, thatre in
market right now, this one is the best in my opinion. It gives
comprehensive coverage of all the important topics of
Indian Economy from exam point of view- without getting
into numbers and dates. Whether youre preparing for
UPSC, State PSC or Bank/MBA interviews, itll be of great
help to you.

And then just keep reading either Indian Express or

The Hindu on daily basis and subscribe (Free) to my
website by clicking me.

NOT Recommended Books: Mishra Puri, Dutt Sundaram,

Uma Kapila. Because theyre written from academic point of

view, we only need some basic and essential concepts from
Exam point of view. Similarly I donot recommend
Pratiyogita Darpans Special book on Indian Economy for
its obsession with numbers and other trivial information.
Accountancy and Auditing

Industrial Relations &

Labour Laws

Use National Open School (NOS) material: Click MEYou can use
NCERT books. I think class 11/12 has these subjects.OR
search www.egyankosh.ac.in (may be in BA/MA Economics
section)
Or if theyre asking deep questions, you may use Unique
Publications book on Commerce optional subject for UPSC. It
has elaborate chapters on Audit and Account.
Search www.egyankosh.ac.in

Insurance

Search www.egyankosh.ac.in

Basic Knowledge of
Computer Applications

If youre comfortable with computers, then I dont think any

special preparation is required.
Else use NCERTs books on Computer (may be class 10,11,12)
or may be
Pdf files from www.egyankosh.ac.in for any certificate courses on
computer.
NCERT class 7 to 10 (Freely downloaded from official site)
(for additional grip) Science portion from Tata Macgrawhill
General Studies Manual.

General Science

Geography

NCERT Class 7 to 10 (Social Science) + Class 11-12

(Geography) should be more than sufficient. And then you may
solve the MCQs given in the
(for additional grip) GS Manual.

Elementary Maths &

Statistic

Many people appear for IBPS and SSC have really good
grip over aptitude portion. Theyll also appear for Asst.
Provident fund. Hence competition becomes really tough.
One should be thoroughly prepared for maths and aptitude
topic.
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Mrunals articles on Aptitude (Free) to get the basic

concepts clear.

The standard reference books for aptitude would be

(relevant for any exam starting from Bank Clerk to CAT)

1. Quantam CAT by Sarvesh Kumar
1 RS Agarwals Verbal and Nonverbal reasoning.
General Mental Abilities

may be you can use IBPS Manual of Disha Expert

Same as above

There are only two rules to crack this exam

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For Non-aptitude (history, polity etc) Revise revise revise

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For aptitude (math,logical reasoning) practice- practice-practice.