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Preliminary Examination is important to qualify for the Mains Examination. EPFO Assistant Prelims Practice & Mock Test section allows the candidate to understands the pattern of the exam and the expected questions that would appear in the actual test. SPLessons has made a sincere effort to provide a list of EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam related questions through the article EPFO Assistant Prelims Practice Test.

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EPFO Assistant Exam Pattern - Prelims
S. No. Name of the Test (Objective Tests) No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration Version
1. English Language 30 30 20 Minutes English
2. Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 Minutes Bilingual
3. Numerical Aptitude 35 35 20 Minutes Bilingual
Total 100 Questions 100 Marks 60 Minutes

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1. SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL
    A. CMN B. UJI C. VIJ D. IJT

Answer: Option C
Verb
1. Fate smiles ...... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.
    A. with B. over C. on D. round

Answer: Option C
Tenses
1. This time tomorrow, I ............................... on the beach.am lying
    A. am lying B. will lie C. will be lying

Answer: Option C
Articles
1. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw ......... elephant crossing the road in front of my school yesterday.
    A. A B. An C. The

Answer: Option B
Synonyms
1. FOSTERING
    A. Safeguarding B. Neglecting C. Ignoring D. Nurturing

Answer: Option D
Antonyms
1. Protects
    A. Defends B. Deprives C. Deserts D. Ignoring

Answer: Option C
Subject Verb Arrangement
1. I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.
    A. will speak to itself B. speaks for itself C. has been speaking D. speaks about itself

Answer: Option B
Adverb
1. The small child does whatever his father was done.
    A. has done B. did C. does D. had done

Answer: Option C
Error Correction
1. Had you been told me about your problem, I would have helped you.
    A. If you would have told B. Had you have told C. had you told D. If you have told

Answer: Option C
Sentence Rearrangement
1. I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.
    A. will speak to itself B. speaks for itself C. has been speaking D. speaks about itself

Answer: Option B
Grammer
1. I cannot accept your offer.
    A. Your offer cannot be accepted by me. B. I cannot be accepted by your offer. C. The offer cannot be accepted by me. D. Your offer cannot be accepted.

Answer: Option A
Comprehension
I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones. Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on. Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into and out of view, the snow, the shower of debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During this period, I had to go up into a command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down in 81o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command module.
1. The word 'Command Module' used twice in the given passage indicates perhaps that it deals with
    A. an alarming journey B. a commanding situation C. a journey into outer space D. a frightful battle.

Answer: Option C
Unseen Passages
The casual horrors and real disasters are thrown at newspaper reader without discrimination. In the contemporary arrangements for circulating the news, an important element, evaluation is always weak and often wanting entirely. There is no point anywhere along the line somewhere someone put his foot down for certain and says, "This is important and that does not amount to a row of beans; deserves no one's attention, and should travel the wires no farther". The junk is dressed up to look as meaningful as the real news.
1. Evaluation of news would imply
    A. less dependence on modern systems of communication B. more careful analysis of each news story and its value C. separating beans from junk D. discriminating horrors from disasters

Answer: Option B

Analogy
1. Lucknow, Patna, Bhopal, Jaipur
    A. Shimla B. Mysore C. Pune D. Indore

Answer: Option A
Space Visulazation
1. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
    A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

Answer: Option C
Spatial Coordinates
1. A pixel p at coordinates (x, y) has neighbors whose coordinates are given by: (x+1, y), (x-1, y), (x, y+1), (x, y-1) This set of pixels is called ____________
    A. 4-neighbors of p B. Diagonal neighbors C. 8-neighbors D. None of the mentioned

Answer: Option A
Decision Making
1. Mark is working with a realtor to find a location for the toy store he plans to open in his town. He is looking for a place that is either in, or not too far from, the center of town and one that would attract the right kind of foot traffic. Which of the following locations should Mark's realtor call to his attention?
    A. a storefront in a new high-rise building near the train station in the center of town whose occupants are mainly young, childless professionals who use the train to commute to their offices each day. B. a little shop three blocks away from the town's main street, located across the street from an elementary school and next door to an ice cream store C..a stand-alone storefront on a quiet residential street ten blocks away from the town's center D.a storefront in a small strip mall located on the outskirts of town that is also occupied by a pharmacy and a dry cleaner

Answer: Option B
Visual Memory
1. Which of the following best describes EPROMs?
    A. EPROMs can be programmed only once. B. EPROMs can be erased by UV. C. EPROMs can be erased by shorting all inputs to the ground. D. All of the above.

Answer: Option B
Descrimation
1. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Rs. 15 and Rs. 20 per kg respectively so as to get a mixture worth Rs. 16.50 kg?
    A. 3 : 7 B. 5 : 7 C. 7 : 3 D. 7 : 5

Answer: Option C
Observation
1. Select the alternative which represents three out of the five alternative figures which when fitted into each other would form a complete square.
    A. 124 B. 345 C. 123 D. 135

Answer: Option D
Relationship Concepts
1. If A + B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the father of B and A x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?
    A. Q - N + M x P B. P + S x N - Q C. P - M + N x Q D. Q - S % P

Answer: Option C
Arithmatic Number Series
1. Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, ... What number should fill the blank?
    A. A16 B. G4 C. E4 D. E3

Answer: Option C

Decimals
1. If 2994 ÷ 14.5 = 172, then 29.94 ÷ 1.45 = ?
    A. 0.172 B. 1.72 C. 17.2 D. 172

Answer: Option C
Percentage
1. The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is:
    A. 4.37% B. 5% C. 6% D. 8.75%

Answer: Option B
Proportions
1. In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there?
    A. 50 B. 100 C. 150 D. 200

Answer: Option C
Averages
1.The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
    A. 0 B. 1 C. 10 D. 19

Answer: Option D
Profit and Loss
1. When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?
    A. Rs. 21,000 B. Rs. 22,500 C. Rs. 25,300 D. Rs. 25,800

Answer: Option C
Discounts
1. The present worth of Rs. 1404 due in two equal half-yearly installments at 8% per annum simple interest is:
    A. Rs. 1325 B. Rs. 1300 C. Rs. 1350 D. Rs. 1500

Answer: Option A
Time and Distance
1. Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?
    A. 8 kmph B. 11 kmph C. 12 kmph D. 14 kmph

Answer: Option C
Time and Work
1. Ravi and Kumar are working on an assignment. Ravi takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while Kumar takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?
    A. 7 hours 30 minutes B. 8 hours C. 8 hours 15 minutes D. 8 hours 25 minutes

Answer: Option C
Circles and Chords
1. The length of a rectangular plot is 20 metres more than its breadth. If the cost of fencing the plot @ 26.50 per metre is Rs. 5300, what is the length of the plot in metres?
    A. 40 B. 50 C. 120 D. None of these

Answer: Option D
Alligation and Mixtures
1. A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water to milk is 3 : 5?
    A. 4 litres, 8 litres B. 6 litres, 6 litres C. 5 litres, 7 litres D. 7 litres, 5 litres

Answer: Option B
Volumes and Surfaces
1. A cistern of capacity 8000 litres measures externally 3.3 m by 2.6 m by 1.1 m and its walls are 5 cm thick. The thickness of the bottom is:
    A. 90 cm B. 1 dm C. 1 m D. 1.1 cm

Answer: Option B
Standard Identities
1. Determine the values of A, B, C, and D that make the sum term equal to zero.
    A. A = 1, B = 0, C = 0, D = 0 B. A = 1, B = 0, C = 1, D = 0 C. A = 0, B = 1, C = 0, D = 0 D. A = 1, B = 0, C = 1, D = 1

Answer: Option B