UPSC EPFO APFC and EO/AO Exam
120 DAYS – DAY WISE STUDY PLAN
Agenda for this Session
Day wise Study Plan along with Revision Plan
Exam Focused Study: How to prepare respective Components
How to Plan Self-Assessment
Key Points Before we Start
Key Points
Whether to Make Notes?
Level of the Exam?
Syllabus and PYQs?
Do you need books if studying
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How Much to Study Each Day?
• 4 to 5 hours on an average on daily basis for Working professional.
• 6 to 7 hours on an average on daily basis for full time preparing student.
WORKING Full Time
Morning Evening Morning Evening
Shift Shift Shift Shift
6:00 to 8:00 to 9:00 to 3:00 to
8:30 10:30 12.00 6.00
Overview of 120 Days STUDY PLAN
DAY 1 - 25 MORNING SHIFT: Numerical Ability
S. No Topic Name Day
1 Number System + Quiz 1
2 Simplification + Quiz 2
3 LCM and HCF + Quiz 3
Revision 4
4 Percentage + Quiz 5
5 Simple Interest + Quiz 6
6 Compound Interest + Quiz 7
7 Profit & Loss + Quiz 8
Revision 9
8 Ratio & Proportion + Quiz 10
9 Time & Work + Quiz 11
10 Pipes & Cisterns + Quiz 12
11 Time and Distance + Quiz 13-14
12 Boats and Streams + Quiz 15
Revision 16
13 Average + Quiz 17
14 Mixture and Allegation + Quiz 18
15 Mensuration 2D + Quiz 19
16 Mensuration 3D + Quiz 20
17 Permutation & Combination 21
18 Probability 22
19 Data Interpretation + Quiz 23
Revision of whole component/Full Test or Chapter Wise Tests 24
Revision of whole component/Full Test or Chapter Wise Tests 25
DAY 1 - 25
Evening SHIFT: Evening SHIFT:
Accounting and Auditing and Insurance Accounting and Auditing and Insurance
Topic Name Day Topic Name Day
Introduction to Accounting + MT 1 Revision 19
Theory Base of Accounting + MT 2-3 Income Statement and Balance Sheet + MT 20
Recording Transactions Part 1 and Part 2 + MT 4 Ratio Analysis + MT 21
Trial Balance and Bills of Exchange + MT 5-6 Cash Flow Statement and Capital Budgeting + MT 22
Revision 7 Insurance + MT 23
Accounting for share Capital (Tough) + MT 8 Insurance + MT 24
Accounting for Bonus and Rights issue 9 Revision and Full-Length Mock Test 25
Accounting for Buyback of shares 10
Introduction to Accounting standard + MT 11
Accounting standard for Inventory + MT 12
Revision 13
Accounting Standards for Revenue Recognition 14
Accounting standard for Property Plant and
Equipment (V. imp) + MT 15 - 16
Accounting for Investments + MT 17
Preparation of Final Company Accounts + MT 18
DAY 26 - 50 MORNING SHIFT: General English
S. No Topic Name Day
1 Parts of speech, Structure of Sentence + Quiz 26
2 Subject verb Agreement + Quiz 27
3 Nouns, Pronouns + Quiz 28-29
Revision 30
4 Verbs + Quiz 31
5 Tenses + Quiz 32
6 Conditional Sentences, Modals + Quiz 33
7 Prepositions+ Quiz 34
Revision 35
8 Conjunction, Articles + Quiz 36
9 Adjectives, Determiner + Quiz 37
10 Adverb + Quiz 38
11 Active Passive + Quiz 39
12 Rearrangement + Quiz 40
Revision 41
13 Cloze Test + Quiz 42
14 Reading Comprehension + Quiz 43-44
15 Complex Preposition, Phrasal verbs + Quiz 45
16 Idioms and phrases + Quiz 46
17 Synonyms, Antonyms + Quiz 47
18 One word substitution + Quiz 48
Revision of whole component/Full Test or Chapter Wise Tests 49
Revision of whole component/Full Test or Chapter Wise Tests 50
DAY 26 - 50
EVENING SHIFT: Industrial Relations and Labour EVENING SHIFT: Industrial Relations and Labour
Laws Laws
Topic Name Day Topic Name Day
Overview of IR, Indian Labor Force + MT 26 Payment of Wages Act, 1936 + MT 38
Trade Union + MT 27 Minimum Wages Act, 1948 + MT 39
Collective Bargaining + MT 27 Revision 40
Industrial Discipline + MT 28 Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
+ MT 41
Industrial Conflicts and Disputes + MT 29
Trade Unions Act, 1926 + MT 42-43
Revision 30
Revision 44
Settlement of Industrial Disputes + MT 31
Factories Act, 1948 + MT 45-46
Labor Welfare + MT 32
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 + MT 47-48
Wages + MT 32
Revision 49-50
Revision 33
Workers Participation Management + MT 34
International Industrial Relation + MT 35
Industrial Health and Safety + MT 36
Revision 37
DAY 51 - 70
MORNING SHIFT: Indian Economy MORNING SHIFT: Indian Economy
Topic Name Day Topic Name Day
Introduction to Demand and Supply Regional Economic Cooperation + MT 64
+ MT 51
International Economic Institutions + MT 65
Elasticity of Demand + MT 52
Revision 66
Measurement of Growth + MT 53 Opening up of the Indian Economy, Balance of
Revision 54 Payments + MT 67
Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation + Industrial Policy + MT 68
MT 55 Finance Commission + MT 69
Economic History of India + MT 56 Revision 70
Revision 57
Monetary Policy + MT 58 -59
Inflation + MT 60
Fiscal Policy + MT 61-62
Revision 63
DAY 51 - 70
EVENING SHIFT: Social Security Schemes EVENING SHIFT: Social Security Legislation
Topic Name Day Topic Name Day
Unemployment/Retirement benefits (EPF, NPS, Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 + MT 59-60
APY, PPF, GPF etc. + MT 51 - 53 Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 + MT 61-62
Revision 54 63
Revision
Health and Disability Benefits + MT 55 Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous
Farmers and Crop Insurance Benefits + MT 56 Provisions Act, 1952 + MT 64-65
Benefits for Underprivileged sections such as Poor, Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 + MT 66
Widows, Orphan Children etc. + MT 57 Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 + MT 67-68
Revision 58 Revision 69-70
DAY 71 - 100
MORNING SHIFT
Governance and Constitution of India
Topic Name Day
Constitutional Framework (V. imp) + MT 71 - 73
Indian Union and its Citizens + MT 74
Rights and Duties of Indian Citizen (V. imp) + MT 75 - 78
Revision 79
Centre State Relations + MT 80 - 81
Centre State Relations + MT 82 - 84
Revision 85
Legislatures in India (V. imp) + MT 86 - 90
Revision 91
Judiciary in India + MT 92 - 93
Constitutional and Non-Constitutional Bodies + MT 94 - 96
Revision 97
Local Governments in India + MT 98
Miscellaneous Topics 99
Revision and Full-Length Mock Test 100
DAY 71 – 100
Indian Culture and Heritage and Freedom Indian Culture and Heritage and Freedom
Movement – EVENING SHIFT Movement – EVENING SHIFT
Topic Name Day Rise of Nationalism (V. imp) + MT 85
Religion & Philosophy+ Quiz 71 Formation of Congress and Early Moderates + MT 86
Indian Sculpture & Architecture + Quiz 72
Swadeshi Movement and Rise of Extremists + MT 87
Indian Music & Dance + Quiz 73
Indian Paintings + Quiz 74 Important Events from 1908 - 1918 (V. imp) + MT 88 - 89
Indian Languages & Festivals + Quiz 75 Revision 90
World Heritage & Miscellaneous Topics + Quiz 76
Important Events from 1919 - 1928 + MT 91 - 92
Revision 77 Important Events from 1929 - 1939 + MT 93 - 94
Decline of Mughals & Rise of Regional Powers + MT 78 Revision 95
Advent of Europeans + MT 79
Important Events from 1940 - 1947 + MT 93 - 94
Rise of British in India (V. imp) + MT 80
Miscellaneous Topics 95 - 96
Revolt of 1857+ MT 81
Important topics of Ancient, Medieval and World
Socio Religious Reform Movement (V. imp) + MT 82 - 83 History 97 - 99
Revision 84
Revision + Full length Mock Test 100
DAY 101 - 105
MORNING SHIFT: EVENING Shift
Computer Application Statistics
Topic Name Day Topic Name Day
Introduction to the Statistics – Mean, Median and
Introduction to the Computer and Computer
101 Mode (Surface level) 101
organisation – Learn with MCQs
+ Practise Questions (Basic Level)
Software, Hardware and operating system - Learn
with MCQs 102 Mean – Standard Deviation (SD)
Memory, Network and other related concepts (like + Practise Questions of Mean and SD 102
VIRUS) - Learn with MCQs 103
Median and Mode with some related concepts+
Major Full-forms, major short-cuts (Application Practise Questions of Median and Mode 103
part) - Learn with MCQs 104
Read about Dispersion and Random Practise 104
Revision + Mock Test 105 Revision + Mock Test 105
DAY 106 - 120
MORNING SHIFT: General Science
Topic Name Day
Basic Chemistry + MT 106 - 107
Basic Physics + MT 108 – 109
Basic Biology (V. imp) + MT 110 - 112
Revision 113
Space Technology + MT 114 - 115
Health and Diseases + MT 116 - 117
Important Technologies and their Applications + MT 118 - 119
Revision + Full Length Mock Test of General Science 120
DAY 106 - 120
EVENING SHIFT: Population, Development & Globalisation
S. No Topic Name Day
1 Indian Physiography + Quiz 106 - 109
2 Revision 110
3 Indian Drainage System 111 – 112
Revision 113
4 Population in World & India + Quiz 114 – 115
5 Revision 116
6 Development + Quiz 117
7 Globalisation + Quiz 118
Revision 119
8 Current Affairs related to Environment + Quiz 120
