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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals

EPFO APFC - General Studies

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2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.13
β. What does "a tiny share of grain was processed into value-added products" mean in the passage?
General EnglishMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.14
"The introduction of small-scale localized mechanical milling, operated by self- help groups, was a game-changer." What does it mean in the passage?
General EnglishMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.15
Indian EconomyMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.16
Her poetry not only succeeds in brilliantly capturing the beauty of nature but also carries the power to suggest that which is too great and beautiful to be expressed in words.
General EnglishMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.17
The Government's policies were aimed at relieving the distress of the homeless, the unemployed and the poverty-stricken sections of society.
Indian EconomyMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.18
The organizers refused to allow him to speak at the function since he was known to make speeches that tended to provoke and ignite passions.
General EnglishEasy
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.19
She was criticized for her views that were often restricted to small local issues and ignored matters of national importance.
General EnglishMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.20
When profits began dropping steeply all of a sudden he realized that he ought to wind up his business soon.
General EnglishMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.21
21. Which one among the following observations pertaining to the works of Nineteenth-Twentieth Century archae- ologists is not correct?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.22
22. Which one of the following was an important contributing factor in the rise of Magadha as the most powerful Mahajanapada between the Sixth and the Fourth Centuries BCE?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.23
23. Which one among the following statements about the Kailashanatha temple at Ellora is not correct?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.24
24. Which one of the following statements about ancient Indian pottery is correct?
Indian Culture & Freedom MovementMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.25
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Ancient Text/TermMeaning
Samarangana-SutradharaA scientific work on ancient Indian architecture
HarmikaA style of temple architecture that originated under the Chola Kings
VimanaA striking feature of the Dravidian style of temples
KutagarashalaA hut with a pointed roof where travelling mendicants halted
Industrial Relations & Labor LawsMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.26
26. What is the time limit prescribed under the provisions of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 from the date of reference within which the Commissioner is required to dispose of the matter relating to compensation and intimate the decision to the employee?
Industrial Relations & Labor LawsMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.27
27. What is the minimum number of employees employed by an establishment functioning without the aid of power and is registered under the Cooperative Societies Act, 1912 that shall require it to come within the purview of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952?
Social SecurityMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.28
28. Any question relating to disablement shall be determined by which one of the following authorities under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948?
Social SecurityMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.29
29. What is the amount of compensation that is to be paid to an employee who is totally and permanently disabled as a result from injury under the provisions of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923? (Hints : Monthly wages drawn were (I' 22,500 and relevant factor is 159·80)
Industrial Relations & Labor LawsMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.30
30. What is the minimum number of employees required to be working in an establishment, so that the employer, with the authorization of the majority of the employees of the establishment, may apply to the Central Government to authorize the employer to create a separate Provident Fund Account for the employees under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952?
Social SecurityMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.31
Following are the Central Federations of Trade Unions of Workers formed in India. Which is the correct sequence of their formation from the earliest to the latest?
1
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)
2
All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
3
Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
4
United Trade Union Congress (UTUC)
5
Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
6
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
Industrial Relations & Labor LawsMedium
2023EPFO APFCGeneral StudiesQ.32
32. Which one of the following core conventions adopted by the Inter- national Labour Organization (ILO) has not been ratified by India?
Industrial Relations & Labor LawsMedium