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[APFC] Download Previous Years Question papers 2002, 2004 for APFC Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner’s Exam

  1. Mr. CSL80
  2. Blog Farmers
  3. Download Links for APFC papers
  4. How to prepare for APFC Exam?

Before you download the previous years question papers of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner’s Exam (APFC), read this:
Mr. CSL80:
He’s a veteran member of Pagalguy forum. Most of the information on internet regarding previous years’ question papers and Cutoffs of APFC etc- is actually contributed by him on that forum. And he is the gentleman who sent me these papers via email.

Blog Farmers

  • Just another type of spammers. These people will setup multiple blogs with similar names but won’t even write a single word on their own. They’d just copy paste the information posted by Mr.CSL80 on pagalguy.
  • Their objective is to gain presence on google search engine, so if any aspirant is searching for any keywords containing “APFC”, the chances of him landing on their blog/site increases. And then they’d setup ads like “buy our readymade (substandard quality) APFC/RBI offiers’ exam study material for 12,000 rupees/-” or “subscribe to our site for free to get free updates on current affairs” – but again all you get in email is their spammy articles containing ads of that study-material.
  • Well everyone has to feed his family, But this is an unethical practice which I totally loath and despise.
  • APFC and RBI Officers’ etc. exams are not prime subjects of my site (www.mrunal.org). but I write about them to prevent those blog farmers from creating a monopoly on google search engine to rob the innocent aspirants from small towns in broad day light.

In the end however, as long as there is desperation and uncertainity [which is common with any competitive exam in India], there will be people trying to make easy bucks out of it.
Anyways here goes the download links

Download Links for APFC papers

File Type: Zipfile, contains two PDF files for each 2002 and 2004′s Question paper.
Size: 900 kilobytes
Use any one of the following links:

  1. Dropbox Server
  2. MediaFire Server
  3. Google Docs

How to prepare for APFC Exam?

It has been explained already, in the earlier article Click Me If you haven’t read it(Click me if you haven’t read it)
More articles upcoming, as I go through the topicwise analysis of these papers myself.

101 comments to [APFC] Download Previous Years Question papers 2002, 2004 for APFC Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner’s Exam

  • vishnu

    both the papers are purely general studies oriented…hardly there are any topics covered from insurance, industrial relations and labour laws and accounting and auditing….dont know wat syllabus was notified at that time viz 2002 n 2004…ancient medieval and modern history is also covered vastly…papers are a bit irrelevant to this years notification which definitely creates a dilemma in candidates mind while preparing because if insurance. industrial relations n labour laws and accounting n auditing are asked more then there is less scope for people who are new to those topics….put some opinion mrunal?

    • Yep, these papers are from the pre-2010 era when even UPSC’s Civil service exam (CSE) used to have truckload of questions from History and trivial current affairs just like the APFC papers given above.
      But UPSC has changed the trend for CSE in last two years, and I believe APFC, too would be on similar lines. The given APFC papers should help predicting and preparing mostly the the English language (part A) and Aptitude. – And in Aptitude, more emphasis should be given to Verbal Aptitude and Logical reasoning.

  • Ravindra Reddy

    Hi Mr.Mrunal,

    Your site is a very good guide to the aspirants of all competitive exams. keep posting more articles. Really, i got benefited from your website. thank you very much.also thank you for warning about fake blog framers.

  • prashant

    Dear Mrunal Sir,

    I have submitted my form through UPSC online portal but now yesterday onwards they are not showing any such form submitted under my accounts tab. Can i presume that my application got rejected or any glitch in the system?
    Can you please provide any email id or phone numbers to contact and clarify the issue. I have already started my studies and dont want to face any mishap at the last moment.

    All of my friends here are advised to check their accounts in UPSC Online portal to get confirmed that their form is properly submitted or not.

    Thanking you

    • which exam’s form? usually they’ve a notification PDF file for each exam- look for it on their official website. In that PDF file, you’ll find the numbers of the helpdesk of UPSC.

  • abhishek

    Hii Mrunal Sir,
    thanks alot for the APFC papers esp 2004 one…..
    sir plz clear one querry…was 2004 the last time when APFC exam was conducted??
    I got to knw from some source dat in 2006 also this exam was conducted…..
    its a humble request, if possible can u plz arrange question papers of 2006 exam and other years too…
    thanks alot fr ur cooperation…

    regards

  • anupam

    hi,
    I am seriously confused about the syllabus can you please put some light on the syllabus for epfo exam

  • prabhat kumar prabhakat

    Respected Mrunal Sir,
    I got the question paper for Assisant P.F.Commissioner 2002 & 2004 exam. thank you very much sir, you have arranged this valuable things. Really, I am very helpless for this exam. As no such guidelines are helpful for this exam. Kindly suggest me the selected guide or books which can be very helpful for a short period.
    prabhat

  • Ankit

    Thanks a lot Mrunal!!

    Where can I get the answers for APFC paper 2004.

    • I suggest you try to solve them manually from books suggested in my earlier article.

      Besides, many questions are based on the current affairs of 2004′s era, so you may not get answers in books and there is no point of solving them either.
      So, Better just solve History, Polity, Science, Geography, English and Aptitude from these papers.

  • Ankit

    Thanks a lot Mrunal!!

    Where can I get the answers for APFC paper 2004.

  • Ankit

    Thanks a lot Mrunal!!

    Where can I get the answers for APFC paper 2004.

  • vishnu

    ankit answers can be referred from books or google…prabhat… arihant publication has released a book for epfo apfc exam which is available in market as well as in flipkart…you can check it apart from that you can read the following books mentioned in apfc study plan by mrunal….

  • prathibha

    Hi sir,

    Thanks for your guidance and for the question papers too. Its really good to know people like you who is helping many without any expectations. If I had not visited your blog I would end up paying Five thousand rupees to buy a study kit (I did not buy it as per your suggestion thanks to you again). May god bless you and give you more and more energy and his blessings to help people like us.

  • gaurav nigam

    sir,
    can u provide me link for RAS mains previous paper,subject history and geography plus g.s.

  • anupam

    I just want to ask if the Luccent book for general studies would be sufficient for epfo exam.

  • umesh kumar meena

    dear sir
    kindly send me apfc previous paper

  • umesh kumar meena

    kindly send me apfc previous paper

  • payal

    sir, please send me acpf previous yrs papers.

  • neha singh

    thank u sir,

  • neha singh

    thank u sir,

  • janak

    Sir plz send me previous year paper of apfc, on my email

    • my friend, the download links for APFC papers are already given in the article itself! Please read the above article again.

  • shilpa agrawal

    hello mrunal,
    i have appeared for cse exam 4 times,appeared for interview twice.but couldnt make into final list
    my optional were commerce and sociology,i m presently a PO n bank of india.i have filled d form for APFC,i am not satisfied with my present job.can u please guide me which other govt jobs i can apply for so as i can get job satisfaction,because honestly telling you still i compare myself with those in service in ias/ips/irs .i m a commerce graduate from mayurbhanj district of odisha.i will be obliged if you can guide me in this regard.thanx

  • satyawan

    Hi , Does anyone see their apfc application on upsconline.nic.in (site where we applied from).
    I am not able to see my application. Worried is it rejected or what ?? Plz Hepl….
    Marunal ur intervention sought !!

    • komal

      hi me too having the same trouble but when i submitted no option was there to save it so i just kept the login id and password but today it is showing invalid there but may be they havnt activated the link again for admit cards. i have no other option to either wait or intimate upsc.:(

  • vishnu

    mrunal how is 120 questions for 100 marks justified when question paper says all questions carry equal marks?

  • N Suresh

    Thank u sir given ur valuable suggestions

  • Gautam

    Sir,

    I’d like to know whether the APFC submitted application is supposed to show up under the ‘My Active Applications’ tab on the UPSC website after you log in. I just logged in today and there’s nothing on it to show that I have applied for the APFC examination. Also after paying the fee for the same there was no acknowledgement that was sent.
    This is jittery and any clarification from anyone would be really helpful.

    Thank you.
    Gautam

  • Pahel Das Mongre

    sir i have done MBA postgraduate diploma in distance mode and having my M.A. social work degree.
    it it MBA can be equal to desirable qualification asked for APFC post.
    kindly respond to clear the doubt.

    Thanks !

  • Sudhir Kumar

    Respected Mrunal Sir,
    Kindly send me APFC previous papers.I shall be thankfull to you.
    Regards
    Sudhir

    • kumar abhishek

      Dear Sir,

      Kindly send me APFC previous years question paper. I shall be thankful to you.
      Regards
      abhishek

  • neha

    hello mrunal ji
    very nice website. i just came across ur website while i was searching material for APFC exam.pls tell me name of books which i have to download for history , art and culture and polity from NCERT website. As they give many books when we search.thanks

    Neha

  • suhana

    sir
    i want to know that is this job will be considered a central govt ?and will candidates get oppurtunity to write CSE under central govt .if who are above 3o and done with their attempts?reply me in my email.
    thanks

  • debendra kumar

    hi, mrunal sir

    could you tell me what is the safe cutt off for merit list of apfc exam for male general candi?

  • LALIT KUMAR MEENA

    Sir,

    i applied for apfc exam,and now i wants to know if it is possible for me to crack the exam with 8 hours per day study,from today onwards(17/08/2012),i am presently working in sbi as assistant manager due to work load till i am not prepared,so please kindly draw some action plan for remaining days,so something is better then nothing.

  • komal

    Sir i want hindi material in net for g.s..sir u prefer tmh book bt i dnt have.then plz provide me tmh gs book in hindi…..

  • SHUBHAM

    Dear Mrunal,
    Please provide the link to download FRONTLINE Magz. from march to july 2012.
    thank you very much for your previous efforts.

  • tushar

    Hi, this is excellent website.Can you suggest some book on labour law. industrial dispute on assistant provident fund commissioner exam? Thanking you

  • kumar abhishek

    Hi this is excellent web site.

  • dear Sir,
    kindly sent me APFC previous years question papers. I shall be thankful to you.
    regards
    abhishek.

  • csl80

    Gopesh dont use this place as advertisement for ur test series.

  • Zeenat

    Hello,
    Dear aspirants for Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Click this address : http://apfc-2012.blogspot.in

  • N Suresh

    Sir, the material which u r given is valuable. Your bolgs are enough to prepare the exams to crack.

  • Priya

    Sir,in the syllabus geography is not mentioned but in the study plan you have given it.Should i prepare for geography?

  • AMRITA

    PLEASE GUIDE ME FOR THE PREPARATION OF ASSISTANT PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER

  • satyanand

    Is the paper same like our Civils prelims pattern…. or old pattern of 2004?

  • divya

    hi
    i have got papers of 2004 bt nt the answers .cud u plz let me knw?

  • vivek

    dear Sir,
    kindly sent me APFC previous years question papers. I shall be thankful to you.
    regards

  • TRI

    recently whenthe apfc exam was conduced ?

  • pihu

    i cant download APFC Previous Year Papers 2002 2004……there is an error so plz solve this problem….

  • aparajita

    Thank u mrunal u are doing a noble deed. Read ur blog on pagalguy on iimranchi interview was very useful as i also got a call too but couldnt make it.

  • Tejal

    I got 2004 question paper of APFC and it is totally different from what you have given. It consist of 200 questions. When I saw yours, got confused. The pattern is totally different and easy then from yours. Moreover practice workbook by Ravi Chopra and Kant Chopra are very much related to the question paper which I have. Could you please clarify the doubt

  • RAJPAL

    HI

    your site help me lots in upsc but it required more analytical articles and also more focueson currenttopics with depth

    thanks yar…..

  • niikhil

    hi i urgently need apfc examination previous year question papers…plz mail me on my email id

    if there’s any guess paper (or paper with the possible changes)

  • dev

    this is awesome site where i got a lot of useful things for my preparation.

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