PFRDA Grade ‘A’ (Assistant Manager) Recruitment 2025

PFRDA has invited applications for Grade ‘A’ (Assistant Manager). Today we are providing a syllabus and exam pattern for the exam.

Important Dates

Particulars	Date
Opening Date of the online Registration	02.07.2025
Closing Date of the online Registration	06.08.2025
Phase - I On-line Examination	September 06, 2025 (Saturday)
Phase - II On-line Examination	October 06, 2025 (Monday)
Phase – III Interview	Will be intimated to candidates successful in Phase II by E-mail/SMS.

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Number of Vacancies

Post / s	Maximum Age (As on 31.07.2025)	Total Vacancies
General	30	28
Finance and Accounts	30	2
Legal	30	2

A candidate must not have exceeded the age of thirty (30) years as on July 31, 2025 i.e., candidate must have been born on or after August 01,1995.

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Relaxation in Age Limit

Category			Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/ scheduled Tribe Candidates			By 5 years
Other Backward classes (OBC) Candidates (Non-Creamy layer)			By 3 years
Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)	PwBD (SC/ST)		By 15 Years
	PwBD (OBC)		By 13 Years
	PwBD (GEN/EWS)		By 10 years
Ex-servicemen. Ex-servicemen include Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers, who have rendered at least five years continuous Military Service and have been released a) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from July 31, 2025) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or b) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or c) on invalidment.		By 5 years

Note: Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under the category of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities and Ex-servicemen will be eligible for grant of cumulative age- relaxation.

Qualification (As on 31.07.2025)

Posts	Qualifications
General	Master's Degree in any discipline or Bachelor's Degree in Law orBachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognized University orACA/ FCA from ICAI or ACS/ FCS from ICSI or ACMA/ FCMA fromICMAI (erstwhile AICWA/ FICWA from ICWAI) or CFA from CFAInstitute.
Finance and Accounts	Graduation from a recognized university AND ACA/ FCA fromICAI or ACS/ FCS from ICSI or ACMA/ FCMA from ICMAI Note: The candidate must hold a valid degree from any of the recognized Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification from a Foreign University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities/Government of India. (erstwhile AICWA/ FICWA from ICWAI) or CFA from CFA Institute.
Legal	Bachelor’s Degree in Law from a recognized University/ Institute.

Note: The candidate must hold a valid degree from any of the recognized Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification from a Foreign University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities/Government of India.

Probation Period

The successful candidates recruited for the post of Officer Grade ‘A’ (Assistant Manager) shall undergo probation of one year.
The candidates shall be confirmed in the services of PFRDA subject to their satisfactory performance during the probation period and verification of character and antecedents from the concerned authorities.

Selection Procedure

Mode of selection shall be a three-stage process i.e. Phase I (on – line Screening examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each)
Phase II (on – line examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each)
Phase III (Interview)

Exam Pattern of Phase I On-Line Examination

Paper	Streams/ Subject	Maximum Marks	No. of Questions	Duration
Paper 1 All Streams: Multiple choice questions on the subjects	English Language	25	20	60 Minutes
	Quantitative Aptitude	25	20
	Test of Reasoning	25	20
	General Awareness (including some questions related to Financial Sector)	25	20
	Total	100	80
Paper 2	General Stream: Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, Economics, and Pension Sector	100	50	40 Minutes
Paper 2	Finance, and Accounts, Legal and Streams: Multiple choice questions on Specialised subjects related to the stream.	100	50	40 Minutes

Exam there shall be negative marking (1/4th of marks assigned to the question) for the Paper 1 and Paper 2 in Phase I.
Candidates would need to secure separate cut-offs in each paper as well as aggregate cut-off marks in Phase I to be shortlisted for Phase II.
The minimum aggregate cut-off marks for being shortlisted for Phase II will be decided by the Authority in relation to the number of vacancies.
Marks obtained in Phase I shall be used only for the purpose of shortlisting candidates for Phase II and will not be counted towards final selection of the candidates.
Candidates, who have cleared Phase I, will be intimated the date and time for Phase II by email and/or call letter and list of such candidates will also be made available on the website of PFRDA.

Pattern of Phase II On-Line Examination

Paper	Streams/ Subject	Maximum Marks	Duration	No. of Questions
Paper 1	All Streams: English (Descriptive Test) to test the drafting skills	100	60 minutes	3
Paper 2	General Stream: Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act and Economics, and Pension Sector.	100	40 minutes	50
Paper 2	Finance and Accounts, Legal Streams: Multiple choice questions on Specialised subjects related to the stream.	100	40 minutes	50

Candidates shortlisted for Phase II will be issued new call letters.
There shall be negative marking (1/4th of marks assigned to the question) for the Paper 2 in Phase II.
Candidates would need to secure separate cut-offs in each paper as well as aggregate cut-off marks in Phase II to be shortlisted for Phase III.
The minimum aggregate cut-off marks for being shortlisted for Phase III will be decided by the Authority in relation to the number of vacancies.
Paper 1 will be evaluated only of such candidates who obtain minimum qualifying marks in Paper 2. The minimum qualifying marks for Paper 2 will be decided based on the performance of the candidates in Paper 2.
Shortlisted candidates will be intimated the date and time for Phase III (Interview) by e- mail and/or call letter and list of such candidates will also be made available on the website of PFRDA.

Note I: All question papers (in both the Phase I & Phase II, except the Test of English) will be set bilingually in Hindi and English.

Note II: Syllabus for the papers in both the Phase I & Phase II is available in the Annexure to this

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Phase III Interview

Only the shortlisted candidates after Phase-II will be called for interview. Application-cum-intimation fee shall not be refunded to the candidates not shortlisted for Phase II on-line examination and Phase III Interview. Candidate may opt for interview either in Hindi or English.
Note: The marks obtained in Phase II On-line Written Examination will be allotted a weightage of 85%, while the marks obtained in Phase III Interview will be allotted a weightage of 15%. The final selection shall be based on total marks secured in Phase-II and Phase-III.

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