PFRDA Grade A 2025 Syllabus and Exam Pattern for Assistant Manager

PFRDA Grade A Syllabus 2025: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) recruits candidates for the Grade A (Assistant Manager) Posts in various streams General, Information Technology, Finance & Accounts, Research (Economics), Legal, and Official Language (Rajbhasha).

As per the PFRDA Grade A Recruitment 2025 details, there are 40 Assistant Manager posts for the Financial Year 2025-26. Candidates' performance in the Phase II examination is followed by a personal interview is considered for final selection where whereas Phase I is for screening.

PFRDA Grade A Syllabus 2025

PFRDA Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025

PFRDA Assistant Manager Syllabus

• English Language: 20 questions, 25 marks
• Quantitative Aptitude: 20 questions, 25 marks
• Reasoning Ability: 20 questions, 25 marks
• General Awareness: 20 questions, 25 marks
• Professional Knowledge: 50 questions, 50 marks

PFRDA Grade A Syllabus for Professional Knowledge

The PFRDA Grade A Syllabus for Professional Knowledge varies based on the stream chosen by the candidate while applying.

For the General Stream, which is the most common, the syllabus covers a broad range of subjects related to commerce, finance, management, economics, costing, company law, and the pension sector.

The PFRDA Grade A Professional Knowledge Syllabus for multiple streams, including Legal, Finance & Accounts, IT, Research (Economics), and Official Language (Rajbhasha) are defined below. Here is a detailed breakdown -

1. PFRDA Grade A General Syllabus (For Both Phases)

A. Commerce & Accountancy

• Accounting as a financial information system.
• Accounting Standards: Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transactions, Investments.
• Cash Flow Statement, Fund Flow Statement, Financial Statement Analysis, Ratio Analysis.
• Share Capital Transactions: Bonus Shares, Right Shares, Employee Stock Options, Buy-Back of Securities.
• Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts.

B. Management

• Management Processes: Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing, Controlling.
• Leadership: Tasks, Styles, Theories, Successful vs. Effective Leader.
• Human Resource Development: Concept, Goals, Motivation, Morale, Incentives.
• Communication: Process, Channels, Barriers, Role of IT.

C. Finance

• Financial System: Role of Regulatory Bodies.
• Financial Markets: Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity).
• Derivatives: Forward, Futures, Swap.
• Financial Inclusion, Alternative Sources of Finance, Public-Private Partnership.
• Taxation: Direct and Indirect Taxes, GST, Fiscal Policy, FRBM Act.
• Inflation: Definition, Trends, Consequences, Remedies (WPI, CPI).

D. Costing

• Cost and Management Accounting: Objectives, Scope.
• Methods of Costing: Unit Costing, Job Costing, Batch Costing, Contract Costing, Process Costing.
• Cost Control: Standard Costing, Marginal Costing, Budgetary Control.
• Lean System and Innovation: JIT, Kaizen, Six Sigma, Business Process Re-engineering.

E. Companies Act

• Companies Act, 2013: Chapters III, IV, VIII, X, XI, XII, XXVII.

F. Economics

• Demand and Supply, Market Structures, National Income.
• Classical & Keynesian Approach: Output, Employment, Consumption, Investment, Multiplier, Accelerator.
• IS-LM Model, Inflation, Phillips Curve, Business Cycles.
• Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Monetary and Fiscal Policy.

G. Pension Sector

• Status of Pension Sector in India.
• Types of Retirement Schemes: Features, National Pension System (NPS), Atal Pension Yojana (APY).
• Annuity Plans, Basics of Investment.

2. PFRDA Assistant Manager Syllabus for Information Technology Stream (For Both Phases) 

• Database Concepts: ER Model, Relational Model, Normal Forms, Transactions, Concurrency Control. File Organization, Indexing (B and B+ Trees).
• SQL Queries: Select, View, Truncate, Delete, Update, Alter, Joins, Aggregate Functions, Nested Queries.
• Programming Concepts (Java/C/C++): Program Control, OOPS Concepts, Inheritance, Exception Handling.
• Data Analytics Languages (Python/R): Regex, Dataframes, File Management, Data Mining, Charts, Graphs.
• Algorithms for Problem Solving: Tree and Graph Traversals, Sorting, Searching, Design Techniques (Greedy, Dynamic Programming).
• Networking Concepts: ISO/OSI Stack, TCP/IP, LAN Technologies, Application Layer Protocols, Firewalls.
• Information & Cyber Security: Cyber Attacks, Network Security, Authentication, CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability).
• Data Warehousing: Data Extraction, Transformation, Loading, Metadata, Data Cube, Data Mart.
• Shell Programming: Shell Scripting Basics, UNIX Commands.

3. PFRDA Grade A Syllabus for Legal Stream (Common for Both Phases) 

• Acts and Laws: PFRDA Act, 2013; IRDAI Act, 1999; SEBI Act, 1992. Constitution of India: Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles.
• Law of Contracts: Indian Contract Act, 1872; Partnership Act, 1932; Specific Relief Act, 1963.
• Criminal Law: Indian Penal Code, 1860; Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
• Evidence and Civil Procedure: Indian Evidence Act, 1872; Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
• Corporate Law: Companies Act, 2013; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

4. PFRDA Grade A Syllabus for Finance and Accounts Stream (Common for Both Phases) 

• Financial Statements: Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Income Statement.
• Financial Analysis: Ratio Analysis, Break-Even Analysis, IND AS, Auditing Standards.
• Cost and Management Accounting: Marginal Costing, Cost Volume Profit Analysis, Capital Budgeting.
• Taxation: Income Tax Act, GST, Direct and Indirect Taxes.
• Financial Markets: Primary and Secondary Markets, Derivatives, Financial Inclusion.

 5. PFRDA Grade A Syllabus for Research (Economics) Stream (Common for Both Phases) 

• Economics: Demand and Supply, Market Structures, National Income, IS-LM Model, Inflation, Business Cycles. Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Banking Functions, Public Goods, Taxation, Foreign Trade.
• Statistics and Econometrics: Measures of Central Tendency, Correlation, Sampling Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis.
• Financial Institutions and Markets: Asymmetric Information, Market Efficiency, Money and Capital Markets, Role of International Financial Institutions.

6. PFRDA Assistant Manager Syllabus for Official Language (Rajbhasha) Stream (Common for Both Phases) 

• भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीतत (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India) सेसंबंधित प्रश्न
• हिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
• अंग्रेजी सेहिन्दी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
• हिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी – ववधिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
• अंग्रेजी सेहिन्दी – ववधिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
• हिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी – पेंशन / प्रशासतनक / बकैंकंग / प ंजी बाजार / अर्थशास्त्र/ सामाजजक सुरक्षा शब्दावली (Pension / Administrative / Banking / Capital Market / Economics / Social Security Terminology)
• अंग्रेजी सेहिन्दी – पेंशन / प्रशासतनक / बकैंकंग / प ंजी बाजार / अर्थशास्त्र / सामाजजक सुरक्षा शब्दावली (Pension / Administrative / Banking / Capital Market / Economics / Social Security Terminology)

PFRDA Grade A Exam Pattern 2025

PFRDA Grade A Exam Pattern 2025 involves a preliminary screening with objective tests in Phase I, a descriptive and objective test in Phase II, and an interview round. The exam tests general aptitude, domain-specific knowledge, and language skills relevant to the Assistant Manager role.

Candidates must secure separate cut-offs in each paper as well as an overall cut-off to qualify for Phase II. Marks in Phase I are used only for shortlisting and not for final selection

PFRDA Grade A Phase I Exam Pattern:

• There are five sections - English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness, and Professional Knowledge in the PFRDA Grade A Exam.
• The questions asked in the online examination are objective type.
• Total number of questions asked is 130 and each question will carry one mark, except for the professional knowledge section, where each question is for 2 marks.
• Duration of exam is 100 Minutes - 60 minutes for Paper 1 and 40 minutes for  Paper 2
• Exam will be held in English

PFRDA Grade A Phase II Exam Pattern:

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