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LIC AAO 2019 Exam Pattern and Syllabus
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has released the much-awaited notification for the post of Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO). Total Number of vacancies is 590. Candidates should apply through Online mode only. No other means/mode of application will be accepted.
TOTAL NO.OF VACANCIES: 590 Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Economically Weaker sections and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities shall be as under:
| Post | SC | ST | OBC | UR | EWS | TOTAL |
| AAO (Generalist) | 55 | 35 | 85 | 140 | 35 | 350 |
| AAO (IT) | 25 | 14 | 36 | 60 | 15 | 150 |
| AAO (CA) | 7 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 50 |
| AAO (Actuarial) | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| AAO (Rajbhasha) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Total | 92 | 58 | 144 | 237 | 59 | 590 |
SC: Scheduled Caste; ST: Scheduled Tribe; OBC: Other Backward Classes; EWS: Economically Weaker Section; UR: Unreserved; PwBD: Persons with Benchmark Disabilities; LD: Locomotor disability; VI: Visual Impairment; HI: Hearing Impairment; ID: Intellectual disability; MD: Multiple Disability
The total number of vacancies and the reserved vacancies is provisional and may vary according to the actual requirements. The reservation under various categories will be as per prevailing Government guidelines at the time of finalization of result.
Note: Candidate should apply for ONE post only. (Applications made for more than one post by a candidate will render all his/her applications invalid.)
| Activity | Dates |
| Start date for Online Registration of Applications and Online Payment of Application Fee/ Intimation Charges | 02.03.2019 |
| Last date for Online Registration & Online Payment of Application Fee/Intimation Charges | 22.03.2019 |
| Download of Call Letter for Online Preliminary Examination | From 22.04.2019 to 30.04.2019 |
| Dates of Online Examination – Preliminary (tentative) | 4th & 5th May 2019 |
| Dates of Online Examination – Main (tentative) | 28th June 2019 |
Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorized LIC website http://www.licindia.in for details and updates.
Eligibility Criteria
Minimum Age shall be 21 years (completed) as on 01.03.2019. Maximum age shall not be more than 30 years (candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.03.1989 and not later than 01.03.1998 both days inclusive only are eligible ) Relaxations in upper age limit for Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST)/Other Backward Community(OBC)/ Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECO) /Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCO) /Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) /Confirmed LIC employees shall be as under
SC/ST – 5 YEARS
OBC 3 Years
PwBD(Gen) 10 YEARS
PwBD(SC/ST) 15 YEARS
PwBD(OBC) 13 YEARS
ECO/SSCO (GEN) 5 YEARS
ECO/SSCO (SC/ST) 10 YEARS
ECO/SSCO (OBC) 8 YEARS
Confirmed LIC employees Further Relaxation of 5 YEARS
Educational Qualification
AAO (Generalist):- “Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized Indian University/Institution”.
AAO (IT) : – Graduation degree in Engineering in Computer Science, IT or Electronics, or an MCA, or an MSC(Computer Science) from a recognized Indian University/Institution.
AAO (Chartered Accountant) – Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized Indian University/Institution and Candidate should have passed Final Examination of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and completion of Articles as presented by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The candidate should be Associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Candidates should provide their membership number and the same will be verified with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
AAO (Actuarial) – Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized Indian University/Institution and Candidates should have compulsorily passed paper CT1 and CT5 plus 4 or more other papers of the examination conducted by the Institute of Actuaries of India / Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK. (Total 6 or more papers) as on the date of eligibility i.e. 1st March, 2019. Candidates should provide their membership number and the same will be verified with Institute of Actuaries of India / Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK
AAO (Rajbhasha): Post Graduate Master’s Degree in Hindi/Hindi translation with English as one of the subjects at Bachelor’s Degree level
OR
Post Graduate Master’s Degree in English with Hindi as one of the subjects at Bachelor’s degree level
OR
Post Graduate Master’s Degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at Bachelor’s degree level.
Application fees/ Intimation charges (Non-refundable):
Candidates will have to make the payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges through the On-Line Mode as under:
For SC/ST/ PwBD candidates Intimation Charges of Rs. 100/- plus Transaction Charges
For all other candidates Application Fee-cum-Intimation Charges of Rs. 600/- plus Transaction Charges
Preliminary Examination
| Section | No. of Question | Marks | Minimum
Qualifying Marks |
Duration | Topic |
| Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate) | 35 | 35 | St/Sc-16
Others-18 |
20min | Data Interpretation– Pie Chart Bar Graph, Tabular (10 Questions)
Missing Number Series– 5 Questions Approximation/ Simplification- (10 Questions) Arithmetic– (10 questions ) Percentage- (1-2 Questions) Profit /Loss- (1-2 Questions) Stream and Boat- (1-2 Questions) Time &Work- (1-2 Questions) Time, Speed & Distance– (1-2 Questions) Average – 1Question Ratio- 1 Question Age problem –1 Question Partnership – 1 Question mixture allegation- 1 question |
| Reasoning Paper (Easy-Moderate) | 35 | 35 | St/Sc-16
Others-18 |
20min | Puzzle- Circular Seating Arrangement(1 variable) ,Linear Seating Arrangement (1 Variable),Box-based puzzle (1 Variable),Scheduling Puzzle (1 Variable), Random Arrangement based puzzle (Approx- 15 Questions)
Syllogism– (Approx 5 Questions) Inequality – (Approx 5 Questions) Blood Relation– (Approx 2-3 Questions) Direction– (Approx 2-3 Questions) Alphabetical Series– (Approx 1-2 Questions) Numeric Series – (Approx 4-5 Questions) Coding Decoding- (Approx 2-3 Questions)
|
| English (Easy-Moderate) | 30 | 30 | St/Sc-16
Others-18 |
20min | Reading Comprehension- Approx-7-8 Questions (Recent News paper editorial)
Error Detection- 4-5 Questions Cloze Test- 6-7 Questions (Recent News paper editorial) Sentence Rearrangement- 5 Questions Single Filler- 5 Questions Sentence Rearrangement- 3-4 Questions Vocab based Errors- 5 Questions |
| Total | 100 | 70 | 1hr |
** English Language test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in English Language will not be counted for ranking.
Candidates equal to 20 times of number of vacancies in each category, subject to availability, will be shortlisted for Main examination.
Mains Examination (AAO Generalist)
| Section | No. of Question | Marks | Minimum
Qualifying Marks |
Duration | Topic |
| Reasoning (Moderate)
|
30 | 90 | St/Sc-40
Others-45 |
40min | Puzzle- Rectangular Seating Arrangement (2 Variables), Linear seating arrangement (2 Variables), Scheduling Puzzle (2 Variable),Random Arrangement based puzzle (2 Variable)
Approx – 10-15 Questions Logical Reasoning – 4-5 Questions Syllogism– (Approx 3- 4 Questions) Inequality – (Approx 3-4Questions) Machine Input Output- 3-5 Questions Coding Decoding- 2-3 Questions Direction– (Approx 1-2 Questions) Alphabetical Series– ( 1-2 Questions) Numeric Series – (Approx 1-2
|
| Data Analysis& Interpretation | 30 | 90 | St/Sc-40
Others-45 |
40min | Data Interpretation– Pie Chart Bar Graph, Caselet, Tabular (15-20 Questions)
Data Sufficiency- 5 Questions Quantity1, Quantity 2- 2-3 Questions Quadratic Equation- 5 Questions Arithmetic– (Approx – 7-8 questions ) Percentage- (1 Question) Profit /Loss- (1 Question) Stream and Boat- (1 Question) Time &Work- (1 Question) Time, Speed & Distance– (1 Mensuration –1 Qus mixture and allegation-1
|
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | 30 | 60 | St/Sc-27
Others-30 |
20min | Insurance Basic Term Plan |
| General Knowledge/Current Affairs | 30 | 60 | St/Sc-27
Others-30 |
20min | Current affairs dating back to 5-6 months rather than the recent ones. There were 7-8 questions from static awareness |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 120mins | ||
| English Language (Letter writing & Essay)** | 2 | 25** | St/Sc-9
Others-10 |
30min |
** English Language test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in English Language will not be counted for ranking.
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