LIC ADO Exam Pattern & Syllabus: 2020
LIC ADO is an exam conducted by Life Insurance Corporation of India. Life Insurance Corporation is the largest insurance company in India. Life Insurance Corporation of India(LIC) invites online applications for LIC ADO Recruitment from eligible candidates who must be Indian Citizens for selection and appointment as LIC Apprentice Development Officer in the jurisdiction of the various Divisional Offices. So here we are come-out with the LIC ADO Exam Pattern and Syllabus . You can check the LIC ADO Exam pattern and syllabus from here and start your preparation accordingly.
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Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
Preliminary Examination consisting of objective test will be conducted online. The test will have three sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
Section | Name of test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
3 | English | 30 | 30* | 20 minutes |
TOTAL | 100 | 70 | 1 hour |
** 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.
Phase-II: Main Examination
Main Examination consisting of objective test will be conducted online. Main examination will consist of objective tests for 150 marks.
Section | Name of test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1 | Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability | 50 | 50 | Composite 120 minutes |
2 | General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar & vocabulary | 50 | 50 | |
3 | Insurance and Financial Marketing Awareness with special emphasis on knowledge of Life Insurance and Financial Sector | 50 | 50 | |
TOTAL |
150 |
150 |
Note: There will be no penalty for wrong answers. However, candidates are advised not to mark answers through random guessing.
For Agents Category
- Selection of Apprentice Development Officer from Agents & Employee Category will be done through single phase examination i.e. Main Examination.
- Main Examination consisting of objective test will be conducted online. Main examination will consist of objective tests for 150 marks.
Section | Name of test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1 | Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability | 25 | 10 | Composite 120 Minutes |
2 | General Knowledge, Current Affairs & English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar & vocabulary | 25 | 15 | |
3 | Elements of Insurance & Marketing of Insurance. | 50 | 125 | |
TOTAL |
150 |
150 |
For Employee Category
Section | Name of test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1 | Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability | 25 | 25 | Composite 120 minutes |
2 | General Knowledge, Current Affairs & English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar and vocabulary | 25 | 25 | |
3 | Practice and Principle of Insurance Marketing | 50 | 100 | |
TOTAL | 150 | 150 |
The Scores of Examination are obtained by adopting the following procedure:
(i) Number of questions answered correctly by a candidate in each objective test is considered for arriving at the Score.
(ii) The score so obtained by a candidate are made equivalent to take care of the minor
difference in difficulty level, if any, in each of the objective tests held in different sessions to arrive at the Equated Scores*
* Scores obtained by candidates on any test are equated to the base form by considering the distribution of scores of all the forms.
(iii) Test wise scores and scores on total is reported with decimal point upto two digits.
Phase-III: Interview
Marks obtained in the Main Examination only will be considered for shortlisting for interview and marks obtained in Main Examination + marks obtained in Interview will be considered for final merit listing of candidates. Maximum Interview marks are 37.
I. Commensurate to the number of vacancies, LIC reserves the right to fix the eligibility standards in order to restrict the candidates to be called for interview and also fix the minimum marks to qualify in the interview. Maximum Interview marks are 37.
II. In case of similar marks of two or more candidates, the merit order of such group of candidates shall be as per the aggregate marks in main examination and interview and further as per their additional post-graduation qualification (i.e. the person with higher educational qualification will be placed higher in the merit order) and in case of further similarity in educational qualification merit order will be decided on the basis of age, (i.e. senior in age will be placed higher in merit order).
III. There will be no contingency/waiting list for candidates not declared successful in the main list.
- LIC reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters
- Candidate MUST obtain minimum qualifying marks in each Section separately and should also obtain minimum marks in the aggregate to qualify for the examinations (Preliminary and Main) and the interview. The minimum marks to be obtained in each paper and in the aggregate shall be decided by LIC of India. The Corporation reserves the right to fix the minimum eligibility standard in order to restrict the number of candidates to be called for the On-line Test and/or Interview, commensurate with number of vacancies.
- Decision of the Corporation in this regard shall be final and binding on the candidates. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
- The responses (answers) of individual candidates with other candidates would be analyzed to detect patterns of similarity of right and wrong answers. If in the analytical procedure adopted in this regard, it is inferred/concluded that the responses have been shared and scores obtained are not genuine/valid, LIC reserves the right to cancel the candidature of the concerned candidate and the result of such candidates (disqualified) will be withheld.
- The scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile equating method.
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There will be no penalty for wrong answers. However, candidates are advised not to mark answers through random guessing.
LIC Exam Syllabus For ADO
Reasoning
- Statement based Questions,
- Syllogism,
- Seating Arrangement,
- Coding-Decoding,
- Alpha Numeric Sequence,
- Puzzles,
- Seating Arrangement,
- Blood Relation,
- Analogy,
- Odd One Out
Numerical Ability
- Number System
- HCF
- LCM
- Simplification
- Decimal Fractions
- Ratio and Proportions
- Unitary Method
- Percentage
- Time and Distance
- Time and Work
- Profit and Loss
- Average
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Mensuration (2D and 3D)
- Algebra
- Data Interpretation are some related topics
English Language
- Grammar and vocabulary
- Spotting error
- Comprehension
- Passage making
- Jumble word
- Sentence framing
- Fill in the blanks etc.
General Knowledge and Awareness
- Current Affairs (National and International) (Last 6 month)
- Major Financial / Economic News
- Budget and Five Year Plans
- Sports
- Appointment
- Summit
- Important Business Deals
- Books and Authors
- Awards and Honors
- Science – Inventions and Discoveries
- Abbreviations
- Important Days
- International and National Organizations are some related topics
Insurance and Financial Marketing Awareness
- This section will contains multiple type questions based on Insurance and Financial Marketing Awareness with special emphasis on knowledge of Life Insurance and Financial Sector.
Insurance and Financial Awareness Pdf
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