NICL AO Exam Pattern
 

I am going to apply in National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) for the Administrative Officer Scale I exam. Will you please provide me the NICL AO Exam Pattern and also provide me some reference books for the preparation of this exam?

Re: NICL AO Exam Pattern
 

Can you provide me the Exam Pattern and Syllabus for Administrative Officer Post Exam conducted by NICL (National Insurance Company Limited)?

Re: NICL AO Exam Pattern
 

The Exam Pattern and Syllabus for Administrative Officer Post Exam conducted by NICL (National Insurance Company Limited) are as follows:

Preliminary Exam Pattern of NICL AO

Name of Test No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
English Language 30 30 60 minutes
Reasoning Ability 35 35
Quantitative Aptitude 35 35
Total 100 100


Mains Exam Pattern of NICL AO

Name of Test Type of test No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration

Reasoning Objective 40 40 2 hours
English Language Objective 40 40
General Awareness Objective 40 40
Computer Knowledge Objective 40 40
Quantitative aptitude Objective 40 40
Total (Aggregate) 200
English Language
(Essay, Precis and
Comprehension) Descriptive 3 30 30 mins

NICL AO Syllabus
I. Reasoning Ability
- Puzzles
- Seating Arrangement (Circular, Square and Linear)
- Inequality (Both Direct and Coded)
- Syllogism (New as well as Old Pattern)
- Input - Output
- Coding - Decoding (New as well as Old Pattern)
- Order and Ranking
- Direction based problems
- Blood Relations (Coded as well as Direct)
- Alphanumeric Series
- Data Sufficiency
- Verbal Reasoning
II. English Language
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Spotting Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- Para Jumbles
- Fill in the Blanks / Double Fillers
- Para/ Sentence Completion
III. Numerical Ability
- Data Interpretation (Try to have a thorough practice of calculative sets)
- Number Series
- Simplification / Approximation
- Quadratic Equations
- Arithmetic Topics including following -
- Problem on Ages
- Profit, Loss and Discount
- Averages
- Ratio and Proportion
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Time & Work
- Mixture and Alligations
- Pipes and Cisterns
- Time, Speed and Distance
- Boats & Streams
- Permutation & Combination
- Probability
- Data Sufficiency
- Mathematical Inequalities
- Mensuration
IV. General Awareness
- Questions will be asked mainly from the Current Affairs & Insurance/ Banking Awareness topics will be asked.
- This section may also include questions on Books & Authors, Currencies, Important Places, Awards, Headquarters, New Schemes, Important Days & themes etc.
- It would be advisable to go through the Monthly GK updates of at least last 3 - 4 months.
- Do not forget to prepare for static GK part as well, especially the countries, their capitals and currencies (Try to focus especially on the countries that have been in news lately, for instance, the countries visited by our Prime Minister or President or with whom any major MoU has been signed).
V. Computer Knowledge
- Fundamentals of Computer
- History of Computer
- Internet
- MS Office Word, Powerpoint, Excel & Access
- Memory
- Hardware
- Networking
- Computer Shortcuts
- Important Abbreviations