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NICL AO Syllabus 2024: National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) has released an official notification pdf for 274 Administrative Officer (Scale-I) vacancies for Generalist and Specialist posts. The candidates who are willing to appear for the upcoming NICL AO 2024 Exam must have a clear understanding of the detailed NICL Administrative Officer Exam Pattern 2024, marking scheme, selection process, and NICL AO Syllabus 2024. In this article, we have shared the updated NICL AO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2024 as detailed in the NICL AO Notification 2024.
NICL AO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2024
There would be 2 stages of the selection process for Generalist, Specialist (Doctors (MBBS), Legal, Finance, Actuarial, Information Technology, and Automobile Engineers), and a single phase for Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers posts. A glimpse of the important details for the NICL Administrative Officer Exam 2024 has been discussed below.
| NICL AO Syllabus 2024- Overview | |
| Recruitment Body | National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) |
| Posts | Administrative Officer (Scale-I) |
| Vacancies | 274 |
| NICL AO Prelims Exam Date 2024 | 4th March 2024 |
| Category | Syllabus |
| Selection Process | Prelims, Mains, and Interview |
| Number of Questions | Prelims- 100 Mains- 250 (objective test) |
| Negative Marking | 1/4th marks |
| Official website | https://nationalinsurance.nic.co.in/ |
NICL AO Selection Process 2024
The selection for Generalists and Specialist (except Hindi Officers) posts will be conducted in three phases-
Phase- I: Preliminary Examination online
Phase- II: Main Examination online
Phase- III: Interview
There would be only a single phase and Interview for the candidates who apply for Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers.
| NICL AO Selection Process 2024 | ||
| Disciplines | Selection Process | Details |
| Generalist | Prelims- Objective Test | No. of Questions- 100 Total Marks- 100 Negative Marking- 0.25 Duration- 60 minutes |
| Mains- Objective Test and Descriptive Test | No. of Questions- 250 Total Marks- 250 Negative Marking- 0.25 Duration- 180 minutes Descriptive- 30 marks & 30 minutes |
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| Interview | The weightage (ratio) of online Main Examination and Interview will be 80:20 respectively. | |
| Specialist (Doctors (MBBS), Legal, Finance, Actuarial, Information Technology, and Automobile Engineers) | Prelims- Objective Test | No. of Questions- 100 Total Marks- 100 Negative Marking- 0.25 Duration- 60 minutes |
| Mains- Objective Test and Descriptive Test | No. of Questions- 250 Total Marks- 250 Negative Marking- 0.25 Duration- 180 minutes Descriptive- 30 marks & 30 minutes |
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| Interview | The weightage (ratio) of online Main Examination and Interview will be 80:20 respectively. | |
| Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers | Single Phase | No. of Questions- 204 Total Marks- 250 Negative Marking- 0.25 Duration- 3 Hours 30 Minutes |
| Interview | The weightage (ratio) of Single phase Examination and Interview will be 80:20 respectively. | |
NICL AO Exam Pattern 2024
The NICL AO Exam Pattern 2024 for both the Prelims and Mains exams has been notified with the notification for NICL AO Recruitment 2024. The candidates preparing for NICL Administrative Officer (Scale-I) for Generalist and Specialist posts must go through the details for the exam pattern as discussed below.
NICL AO Prelims Exam Pattern 2024
As per the officials, the NICL AO Prelims Exam consists of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from the English Language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative Aptitude sections. The duration of NICL AO Phase 1 Exam is 60 minutes (20 minutes for each section). There would be a negative marking of 0.25 or 1/4th mark for each incorrect answer.
| NICL AO Prelims Exam Pattern 2024 | ||||
| SNo. | Name of Test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1. | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2. | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total |
100 | 100 | 60 minutes | |
NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024 [Objective]
NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024 for Generalist
- For generalist posts, there will be 5 sections namely Reasoning Ability, English Language, General Awareness, Computer Knowledge, and Quantitative Aptitude.
- The duration of NICL AO Generalist Mains Exam is 180 minutes and there will be sectional timing as discussed in the below table.
- As per the marking scheme, a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer will be there.
| NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024 for Generalist | ||||
| SNo. | Name of Test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1. | Reasoning Ability | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| 2. | English Language | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| 3. | General Awareness | 50 | 50 | 30 minutes |
| 4. | Computer Knowledge | 50 | 50 | 30 minutes |
| 5. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 250 | 250 | 180 minutes | |
NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024 for Specialist
- For Specialist posts, there are 6 sections. Reasoning Ability, English Language, General Awareness, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude and an additional test to assess technical & professional knowledge in relevant disciplines will be there.
- As per the marking scheme, a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer will be there.
- The duration of NICL AO Specialist Mains Exam is 180 minutes and there will be sectional timing as discussed in the below table.
| NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024 for Specialist | ||||
| SNo. | Name of Test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1. | Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 2. | English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| 3. | General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
| 4. | Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 25 minutes |
| 5. | Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 6. | In Special stream, an additional test to assess technical & professional knowledge in relevant discipline | 50 | 100 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 250 | 250 | 180 minutes | |
NICL AO Mains Descriptive Test
The descriptive Test of 30 Minutes duration with 30 marks will be a Test of English Language for Essay, Précis & Comprehension. The descriptive test will be in English and will be conducted through online mode
| NICL AO Mains Descriptive Test | ||
| Topics | Marks | Duration |
| Essay | 10 | 30 minutes |
| Précis | 10 | |
| Comprehension | 10 | |
| Total | 30 | |
NICL AO Interview 2024
The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at based on scores obtained by the candidates in the online Main Examination (Objective test) and Interview. The weightage (ratio) of the online Main Examination and Interview will be 80:20 respectively. The final merit list shall be prepared in descending order of the consolidated marks secured by the candidates.
NICL AO Syllabus 2024
The candidates must efficiently prepare for NICL AO 2024 by understanding the detailed NICL AO Syllabus 2024. The NICL Syllabus includes sections on English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning Ability. The NICL AO Prelims and Mains Syllabus for all subjects have been discussed in the below section.
NICL AO Syllabus for English Language
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Spelling Checks
- Improving Sentences
- Jumbling of Paragraphs
- Completing sentences and paragraphs
- Parts of Speeches
- Articles
- Prepositions Fillers
- Detection of errors
NICL AO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude
| NICL AO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude | |
| Topics | Sub Topics |
| BODMAS, Square & Cube, Square & cube root, Indices, fraction, percentage, etc. | |
| Number Series | Missing Number series, Wrong number series, etc. |
| Inequality | Linear equation, Quadratic equation, Quantity comparison (I and II), etc. |
| Arithmetic | Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Number System, HCF and LCM, Average, Age, Partnership, Mixture and Alligation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Time and Work & wage, Pipe and Cistern, Profit and Loss and discount, Speed Time Distance, Boat And stream, Train, Mensuration 2D and 3D, Probability, Permutation and combination, etc. |
| Data Interpretation (DI) | Table DI, Missing Table DI, Pie chart DI (single and multiple pie chart), Line chart DI (Single and multiple lines), Bar chart DI, Mixed DI, Caselet (Simple table-based caselet, Venn diagram based case let, Arithmetic based case), etc. |
| Data Sufficiency (DS) | Two-Statement Data Sufficiency |
NICL AO Syllabus for Reasoning Ability
| NICL AO Syllabus for Reasoning Ability | |
| Topics | Sub Topics |
| Puzzles | Box-based puzzle, Designation-based puzzle, Category based puzzle, Floor / Flat-floor based puzzle, Day / Month / Year based puzzle |
| Seating Arrangement | Circular Seating Arrangement (Uncertain), Square / Rectangle / Triangular seating Arrangement, Linear seating arrangement, Single row, Double row, Uncertain |
| Miscellaneous | Inequality (Direct and Indirect Statement), Distance and Direction (Normal), Coding-Decoding (General), Blood Relation (Normal), Syllogism (2/3 statement + 2 conclusion), Series, Alpha-numeric-symbol based, Alpha-numeric based, Word-based, Number based, Digit based series, Letter based series, Order – Ranking (Comparison), Word Pair / Number Pair, Word formation (Meaningful word), Odd one out, Word / Number based (Multiple operations) |
NICL AO Syllabus for General Awareness
- National Current Affairs
- International Current Affairs
- State Current Affairs
- Sports News
- Central Government Schemes
- Agreements/MoU
- Books & Authors
- Summits & Conferences
- Defense News
- Science & Technology News
- Banking & Insurance News
- Static GK
- Ranks/Reports/Indexes
- Business & Economy Related News
- Important Days
- Obituaries
- Important Appointments
- Important Awards & Honours
- Union Budget 2023-24
- Current Static
- Apps & Portals
- Static Insurance
- Committees/Councils
- NICL In News
- International Loans
- Abbreviation
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