The selection of the candidates for the LIC ADO 2024 exam will be done through Prelims, Mains, and Interviews. To ace LIC ADO Selection Criteria, all the aspirants must be well versed with the Exam Pattern and syllabus for the same. In this article, we are covering the LIC ADO Syllabus for Apprentice Development Officer (ADO) [Employee Category, Agents Category and Open Market Category]. This will help you to prepare for the LIC ADO Exam. Let's have a look at the detailed Syllabus for the LIC ADO 2024 Preliminary & Mains Exam.

LIC ADO Syllabus 2024

LIC ADO 2024 Exam will be conducted for shortlisting candidates for Apprentice Development Officer posts and there will be three stages of the selection process. 

LIC ADO Syllabus 2024
OrganisationLife Insurance Corporation of India
PostsApprentice Development Officer
Exam NameLIC ADO 2024
CategorySyllabus
Mode of ExamOnline 
Selection ProcessPrelims, Mains, and Interview
Official websitewww.licindia.in

LIC ADO Exam Pattern 2024

LIC ADO 2024 will be conducted in three phases:

  1. Prelims Exam
  2. Mains Exam
  3. Interview Process

Let's have a look at the exam pattern for different posts offered through the LIC ADO 2024 exam.

Online Prelims Exam

SNo.SectionsNumber of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
1.Reasoning353520 minutes
2.Numerical Ability353520 minutes
3.English Language3030**20 minutes
Total1007060 minutes

English Language test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in the English Language will not be counted for ranking.

Online Mains Exam

SectionsNumber of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability5050120 minutes
General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar and vocabulary5050
Insurance and Financial Marketing Awareness with special emphasis on knowledge of Life Insurance and Financial Sector6060
Total160160

For Employee Category

SectionsNumber of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability2020120 minutes
General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar and vocabulary2020
Elements of Insurance and Marketing of Insurance.60120
Total100160

For Agents Category

SectionsNumber of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability2020120 minutes
General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar and vocabulary2020
Practice and Principle of Insurance Marketing60120
Total100160

LIC ADO Syllabus 2024 for Prelims Exam

The LIC ADO Syllabus for the Preliminary Exam for each post is the same and the same has been enlisted below. Begin your preparation for LIC ADO Recruitment 2024 Exam with the updated LIC ADO Prelims Syllabus 2024. 

LIC ADO Syllabus: Reasoning

  1. Puzzles
  2. Seating Arrangements
  3. Direction Sense
  4. Blood Relation
  5. Syllogism
  6. Order and Ranking
  7. Coding-Decoding
  8. Machine Input-Output
  9. Inequalities
  10. Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
  11. Data Sufficiency
  12. Logical Reasoning

LIC ADO Syllabus: Numerical Ability

  1. Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
  2. Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
  3. Number Series
  4. Approximation and Simplification
  5. Data Sufficiency
  6. Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)

LIC ADO Syllabus: English Language

  1. Reading Comprehension
  2. Fillers
  3. Cloze Test
  4. Sentence Errors
  5. Sentence Improvement
  6. Vocabulary based questions
  7. Jumbled Paragraph
  8. Word Usage
  9. Phrase/Connectors
  10. Paragraph-related question (Para connectors, para completion, para restatement, paragraph inference, para fillers)

LIC ADO Syllabus 2024 for Mains Exam

LIC ADO Syllabus: Numerical Ability

  1. Simplification & Approximation
  2. Number Series
  3. Inequality (Quadratic & Quantity based)
  4. Partnership
  5. Ratio & Proportion
  6. Percentage
  7. Mixtures & Allegations
  8. Average & ages
  9. Time and Work
  10. Pipe and Cistern
  11. Simple Interest & Compound Interest
  12. Time & Distance
  13. Boat & stream
  14. Permutation, Combination & Probability
  15. Mensuration (2D&3D)
  16. Data Interpretation ( Bar, line, pie, mixed, missing, arithmetic, caselet)
  17. Data Sufficiency

LIC ADO Syllabus: Reasoning Ability

  1. Puzzle
  2. Direction sense
  3. Syllogism
  4. Seating Arrangement
  5. Input-Output
  6. Blood Relation
  7. Data Sufficiency
  8. Coding-Decoding
  9. Inequalities
  10. Logical Reasoning((Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Statement & Conclusion, Argument, and Cause & Effect)

LIC ADO Syllabus: Financial Awareness

  1. Indian Financial Market
  2. Capital markets and the government
  3. Money Market
  4. stock markets and bond markets
  5. The role of money markets in the financial system
  6. Derivatives markets and private investing
  7. Primary markets and secondary markets
  8. The study of the foreign exchange interbank market
  9. Mutual Funds
  10. Insurance Industry
  11. Regulatory Agencies
  12. Insurance Industry
  13. Special Statutes for Certain Financial Intermediaries
  14. Establishment of FSDC
  15. Financial Stability and Development Council
  16. International Financial Organization

LIC ADO Syllabus: Insurance Market Awareness

  1. Introduction of Insurance
  2. History of Life Insurance
  3. History of General Insurance
  4. Know About IRDAI
  5. Types of Insurance
  6. Indian Insurance Market
  7. ULIP (Unit Linked Insurance Plan
  8. Public Sector Insurance Companies
  9. Glossary of Insurance Terms
  10. Private Sector Insurance Companies
  11. Employment State Insurance Scheme (ESIS)
  12. Abbreviations related to Insurance Industry
  13. Other Important Topics Related to Insurance Awareness
  14. Schemes Related to Insurance (PMFBY, PMJJBY, PMSBY etc.)
  15. Insurance Current Affairs
  16. Insurance Ombudsman, Bancassurance
  17. Current insurance schemes

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LIC ADO Syllabus 2024: FAQs

Ans. The detailed LIC ADO Syllabus for Prelims & Mains has been discussed in the article.

Ans. LIC ADO Syllabus for Prelims Exam is common for all posts, however, LIC ADO Mains Syllabus is different for each post.

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