LIC AAO syllabus

Online prelims for AAO (Generalist): Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude, 35 marks each, and a qualifying English test, 20 minutes a section, with no negative marking.

LIC AAO (Generalist) Preliminary Examination

Reasoning Ability

35 questions, 35 marks · 20 minutes

English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer. No negative marking. Minimum qualifying marks in the notice: 16 for SC/ST/PwBD and 18 for others. Counts towards the preliminary ranking total of 70.

  • Seating and floor puzzles
  • Syllogisms
  • Inequalities
  • Coding and decoding
  • Blood relations
  • Direction sense
  • Order and ranking

Quantitative Aptitude

35 questions, 35 marks · 20 minutes

English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer. No negative marking. Minimum qualifying marks in the notice: 16 for SC/ST/PwBD and 18 for others. Counts towards the preliminary ranking total of 70.

  • Simplification
  • Number series
  • Percentage, ratio and proportion
  • Profit and loss
  • Simple and compound interest
  • Time and work
  • Time, speed and distance
  • Data interpretation from a table

English Language

30 questions, 30 marks · 20 minutes

English only, with emphasis on grammar, vocabulary and comprehension. 1 mark for a right answer. No negative marking. Qualifying: marks are not counted for ranking. Minimum qualifying marks in the notice: 9 for SC/ST/PwBD and 10 for others.

  • Reading comprehension
  • Cloze
  • Error spotting
  • Fill in the blanks
  • Sentence rearrangement

LIC AAO (Generalist) Main Examination

Reasoning Ability

30 questions, 90 marks · 40 minutes

English and Hindi. 3 marks a question. No negative marking. Minimum qualifying marks: 40 for SC/ST/PwBD and 45 for others.

  • Puzzles
  • Syllogisms
  • Inequalities
  • Coding and decoding
  • Input-output and arrangement
  • Blood relations, directions and ranking

General Knowledge, Current Affairs

30 questions, 60 marks · 20 minutes

English and Hindi. 2 marks a question. No negative marking. Minimum qualifying marks: 27 for SC/ST/PwBD and 30 for others.

  • Current events of national and international importance
  • History, geography and polity
  • Economy and general science
  • Awards, sports and institutions

Data Analysis and Interpretation

30 questions, 90 marks · 40 minutes

English and Hindi. 3 marks a question. No negative marking. Minimum qualifying marks: 40 for SC/ST/PwBD and 45 for others.

  • Tables
  • Bar and line graphs
  • Caselets
  • Comparison and percentage change
  • Averages and ratios from a data set

Insurance and Financial Market Awareness

30 questions, 60 marks · 20 minutes

English and Hindi. 2 marks a question. No negative marking. Minimum qualifying marks: 27 for SC/ST/PwBD and 30 for others.

  • Life-insurance ideas such as premium, sum assured, nomination and assignment
  • Regulators and financial-market terms
  • Banking and monetary-policy concepts
  • Stable facts about insurance institutions

English Language (descriptive)

2 questions, 25 marks · 30 minutes

English only. Qualifying: marks are not counted for ranking. Evaluated only for candidates who qualify in the objective part. Minimum qualifying marks: 9 for SC/ST/PwBD and 10 for others. Typed on the computer.

  • Emails
  • Reports
  • Situation analysis
  • Precis writing