LIC Assistant syllabus

Clerical recruitment for LIC branch offices: a 100-question Preliminary exam with 20 minutes per section, then a 200-mark Main exam.

LIC Assistant Preliminary (computer-based)

English Language / Hindi Language

30 questions, 30 marks · 20 minutes

The candidate chooses either the English Language test or the Hindi Language test, not both. Qualifying only: the marks are not counted for ranking. Minimum qualifying marks in the 2019 notices: 12 for others and 11 for SC/ST/PwBD. Five options. No penalty for a wrong answer; an unanswered question scores nothing.

  • Reading comprehension
  • Cloze passage
  • Error spotting
  • Fillers, synonyms, antonyms and idioms
  • Sentence rearrangement

Numerical Ability

35 questions, 35 marks · 20 minutes

In English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer. No penalty for a wrong answer. Minimum qualifying marks in the 2019 notices: 14 for others and 13 for SC/ST/PwBD. These marks, with Reasoning Ability, are used to shortlist for the Main exam.

  • Simplification and number series
  • Quadratic comparison
  • Percentage, profit and loss, simple interest and average
  • Ratio, mixture and partnership
  • Time and work, time and distance
  • Data interpretation

Reasoning Ability

35 questions, 35 marks · 20 minutes

In English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer. No penalty for a wrong answer. Minimum qualifying marks in the 2019 notices: 14 for others and 13 for SC/ST/PwBD.

  • Puzzles and seating
  • Syllogism
  • Inequality
  • Coding-decoding
  • Blood relation, direction and ranking
  • Alphanumeric series

LIC Assistant Main, Part A and B divisions (computer-based)

General / Financial Awareness

40 questions, 40 marks · 30 minutes

English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer; one fourth of a mark is taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum qualifying marks in this structure: 16 for others and 14 for SC/ST/PwBD.

  • Banking and financial terms
  • Insurance basics
  • Economy and static general knowledge

General English

40 questions, 40 marks · 30 minutes

Set in English. 1 mark for a right answer; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum 16 (14 for SC/ST/PwBD).

  • Grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion
  • Synonyms and antonyms
  • Reading comprehension

Quantitative Aptitude

40 questions, 40 marks · 30 minutes

English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum 16 (14 for SC/ST/PwBD).

  • Arithmetic
  • Data interpretation

Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude

40 questions, 40 marks · 30 minutes

English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum 16 (14 for SC/ST/PwBD).

  • Reasoning puzzles
  • Computer basics, memory, input and output, common abbreviations

Hindi Language

40 questions, 40 marks · 30 minutes

Set in Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum 16 (14 for SC/ST/PwBD). This test is part of the 200-mark total in this structure.

  • Grammar and spelling
  • Vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms
  • Idioms and usage

LIC Assistant Main, Part C divisions (computer-based)

General / Financial Awareness

50 questions, 50 marks · 35 minutes

English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum qualifying marks: 20 for others and 18 for SC/ST/PwBD.

  • Banking and financial terms
  • Insurance basics
  • Economy and static general knowledge

General English

40 questions, 40 marks · 35 minutes

Set in English. 1 mark for a right answer; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum 16 (14 for SC/ST/PwBD).

  • Grammar, vocabulary and comprehension

Quantitative Aptitude

50 questions, 50 marks · 40 minutes

English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum 20 (18 for SC/ST/PwBD).

  • Arithmetic
  • Data interpretation

Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude

60 questions, 60 marks · 40 minutes

English and Hindi. 1 mark for a right answer; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Minimum 24 (22 for SC/ST/PwBD).

  • Reasoning puzzles
  • Computer basics