LIC AAO & AE Syllabus 2023 and Exam Pattern – Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has released the LIC AAO Notification for the recruitment of specialist officers and assistant engineers. As per the notification, a total of 300 vacancies for Assistant Engineers (Civil, Electrical, Structural, Electrical/Mechanical/MEP Engineers) & Architects have been announced.
Before taking the exam, it is crucial for applicants to be aware of the LIC AAO and AE exam pattern for 2023 and LIC AAO and AE Syllabus 2023. It will be simpler for candidates to prepare for the exam if they are fully aware of the exam format and scoring system.
Both the LIC Assistant Engineer prelims exam and the LIC Assistant Engineer main exam will be objective and descriptive tests in 2023.
Here in this blog, we would cover the following things, so make sure you read it till the end to understand the complete syllabus and exam pattern.
LIC AAO Exam Pattern 2023
Let us look into the details of the scheme of the exam so that we can understand it better and thereby prepare in a better way.
Selection of Assistant Engineers and Assistant Administrative Officers will be done through a three-tiered process and subsequent Pre-recruitment Medical examination.
1. Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
2. Phase-II: Main Examination
3. Interview.
LIC AAO Prelims Exam Pattern [For both AAO (SO) & AE]:
LIC AAO Prelims Exam will be an online objective test comprising of three sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
| Name of the tests | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35** | 20 minutes |
| English Language (With special emphasis on grammar, vocabulary and comprehension) | 30 | 30** | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 70 | 1 Hour |
Note:
- English Language Test is qualifying in nature and the marks in the English Language will not be counted for prelims ranking.
- Each correct answer will carry 1 mark. For each incorrect answer there will be negative mark of 1/4th of the assigned mark,
There are minimum qualifying marks for each section.
| Name of the tests | Medium of Exam | Minimum Qualifying Marks
SC/ST/PwBD Others | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | English & Hindi | 16 | 18 |
| English Language (with special emphasis on grammar, vocabulary and comprehension) | English | 9 | 10 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | English & Hindi | 16 | 18 |
LIC AAO Mains Exam Pattern [For both AAO (SO) & AE]:
The main examination will consist of
1. Objective Tests for 300 marks and
2. Descriptive Test for 25 marks.
- Both the objective and descriptive tests will be online.
- The objective test will have separate timing for every section.
- Candidates will have to answer the Descriptive test by typing on the computer.
- The descriptive test will be administered immediately after the completion of the objective test.
| Name of the tests | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 2 hours |
| English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)/ Legal drafting for AAO(Legal) | 2 | 25** | 30 minutes |
Note:
- Descriptive test of English Language etc. will be of qualifying nature and the marks in the English Language will not be counted for ranking.
- Descriptive test of English Language etc. is of qualifying nature and marks in this test will not be counted for ranking.
- The minimum marks to be obtained in each Section and cut off marks for each section and in the aggregate shall be decided by LIC.
| Name of the tests | Medium of Exam | Minimum Qualifying Marks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC/ST/PwBD | Others | ||
| Reasoning Ability | English & Hindi | 40 | 45 |
| General Knowledge, Current Affairs | English & Hindi | 27 | 30 |
| Professional Knowledge | English & Hindi | 40 | 45 |
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | English & Hindi | 27 | 30 |
| English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)/ Legal drafting for AAO(Legal) | English | 9 | 10 |
3. Phase-III: Interview
- Marks obtained in the Main Examination only will be considered for shortlisting for interview.
- Maximum Interview marks are 60 and qualifying marks for EWS, Unreserved, OBC are 30. Qualifying marks for SC /ST/PwBD candidates are 27.
- The number of candidates to be called for interview will be about three times the number of vacancies.
- Marks obtained in the Main examination + marks obtained in the interview will be considered for final merit listing.
4. Pre-Recruitment Medical Examination
Shortlisted candidates in the final merit list will have to undergo Pre-Recruitment Medical Examination and if found medically fit, will be offered an appointment.
LIC AAO Syllabus 2023 [For both AAO (SO) & AE] For Prelims & Mains:
Let us dive deep into the topics of the syllabus for Prelims & Mains here in this section.
The prelims exam comprises three sections and the following is the breakup of the syllabus of each of these sections.
1. LIC AAO Syllabus – Reasoning Ability
There would be questions more or less on the following topics in the reasoning ability section.
- Seating Arrangements
- Direction Test
- Input-Output
- Statement, Arguments, and Conclusion
- Analytical Reasoning
- Coding-Decoding
- Puzzles
- Inequalities
- Syllogism
- Logical Reasoning
- Blood Relations
- Order and Ranking
- Alphabet and Number Series
- Machine Input-Output
- Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
2. LIC AAO Syllabus – Quantitative Aptitude
The questions would be framed more or less from the below-given topics in this section.
- Average
- Simplification
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Problem on Ages
- Probability
- Cistern and Pipe
- Mensuration
- Percentage
- Data Sufficiency
- Number Series
- Profit and Loss
- Work and Time
- Average
- Quadratic Equations
- Ratio and Proportion
- Surds and Indices
- Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
- HCF and LCM
- Permutation and Combination
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Boats and Streams
- Approximation
- Partnership
- Mixtures & Alligations
3. LIC AAO Syllabus – English Language
As per the trends, the following topics had been asked in this section in the exam.
- Parts of Speech
- Sentence Improvement
- Active and Passive Voice
- Singular-Plural
- Passage Completion
- Vocabulary based questions
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Spotting Errors
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Para-jumbles
- Reading Comprehension
- Word Usage
- Error Corrections
- Antonyms and Synonyms
- Idioms and Phrases
- Fillers
- Cloze Tests
- Phrase/Connector
4. LIC AAO Syllabus – Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Pie charts
- Bar graphs
- Data Handling
- Data Derivation
- Data Implementation
- Elementary mathematics
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5. LIC AAO Syllabus – General Knowledge and Current Affairs
General Knowledge
Questions relating to India and its Neighboring Countries on History, Culture, Geography, Economics, General Polity, Scientific Research, Science – Inventions and Discoveries, Insurance etc.
Current Affairs:
- History of India
- Indian Constitution
- Government Schemes
- Government Policies
- Books and Authors
- Inventions and Discoveries
- Geography of India and the World
- Environment Topics
- Sports News
- New Legislations
- Important Days
- Person in News
- Indian Economy
- National and International Events
- Awards and Honours
- Science and Technology
- Committee, Commissions and Reports
- National and International Organizations
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6. LIC AAO Syllabus: Insurance and Financial market
- Latest Policies and development in the insurance industry
- Business/ Finance topic
- Various laws and policies
- History of Banking & Insurance
- Financial institutes, terminologies & derivations
- Current Banking news and events related to insurance and financial market
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Insurance Awareness:
- Bancassurance
- History- IRDA
- Important Insurance Acts
- Insurance Sector – Basics
- Insurance Terms
- Insurance Companies – Names, Headquarters, Taglines, etc
- Insurance Abbreviations
- Insurance Products and Plans
- Government Schemes
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7. LIC AAO English Language – Descriptive Paper
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So, this is all from us in this blog of LIC AAO Syllabus 2023 for Assistant Engineers and Assistant Administrative Officers (SO) 2023. We hope that the syllabus provided here proves beneficial in your preparation.
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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)
To apply for LIC AAO recruitment, a candidate must be in the range of 21 to 30 years. Also, the candidate must have a graduation degree in the respective field.
The selection process for LIC AAO recruitment includes three phases which are as follows:
Prelims
Mains
Interview
No, the LIC AAO exam is conducted on regular basis depending upon the requirement of the organization.
Totally 100 questions will be asked in LIC AAO and AE prelims.
The questions will be asked from Reasoning Ability, GK and Current Affairs, Professional Knowledge, Insurance and Finance Market awareness and English Language.
LIC AAO and AE mains will be both objective and descriptive test.
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