LIC ADO Syllabus 2023 and Exam Pattern, Check the Topics

LIC ADO Syllabus 2023

The Life Insurance Corporation of India conducts the LIC ADO (Apprentice Development Officer) examination to recruit qualified individuals for the role of ADO. To excel in this exam, it is crucial to understand the syllabus and exam pattern. The syllabus covers topics such as Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, General Knowledge, and English Language. The exam follows a two-tier pattern consisting of a Preliminary Exam and a Main Exam. In this blog, we will provide you with the LIC ADO Syllabus 2023 and Exam Pattern.

LIC ADO Exam Pattern

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

We have mentioned below the detailed exam pattern for the LIC ADO exam.

Prelims Exam Pattern

SNo.	Sections	Number of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	35	35	20 minutes
2.	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
3.	English Language	30	30**	20 minutes
	Total	100	70	60 minutes

• The preliminary examination will be of objective type in an online mode.
• Marks scored in the English section will not be counted and it will be only qualifying in nature.

Mains Exam Pattern

Sections	Number of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability	50	50	120 minutes
General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar and vocabulary	50	50
Insurance and Financial Marketing Awareness with special emphasis on knowledge of Life Insurance and Financial Sector	60	60
Total	160	160

For Employee Category

Sections	Number of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability	20	20	120 minutes
General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar and vocabulary	20	20
Elements of Insurance and Marketing of Insurance.	60	120
Total	100	160

For Agents Category

Sections	Number of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability	20	20	120 minutes
General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar and vocabulary	20	20
Practice and Principle of Insurance Marketing	60	120
Total	100	160

Interview Process

Candidates who will qualify for the main examination will be appearing in the interview. In the final merit list, marks obtained in the main examination and interview will be considered. Interviews will be conducted for a total mark of 40.

LIC ADO Syllabus for Prelims Exam

We have mentioned below the detailed syllabus for both the prelims and main examinations for aspiring candidates.

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 questions (Para connectors, para completion, para restatement, paragraph inference, para fillers)

LIC ADO Syllabus 2023 for Main 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, case)
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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