The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) had released the notification for the recruitment of Assistants for a whopping 7500+ vacancies. LIC had initially planned the Prelims phase of this paper on 21st and 22nd October but due to some administrative reasons, they shifted the paper to 30th and 31st October 2019. Read all about the notification here. In this Blog, LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2019 we will be looking into the exam analysis for the Prelims paper conducted for the LIC Assistant position across the country in various shifts. This blog will help you understand the pattern, consistency and also the difficulty level of the exam, so that you can plan your strategy for the upcoming shifts accordingly.
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LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2019 – Exam Pattern
Name of Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Minimum Qualifying Marks | Duration | |
SC/ ST | Others | |||||
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | English & Hindi | 13 | 14 | 20 Minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | English & Hindi | 13 | 14 | 20 Minutes |
English/Hindi Language | 30 | 30 | English | 11 | 12 | 20 Minutes |
Total | 100 | 70 | 1 Hour |
LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2019
Over Difficulty Level (Easy)
Subjects | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
Quantitative Aptitude | 23-28 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability | 27-33 | Easy |
Total | 56-63(out of 70) | Easy |
Shift-Wise Exam Analysis 2019
Shift 1
Numerical Ability
Overall difficulty level – Easy-Moderate
- Missing Number Series – 5 Questions
- Simplifications – 15 questions
- DI (Line Graph) – 5 questions
- Arithmetic – 10 questions
Reasoning ability
Overall difficulty level – Easy
- Puzzle ( 8 persons, 4 floors, 2 flats) – 10 questions
- Inequality – 5 questions
- Syllogism – 5 questions
- Blood relation – 5 questions
- Alphanumeric Series – 5 questions
- Number Series – 5 questions
English Section
Overall Difficulty – Easy
- Error Detection – 5-6 questions
- Reading Comprehension(a dog and wolf story-based) – 10 questions
- Sentence Improvement – 3-4 questions
- Single Fillers – 3-5 questions
- Rearrangement – 5 questions
Hindi Section
Overall Difficulty level – Easy
- Sentence Rearrangement – 5 questions
- Reading Comprehension – 10 questions
- Error Detection – 5 questions
- Fillers – 5 questions
- Misspelt words/sentences – 5 questions
Shift 2
Overall difficulty – (Easy-Moderate)
Subjects | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
Quantitative Aptitude | 24-29 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability | 26-32 | Easy |
Total | 58-63(out of 70) | Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
- Miscellaneous (Arithmetic+Average+Mensuration) – 15 questions
- simplifications – 10 questions
- Wrong Series – 5 questions
- DI (Table based) – 5 questions
Reasoning ability
Overall difficulty – (Easy-Moderate)
- Puzzle (Box+Circular+Linear) – 15 questions
- Alphanumeric Series – 10 questions
- Inequality – 4 questions
- Syllogism – 3 questions
- Direction – 3 questions
English Sections
Overall Difficulty level – Easy
- Passage (story based on ducks)- 5-7questions
- Cloze Test – 5 questions
- Fillers – 5 questions
- Error Detection – 5 questions
- Rearrangement – 5 questions
- Sentence Improvement – 2-3 questions
Shift 3
Overall Difficulty – (Easy)
Subjects | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
Quantitative Aptitude | 26-30 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability | 29-33 | Easy |
Total | 60-65(out of 70) | Easy |
Quantitative ability
Overall Difficulty – Easy-Moderate
- Missing Number Series – 5 questions
- DI (Table Form) – 5 questions
- Simplification – 5 questions
- Approximations – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous – 15 questions
Reasoning Ability
Overall Difficulty – Easy
- Inequality – 5 questions
- Syllogism – 5 questions
- Seating Arrangement – 5 questions
- Puzzle – 5 questions
- Coding-Decoding – 5 questions
- Alphanumeric series – 5 questions
- MIscellaneous – 5 questions
English Sections
- Fillers – 5 questions
- Error Detection(sentence+Spelling) – 10 questions
- Reading Comprehension – 10 questions
- Rearrangement – 5 questions
Shift 4
Overall Difficulty – Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude
- DI (Bar Graph) – 6 questions
- Simplifications – 15 questions
- Wrong Series – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous – 9 questions
Reasoning Ability
- Puzzle (Linear+Line) – 15 questions
- Syllogism – 4-5 questions
- Coding-Decoding – 5 questions
- Numeric Series – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous – 5-6 questions
English Section
- Reading Comprehension (Filler+Synonym) – 8 questions
- Sentence Arrangement – 5 questions
- Misspelled – 5 questions
- Error Detection – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous – 7 questions
That is all from us in this blog for LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2019, we will keep updating the blog with the relevant details as soon we get them. Till then please stay tuned to Oliveboard.
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