{"id":45868,"date":"2019-09-26T17:44:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T12:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/?p=45868"},"modified":"2019-12-19T08:45:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T03:15:30","slug":"ibps-clerk-or-lic-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/ibps-clerk-or-lic-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"IBPS Clerk or LIC Assistant &#8211; Which one to Choose? Know Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>registrations<\/strong> for both\u00a0<strong>IBPS Clerk 2019<\/strong> and <strong>LIC Assistant 2019<\/strong> are <strong>currently ongoing<\/strong>. Both are <strong>clerical cadre exams<\/strong> to be conducted in two phases &#8211; <strong>Prelims &amp; Mains<\/strong>. The total number of vacancies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/ibps-clerk\/?ref=hny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">IBPS Clerk<\/span><\/a> this year is <strong>12075<\/strong> and for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/lic-assistant-exam\/?ref=hny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">LIC Assistant<\/span><\/a> it is <strong>7500+<\/strong>. The <strong>IBPS Clerk Prelims<\/strong> is scheduled to happen on <strong>7th of Dec<\/strong> and <strong>LIC Assistant Prelims<\/strong> Exam on <strong>21st &amp; 22nd of Oct<\/strong>. These Exams offer an aspirant direct entry into the Banking Industry and the Insurance Industry respectively. In this blog let us have a brief comparison of various aspects of these two posts. Let&#8217;s get started on the comparison &#8211;\u00a0IBPS Clerk or LIC Assistant.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IBPS Clerk or LIC Assistant &#8211; Which one to Choose?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We will have a brief comparison of various aspects such as:<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>1. Exam Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2. Difficulty Level\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>3. Pay Scale (Salary)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>4. Job Profile (Nature of Work)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>5. Career Prospectives &amp; Future Avenues<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>1.\u00a0IBPS Clerk or LIC Assistant &#8211; Exam Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IBPS Clerk<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>LIC Assistant<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Prelims<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There will be <strong>three sections<\/strong> in the\u00a0prelims phase\u00a0having a separate timing of\u00a020 minutes each\u00a0for each section. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Candidates will have to qualify in each of the three tests i.e.\u00a0English Language<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">,\u00a0<\/span>Numerical Ability<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">,\u00a0<\/span>Reasoning Ability<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0by securing sectional cut-off marks as well as overall Cut off marks, to be decided by IBPS.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Prelims<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There will be <strong>three sections<\/strong> namely Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Ability &amp; English\/Hindi Language. A candidate can choose a section between English and Hindi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">English and Hindi section paper will be just for qualifying nature the marks obtained would not be considered for ranking or final selection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sectional Cut off has already been given in the Exam Pattern.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mains<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The candidate will be tested in <strong>four subjects<\/strong> namely,\u00a0General\/ Financial Awareness, General English,\u00a0Reasoning Ability &amp; Computer Aptitude,\u00a0Quantitative Aptitude,\u00a0each test having a separate timing amounting to a total time of 160 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>For Detailed Exam Pattern<\/strong> \u2013 <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/ibps-clerk-exam-pattern-2019\/\">Refer Here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mains <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The candidate will be tested in <strong>four subjects<\/strong> namely, General\/Financial Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude, &amp; Reasoning Ability &amp; Computer Aptitude.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition to the above sections, Mains exams in North, West, Central, East Central, North Central Divisions, there will be a test of Hindi Language as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sectional Cut off has already been given in the Exam Pattern.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">For Detailed Exam Pattern<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/lic-assistant-exam-pattern\/\">Refer Here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2. IBPS Clerk or LIC Assistant &#8211; Difficulty Level\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>difficulty level of both the Prelims &amp; Mains of both IBPS Clerk &amp; LIC Assistant would more or less be the same<\/strong>. As both are clerical level exams, the difficulty level of questions would be moderate. But preparations need to be thorough for both these exams as due to the <strong>huge number of Vacancies<\/strong>, the <strong>competition would be tough<\/strong> and cut off scores can go very high if the paper comes easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But need not worry, we have got you covered with our Online Courses for both these exams. These are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/ibps-clerk-online-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">IBPS Clerk Cracker Course 2019<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/lic-assistant-online-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">LIC Assistant Crash Course 2019<\/span><\/a>. These are available on <strong>Oliveboard&#8217;s Subscription platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/edge\/?ref=ehny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">EDGE<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.\u00a0IBPS Clerk or LIC Assistant &#8211; Pay Scale (Salary)<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IBPS Clerk<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>LIC Assistant<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Basic Pay<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Rs 11,765<\/strong> per month.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pay Scale<\/strong> &#8211; Scale of\u00a0Rs. 11765-655\/3-13730-815\/3-16175980\/4-20095-1145\/7-28110-2120\/1-30230-1310\/1-31540.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gross Salary<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Rs 23, 117<\/strong> per month<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Basic Pay &#8211; Rs 14435 <\/strong>per month.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pay Scale<\/strong> \u2013 Scale of 14435-840-15275-915-17105-1030-22255-1195-24645-1455-29010-1510-32030-1610-40080.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gross Salary<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Rs 30,000 <\/strong>per month.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Other Allowances<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Special Allowances,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dearness Allowance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">City Compensatory Allowance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Transportation Allowance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Perks &amp; Allowances <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">House rent allowance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dearness allowance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Graduation Increment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Local compensatory allowance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grade allowance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gratuity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Single and group Medical facilities \u2013Reimbursement of medical expenses for OPD\/treatment, this facility is provided to the employee, employee\u2019s spouse and to their children<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LTC (Leave Travel Concession) is an annual retreat plan for the employee working with LIC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>4. IBPS Clerk or LIC Assistant &#8211; Job Profile (Nature of Work)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IBPS Clerk <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>LIC Assistant <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clerks are usually the first point of contact for any customer who is visiting the bank premises<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The job profile of\u00a0IBPS Clerk\u00a0is not limited to just one task, they are deployed on various profiles after their selection for the position. Few of them are as listed here:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bank office clerks are deployed in the back office for various tasks like maintenance of ledger, bank receipt collection, handling the daily closure details<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Updating of Passbooks at counters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Printing of receipts for cheques and demand drafts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">bank clerks also do hold bank keys, safe keys under their protection<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They are often placed at the query window to act as an information counter for the customers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Handling the deposit and withdrawal cash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clerks are often placed in various departments like accounts clerk, loan clerk, office clerk, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LIC Assistants are responsible to perform all the duties of a clerical staff be it a cashier, single-window operator, customer service executive, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Assistants have to manage cash counters, processing and approving of the files as asked by the Assistant Manager.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Back-office work, Account related work are some duties to be performed by the LIC Assistant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LIC Assistant has to take care of customer grievances as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reviewing of Insurance documents and making sure that all the documents are complete is LIC Assistant\u2019s responsibility.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Management of all the documents sales documents, documents related to policies, claims, settlements, accounts, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Online and offline transaction status will be taken care of by the LIC Assistant.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The trainees\u00a0are posted to their respective positions only after the successful completion of the training period.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>5. IBPS Clerk or LIC Assistant &#8211; Career Prospectives &amp; Future Avenues<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IBPS Clerk <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>LIC Assistant <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After becoming a clerk in any Public sector bank, an employee needs to complete 2 years of service with the same bank to be eligible to appear for the test for the officer rank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Public sector banks do carry out the test for promotions every 2 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They need to apply for the promotion and appear for the examinations, like JAIIB (Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers) and CAIIB (Certified Association of the Indian Institute of Bankers). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After becoming an officer, the career prospects for an employee looks like this:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scale 1 \u2013 Officer \/ Assistant Manager<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scale 2 \u2013 Manager<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scale 3 \u2013 Senior Manager<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scale 4 \u2013 Chief manager<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scale 5 \u2013 Assistant General Manager<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scale 6 \u2013 Deputy General Manager<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scale 7 \u2013 General manager<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Growth of an employee is also dependent on his\/her performance over the tenure with the bank. Banks do consider employees with impeccable work performance for higher positions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These career prospects is completely under banks prerogative. Banks do design these programs and implement changes as they deem fit.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After the selection, the candidate has to undergo training for a period of six months from the date of joining which can be extended up to one year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After the successful completion of the training period, candidates will be posted for a minimum period of three years at assigned places and no request for any change\/transfer will be entertained.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Selected candidates will be responsible for the work of Assistant, Cashier, Single Window Operator, Customer Service, Executive, etc as required by the LIC of India office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LIC Assistant are also transferred from one department to other internally depending upon the requirements as well as the interest of the employees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LIC Assistant conducts departmental tests for the promotion to higher posts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Employees get promotions based on their years of service, experience, and performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, this was all from us in this <strong>blog of Comparison of posts of IBPS Clerk and LIC Assistant<\/strong>. We hope that you get a fair idea of nearly all the aspects of these posts and choose for yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>last date to apply<\/strong> for the posts of <strong>LIC Assistant is 1st Oct<\/strong> and that of <strong>IBPS Clerk is 9th October<\/strong>. Apply as early as possible and organise a rigorous study plan for the exam. Have a look at what Oliveboard has in store for you to to help you prepare better for these exams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Preparation Material, Courses &amp; Mock Tests\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IBPS Clerk Exam 2019 \u2013 Study Material <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>LIC Assistant Exam 2019 \u2013 Study Material <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/ibps-clerk-online-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>IBPS Clerk Online Course<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2013 A <strong>Video Learning Course<\/strong> for IBPS Clerk Exam\u00a0\u2013 <strong>Starts 14th October 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"301\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/lic-assistant-online-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>LIC Assistant Crash Course 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2013 For Complete <strong>LIC Assistant Prelims<\/strong> Preparation \u2013 <strong>Starts 30th Sep 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"601\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Both these courses are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/edge\/?ref=ehny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Oliveboard EDGE<\/span><\/a> platform. Subscribe to EDGE and attend both these courses for your comprehensive preparation. <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Quick Glance at IBPS Clerk Mock Test 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">20 Mocks\u00a0for IBPS Clerk 2019\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/ibps-clerk\/?ref=hny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prelims<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10 Mocks\u00a0for IBPS Clerk 2019\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/ibps-clerk\/?ref=hny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mains<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All\u00a0Topic Tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sectional\u00a0Tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">GK Supplement with\u00a02500 questions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Quick Glance at the LIC Assistant Mock Test<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/lic-assistant-exam\/?ref=hny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">10 Tests<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for LIC Assistant Prelims<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/lic-assistant-exam\/?ref=hny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">5 Tests<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for LIC Assistant Mains<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All Topic Tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sectional Tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">GK Supplement with 2500 questions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The registrations for both\u00a0IBPS Clerk 2019 and LIC Assistant 2019 are currently ongoing. 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