Life Insurance Corporation of India will be conducting LIC AAO 2020 in three different phases:
- Online Prelims Exam
- Online Mains Exam
- Interview Process
LIC AAO Prelims Syllabus AND EXAM PATTERN
| Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude | General Awareness | English Language |
| Puzzles Seating Arrangements Direction Sense Blood Relation Syllogism Order and Ranking Coding-Decoding Machine Input-Output Inequalities Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series Data Sufficiency Logical Reasoning | Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart) Inequalities (Quadratic Equations) Number Series Approximation and Simplification Data Sufficiency Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination , Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns) | History of India Indian Economics Geography Indian Constitution Important Days Books and Authors Countries, Capitals, and Currencies Awards, Honors and Recognition Science and Technology Inventions and Discoveries Financial Institutions – National and International National and International Organizations Current Affairs – National and International Indian Politics Finance, Budget, and Five Year Plans, etc | Reading Comprehension Fillers Cloze Test Sentence Errors Sentence Improvement Vocabulary based questions Jumbled Paragraph Word Usage Phrase/Connectors Paragraph related question (Para connectors, para completion, para restatement, paragraph inference, para fillers) |
| Serial Number | Sections | Number of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| 1. | Reasoning | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 2. | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3. | English Language | 30 | 30** | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 70 | 60 minutes |
** English Language test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in the English Language will not be counted for ranking.
LIC AAO Mains Syllabus AND Exam Pattern
| Categories | Syllabus |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation (For Generalists) | elementary mathematics pie charts bar graphs Data Handling Data Derivation Data Implementation |
| Professional Knowledge | varies from post to post Syllabus will be different for candidates applying for IT, Chartered Accountant, Actuarial, and Rajbhasha posts |
| Insurance & Financial Market Awareness | latest policies development Current Banking news and events related to insurance and financial market business topics finance topic history of banking history of insurance financial institutes, terminologies & derivations various laws and policies |
| Descriptive Test | Letter Writing and Essay |
Generalist Post
| Serial Number | Sections | Number of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| 1. | Reasoning | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| 2. | General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 40 | 20 minutes |
| 3. | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| 4. | Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 120 minutes | |
| 5. | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |
IT/ Chartered Accountant / Actuarial Post
| Serial Number | Sections | Number of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| 1. | Reasoning | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| 2. | General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| 3. | Professional knowledge | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| 4. | Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 120 minutes | |
| 5. | Computer Knowledge | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |
Rajbhasha Adhikari Post
| Serial Number | Sections | Number of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| 1. | Reasoning | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| 2. | General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| 3. | Professional knowledge | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| 4. | Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 120 minutes | |
| 5. | Computer Knowledge | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |