Life Insurance Corporation Of India (LIC) is a Central Government job. There is huge competition for this job. Every year lakhs of candidates applied for this job. LIC AAO seems to be a lucrative job due to its high pay and less workload as compared to other jobs of similar grade pay such as IBPS PO, SO, and SBI PO. In this job you can also avail of additional benefits like monthly cupon which you can encash at any LIC associated shop or restaurant, a mobile bill which is paid by LIC organizations, the yearly amount for buying new mobile and many more, this year it is highly expected that LIC will come out with a good number of vacancies of AAO. Therefore aspirants are eagerly waiting for its notification. It is much needed that before applying to LIC AAO or before start preparing for this job they must have gone through its syllabus.
Life Insurance Corporation of India will be conducting LIC AAO 2021 in three different phases:
- Online Prelims Exam
- Online Mains Exam
- Interview Process
Phase1:- Preliminary Examination
A preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1-hour duration consisting of 3 sections as follows :
Quantitative Aptitude – 35 marks
Reasoning Ability – 35 marks
English – 30 marks
** English Language Test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in the English Language will not be counted for ranking.
Total 70 marks for 1hr
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three-section by securing passing marks to be decided by the LIC.
Phase 2:- Mains Examination
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks. The objective test will be conducted in online mode. The objective test will have separate timing for every section. Qualification of Preliminary exam is essential to appear for the Mains Exam. However, the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase I) will not be combined with Mains for selection and final selection will be based on the marks obtained by a candidate in Main Examination (Phase II). There will be negative marks of ¼ marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests for the main examination
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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 |