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. The candidates who are planning to apply for the exam must know the LIC Assistant Syllabus, Exam Pattern, and complete selection 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
LIC Assistant Selection Process 2021
Selection of LIC Assistant 2021 Exam will be done through a two-tier process (Prelims+Mains) and subsequent Pre-recruitment Medical examination. Before getting into the details of LIC Assistant Syllabus, let’s have an overview of stages of LIC Assistant examination:
Phase 1 – LIC Assistant Prelims Exam
Phase 2 – LIC Assistant Mains Exam
Phase 3 – Pre-Recruitment Medical Examination
The LIC Assistant preliminary examination will be conducted in online mode and has a total duration of 1 hour or 60 mintues for each sections.
It consists of 3 sections with a total of 100 questions and maximum score of 70 marks.
There will be no negative marking in LIC Assistant prelims exam.
English/Hindi Language test will be of qualifying nature and marks in the Language section will not be counted for ranking. The section-wise details are given below:
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| Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude | General/Financial Awareness | English Language | Hindi Language |
| Statement based Questions, Syllogism, Seating Arrangement, Coding-Decoding, Alpha Numeric Sequence, Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation, Analogy, Odd One Out | Data Interpretation, Time and Work, Speed, Distance and Time, Number Series, Approximation, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Average, Mixture and | Recent credit and monetary policies, Indian Economy, Overview of Indian Financial System Current Affairs, National and International Matters, Currency and Capital, Awards and Honors, | Reading Comprehension, Sentence Arrangement, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Sentence Improvement, Synonyms-Antonyms, Phrases, Elementary Grammar | हिंदी व्याकरण पर आधारित प्रश्न वाक्य सुधार त्रुटी चयन गद्यांश में रिक्त स्थानों की पूर्ति पाठ बोधन पर्यायवाची/विलोमार्थी अकार्थी शब्द |
Preliminary Exam
| S.No. | Subject | No. Of Questions | Marks | Time |
| 1. | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 2. | English Language/Hindi language | 30 | 30** | 20 minutes |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 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.
Mains Exam
Mains Exam (North/North Central/Central/Western)
| S.No. | Subject | Number of questions | Marks | Time |
| 1. | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| 2. | General/ Financial Awareness | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| 4. | English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| 5. | Hindi Language | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 150 minutes |
Mains Exam (Eastern/South Central/Southern)
| S.No. | Subject | Number of questions | Marks | Time |
| 1. | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 60 | 60 | 40 minutes |
| 2. | General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| 4. | English Language | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 150 minutes |