LIC Assistant Exam Pattern – Prelims & Mains Pattern

LIC Assistant Exam Pattern: Life insurance corporation recruits for the post of assistants from time to time. Candidates to aspire for this job must know about each and every detail regarding this exam. In this blog, we will provide you with information about LIC Assistant Exam Pattern. It will include both LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Patttern & LIC Assistant Mains Exam Pattern

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LIC Assistant Exam Pattern – Selection Process

Selection of LIC Assistant will be done through a two-tier examination process which is Prelims and Mains. Candidates who qualify both of these rounds are then called for Pre-recruitment Medical examination. This is the last stage which also marks your selection as LIC Assistant. Before getting into the details of LIC Assistant, let’s look at the LIC Assistant Exam Pattern:

Phase 1 – LIC Assistant Prelims Exam

Phase 2 – LIC Assistant Mains Exam

Phase 3 – Pre-Recruitment Medical Examination

LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern

S.N.	Sections	Number of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
2.	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
3.	English Language / Hindi Language	30	30	20 minutes
	Total	100		60 minutes

Points to note-

• The LIC Assistant preliminary examination will be conducted in online mode
• Total duration of  the examination is 1 hour or 60 minutes.
• It consists of 3 sections with a total of 100 questions and maximum score of 100 marks.
• There will be no negative marking in LIC Assistant prelims exam.
• As per LIC Assistant Exam Pattern, English/Hindi Language test will be of qualifying nature and marks in the Language section will not be counted for ranking.

LIC Assistant Mains Exam Pattern

The main examination will consist of objective tests for 200 marks. The objective test will be online. The objective test will have separate timing for every section. The Pattern for Mains Exam of LIC Assistant is two types:

North/North Central/Central/Western

S.No.	Sections	No. of Ques	Total Marks	Minimum Qualifying Marks		Duration
				SC/ST/PwBD	Others
1.	Reasoning Ability& Computer Aptitude	40	40	14	16	30 min
2.	General/ Financial Awareness	40	40	14	16	30 min
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	14	16	30 min
4.	English Language	40	40	14	16	30 min
5.	Hindi Language	40	40	14	16	30 min
	Total	200	200			2 h 30 min

 

Eastern/South Central/Southern

No.	Sections	No. of Ques	Total Marks	Minimum Qualifying Marks		Duration
				SC/ST/PwBD	Others
1.	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	60	60	22	24	40 min
2.	General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	18	16	35 min
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	18	20	40 min
4.	English Language	40	40	14	16	35 min
	Total	200	200			2 h 30 min

Points to note-

• As per LIC Assistant Exam Pattern, 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 taken into account with Mains for preparing the merit list and final selection will be based on the marks obtained by a candidate in Main Examination (Phase II) only.
• As per LIC Assistant Exam Pattern, There will be negative marks of ¼ marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests for the main examination

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Detailed LIC Assistant Syllabus

Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude	General/Financial Awareness	English/Hindi Language
Statement based Questions,	Data Interpretation	Recent credit and monetary policies	Reading Comprehension
Syllogism	Time and Work	Indian Economy	Sentence Arrangement
Seating Arrangement	Speed, Distance and Time	Overview of the Indian Financial System	Cloze Test
Coding-Decoding	Number Series	Current Affairs	Error Spotting
Alpha-Numeric Sequence	Approximation	National and International Matters	Sentence Improvement
Puzzles	Simple Interest and Compound Interest	Currency and Capital,	Synonyms-Antonyms
Seating Arrangement	Profit and Loss	Awards and Honors,	Phrases
Blood Relation	Average	General History	Elementary Grammar
Analogy	Mixture and Allegations	Geography
Odd One Out		Biology and Applied Science

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LIC Assistant Exam Pattern FAQs

Q. How many sections does the LIC Assistant prelims exam contain?

A. As per LIC Assistant Exam Pattern, The LIC Assistant prelims exam contains 3 sections- quantitative aptitude, reasoning and english/hindi section.

Q. Are the marks obtained in the English/Hindi Language test of prelims counted for ranking?

A. English/Hindi Language test will be of qualifying nature and marks in the Language section will not be counted for ranking.

Q.Is the negative marking applicable in the LIC Assistant prelims exam?

A. No, LIC Assistant Exam Pattern mentions that there is no negative marking applicable in the LIC Assistant prelims exam.