LIC HFL Assistant Exam 2018: Major Points
Pattern and Level of Overall Exam
- Overall, the level of LIC HFL Assistant Exam was Easy to moderate.
- General Awareness Section was slightly tricky for candidates.
- English Language section was of the Easy level.
- The level of Numerical Ability section was easy. Questions from arithmetic topics were slightly time-taking and tricky.
- Logical Reasoning section falls into Moderate category.
- No new pattern questions were introduced in the exam.
- There was no such change in the pattern of the exam this year.
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Now let's go through section-wise analysis for LIC HFL Assistant Exam 2018 -
Logical Reasoning Section Review: LIC HFL Assistant Exam
1. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement
- 4 sets of Puzzles & seating arrangement were asked.
- One linear seating arrangement with persons facing North and South direction were asked.
- One floor based puzzle was asked.
- 5 Questions from a set of Circular seating arrangement were asked.
- A set of Month Based Puzzle with 5 questions was asked.
2. Syllogism
- 5 questions were asked.
- Questions from this topic were direct.
- 3-4 questions were easily doable.
3. Inequality
- 4 Questions were asked.
- Questions asked were direct and almost all of them were easily doable.
4. Coding - Decoding
- 5 questions were asked.
- Sentence based coding questions were asked. If practised well, one could easily attempt all the questions of this topic.
5. Number series -
- 5 questions were asked.
- A set of number series questions were given. Students were required to answer the questions as per the instructions.
6. Alphabet Series
- 5 questions were there.
- Questions were easily doable.
7. Miscellaneous Questions
- This included questions from blood relation and direction sense questions.
- 4 questions from Direction sense and 2 ques from Blood relation topics were asked.
Numerical Ability Section Analysis: LIC HFL Assistant 2018
1. Simplification/ Approximation
- 10 Questions from this topic were asked.
- Questions involved a simple application of BODMAS rules and approximate calculations. One could easily attempt 7-8 questions from this topic.
2. Number Series
- 5 questions from Missing number series were asked.
- Questions were based on the combination of arithmetic operations, prime number addition based, double step operation based etc. 3-4 questions were doable from this topic.
3. Data Interpretation
- 2 sets of DI were asked.
- One DI was based on Tabular Graph.
- Second DI set was based on Bar Graph.
- Some of the questions were calculative and hence time-consuming. 4
4. Data Sufficiency
- 5 questions were asked from this topic.
- Questions from different topics of Numerical Ability were asked.
5. Miscellaneous Questions
- 15 questions were asked from Arithmetic topics.
- The level of these questions was moderate.
- Questions were asked from Mixture & Alligation, Age based problems. Partnership, Time & Work, Simple & Compound Interest, Profit & Loss, Percentage, Train based problems etc.
3. English Language Section Analysis
1. Reading Comprehension
- 1 set of story-based passage was asked.
- This set had 8 questions.
2. Cloze Test
- 8 questions were there from a single set of Cloze test.
- The level was easy.
3. Error Detection:
- Old pattern easy level questions were asked.
- 5 questions were asked.
4. Fillers
- 5 questions were asked,
- The level of the questions was easy.
5. Spelling Error
- 5 questions were asked.
- Students were required to spot the word which has incorrect spelling.
6. Parajumble
- In this sentence were given, which were required to be arranged as per the instructions
- 5 questions were asked.
7. Sentence Correction
- 7-8 questions were from this topic.
- Students had to identify the error in the parts of the sentences.
4. General Awareness Section Review
- Questions from Current Affairs
- 5-6 questions from Insurance awareness
- 4-5 questions from Banking Awareness.
- Some questions from static GK were asked.
- Current affairs questions were asked from a month of February, March, April etc.
- Some questions are as follows -
- Who is president of Australia?
- Which is chairman of SEBI?
- Indian Army day is celebrated on which date?
- What does 'TPA' stands for?
- Who is CM of Himachal Pradesh?
LIC HFL Assistant 2018: Safe Attempts
Section Name | Good Attempts |
Numerical Ability | 25-28 |
Logical Reasoning | 31-38 |
English Language | 30-35 |
General Awareness | 25-32 |
Overall | 150+ |
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