| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Minimum Qualifying Marks | Time allotted for each section | |
| SC/ST | Others | ||||
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 | 40 | 45 | 40 minutes |
| Current Affairs, General Knowledge | 30 | 60 | 27 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Data Interpretation & Analysis | 30 | 90 | 40 | 45 | 40 minutes |
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | 40 | 60 | 27 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 2 hours | ||
| English Language (Essay & Letter writing) | 2 | 25** | 9 | 10 | 30 minutes |
** English Language test will be qualifying in nature and the marks obtained in this section will not be counted for ranking.
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Minimum Qualifying Marks | Time allotted for each section | |
| SC/ST | Others | ||||
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 | 40 | 45 | 40 minutes |
| Current Affairs, General Knowledge | 30 | 60 | 27 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Professional knowledge | 30 | 90 | 40 | 45 | 40 minutes |
| Financial and Insurance Market Awareness | 40 | 60 | 27 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 2 hours | ||
| English Language (Essay & Letter writing) | 2 | 25** | 9 | 10 | 30 minutes |
** English Language test will be qualifying in nature and the marks obtained in this section will not be counted for ranking.
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Minimum Qualifying Marks | Time allotted for each section | |
| SC/ST | Others | ||||
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 | 40 | 45 | 40 minutes |
| Current Affairs, General Knowledge | 30 | 60 | 27 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Professional knowledge | 30 | 90 | 40 | 45 | 40 minutes |
| Financial and Insurance Market Awareness | 40 | 60 | 27 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 2 hours | ||
| Knowledge of 2 languages (Descriptive) | 2 | 25** | 9 | 10 | 30 minutes |
** Knowledge of Language test will be of qualifying in nature and the marks obtained here will not be counted for ranking.
Here we are providing all the important topics, section-wise that you must prepare for this exam.
Many of the students think this section to be undemanding and opine that this section can be mastered in a few days. Well, that is not the case. To score well in this section, you need to prepare this section for at least 3-4 months before the exam. Keep yourself updated with daily news. Make notes of important banking/Insurance and Current affairs. Following are some of the important topics that you must prepare in any condition:
Try to cover news and other facts from different topics given below –
(i) Banking & Financial Awareness –
(ii) Current Affairs –
Topic Wise Current Affairs Quiz
(iii) Static GK –
Check here some of the important links to:
Banking & Financial Awareness Videos
Current Affairs Articles Videos
DI has always been the most difficult section in all the banking exams. To prepare this section, daily practice 4-5 Data Interpretation sets and analyse your weak areas. Daily give at-least one sectional test such that you develop a habit of attempting the paper within a stipulated time.
Do practice topics which are given below –
Attempt daily Quant quizzes from the link provided below and enhance your exam preparation.
This section is the trickiest of all the sections. You should have good reasoning skills to score well in this section, and for this, you must solve at-least 4-5 puzzles of different types on a daily basis. Below are some of the important topics that you should prepare:
Daily practice Reasoning Ability quizzes from the link provided below and enhance your exam preparation
This section comprises of Letter writing and Essay writing, the total time allotted is 30 minutes. To score better in this section, know all the latest events which are in news i.e. new schemes launched by the government, news related to Banking or Financial Sector.
LETTER WRITING:
ESSAY WRITING:
To help you with your exam preparation, we have started a new exam oriented test series for the Main exam. We suggest you attempt free mock and check your exam preparation. The link is provided below:
Candidates should have a thorough idea of the LIC AAO Exam Pattern and LIC AAO Syllabus so that they can plan an effective study plan and strategise the learning process by covering the entire syllabus following the latest exam pattern.
According to the exam pattern and syllabus, design an effective time table which ensures time management and covers the entire syllabus judiciously. the time table should help you cover the topics in adequate amount fo time with minimum blockage and maximum conceptual clarity and understanding.
By practicing regular LIC AAO Mock Test series, you will be able to understand and discover all the areas of improvement and gaps. It will also help in effective reinforcement of the topics ensuring concrete revision of the entire syllabus.
You can efficiently revise the entire syllabus of LIC AAO by incorporating LIC AAO Mock test series which will help in time to time assessment of your performance.
You can search for the recent topics of discussion and write down the key points like the major content of the essay. You can formulate the entire content in bullet points and create the content. Practice 5-6 topics, in the same way, every day.
To practice logical reasoning effectively, you need to practice reasoning questions every day and put your knowledge to test by taking mock tests every now and then. Have clarity in the concepts and understand the topics thoroughly and practice different types of questions.
Planning a time table for LIC AAO exam is very beneficial so that you can cover the entire syllabus in an adequate amount of time. Using a time table you can cover all the topics of all the sections with utmost precision and will help you build your concepts concretely.
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