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UIIC Assistant Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2017 (Prelims & Mains)

By BYJU'S Exam Prep

Updated on: September 25th, 2023

UIIC (United India Insurance Company Limited) 2017 has recently released the notification for the post of assistant with 696 vacancies. To comprehend the level of exam, we’re going to share the UIIC Assistant syllabus & exam pattern with marks distribution. Let’s check the syllabus & pattern in details to understand the upcoming UIIC Assistant recruitment 2017

UIIC Assistant Exam Pattern 2017

UIIC Assistant 2017 Exam Consists of three stages

  • Prelims
  • Mains
  • Regional Language Test

UIIC Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern

The 2017 UIIC Preliminary Exam consists of total 100 marks with the total time duration of 1 hour. The Table below shows the number of questions will be asked in each subject along with the weightage.

S. No

Name of Test

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

Duration

1.

Test of English Language

30

30

Composite time of 60 minutes

2.

Test of Reasoning

35

35

3.

Test of Numerical Ability

35

35

 

Total

100

100

The preliminary phase has an overall as well as a sectional cut off for UIIC Assistant 2017 exam.

UIIC Assistant Mains Exam Pattern

S.No.

Name of Test

Type of test

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

Duration

1.

Test of Reasoning

Objective

40

50

120 minutes (2 hours)

2.

Test of English Language

Objective

40

50

3.

Test of General Awareness

Objective

40

50

4.

Computer Knowledge

Objective

40

50

5.

Test of Numerical Ability

Objective

40

50

 

Total (Aggregate)

 

 200

250

 

Points to Ponder:

1) The Test except for English will be available in both English & Hindi for Prelims as well as in Mains.

2) Candidates have to qualify separately in each subject as per the marks decided by the organisation.

3) Candidates those who qualify the online mains examination will further have to undergo a regional language test.

4) The Regional Language Test will be of qualifying in nature, no marks will be added.

5) The Final Selection of the candidate will be made on the basis of Online Mains Examination & Qualify the regional language test.

6) Also, there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer applicable to both prelims & mains.

UIIC Assistant Syllabus 2017

Below is the detailed topic wise syllabus of each section carrying the weightage, approach & level of difficulty of that section.

UIIC Assistant Numerical Ability Syllabus

Topics

Weightage

Approach + Level of Difficulty

Simplification/Approximation

5

Type: BODMAS Rule, Approximation, Decimals, Fractions, Surds & Indices, Percentages etc.

Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.

Number Series

5

Type: Complete the Series, Find the Missing Term, Find the Wrong Term etc.

Scoring, Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming

Quadratic Equations

0-5

Type: Comparing values of x and y when two equations were given.

Scoring, Easy if Proper Steps Followed, Less Time-Consuming.

Data Interpretation

10-15

Type: Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, Pie Charts, Tables, Miscellaneous Infographics, Missing Data Type Caselets.

Easy to Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible

Arithmetic (Miscellaneous)

10

Type: Average, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Time Speed Distance, Boat & Stream, Profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Problems on Age, Probability, Permutation & Combination, etc.

Time taking & involve calculations

Data Sufficiency

0-5

Type: DS questions based on Number System, Averages, Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Time Speed & Distance, Time & Work, Problems on Age, Mensuration, Mixtures & Alligations.

Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming, Tricky

Mathematical Inequality

0-5

Relationship between quantity 1& 2 are supposed to be found out.

UIIC Assistant Reasoning Syllabus

Topic

Weightage

Approach + Level of Difficulty

Circular Seating Arrangement

5

Type: Uni- & Bi-directional problems on circular, square, rectangular, hexagonal tables. May be combined with other information to make it a Blood Relations or Double Line up type problem as well.

Moderate to Difficult, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.

Linear Sitting Arrangement

5

Type: Single or Double rows facing each other/ away from each other/ in the same direction. May be combined with other information to make it a Blood Relations or Double Lineup type problem as well.

Moderate to Difficult, could be tricky, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.

Syllogisms

0-5

Type: Direct questions with 2-3 statements & 2-3 conclusions, possibility based questions, negative information based questions.

Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Coding & Decoding

5

Type: Coding by Letter Shifting, Coding by Analogy, Coding in Fictitious Language, Coding Letters of a Word.

Moderate in Difficulty, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Inequalities

0-5

Type: Coded relations between letters to be decoded and solved.

Scoring, Easy if Steps Followed properly, Moderately time consuming, High Accuracy possible.

Puzzle

5-10

Type: Floor Based Puzzles, Arranging by age, height, weight, rank, order in row etc.

Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, High Accuracy possible.

Input – Output

0-5

Type: questions are based on logics.

Moderate in Difficulty, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Miscellaneous

5-10

Type: questions based on blood relation, distance & direction, ordering & ranking, Alphanumeric series

Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming.

Verbal Reasoning

10-12

Type: It Includes questions based on Statement & Conclusion, Statement & course of action, Statement & Arguments, cause & effect, Arguments & Assumption, Assertion Reason & Decision Making.

Easy if Steps Followed properly, Moderately time-consuming.

UIIC Assistant English Language Syllabus

Topic

Weightage

Approach + Level of Difficulty

Reading Comprehension

10-15

Type: The passage can be asked on any topic which is mostly fact related with antonyms & synonyms.

Moderate to Difficult, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Cloze Test

5-10

Type: In this one has to identify the correct word which is removed from a passage in order to measure one’s ability to comprehend text.

Moderate to Difficult, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Error Spotting

5-10

Type: questions are based usually on grammatical errors.

Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Para Jumbles

0-5

 Type: A paragraph is broken into sentences which are not in order.

Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Para Completion

0-5

Type: the Last line from a paragraph is omitted which is needed to be completed.

Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Sentence Connector

0-5

Type: a phrase from a paragraph is missing which is needed to be completed.

Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Double Fillers

5

Type: Questions are mix of vocab & grammar.

Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.

Sentence Correction

5-10

Type: Mix of grammar & vocab questions with a different part of speech.

Easy to moderate difficulty level.

Idiom-Phrase/ Odd one out

0-5

Type: The meaning of the phrase or idiom can be asked in a sentence. The meaning can also be asked directly.

Easy to moderate difficulty level.

UIIC Assistant General Awareness Syllabus

Topic

Sub – topic

Weightage

Banking Insurance & Financial

Type: questions are based on Insurance & Financial Terminology, Current & Static Banking Affairs and Economic Awareness.

Moderate to Difficult, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Easy Accuracy possible.

10-15

Current Affairs

Type: Questions are usually based on any current events happening around us.

Easy to Moderate, Moderately time Consuming, Easily Accuracy Possible.

10-17

Static GK

Type: questions based on capital & currency, important dates, arts & cultures etc.

Easy to Moderate, Moderately time Consuming, Easily Accuracy Possible.

8-10

UIIC Assistant Computer Syllabus

Topics

Sub – topic

Weightage

Computer Hardware

Type: questions are based on computer hardware.

Easy to Moderate, Moderate Time Consuming, Easy Accuracy possible.

4-5

Computer Knowledge

Type: questions will be related to Basic knowledge of computers, USB Drive, Programs of accounting, memory & storage unit.

5-6

Networking

Networking Concepts & tools

7-8

DBMS

Data Based Management System

6-7

MS Office

MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point

10

Internet

E-mail, Internet Knowledge, File Transfer, Website Searching, Browsing and Downloading

5-6

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