NICL 362 Administrative Officer(AO) recruitment exam Syllabus, Sample/Previous year questions of Reasoning, English Language, General Awareness Numerical Ability, Computer Literacy, English, Technical & Professional Knowledge

National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) 362 Administrative Officer recruitment Overall exam details, exam books, previous year papers

NICL Recruitment Exam details 2015
National Insurance Company Limited has published the recruitment details for the 362 Administrative Officer(AO). Candidates who are planning to appear in the examination & want to prepare for the examination than you are at the write place. Candidates willing to know & prepare can read & solve the problems, we will be providing section wise questions. Now onward up till the the exam date this page will be updated with new questions, stuffs, previous year papers. So you all are requested to keep visiting.

Since the examination will be conducted at 41 centers across India so you can aspect some level of competition in the examination more over you can see its look like its an speed based test i.e more number of questions in less number of time. Thousands of candidates will be appearing in the examination & to compete in such examination you have to really work hard. Start preparing now. Its not too late if you are willing to get job in one of the top Insurance Company in India.

NICL AO Result 2015
National Insurance Company Limited is soon going to declare the result of  1434 Administrative Officer post recruitment drive. Candidates are requested to be patient & keep visiting the site for more updates.
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Overall Exam details
Duration of Objective Test: 180 minutes[3 hours]
Maximum Marks: 150
Exam Type: Speed based 180/150 = 1.2 minutes / question

For Generalist
Sr. No.Name of TestType of TestMax MarksMedium of ExamDuration
01.Test of ReasoningObjective25Eng./Hindi180
minutes
02.Test of English LanguageObjective25Eng.
03.Test of General AwarenessObjective25Eng./Hindi
04Test of Numerical Ability &
Computer Literacy
Objective25Eng./Hindi
05.Test in English language comprising of:
Essay, Precis & Comprehension
Descriptive50Eng. 

Total150

For Specialist
Sr. No.Name of TestType of TestMax MarksMedium of ExamDuration
01.Test of ReasoningObjective20Eng./Hindi180 minutes
02.Test of English LanguageObjective20Eng./Hindi
03.Test of General AwarenessObjective20Eng./Hindi
04Test of Numerical Ability &
Computer Literacy
Objective20Eng./Hindi
05.In Specialist stream, an additional test to assess
technical& professional knowledge in the relevant discipline[Only for Specialist]
Objective20Eng./Hindi
06.Test in English language comprising of:
Essay, Precis & Comprehension
Descriptive50Eng./Hindi

Total
150
Friends look you have 3 hours in your hand to crack he examination, you all might me knowing what will be a n ideal way to attempt the paper, weather go question by question or take it randomly & try to attempt more no. of questions etc.

See in such papers when you have around 1 minute per question they are generally tricky  or you can say they actually take 1 or 1.5 minutes to solve but candidate give more than 3 min. to some question which takes you down. Even though after spending 3 minutes you might get right answer but its not worth it.
What we want to say is that give max of 2 minute to each question if its not getting solved don't get emotionally attached to the question it will ruin your exam. Further we don't want you all to attempt all the question because their is negative marking too i.e 1/4th of the total marks assigned to each questions.
Just guessing & ticking the answer will take you no where.

So here are few instructions about how to attempt or you can say tricks to attempt the paper.
1. See all these 5 / 6(for Specialist) sections won't require equal time so try to attempt those sections in which you find yourself strong or which takes less time.
2. According to us
Sections taking more time are: Numerical Ability, Reasoning & English Language
Sections taking less time are: General Awareness, Computer Literacy
3. We suggest you to go first for sections which take less time so that you have ample amount of time for time consuming sessions i.e Numerical Ability & Reasoning
4. All the questions except English section will be available in bilingual i.e. English & Hindi so don't think that hindi medium candidates or candidates who studied in Hindi can't perform.

Section wise Syllabus, Sample Questions
Note: There are some good books to prepare for Insurance Exam. They contain previous year papers from 2002 to 2014. Purchase these books, it takes 2 to 3 business & it will be delivered at you place

These books are Useful exam likes 
Life Insurance Corporation of India
New India Assurance Co. ltd.
United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
National Insurance Co. Ltd.
Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. & Other Insurance Companies AAO, AO,ADO & Others

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Part I : Test of Reasoning
This will test your mental ability its quite easy but time consuming just you need to understand what is being asked, so we recommend you to at temp this section at last.
for eg
Ques: If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded?
a) EQDFYG, B) ESDFYF, C)GQFDYF, D) EQDDYN
Ans: here you need to find relation between SZO & TAP
Like here T is followed by S T->S, P->O
then in FREEZE, F->E, R->Q, E->D, Z->Y
so answer is EQDDYN

Ques: If the code, FORGE is written as FPTJI. How is CULPRIT written in the code?
a) CSJNPGR, B) CUMQSTU, C)CVNSVNZ, D) CQOSULM
Apart from this their might be questions on
1) Decision Making
Direction Sense
Ques: Gopal starts from his house towards West- After walking a distance of 30 meters, he turned towards nght and walked 20 meters. He then tumed left and moving a distance of 10 meters, tumed to his left again and walked 40 meters. He now turns to the left and walks 5 meters. Finally, he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking
now?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) south-west
Answer: a

Ques: A man is facing south. He turns 135° in the anticlockwise direction and then 180° in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
(d) South-west
(a) North-east
(b) North-west
(c) South-east
Answer: d

Ques: A man is facing north-west. He turns 90° in the clockwise direction and then 135° in the anticlockwise direction in which direction is he facing now?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) North
(d) South
Answer: b

Ques:Kishenkant walks 10 kilometers towards South. From there, he walks 6 kilometers towards North. Then, he walks 3 kilometers towards his left. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?
(a) 5 kilometers South-west
(b) 5 kilometers North-east
(c) 7 kilometers East
(d) 7 kilometers West
Answer: a

Ques: A man leaves for his office from his house. He walks towards East. After moving a distance of 20 m, he turns towards South and walks 10m. Then he walks 35 m towards the West and further 5 m towards the North. He then turns towards East and walks 15 m. What is the straight distance in meters between his initial and final positions?
(a) 0
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) Cannot be determined
Answer: b

Ques: I am facing east; I turn 100° in the clockwise direction and then 145° in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now?
(a) East
(b) North-east
(c) North
(d) South-west
Answer: b


2) Data Structure
Like you will be given an
I/P: 18, 12, 27, 11, 14, 25
Step-I: 27, 18, 12, 11, 14, 25
Step-II: 27, 25, 18, 12, 11, 14
Step III: 27, 25, 18, 14, 12, 11
Step IV: ?
You have to analyse the pattern & have to tell the step 4

3) Series
like 5, 7, 10, 15, 22, __
(1) 30(2) 38 (3) 33 (4) 42 (5) 50
Ans is 33
33 as you can see the diff. b/w 2 successive no. is  2, 3, 5, 7 & so on...

Series: 6, 15, 33, 39 , ___
a) 137, b) 141, c) 143, d) 147

Series: 2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ___
a) 47, b) 87, c) 75, d) 85

4) Puzzles
Ques: A & B are brothers. C & D are sisters. A's son is D's brother. How is B related to C?
a) Father, b) Brother, c) Grandfather, d) Uncle

Solution: Clearly B is the brother is a, A's son is D's brother. This means D is the daughter of A. Since C & D are sisters, C is also the daughter of A. So B is the uncle of C. Hence the answer is (d)

Statement: A is the son of B, B's sister has a son D and a daughter of E, F is the maternal uncle of D. 
Based on the above statement answer the questions
1) How is A related to D?
a) Cousin, b) Nephew, c) Uncle, d) Brother

2) How is E related to F?
a) Sister, b) Daughter, c) Niece, d) Wife

3)How many nephews does F have?
a) Nil b) One c) Two d) Three e) Four

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5) Arrangement
Ques: A, P, R, X, S and Z are sitting in a row. S and Z are in the center  A and P are at the ends. R is sitting to the left of A. Who is to the right of P ?
(1) A(2) S (3) X  (4) Z (5) P
Ans is: right of P is X
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Ques: P, Q, R, S, T are sitting in a circle facing the center. R is immediate between S & T.
1) Who is the immediate left to R ?
(1) P(2) Q (3) T  (4) S

Ques: To find the answer of the above question, which of the following statements can be dispensed with?
(1) None (2) B only  (3) C only  (4) B & C only

Part-II: Test of English Language
Here your basic English grammar skills will be tested, candidates having reading skills or who have read/found of reading novels will have a plus point in this section
Knowledge of: Verbs: past, present, future tense, nouns, participial, adjectives & all other basics

Ques: He quickly glanced .............................. the book to find what it said about the Indian economy.
(1) at (2) through (3) in (4) to (5) over
The correct answer is “through” which is answer No. 2.

Ques:  The counsel urged the court to ........................... down the obnoxious law.
(1) enact (2) enforce (3) cancel (4) strike (5) declare

Ques: The local official ........................... the Minister of the situation.
(1) explained (2) warned (3) apprised (4) told (5) intimated
Ans is 5

Our Cricket team ___ 11 players
a) has b) have c) none of these
Ans is have

Ques: My mother is reading ___ newspaper
a) a today's b) this today's c) the today's d) today's
Ans is today's

Ques: I don't have ____ furniture ?
a) many b) much c) none of these
Ans is much

Ques: We ran as ___ as we could.
a) the most quickly
b) more quickly
c) most quickly
d) quickly
Ans is d) quickly

Part-III: Test of General Awareness
For this you have to go for current affairs & happening in past 1 or 2 years including
Banking sector like details of ICICI, Axis, SBI, HDFC & other pubic & private banks
Insurance sector like details & past history of National, Oriental, New India & United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
Financial Sector: This include details of BSE, NSE including Gold, Silver rates fluctuation, latest IPO etc
Current Affairs: For this people reading news paper daily will be at the plus point, current affairs like IPL spot fixing, Kingfisher airlines & lots of current topics which are buzzing around India
Few sample Questions are:-

Ques: Headquarter of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) is in
A.Delhi , B.Mumbai, C.Chennai, D Kolkata
Ans is D Kolkata

Ques: National Insurance Co. Ltd Includes which types of Insurance
Ans: Personal Insurance, Rural Insurance, Industrial Insurance, Commercial Insurance

Ques: Oriental Insurance has its head office at
A.New Delhi , B.Mumbai, C.Chennai, D Kolkata
Ans is A.New Delhi

Ques: The New India Assurance Co. Ltd was founded in which year?
A.1947 , B.1919, C.1945, D 1927
Ans is 1919 in Mumbai, India with headquarter in Mumbai 

Ques: World cancer day was observed on
Ans: 4 February 2013

Ques: The sitar legend was honored with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award ON 9
Ans: Pandit Ravi Shankar

Ques: The short range surface-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February 2013 -
Ans: Hatf IX (NASR)

Ques: Development expenditure of the Central government does not include
A defence expenditure
B.expenditure on economic services
C.expenditure on social and community services
D.grant to states
Ans: defense expenditure

Ques: In the second nationalization of commercial banks, ___ banks were nationalized
A.4, B.5, C.6, D.8
Ans: C

Ques: The Life Insurance Corporation of India came into being in the year ______
(1) 1973 (2) 1969 (3) 1966 (4) 1956 (5) None of these
Ans: The right answer to the above question is 1956 i.e. ‘4’

Ques: Which of the following authorities issues licences to LIC agents in India ?
(1) IRDA (2) RBI (3) LIC (4) SEBI (5) None of these

Part-IV: Test of Numerical Ability & Computer Literacy
Here it will be pure mathematics, candidates having strong basic maths can make it easily
It will contain
Topics to be covered
  1. Profit loss: CP, SP, Loss%, Profit %
  2. Numbers
  3. Surds & indices
  4. Percentage
  5. Set theory
  6. Ratio & Proportion
  7. Probability
  8. Progressions: AP, GP
  9. Linear, Quadratic Equations
  10. Functions
  11. Simple & Compound Interest etc..
These chapters you might have done in your 8th, 9th & 10th. So if your maths is strong you will find yourself quite comfortable in this section

Sample Questions
Ques: Successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 20% are equal to a single discount of __
(a). 57.6% (b). 42.4% (c) 50% (d) 43.4 (e) none
Ans is 42.4%

Ques: The average of 13 papers is 40. The average of the first 7 papers is 42 and of the last seven papers is 35. Find the marks obtained in the 7th paper?
(a) 23 (b) 38 (c)19 (d) 33 (e) None of these
Ans is 19

Ques: 15% of 300 =
(a)20 (b) 45 (c) 40 (d) 35
Ans is 45
In such questions just break the percentage, like it is easy to find 10% of something
So 15% = 10% + 5%
So 10% is 30 & 5% is 15 So total is 45%

Computer part >>>
Here your basic Computer knowledge will be tested like what is Software, hardware, use of Ram, Graphic card, Modem, Hard disk, Functions of CPU, Motherboard, SMP & similar questions
1 kb = 1024 bytes not 1000 bytes & similar questions
Names of Operating Systems, Linux, XP, Windows 7 their functions, Just all basic concepts wil work in this section

Ques: Every component of your computer is either ____

(1) software or CPU / RAM (2) hardware or software
(3) application software or system software (4) an input device or output device
(5) None of these
Ans is 2

Ques: Which of these is a SOFTWARE?
A) Antivirus B) Keyboard C) Hard disk D) pen drive
Ans is A) Antivirus

Ques: Data becomes ____ when it is presented in a format that people can understand and use.
(1) Processed
(2) Graphs
(3) Information
(4) Presentation
Ans is (3) Information, data is raw information & when it is processed it becomes information.

Ques: For Local are which of these networks is used?
A) MAN
B) WAN
C) LAN
D) None of these?
Ans is: C) LAN
LAN is local area network which is used for small area, generally a office/building. Man has wider range than LAN, MAN stands for metropolitan area network which comprises a city/town & WAN is wide area network which may includes whole country

Data going into the computer is called?
1) Output
2) Algorithm
3) Input
4) Function
Ans is Input, for example Pen drive is an input device as which provides data to the computer & monitor, Printer all are output device

Ques: The function of CPU is –––
(1) to provide external storage of text
(2) to create a hard copy
(3) to create a new software
(4) to read, interpret and process the information and instruction
(5) none of these
Ans is 4

Ques: Pick the odd man out.
(1) Monitor (2) Keyboard (3) Floppy drive (4) Windows (5) Hard-disk drive

Ques: The full form of LAN is –––
(1) Local Access Network (2) Local Area Network (3) Long Area Node
(4) Local Area Node (5) None of these
Ans is 2

Ques: WWW in the domain name stands for ? 
1) World Word Web
2) World Wide Web
3) World White Web
4) World Work Web
Ans is 2) World Wide Web

Ques: HTTP in the domain name stands for ?
1) Hypertext Transmission Provider
2) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
3) Hypertext Transmission Protocol
4) Hypertext Transfer Provider
Ans is Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP)

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Part V: Test of technical & professional knowledge
Details will be available soon....
 Part VI: Test in English language[Descriptive] 
This part will basically test your writing skills i.e sentence formation. They make you a topic on which you have to write in 1000 or 2000 words, this will let them know how good you are in word & sentence formation.

In most of the companies now a days English in mandatory so its important that you take this part very seriously. Good English will help you to communicate all over the world. Now to question is how to prepare for this ?
So you take a topic by yourself for example "India after Independence", "Era of Sachin Tendulkar" etc
More topics: India 20 20, Indian Economy, What Young Indian Need, Tourism on India, Indian Heritage,  Increasing Crime in India

Other thing you can you need to do is take a big paragraph from a news paper & now write the summery on this para in 2 or 3 lines. This is also an important thing as this will let them know whether you have an ability to summarize something in short.

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Important dates
Publication of Advertisement in Emp. News 14th July 2013
On line Registration commences from 16th July 2013
Last Date for Registration of Online Applications 3rd August 2013
Payment of Application fees 17th July 2013 to 7th August 2013 (both date inclusive)
Dates of Written Examination 8th September 2013 
Download of the call letter for examination Within 7 days prior to the date of examination


9 comments:

  1. plz let us know the pattern for technical and proffesional knowledge for subjectives i.e for IT (Information technology)

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  2. can u please provide some more essay topics in english descriptive part

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    1. nope based on your stream you will get a seperate paper

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    2. Do Life Insurance should be made compulsary in India

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  3. Does all the streams under engineering have same technical paper?? plz reply

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    Thanks.

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