LIC Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) Phase I (Preliminary) Examination 2019 was conducted today (May 04, 2019). There were 100 questions, which had to be answered in 60 minutes. There were three sections – Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. All the sections except English Language were available bilingually, that is, both in English and in Hindi. Each question had 5 options. This year there is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
Section |
Total Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Minimum Qualifying Marks |
Time taken (in minutes) |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
28-31 |
SC/ST -16; Others - 18 |
20 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
35 |
Moderate |
18-22 |
SC/ST -16; Others - 18 |
20 |
English Language |
30 |
30* |
Easy-Moderate |
14-15* |
SC/ST -09; Others - 10 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
70 |
Easy-Moderate |
52-57 (Reasoning + QA) |
|
60 |
* English Language test is of qualifying nature and the marks in English Language will not be counted for ranking.
Reasoning Ability:
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 9 persons – all are facing the center) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR(Data Arrangement – 6 Teachers / 3 Months/2 Dates based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 10 Persons – All are facing north) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – Sequence based - 7 Persons/7 Items based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding |
1 |
Easy |
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy |
Direction – set based |
3 |
Moderate |
Numeric Series |
1 |
Easy |
Syllogism |
5 |
Easy |
There were four sets of five questions each from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Pie Chart + Table) |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simplification/Approximation |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Number Series (Odd One Out) |
5 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems) |
14 |
Moderate |
There were two sets of five questions each from Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (Based on Artificial Intelligence in Insurance Sector) – 2Qs. were based on Synonyms/Antonyms. |
7 |
Moderate |
Spot the error (Grammar based) |
5 |
Easy |
Spot the error (4 Statements based) |
5 |
Easy |
Para jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Cloze Test |
5 |
Easy |
Word usage |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
The Reading Comprehension was based on Artificial Intelligence in Insurance Sector. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the Best!
Team CL