LIC AAO Phase I (Pre) Examination 2019 Analysis : (May 05, 2019) Slot II

LIC Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) Phase I (Preliminary) Examination 2019 was conducted today (May 05, 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.

The detailed break-up of the LIC AAO Phase I (Preliminary) Exam 2019 is as follows:

Section

Total Questions

Maximum Marks

Level of difficulty

Good Attempts

Minimum Qualifying Marks

Time taken (in minutes)

Reasoning Ability

35

35

Easy-Moderate

27-31

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

52-58 (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 – 11 persons – all are facing the center)

5

Easy

AR(Data Arrangement – 9 people visit Mumbai in different months of a year based)

5

Easy-Moderate

AR (Seating Arrangement – Parallel rows Based)

5

Easy-Moderate

AR(Puzzle- 6 people are in different departments)

4

Easy-Moderate

Letter Arrangement to form a meaningful word and then find the third letter from left

1

Easy

Mathematical Inequalities

5

Easy

Direction – set based

3

Easy-Moderate

Blood Relation

3

Easy

Counting between letters(Dictionary based)

1

Easy

Syllogism

3

Easy

There were four sets from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Quantitative Aptitude:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level  of Difficulty

Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)

5

Easy-Moderate

Data Interpretation (Pie Chart + Table)

5

Easy-Moderate

Data Interpretation(Caselet)

5

Easy-Moderate

Simplification/Approximation

5

Easy-Moderate

Number Series

5

Moderate

Ages

1

Easy

Percentages

1

Easy

Time, Speed and Distance

1

Easy

Partnership

1

Moderate

Si and CI

1

Easy-Moderate

Miscellaneous

5

Moderate

There were three sets of five questions each from Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

English Language:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level  of Difficulty

Reading Comprehension (Based on Pocket money given to the adults by their parents )

10

Moderate

Spot the error (Grammar based)

5

Easy

Find out wrongly spelt or inappropriate words out of the bold words given in the statement

5

Easy

 Rearrangement of 5 different parts into a meaningful sentence

5

Easy-Moderate

Cloze Test

5

Easy-Moderate

The Reading Comprehension was based on Pocket money given to the adults by their parents. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. 

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