NIACL Administrative Officers (AO) Phase I Preliminary Exam 2018 was conducted today (January 30, 2019). There were 100 questions, which had to be answered in 60 minutes. There were three sections- English Language, Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude. All the sections except English Language were available bilingually, that is, both in English and in Hindi. Each question had 5 options. The score for each correct answer is 1 mark whereas there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer. This year there is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
The detailed break-up of the NIACL AO Phase I Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Time taken (in minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
Easy |
22-25 |
20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy |
28-32 |
20 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
Moderate |
20-24 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
75-84 |
60 |
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (Based on Insurance Market)- 1Q. Central Idea, 1 Q. Synonyms, 1 Q. Antonyms, 3 Qs. Word usage (One word and its use in three sentences were given in each question.) |
10 |
Moderate |
Spot the error (old pattern) |
5 |
Easy |
Fill in the blanks (Single FIB) |
5 |
Easy |
Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement - 4 sentences were given in each question. |
5 |
Easy |
Cloze Test (Old pattern) |
5 |
Easy |
The Reading Comprehension was based on Insurance Market. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement- 8 persons / facing in/out) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR(Square Seating Arrangement- 8 persons /facing the center) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement- Floor based - 9 persons/9 floors) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement- 9 box based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding- Set based |
5 |
Easy |
Mathematical Inequalities |
3 |
Easy |
Directions |
2 |
Easy |
Alphabet based arrangement- 10 letters word was given. |
1 |
Easy |
Alphabet based- Find the pair of letters between 2 letters. |
1 |
Easy |
Syllogism |
3 |
Easy |
There were four sets of five questions each from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Table based) |
5 |
Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based) |
5 |
Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Caselet based) |
5 |
Moderate |
Number Series (Odd one out series) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simplification/Approximation |
7 |
Easy-Moderate |
Probability |
1 |
Moderate |
Partnership |
1 |
Moderate |
Mensuration (Area based) |
1 |
Moderate |
Percentage |
1 |
Moderate |
Profit, Loss & Discount |
1 |
Moderate |
Time and work- Pipes and Cisterns |
1 |
Moderate |
Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
1 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based) |
1 |
Moderate |
There were three sets of five questions each from Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
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