NICL AO Syllabus 2024 And Exam Pattern For 274 Generalist and Specialist

The National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) has released the admit card for the Tier II examination for the Scale I Administrative Officers (Generalists and Specialists). The main examination is scheduled for 06 July 2024. Candidates are competing for a total of 274 posts in various disciplines. NICL AO Syllabus 2024 will give you information about the topics one should prepare for the examination. Aspirants can refer to the given post for the detailed section-wise NICL AO Syllabus 2024 and Exam Pattern.

NICL AO Syllabus 2024 and Exam Pattern

The essential parameters to qualify for any competitive examination are Syllabus and Exam Pattern. NICL AO Syllabus 2024 provides the complete list of topics to prepare separately for Phase I, II, and Hindi Officers. Preparing along with the NICL AO Syllabus 2024 ensures that all the topics important from the examination perspective are covered. Through the Exam Pattern, candidates get an idea of the number of questions asked, marks distribution, and time duration for each of the phases.

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NICL AO Syllabus 2024: Overview

Candidates can check the table below to get the details on NICL AO Syllabus 2024. This NICL AO Syllabus 2024 Overview table will give the students all the important highlights related to the syllabus and recruitment.

NICL AO 2024 Selection Process

As notified in the NICL AO 2024 Notification PDF, the selection of candidates for 274 vacancies of Administrative Officers (Generalists and specialists) will be after qualifying the given stages of the recruitment process.

• Phase I: Preliminary Examination
• Phase II: Main Examination
• Interview

The given stages of the selection process have been made applicable to all candidates other than for Hindi Officers. Here, we have discussed in detail the NICL AO Selection Process 2024.

NICL AO Prelims Exam Pattern 2024

The preliminary examination for NICL AO 2024 will be objective comprising multiple choice type questions. The key points for NICL AO Phase I Exam Pattern 2024 with which a candidate must be familiar have been mentioned below.

• The NICL AO Prelims Exam 2024 will be for all disciplines except for Hindi Officers.
• The examination will be conducted online for a total of 100 marks.
• The knowledge of the aspirant will be tested in 3 sections.
• The time duration allotted for the exam will be 60 minutes(1 Hour) with separate timings for each of the sections.

NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024

The NICL AO Phase II Exam 2024 has been categorized into 2 parts: Objective Test and Descriptive Test. The salient features of NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024 are as follows:

• Both the objective as well as descriptive tests will be conducted online.
• The objective examination will be for 250 marks and that descriptive for 30 marks.
• After the completion of the objective examination, aspirants will have to appear for a descriptive test.

The NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024 for Generalists has been discussed in the below table.

Aspirants can refer to the below section for the NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2024 for Specialists.

NICL AO Descriptive Test

The descriptive test for NICL AO will be conducted through online medium and in English Language. Aspirants can check the NICL AO Descriptive Test Pattern below.

NICL AO Exam Pattern 2024 For Hindi Officers

The NICL AO Exam 2024 for the recruitment of Hindi Officers will be conducted in a single phase for a total of 3 Hours and 30 Minutes. The marks distribution for test of Hindi Language, descriptive paper is as follows: Essay – 20 Marks, Précis – 10, Comprehension – 10 marks & Letter Writing – 10 marks.

NICL AO Syllabus 2024 Detailed

The subjects covered under the NICL AO Syllabus 2024 are Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, General Awareness, Computer Aptitude, Specialist Subjects, and Hindi Language. The strategy to prepare for NICL AO Exam 2024 must be planned after being familiar with the syllabus for Phase I and Phase II. Aspirants need to bookmark the given section as we have discussed below the NICL AO Syllabus 2024 subject-wise distribution of topics for Generalists and Specialists officers.

NICL AO Syllabus 2024 for Reasoning Ability

The NICL AO Prelims Syllabus 2024 for Reasoning Ability has been discussed below.

• Puzzles: Box-based puzzle, Designation-based puzzle, Category based puzzle, Floor / Flat-floor based puzzle, Day / Month / Year based puzzle.
• Seating Arrangement: Circular Seating Arrangement (Uncertain), Square / Rectangle / Triangular seating Arrangement, Linear seating arrangement, Single row, Double row, Uncertain.
• Miscellaneous: Inequality (Direct and Indirect Statement), Distance and Direction (Normal), Coding-Decoding (General), Blood Relation (Normal), Syllogism (2/3 statement + 2 conclusion), Series, Alpha-numeric-symbol based, Alpha-numeric based, Word-based, Number based, Digit based series, Letter based series, Order – Ranking (Comparison), Word Pair / Number Pair, Word formation (Meaningful word), Odd one out, Word / Number based (Multiple operations).

The NICL AO Syllabus 2024 Reasoning Ability topics that an aspirant has to cover for the Mains Examination are as follows:

• Puzzles: Box-based puzzle, Designation-based puzzle, Category-based puzzle, Floor / Flat-floor based puzzle, Day / Slot / Month / Year based puzzle, Miscellaneous / Figure-based puzzle, Blood Relation Based Puzzle.
• Seating Arrangement: Circular Seating Arrangement (Inscribed), Square / Rectangle / Triangular seating Arrangement (Inscribed), Linear seating arrangement, Single row / Uncertain, Double row, Triple row, Blood Relation Based Seating Arrangement.
• Miscellaneous: Inequality (Coded), Distance and Direction (Normal), Coding-Decoding (Coded), Blood Relation (Coded), Input–Output (Arrangement / Shifting), Resultant Miscellaneous, Syllogism, Normal, Reverse, Series, Alpha-numeric-symbol based, Coded Series, Order – Ranking Mains (Comparison), Data – Sufficiency (2 / 3 statement), Word / Number Based.
• Logical Reasoning: Statement + Assumption, Statement + Inference, Statement + Conclusion, Statement + Argument, Course of Action, Cause and Effect.

NICL AO Syllabus 2024 for Quantitative Aptitude

The NICL AO Prelims Syllabus 2024 for Quantitative Aptitude has been mentioned below.

• Approximation: BODMAS, Square & Cube, Square & cube root, Indices, fraction, percentage, etc.
• Number Series: Missing Number series, Wrong number series, etc.
• Inequality: Linear equation, Quadratic equation, Quantity comparison (I and II), etc.
• Arithmetic: Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Number System, HCF and LCM, Average, Age, Partnership, Mixture and Alligation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Time and Work & wage, Pipe and Cistern, Profit and Loss and discount, Speed Time Distance, Boat And stream, Train, Mensuration 2D and 3D, Probability, Permutation and combination, etc.
•  Data Interpretation (DI): Table DI, Missing Table DI, Pie chart DI (single and multiple pie chart), Line chart DI (Single and multiple lines), Bar chart DI, Mixed DI, Caselet (Simple table-based caselet, Venn diagram based case let, Arithmetic based case), etc.
• Data Sufficiency (DS): Two Statement Data Sufficiency

For the ease of aspirants, we have listed down the quantitative aptitude topics for NICL AO Syllabus 2024 for the main examination.

• Number Series: Missing Number series, Wrong number series, Double Pattern number series, Statement and variable-based number series, etc.
• Inequality: Quadratic equation, Two or Three Quantity comparison, Statement based Quadratic equation, etc.
• Arithmetic: (Simple arithmetic questions, Variable based arithmetic questions, Filler based arithmetic questions, Multiple statements based arithmetic questions, and Multiple options-based arithmetics): Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Number System, HCF and LCM, Algebra-based arithmetic questions, Average, Age, Partnership, Mixture and Alligation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Time and Work & Wages, Pipe and Cistern, Profit and Loss & Discount, Speed Time Distance, Boat And stream, Train, Mensuration 2D and 3D, Probability and Permutation and combination, etc.
• Data Interpretation (DI): The following type of data interpretation can be asked in the exam.(i) Table Data Interpretation: Simple table DI, Missing Table DI, Variable-based table DI with including notes below, etc. (ii) Pie chart Data Interpretation: Percentage and Degree distribution-based pie chart DI, Missing pie chart DI including notes below and Variable based pie chart DI including notes below, etc.(iii) Line chart Data Interpretation: Single and Multiple line chart DI, Line chart DI with variable and including notes below, etc. (iv) Bar chart Data Interpretation: Single and Multiple bar chart DI, Bar chart DI with variable and including notes below, etc. (v) Mixed chart Data Interpretation: Including multiple charts and information (Pie + (Table, Line + Table, Bar +Table, Pie + Caselet) including notes below, etc. (vi) Caselet: Table based case let, Venn Diagram based case let, Arithmetic and Filler based case let including notes below, etc. (vii) Radar Data Interpretation: trigonal, Pentagonal, Hexagonal, etc. (viii) Arithmetic topic wise Data Interpretation: DI asked on Arithmetic topics i.e., Time and work, Profit and Loss, probability, Simple and compound interest, etc. on various charts.
• Data Sufficiency: Two Statement and Three statements of data Sufficiency.

NICL AO Syllabus 2024 for General Awareness

• National Current Affairs
• International Current Affairs
• State Current Affairs
• Sports News
• Central Government Schemes
• Agreements/MoU
• Books & Authors
• Summits & Conferences
• Defense News
• Science & Technology News
• Banking & Insurance News
• Static GK
• Ranks/Reports/Indexes
• Business & Economy Related News
• Important Days
• Obituaries
• Important Appointments
• Important Awards & Honours
• Union Budget 2023-24
• Current Static
• Apps & Portals
• Static Insurance
• Committees/Councils
• NICL In News
• International Loans
• Abbreviation

NICL AO Syllabus 2024 for English Language

NICL AO Prelims Syllabus 2024 for English Language consists of the following topics.

• Reading Comprehension
• Cloze Test
• Fill in the blanks
• Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
• Paragraph Complete / Sentence Correction
• Para jumbles
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Spelling Error + Word swap
• Idioms & Phrases
• Column Based
• Miscellaneous

Aspirants have to prepare the given topics in the English Language section for the NICL AO Mains Exam 2024.

• • Reading Comprehension
  • Cloze Test
  • Column Based+ Word Rearrangement
  • Fill in the blanks
  • Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
  • Paragraph Complete / Sentence Correction
  • Para jumbles
  • Starters & Connectors
  • Word usage + Phrases and Idioms
  • Sentence Rearrangement
  • Sentence Improvement
  • Miscellaneous 1
  • Miscellaneous 2