How To Prepare For LIC Assistant Mains 2019

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LIC has released the notification for LIC Assistant Exam 2019. The prelims stage of LIC Assistant has already been held on 30th and 31st October 2019. Candidates must have performed well in the LIC Assistant Prelims exam as the question paper was of moderate level. To analyze their performance, aspirants can check LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2019. If you have attempted the prelims exam with little accuracy, you must start preparing for the mains stage of LIC Assistant 2019. LIC Assistant Mains exam demands a different approach as the mains pattern and challenges are very different than the LIC Assistant Prelims Exam. The LIC Assistant mains exam is to be conducted in November end or December.

What comes in the mind of aspirants is that how they will make it through the LIC Assistant Mains exam 2019. The LIC Assistant Mains Exam 2019 consist of 5 sections: Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability/ Computer Aptitude, General/ Financial Awareness, English and Hindi Language that carries a total of 200 marks. We will first take you to the exam pattern to get you insight about the examination.

LIC Assistant Mains Exam Pattern 2019:

The pattern for LIC Assistant Mains Exam is as follows:

S.No.	Sections	Number of questions	Marks	Time
1	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	40	40	30
2	General/ Financial Awareness	40	40	30
3	Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	30
4	English Language	40	40	30
5	Hindi Language	40	40	30
	Total	200	200	150 Minutes

LIC Assistant Mains Preparation Strategy 2019

The mains exam have sectional cut-off and timings, so an aspirant needs to give importance to each section that can only make him/her to sail through the exam.

Section-Wise Strategy for LIC Assistant Mains 2019

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude: This section can carries a total of 40 question of 40 marks. Reasoning demands practice. It is best if you use short tricks and try to solve as many mock as possible. The Computer Aptitude is a very easy area as it only demands basic knowledge of computer

Important Topics of Reasoning:

Analogies
Similarities and differences,
Spatial arrangement
Decision making,
Relationship
Verbal and figure classification,
Coding and decoding,
Syllogistic reasoning.

Important Topics of Computer Aptitude:

Basic of Computers,
Computer Organization,
Input & Output Device,
Shortcuts Keys
Basic knowledge MS word, MS Excel, MS power point,
Memory Orientation,
Internet,
LAN,
WAN,
Computer Abbreviations

General/ Financial Awareness: Most of the banking and insurance examination demands financial and banking awareness knowledge and so their mains exam do have General/ Financial Awareness section. In LIC Assistant Mains exam, the General/ Financial Awareness carries a total of 40 question each carrying 1 marks. The level of question is almost moderate. Candidate need to read a newspaper daily. Also, it is recommended to read a monthly General Awareness Magazine.

Topics to be covered for General/ Financial Awareness:

National Current Affairs
International Current Affairs
Person in News/ Awards
Economy Current Affairs
Important organizations : SEBI, RBI
Schemes launched by governments related to banking and finance
Organizations:RBI; NABARD; Planning Commission; 5 year plans; Finance Commission; World Bank
Economic/ Financial terms & concepts: GDP; GNP; PPP; HDI; Inflation; WPI; CPI; IIP; SLR; CRR; Repo rate; Reverse Repo; Bank rate; Mutual Funds, Open Market Operations; Money supply
Different kind of accounts and corresponding interest rates
NPA and SARFAESI
Acts, Committees & legislation: Budget, Railway Budget; Companies Bill 2013
Banking services: Assets, liabilities and working capital of a bank; NEFT; RTGS; Banking Correspondence agents;
BASEL norms
Types of Markets, Money and banking instruments
Banking Abbreviations, terms and concepts.
Headquarters of Banks

Quantitative Aptitude: The quants section carries a total of 40 question each carrying 1 marks. It has generally the same syllabus as the other banking examination. Practice can make a big difference in your selection process. If you are confident enough to clear prelims, you must have gone the quant section and so must need a polishing touch.

Topics to be covered for Quantitative Aptitude:

Data Interpretation: around 10 questions
Series: 3-5 Questions
Data Sufficiency: 3 Questions
Quadratic Equation: 2-4 questions.
Miscellaneous: 5-8 Question (Ratio, Percentage, Mensuration, Algebra

English and Hindi: Both these section demands the knowledge of grammar. Although a little practice can help you in clearing the cut-off. This section are the most error-prone, so try to attempt questions that you know. Every small mistakes count. The important area to focus are: error spotting, sentence formation, reading comprehension, etc.