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LIC is one of the biggest state owned insurance group and investment company in India. This group was established in 1956. It provides many services to its customer like insurance plans, pension plans, unit-linked plans, special plans and group schemes. Every year LIC professes notification regarding LIC ADO Recruitment 2020 to invite applicants who aspires to be a part of Life Insurance Corporation and want to pursue it as a career option. LIC has releases with new notification for many vacancies like Assistant Administrative Officers, Apprentice Development Officer, Associates posts, LIC Insurance Advisor, Urban Career Agents, CCA, LIC Agents etc. LIC ADO Vacancy 2020 is providing a fair chance to those who really wish to make a career in this organization.
Important Highlights of LIC ADO Exam
| Exam Name | Life Insurance Corporation of India Apprentice Development Officer (LIC ADO) |
| Conducting Body | Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) |
| Exam Level | National |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Exam Duration | Prelims -1 hour
Mains – 2 hours |
| Language | English, Hindi |
| Exam Fees | General and OBC- Rs 600
SC/ST- Rs 50 |
| Exam Purpose | To recruit Apprentice Development Officer (Ado) |
| Exam Website | www.licindia.in |
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The LIC ADO recruitment is classified into three streams:
- Agents Category
- Employees Category
- Open Market Category
LIC ADO 2020 Important Dates
The tentative dates related to LIC ADO 2020 are given in the table below:
| Events | Tentative Dates |
| Commencement of registration process | 3rd week of May 2020 |
| Last date to register online | 2nd week of June 2020 |
| Last date for printing the application form | 4th week of June 2020 |
| Availability of admit card | Last week of June 2020 |
| Date of preliminary exam | 1st week of July 2020 |
| Declaration of result | 3rd week of July 2020 |
| Issue of admit card | 1st week of August 2020 |
| Date of main exam | 2nd week of August 2020 |
| Final result announcement | To be announced yet |
LIC ADO Vacancies 2020
The number of vacancies is 8581 (approx) for ADO in LIC spread across 8 zones within the country. Zone wise vacancies are as follow.
Zone Wise ADO Vacancy 2020
| Zone Name | No. of Vacancies |
| Central Zone | 525 |
| Eastern Zone | 922 |
| East Central Zone | 701 |
| North Zone | 1130 |
| North Central Zone | 1042 |
| Southern Zone | 1257 |
| South Central Zone | 1251 |
| Western Zone | 1753 |
| Total | 8581 |
Exam Pattern
Check the details of the LIC ADO 2020 exam pattern below:
Preliminary exam:
- Exam duration: 60 minutes
- Number of ques.: 100
- Type of ques.: Objective type
- Total marks: 100
- Mode of exam: Online
- Medium of test: English & Hindi (except English section)
Marking scheme: Each question carries 1 mark
| Topics | No. of questions | Maximum marks | Duration |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| English | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 hour |
*Marks obtained in the English paper will not be counted for ranking.
Main exam:
For open market candidates
- Exam duration: 120 minutes
- Number of questions: 150
- Total marks: 150
- Mode of exam: Online
- Medium of test: English & Hindi
| Topics | No. of questions | Maximum marks |
| Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability | 50 | 50 |
| GK, Current Affairs & English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar & Vocabulary | 50 | 50 |
| Insurance & Financial Marketing Awareness with Special Emphasis on Knowledge of Life Insurance & Financial Sector | 50 | 50 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
For LIC Agents
- Exam duration: 120 minutes
- Number of ques.: 100
- Total marks: 150
- Mode of exam: Online
- Medium of test: English & Hindi
| Topics | No. of questions | Maximum marks |
| Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability | 25 | 10 |
| GK, Current Affairs & English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar & Vocabulary | 25 | 15 |
| Elements of Insurance & Marketing of Insurance | 50 | 125 |
| Total | 100 | 150 |
For LIC Employees
- Exam duration: 120 minutes
- Number of questions: 100
- Total marks: 150
- Mode of exam: Online
- Medium of test: English & Hindi
| Topics | No. of questions | Maximum marks |
| Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability | 25 | 25 |
| GK, Current Affairs & English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar & Vocabulary | 25 | 25 |
| Practice & Principle of Insurance Marketing | 50 | 100 |
| Total | 100 | 150 |
LIC ADO 2020 Eligibility Criteria and Experience
Applicant shall possess the Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established under a statute or approved for the purpose or the Fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.
An applicant from Others category for recruitment as an Apprentice Development Officer in both Urban and Rural area shall possess the Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established under a statute or approved for the purpose or the Fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.
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Age Limit:
Not below 21 years and not above 30 years. i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.05.1989 and not later than 01.05.1998 (both days inclusive).
| Category | Sub-category | Age limit |
| General | Open Market only | 30 |
| LIC Employee only | 42 | |
| LIC Agent/ Other than agent (such as DSE/FSE) only | 40 | |
| Ex-Servicemen only | 30 + Period of service in the armed forces, maximum upto 42 years | |
| OBC-NCL | Open Market only | 33 |
| LIC Employee only | 45 | |
| LIC Agent/ Other than agent (such as DSE/FSE) only | 43 | |
| Ex-Servicemen only | 30 + Period of service in the armed forces, maximum upto 45 years | |
| SC/ ST | Open Market only | 35 |
| LIC Employee only | 47 | |
| LIC Agent/ Other than agent (such as DSE/FSE) only | 45 | |
| Ex-Servicemen only | 30 + Period of service in the armed forces, maximum upto 47 years |
Nationality: Candidates should be citizen of India.
Educational qualification: A bachelor’s degree from a recognized university is required in order to be eligible.
Work experience:
| Category | Recruitment in Urban Area | Recruitment in Rural Area |
| Employees Category | Minimum 3 years of service after confirmation in Class III post | |
| Agents Category | Minimum 5 years experience as an agent or DSE/ FSE with a net First Year Premium Income of minimum Rs 5,00,000 during the immediately preceding 5 financial years + net First Year Premium Income of Rs 1,00,000 on 50 lives in any 3 financial years | Minimum 4 years experience as an agent or DSE/ FSE with a net First Year Premium Income of minimum Rs 1,00,000 on 50 lives per year in any 3 of immediately preceding 4 financial years |
| Open Market Category | Minimum 2 years experience in life insurance industry | |
LIC ADO Exam Syllabus 2020
For your exam preparation, Our experts give a study reference regarding LIC ADO Syllabus. Candidates can check subjects & its important topics which are given below
Reasoning Ability Syllabus
- Number Series
- Alphabet Series
- Coding-Decoding
- Test of Direction Sense
- Problems on Age
- Reasoning
- Arithmetical Reasoning
- Blood Relations
- Decision Making
- Blood Relations
- Non Verbal Series
- Mirror images
- Cubes and Dice
- Grouping Identical Figures
- Embedded figures
Numerical Ability Syllabus
- Number System
- HCF & LCM
- Simplification
- Decimal Fractions
- Ratio & Proportion
- Unitary Method
- Percentage
- Time & Distance
- Time & Work
- Profit & Loss
- Average
- Simple & Compound Interest
- Algebra
- Data Interpretation
GK & Awareness Syllabus
- Current Affairs
- Major Financial News
- Budget and Five year plans
- Sports
- Books & Authors
- Awards & Honors
- Science Invention and Discoveries
- Abbreviations
- Important days
- National & International Organization
English Language Syllabus
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Error spotting
- Comprehension
- Passage making
- Jumble Words
- Sentence Framing
- Fill in the blanks
LIC ADO 2020 Application Form
- The application form for LIC ADO 2020 exam can be obtained from the official website of LIC www.licindia.in/Bottom-Links/careers.
- At first, the candidates will have to register themselves using their name, contact details and email id.
- A provisional registration number and password will be generated and sent as SMS/ email to the candidates.
- Candidates can now proceed with filling rest details into the application form like basic personal details, academic information, etc.
- Scanned photograph and signature of the candidates should also be updated in the application form.
- Duly filled application form can then be submitted along with the prescribed application fee.
- A hard copy of the filled and submitted application form should be taken in case of future reference.
Application fee:
- The application fee for SC/ ST candidates will be Rs. 50/- and for rest others it will be Rs. 600/-.
- Payment of fee can be made using debit cards, credit cards, net banking, IMPS, cash cards/ mobile wallets.
LIC ADO Selection Process
LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) is one of the biggest Life Insurance Company, which has 2048 Branches as well as 09 Divisional Offices in India. The LIC Apprentice Development Officers will be depend on
- Online Test
- Interview
- Medical Examination
LIC Admit Card 2020
The LIC recruitment authority disclose LIC ADO online Admit Card as soon as possible. The LIC Admit Card 2020 will release in 2 phases, online exam and interview will be made available to download through online mode. However, applicants suggested to use their registration number and password/date of birth to download LIC ADO 2020 Hall Ticket. Candidates should note that print out of the admit card/ hall ticket will not be sent to them via post.
LIC ADO Cut Off 2020
After the ADO Result 2019, Examination authority declare ADO 2020 Cut off marks through online mode on the official portal. The LIC examination authority declares LIC ADO cut off marks to select applicants for next level, which is based on examination and highest marks of candidates.
