Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is the most profitable institution in the insurance sector. Every year LIC releases notification for the recruitment of candidates to the posts of Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) and Apprentice Development Officer(ADO). These two posts are highly preferred due to the job profile, work environment salary and other perks. Let’s move to the complete details of LIC AAO vs LIC ADO.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility criteria include Age limit and Educational qualification of the candidates. Check here for complete details of eligibility criteria for both the posts LIC AAO and LIC ADO
Age limit
Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO)
Minimum: 20 years
Maximum: 30 years
Apprentice Development Officer (ADO)
Minimum: 21 years
Maximum: 30 years
Educational Qualification
Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO)
AAO (Generalists): A Bachelor’s degree from any Government recognised University
AAO (Chartered Accountant): The candidate should have a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised Indian University/Institution and the candidate should have passed Final Examination of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and completion of Articles as presented by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The candidate should be Associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Candidates should provide their membership number and the same will be verified with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
LIC AAO 2020 Exam Pattern and Syllabus
AAO (IT): Graduation degree in Engineering in Computer Science, IT or Electronics, or an MCA, or M.Sc. (Computer Science) from a recognised Indian University/Institution
AAO (Actuarial): Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized Indian University/Institution and Candidates should have compulsorily passed paper CT1 and CT5 plus 4 or more other papers of the examination conducted by the Institute of Actuaries of India / Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK (Total 6 or more papers) as on the date of eligibility. Candidates should provide their membership number and the same will be verified with Institute of Actuaries of India / Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK.
AAO (Rajbhasha): Post Graduate Master’s Degree in Hindi/Hindi translation with English as one of the subjects at Bachelor’s Degree level.
OR
Post Graduate Master’s Degree in English with Hindi as one of the subjects at Bachelor’s degree level.
Apprentice Development Officer (ADO)
Candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India approved for the fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.
Exam Pattern & Syllabus
Recruitment for both AAO and ADO comprises 3 stages: Prelims, Mains and Personal Interview.
Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO)
Prelims Pattern
| Name of Section | No: of questions | Maximum Marks | Time Duration |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| REASONING ABILITY | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
* English Language is of qualifying nature
Mains Pattern
Generalist
| Section | No of questions | Maximum marks | Duration |
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation |
30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness |
30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 120 minutes |
| Descriptive (Letter Writing and Essay) | 2 | 25* | 30 minutes |
* English Language is of qualifying nature
AAO IT/Actuarial/Chartered Accountant
| Section | No of questions | Maximum marks | Duration |
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness |
30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 120 minutes |
| Descriptive (Letter Writing and Essay) | 2 | 25* | 30 minutes |
* English Language is of qualifying nature
AAO Rajbhasha
| Section | No of questions | Maximum marks | Duration |
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge | 30 | 90 | 40 minutes |
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness |
30 | 60 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 120 minutes |
| Descriptive (Knowledge of Language) | 2 | 25* | 30 minutes |
* English Language is of qualifying nature
Apprentice Development Officer (ADO)
Prelims Pattern
| Name of Section | No: of questions | Maximum Marks | Time Duration |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| REASONING ABILITY | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| QUANTITATIVE
APTITUDE |
35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
* English Language is of qualifying nature
Mains Pattern
| Section | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning& Numerical Ability | 50 | 50 | 120 minutes |
| Financial & Insurance Awareness with a special focus on LIC | 50 | 50 | |
| General Awareness &English Language with special focus on Grammar and Vocabulary | 50 | 50 | |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
Job Profile
Assistant Administrative Officer(AAO)
AAO’s are assigned to the administrative works of the company. They have to communicate with the clients n a regular basis about the new policies and benefit of the company provided. They are also expected to formulate new policies and strengthen the existing ones for an errorless transaction. They also have to resolve the claim related issues.
Apprentice Development Officer(ADO)
ADO’s are responsible for the marketing and sales of the company. They have a lot of field job in comparison with AAO’s. They are assigned to recruit LIC policy agents for selling policies. They are also responsible to give training and monitor the performance of each LIC agents under his supervision. They should also assign a sales target for LIC Agents.
Salary and Allowances
Assistant Administrative Officer(AAO)
Basic Pay: Rs./- 32795-1610(14) –55335– 1745(4) –62315
Allowances
HRA: 9% for Metro, 8-7% for Urban and 7-6% for Small city
DA: 40% of the basic pay
City Compensatory Allowance: 4%, 3% or 0% depending on the location
Apprentice Development Officer(ADO)
Basic Pay: Rs/- 21865-1340(2)-24545-1580(2)-27705-1610(17)-
Allowances
HRA: 9% for Metro, 8-7% for Urban and 7-6% for Small city
DA: 40% of the basic pay
City Compensatory Allowance: 4%, 3% or 0% depending on the location
Career Growth
Assistant Administrative Officer(AAO)
- Assistant Administrative Officer(AAO)
- Administrative Officer (AO)
- Assistant Branch Manager(ABM)
- Branch Manager(BM)
- Senior Branch Manager(SBM)
- Assistant Divisional Manager(ADM)
- Divisional Manager (DM)
- Senior Divisional Manager (SDM)
- Regional Manager (RM)
Apprentice Development Officer(ADO)
- Apprentice Development Officer(ADO)
- Development Officer(DO)
- Assistant Branch Manager(ABM)
- Branch Manager(BM)
- Senior Branch Manager(SBM)
- Assistant Divisional Manager(ADM)
- Divisional Manager (DM)
- Senior Divisional Manager (SDM)
- Regional Manager (RM)
This article gives you a complete comparison of LIC AAO vs ADO on exam pattern, syllabus, job profile, salary perks and allowances. Hope this gives an exact idea about both the posts.
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