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The Life Insurance Corporation Of India is all set to release the official notification for recruiting candidates to the post of Apprentice Development Officer, LIC ADO Notification 2021. All the genuine aspirants can gear up their preparation for this exam as the official commission will soon release the recruitment notification for this post. Life Insurance Corporation Of India Apprentice development officer is an annual recruitment process that takes place across India. The LIC ADO Selection process consists of 3 different stages, namely the preliminary exam, mains exam and the interview process. In this we are going to discuss the LIC ADO Exam Analysis 2021. Exam analysis is done so that candidates can improve their performance for the upcoming exams. Read the complete article to know about LIC ADO Exam Analysis, LIC ADO Prelims exam analysis and LIC ADO Mains exam analysis. All the analyses are based on the previous year LIC ADO Examination conducted. The new exam analysis will be updated as soon as the LIC ADO Examination process gets over successfully.
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LIC ADO Previous Year Prelims Exam Analysis
Before discussing the exam analysis directly given below is the table that demonstrates LIC ADO Prelims Exam pattern 2021.
| Subject | Number of questions | Medium of examination | Total marks | Duration of the examination |
| Numerical ability | 35 | Hindi and English | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning ability | 35 | Hindi and English | 35 | 20 minutes |
| English | 30 | English | 30* | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 70 | 60 minute |
*Marks scored for the english exam will not be considered since it is only qualifying in nature
Now the table given below depicts a brief analysis of the examination conducted the previous year for the post of apprentice development officer
| Name of the subject | Nice effort/ Good attempt | Time duration (in minutes) |
| English | *15 | 20 |
| Numerical ability | 23 – 27 | 20 |
| Reasoning ability | 25 – 29 | 20 |
| Total | 57 – 62 (excluding english) | 60 |
*English paper is considered only qualifying in nature. Marks scored for the same will not be considered for the final score calculation
LIC ADO Prelims Exam Section wise Analysis
Numerical Ability
- The difficulty of the questions from this part were moderate level
- Those candidates who had prepared well could easily attempt the questions
- Questions from Data interpretation section was based on bar graphs
| Name of the topic | Number of questions | Difficulty level |
| Simplification | 12 | Easy |
| Data interpretation | 05 | Moderate |
| Missing number series | 05 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous word problems | 13 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy to moderate |
English
- The english section of the LIC ADO Prelims exam 2019 was an easy one
- 10 questions were asked from reading comprehension
- Three questions from vocabulary
- Reading comprehension was based on automobile market
| Name of the topic | Number of questions | Difficulty level |
| Reading comprehension | 10 | Easy to moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 05 | Easy to moderate |
| Sentence correction | 05 | Easy |
| Single word filter | 05 | Easy |
| Sentence rearrangement | 05 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy |
Reasoning
- The difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate
- Questions were asked from floor based puzzle (8 people), box based puzzle and circular seating arrangement
| Name of the topic | Number of questions | Difficulty level |
| Puzzles and seating arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Alpha numeric symbol series | 03 | Easy to moderate |
| Order and ranking | 04 | Easy |
| Inequality | 05 | Moderate |
| Blood relation | 03 | Easy |
| Coding and decoding | 05 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy to moderate |
LIC ADO Mains Exam Analysis
- LIC ADO Mains exam is an objective based test
- The time duration for the examination is 120 minutes and the maximum marks that can be scored will be 150 marks
- The exam consists of three different sections, namely the numerical and reasoning ability, GK, current affairs and english, Insurance and financial sector
- A total of 50 questions will be asked from each section
- The table depicting the overall exam analysis of LIC ADO Mains exam is given below
| Name of the section | Good attempt |
| Numerical and reasoning ability | 41 – 46 |
| GK, Current affairs and english | 39 – 43 |
| Insurance and financial sector | 37 – 41 |
| Total | 123 – 130 |
LIC ADO Mains Section wise Exam Analysis
Reasoning and numerical ability
- This sectioned consisted of 50 questions
- Sectional timing duration is not there for this exam
- As per the exam analysis of this part the questions from this session were easy
- Questions from numerical ability and reasoning were asked in jumbled order
- In the reasoning part questions were asked from box based puzzle, day based puzzle, circular seating arrangement and linear seating arrangement with blood relation
- 18 to 20 questions were asked from numerical ability session
- Refer the table given below for more details
| Topic | Number of questions asked |
| Inequality | 4 |
| Syllogism | 3 |
| Direction sense | 3 |
| Alphabet based | 1 |
| Puzzles and seating arrangement | 20 |
| Data interpretation | 10 |
| SI and CI | 1 |
| Approximation | 5 |
| Profit and loss | 1 |
| Problem on ages | 1 |
| Percentage | 1 |
| Total | 50 |
GK, Current Affairs and English
- Section had equal number of questions from general awareness and english
- Difficulty level of the questions asked were moderate
- 15 questions were asked from current affairs
| Name of the topic | Number of questions |
| Phrase replacement | 4 |
| Error detection | 5 |
| Word usage | 3 |
| Close set | 5 |
| Banking awareness | 2 |
| Current affairs | 15 |
| Sentence completion | 5 |
| Identifying appropriate word | 4 |
| Static awareness | 2 |
| Reading comprehension | 5 |
| Total | 50 |
Insurance and financial marketing awareness
- The difficulty level of questions asked were moderate
- Questions asked were less confusing, could be understood well and less lengthy
- Questions asked were from various sections such as ULIP, LIC Act, policy and maturity period, team insurance, LIC Ombudsman etc
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