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Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) conducts the examination for the post of Apprentice Development officer annually. This year also the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is all set to release the official notification for recruiting candidates to the post of Apprentice Development Officer, LIC ADO Notification 2021. This examination that is conducted every year for the post of Apprentice Development Officer is considered as a golden opportunity for those candidates who have been aspiring to make a career in the insurance field. In this article we will fetch you more information regarding LIC ADO Notification 2021. Stay tuned and read the complete article without fail to know more regarding LIC ADO eligibility, LIC ADO exam dates, selection process etc.
LIC ADO Recruitment 2021 – More details
The key responsibility of the candidates who would be selected by the commission to the post of LIC ADO will be sorting out and selecting individuals to as Life Insurance Agents and also supervising their overall duties and performance. The selection process for LIC AAO Recruitment 2021 will comprise three different stages. The various stages involved in recruiting candidates to the post of Life Insurance Corporation Apprentice Development Officer are the preliminary examination, mains exam and the personal interview round.
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LIC ADO Notification 2021 – Highlights
| Name of the organization | Life Insurance Corporation of India |
| Name of the Examination | Life Insurance Corporation of India Apprentice Development Officer Exam (LIC ADO) |
| Frequency of Examination | Conducted annually |
| Mode of examination | Online |
| Selection process | Prelims and Mains examination |
| Examination Duration | Prelims – 1 hour
Mains – 2 hours |
| Level of examination | National level |
| Examination date | To be released |
| Language used | English, Hindi |
| Official website | https://licindia.in/ |
LIC ADO Exam Date 2021
All the aspirants wishing to attempt for LIC ADO recruitment 2021 for the post of Apprentice Development Officer conducted by the Life Insurance Corporation of India can refer to the table given below for updates regarding LIC ADO exam dates 2021. The LIC ADO Notification 2021 has not been released yet by the commission, however all the information regarding the same will be updated timely as soon as the commission releases the official notification on their web portal.
| Notification Release date | To be released soon |
| Starting date for submission of online application | Will be updated.
Application process will be completely online The online application link will be activated after the release of official notification |
| Last date for submission of online application | To be updated |
| Admit card Release date | To be updated
The admit card download details for the prelims exam will be published by the commission on their official website one week before the examination date |
| Date of the prelims examination | Yet to be released |
| Mains examination date | To be updated |
| Date of the interview | To be updated |
LIC ADO Eligibility 2021
Life insurance Corporation of India will soon conduct the examination to select candidates to the post of Apprentice Development officer. The LIC AAO Notification 2021 will be published by the officials on their official web portal. All the genuine aspirants can apply for this post as soon as the commission publishes the official notification. All the interested candidates can apply for this only after they have satisfied all the eligibility criteria. The LIC ADO eligibility criteria is given below so that all the interested candidates can refer to the same and apply accordingly. It is mandatory that all the aspirants must fulfil all the eligibility criteria before applying for this post.
Age Limit
- The age limit of the candidates applying for the post of Apprentice Development officer must be between 21 years and 30 years as on 1st May 2021
- The age limit mentioned above is for the general category candidates as per norms
- For the candidates belonging to SC/ST or OBC category they will be subjected to age relaxation as per government norms.
- Candidates should regularly visit the official website for more updates. According the notification released aspirants with relevant experience on other fields will also be eligible for age relaxation
Educational Qualification
All those candidates who have completed their graduation or bachelors degree in any discipline can apply for the post of Apprentice Development Officer.
Experience
Requisite work experience details that the candidates will have to posses before applying for the LIC ADO Notification 2021 that will be published in the official website of the Life Insurance Corporation of India for the post of Apprentice Development Officer is mentioned below
- Candidates will be selected under rural and urban recruitment to the post of Apprentice Development officer by the examination conducted by the Life insurance corporation of India.
- Existing employees with a minimum of 3 years experience after confirmation in class III post can apply for this recruitment
- Agents having a minimum experience of 4 to 5 years and have bought an initial year premium income of Rs 5,00,000.
- Aspirants with a minimum of 2 years experience in the insurance industry will be preferred
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LIC ADO Vacancy 2021
The vacancy details for Life Insurance Corporation Apprentice development Officer vacancy details for the year 2021 has not been released yet. The vacancy details for this post will be released by the official commission on their web portal after the publication of LIC AAO Notification 2021. Meanwhile let us discuss the vacancy details of the previous years recruitment process so that candidates can have a vague idea on the same. Given below is the table that depicts the vacancy details of previous years vacancies for the post of apprentice development officer.
| Name of the region | Number of vacancies |
| Eastern zone (Kolkata) | 922 |
| Southern zone (Chennai) | 1257 |
| Western zone (Mumbai) | 1753 |
| Central zone (Bhopal) | 525 |
| Northern Central Zone (Kanpur) | 1042 |
| Southern central zone (Hyderabad) | 1251 |
| Eastern Central Zone (Patna) | 701 |
| Northern Zonal Office (New Delhi) | 1130 |
| Total | 8581 |
LIC ADO Selection Process 2021
The selection process for recruiting candidates to the post of Life Insurance Corporation Of India Apprentice Development officer consists of three different stages namely the preliminary examination, mains exam and the interview process.
LIC ADO Exam 2021 is a category based examination. The three different categories based on which candidates can apply for this exam are the open category, employee category and the agents category. Among these categories the employee and agents category will not be having a preliminary test. The employee and agent category will be having the mains examination and interview for the selections process.
Given below are the tables depicting the examination pattern of the Life Insurance Corporation Of India Apprentice development Officer 2021.
LIC ADO Exam Pattern 2021
- The apprentice development officer prelims exam will be of objective type and the medium of the examination will be both English and Hindi. For more details refer to the table given below
- The marks scored for the English paper will not be considered since it is only a qualifying section
| Subject | Total questions | Maximum marks | Duration of the examination |
| English | 30 | 30* | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 70 | 60 minute |
- For the LIC ADO Mains exam 2021, the pattern will be different for different posts
- Employees and agent post for the LIC ADO Exam 2021 will have the following sections for the examination
- Numerical and reasoning ability
- Current affairs GK and English language
- Questions based on the category of the candidate
- The topics under the employee and agents category are practice and principles of insurance and financial marketing awareness with special emphasis on knowledge of life insurance and the financial sector.
- For both categories, a total of 150 questions will be asked out of which 25 questions each will be asked from reasoning and numerical ability and general knowledge of current affairs and English.
Employee Category
| Subject | Number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration of the examination |
| Numerical ability and Reasoning ability | 25 | 25 | 120 minutes |
| Current affairs, general knowledge and English with special emphasis on English vocabulary and grammar | 25 | 25 | |
| Practice and principles of insurance marketing | 50 | 100 | |
| Total | 100 | 150 |
Agents Category
| Subject | Number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration of the examination |
| Numerical ability and Reasoning ability | 25 | 10 | 120 minutes |
| Current affairs, general knowledge and English with special emphasis on English vocabulary and grammar | 25 | 15 | |
| Marketing of insurance and elements of insurance | 50 | 125 | |
| Total | 100 | 150 |
LIC ADO Syllabus 2021
Candidates can refer to the table given below for details regarding the syllabus for the State Bank Of India Apprentice development officer exam 2021.
LIC ADO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2021
| Name of the subject | Syllabus |
| Reasoning ability | Alphabet Series
Coding-Decoding Statements and Conclusions Statements and Arguments Number Series Data Interpretation Decision making Mirror images Clocks and calendars Blood relation Distance and direction Mathematical reasoning Linear and circular sitting arrangement Syllogism Puzzles |
| Numerical Ability | Time & Speed
HCF & LCM Number series Average Quadratic Equation Percentage Profit and loss Time and work Simplification
Problem on ages Simple and compound interest Bar graph Pictorial graph Pie chart |
| English | Grammar
Vocabulary Comprehension Synonyms, antonyms Error correction Sentence arrangement |
LIC ADO Mains Syllabus 2021
| Subject | Syllabus |
| Reasoning ability | Alphabet Series
Coding-Decoding Statements and Conclusions Statements and Arguments Number Series Data Interpretation Decision making Mirror images Clocks and calendars Blood relation Distance and direction Mathematical reasoning Linear and circular sitting arrangement Syllogism Puzzles |
| Numerical ability | Time & Speed
HCF & LCM Number series Average Quadratic Equation Percentage Profit and loss Time and work Simplification Problem on ages Simple and compound interest Bar graph Pictorial graph Pie chart |
| General knowledge and current affairs | Banking, GK, Science and technology, general science, sports, budget and five year plans, banking sector and culture, current affairs of national and international news, sports national events, awards and honors, inventions and discoveries, currencies, countries and capital, Indian economics, constitution and politics |
| Financial awareness | Capital markets and government, stock market and bond market, Indian financial market, money market and their role in financial system, Mutual fund, insurance industry, regulatory agencies, study of foreign exchange, interbank market, derivative markets and private investing, establishment of FSDC, special statutes for some financial intermediaries, financial stability and development council, International financial organization |
| Elements of insurance and marketing of insurance | History of general insurance, Indian insurance market, types of insurance, introduction to history of life insurance, insurance current affairs, insurance schemes, Insurance ombudsman, ULIP, sector insurance companies, private sector insurance companies, glossary of insurance terms, Abbreviations connected to insurance industry, Topics related to Insurance awareness, PMFBY, PMJBY, PMSBY and other schemes related to insurance |
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