NIACL Administrative Officer (AO) 2024 – Exam Pattern, Syllabus

NIACL Administrative Officer (AO) 2024 – Exam Pattern, Syllabus

The New India Assurance Company Ltd., a leading Public Sector General Insurance Company, has Conducted Recruitment Examination for Administrative Officer Posts in Various Departments. In this Post you will get all the necessary details about the NIACL AO Recruitment Exam Syllabus, Educational Qualifications and Exam Pattern.

Name of The Posts

1. Risk Engineers
2. Automobile engineers
3. Legal
4. Accounts
5. Health
6. IT
7. Generalists

Educational Qualifications

Risk Engineers

Engineering (Graduation/ Post-graduation) in any discipline with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD)

Note: Risk Engineering primarily involves Risk analysis and assessment at insured entities considering the coverages of “property damage (fire, explosion, weather damage etc.), “machinery breakdown” and “loss of profit” associated with the material damage and/or machinery breakdown.

Automobile Engineers

B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech in Automobile Engineering with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD) Or

Graduate/Post-graduate in Mechanical Engineering with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD) together with Diploma (at least one year duration) in Automobile Engineering.

Legal Officers

Graduate/Post-graduate in Law with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD)

Accounts

Chartered Accountant (ICAI) and Graduation/Postgraduation in any discipline with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD).

AO (Health)

M.B.B.S / M.D. / M.S. or

PG-Medical Degree Or B.D.S/ M.D.S Or

BAMS/BHMS (graduate or post-graduate) from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in the qualifying degree (at least 55% marks for SC/ST/PwBD candidates)

IT Specialists

B.E./B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech in IT or Computer Science Discipline Or

M.C.A with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD)

Selection Procedure

1. Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
2. Phase – II: Main Examination
3. Final selection

Preliminary Examination

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This would consist of 3 sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:

	Name of Test/Section (not in sequence)	Max. Marks	Duration for each test/section (Separately timed)
1	English Language	30	20 min
2	Reasoning Ability	35	20 min
3	Quantitative Aptitude	35	20 min
	Total	100

Main Examination

Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 30 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive Test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.

(I) Objective Test:  The Objective Test of 2.5 hours’ duration will be as follows. There will be separate timing for every section.

For Generalists

	Name of Test (not in sequence)	Maximum Marks	Duration for each test/section (Separately timed)
1	Test of Reasoning	50	40 min
2	Test of English Language	50	40 min
3	Test of General Awareness	50	30 min
4	Test of Quantitative Aptitude	50	40 min
	Total (Aggregate)	200

For Specialists

	Name of Test (not in sequence)	Maximum Marks	Duration for each test/section (Separately timed)
1	Test of Reasoning	40	30 min
2	Test of English Language	40	30 min
3	Test of General Awareness	40	25 min
4	Test of Quantitative Aptitude	40	30 min
5	In Specialist stream, an additional test to assess technical& professional knowledge in the relevant discipline	40	35 min
	Total (Aggregate)	200

Descriptive Test 2024

The duration of the NIACL AO Descriptive Test will be 30 minutes for 30 marks test. It will be a Test of English Language – Letter & Essay writing. NIACL AO descriptive test will be conducted in English and will take place online.

Name of Exam	Marks
Letter Writing	10 marks
Essay Writing	20 marks

Final selection

Final selection would be based on consolidated marks of main examination (objective test) & Interview.

The candidates qualifying for both Prelims & Mains exam will be called for an Interview round, which will be the final selection stage for Administrative Officer posts. The Ratio of the Online Examination and Interview Process will be calculated as 80:20.

NIACL AO Prelims Syllabus 2024

The NIACL AO Prelims Syllabus is compiled of three subjects:

1. English Language,
2. Reasoning Ability &
3. Quantitative Aptitude.

The topics covered in each section have been discussed below. 

 Syllabus – English Language

The questions of this section will be assessing the candidate’s knowledge about the English language and the questions will be of English language only. 

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze Test
3. Fill in the blanks
4. Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
5. Paragraph Complete / Sentence Correction
6. Para jumbles
7. Miscellaneous

 Syllabus – Quantitative Aptitude

The questions of this section are more calculation and formula-based, therefore the candidates are advised to learn tricks to learn the concepts of solving the questions of this section. 

1. Simplification
2. Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
3. Number Systems
4. Profit & Loss
5. Mixtures & Allegations
6. Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
7. Time & Distance
8. Work & Time
9. Sequence & Series
10. Permutation, Combination & Probability. Data Interpretation
11. Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere

 Syllabus – Reasoning Ability

The topics of Reasoning Ability are the same in both Prelims & Mains, however, the difference lies in the difficulty level of the questions. Check the topics of Reasoning Ability of NIACL Prelims Exam 2023.  

1. Coded Inequalities
2. Seating Arrangement
3. Puzzle Tabulation
4. Logical Reasoning
5. Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
6. Data Sufficiency
7. Syllogism
8. Blood Relations
9. Input-Output
10. Coding-Decoding
11. Alphanumeric Series

NIACL AO Mains Syllabus 2024

 Mains Syllabus – Reasoning Ability

Though the topics of this section seem to be easy, however, you must be knowing the shortcuts to solves these tricky questions. Check the topics of the Reasoning section asked in NIACL AO Mains Exam 2023 from here. 

1. Coded Inequalities
2. Seating Arrangement
3. Puzzle Tabulation
4. Logical Reasoning
5. Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
6. Data Sufficiency
7. Syllogism
8. Blood Relations
9. Input-Output
10. Coding-Decoding
11. Alphanumeric Series

Mains Syllabus – Quantitative Aptitude

Check the topics covered in the Quantitative Aptitude Section from the below list and prepare accordingly for NIACL AO 2023 Exam. The questions of this section are calculation based, therefore advised to learn tricks to solve these questions quickly. 

1. Simplification
2. Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
3. Number Systems
4. Profit & Loss
5. Mixtures & Alligations
6. Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
7. Time & Distance
8. Work & Time
9. Sequence & Series
10. Permutation, Combination & Probability. Data Interpretation
11. Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
12. English Language Reading Comprehension
13. Cloze Test
14. Fill in the blanks
15. Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
16. Paragraph Complete / Sentence Correction
17. Para jumbles
18. Miscellaneous

Mains Syllabus – General Awareness

For this section, the candidates have to prepare for the below topics at the national and international levels. This section requires proper discipline and frequency of learning the topics daily.   

1. Current Affairs
2. Summits
3. Books & Authors
4. Awards
5. Sports
6. Defence
7. National
8. Appointment
9. International
10. Obituary etc
11. Banking Awareness
12. Indian Financial System
13. History of Indian Banking Industry
14. Regulatory Bodies Monetary & Credit Policies
15. Budget Basics and Current Union Budget
16. International Organisation / Financial Institutions
17. Capital Market & Money Market added in NIACL AO Syllabus
18. Government Schemes Abbreviations and Economic terminologies
19. Other important concepts
20. Abbreviations and Economic terminologies
21. Other important concepts