NIACL is all set to conduct an exam for hiring candidates for the Administrative Officer in the Specialist & Generalist Cadre. The selection of this exam will be merit-based and New India Assurance Company Limited has set the NIACL AO Syllabus.
The interested candidates can read this article and all about the NIACL AO syllabus, exam pattern, and the books you can read for preparation.
Exclusive NIACL AO Syllabus 2021
The aspiring candidates must go through the NIACL AO syllabus and prepare themselves for the exam in every manner. For preparation, just knowing the syllabus is similar to the phrase, ‘tip of an iceberg’. You also have to know about the exam pattern and the books you can read for preparation.
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Reasoning Ability |
Quantitative Aptitude |
English Language |
General Awareness |
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Seating Arrangement (linear, circular, square) |
Number series |
Para jumbles |
History |
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Alphabet series, numeric series, alphanumeric series |
Data interpretation |
Para summary |
Geography |
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Blood relations |
Approximation/simplification |
Cloze test |
Politics |
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Coding-decoding |
Quadratic equation |
Reading comprehension |
Current Affairs |
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Logical reasoning |
Ration & proportion |
Fill in the blanks |
Culture |
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Syllogism |
Quantity based questions |
Para completion |
Banking, insurance and financial awareness |
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Puzzles |
Profit & Loss |
Odd one out |
Awards & Recognition |
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Data sufficiency |
Percentage & Averages |
Sentence correction or improvement |
General science |
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Input-output |
Simple & Compound interest |
Error spotting |
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Inequalities |
Time & Distance |
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Order & ranking |
Mixtures & Allegations |
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Direction based questions |
Time, work and wages |
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Permutation, Combination & Probability |
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Boats & Streams |
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Pipes & Cisterns |
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NAICL AO Syllabus – Exam Pattern
NAICL AO Exam has 2 main stages – Prelims and Mains. Both the stages are divided into various sections.
While the Prelims exam is an Objective type exam with a time limit of one hour, the Mains exam is both Objective and Descriptive type, with the time limit of 2 hours and 30 minutes, respectively.
NAICL AO Syllabus – Prelims Exam Pattern
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Test name |
Number of questions |
Maximum marks |
Time |
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Reasoning ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
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Numerical ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
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English language |
30 |
30 |
20 minutes |
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Total |
100 |
100 |
1 Hour |
NAICL AO Syllabus – Mains Exam Pattern
The NIACL AO Mains exam is both Objective of 2 hours and Descriptive of 30 minutes.
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Objective Paper (For Generalists)
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Sections |
Maximum marks |
Time |
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Test of Reasoning |
50 |
120 Hours |
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Test of English Language |
50 |
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Test of Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
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Test of General Awareness |
50 |
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Total |
200 |
2 hours |
- Objective Paper (For Specialists)
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Sections |
Maximum marks |
Time |
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Test of Reasoning |
40 |
120 Hours |
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Test of English Language |
40 |
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Test of Quantitative Aptitude |
40 |
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Test of General Awareness |
40 |
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Additional test for assessing technical & professional knowledge in the relevant discipline |
40 |
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Total |
200 |
120 Hours |
- Descriptive Paper
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Language |
English |
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Mode of paper |
Online |
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Total time |
30 minutes |
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Topics |
· Letter writing · Essay writing |
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Marks |
· Letter writing – 10 marks · Essay writing – 20 marks · Total marks – 30 |
NIACL AO Syllabus – Recommended books
The candidates appearing for the NAICLAO Exam 2021 can study from the books mentioned below:
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Author/Publisher |
Name of books |
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B S Sijwalii |
A new approach to Verbal and non-verbal reasoning |
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Lucent |
Lucent General Knowledge |
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N.D.V. Prasad Rao |
High school English grammar & composition by Wren & Martin |
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Dilip Khushwaha |
Reading comprehension, ordering of sentences, ordering of words & cloze test |
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R.S. Agarwal |
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive exams |
For any further queries regarding the NIACL AO Exam, you can ask in the comment box.
FAQs
1. What is the duration of NIACL Mains Descriptive exam?
Answer: The duration of the NIACL AO Mains Descriptive exam is 30 minutes.
2. What are the sections of NIACL AO Prelims Exam?
Answer: The NIACL AO Prelims Exam is divided into following sections:
Reasoning aptitude
English language
Numerical ability
3. Which book is recommended for General knowledge?
Answer: For General knowledge you can go for Lucent General knowledge.
4. What is the NIACL AO syllabus for English section?
Answer: For English section the NIACL AO syllabus is
Para jumbles
Para summary
Error spotting
Odd one out
Sentence correction or improvement
Cloze test
Fill in the blanks
Reading comprehension
Para completion