LIC ADO Recruitment 2019 Exam Dates, Result, Notification, Vacancies

The life insurance company has released the notification for Apprentice development officer. The organization has released 8581(approx) vacancies in 8 zones under LIC ADO Recruitment 2019. This is going to be the toughest exam of the year as LIC has perfected the exam pattern of LIC ADO 2019. The vacancies under this recruitment may increase or decrease depending upon the actual vacancies at the time of final selection or availability of successful candidates. Interview round will be the deciding factor for LIC ADO 2019 exam. As final merit list will be drawn on the basis of the Main exam and interview round. Check the most frequently asked question to be at the safer side.

LIC ADO Mains Exam Analysis 2019:

LIC has released around 8581 vacancies in 2019 for ADO Officers. LIC ADO Mains Exam analysis 2019 is given below:

LIC ADO Mains Exam Analysis 2019

To give you more insight into LIC ADO 2019, here is a post describing LIC ADO 2019 Vacancy, Online Application Process, Exam Pattern, Exam Dates, Syllabus & More!


LIC ADO 2019 Main Exam


LIC ADO Main 2019 exam is scheduled to be held on 11th August 2019. A number of students will be appearing for this reputed exam and it is going to be a very tough fight to secure a seat in LIC ADO 2019. One should have complete knowledge about the syllabus of LIC ADO and the strategy to prepare for LIC ADO Main 2019.  Students can download the admit card for LIC ADO Main 2019 from the official site.
LIC ADO 2019 Notification:

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has released the official notification regarding the vacancies of Apprentice Development Officer on 20 May 2019.  For the details of this recruitment process, you can refer to ADO 2019 notification, here is the link to it:

LIC ADO 2019 Apply Online:

The link to apply online for ADO 2019 Exam has been activated now. The registrations and mode of payment for ADO 2019 Application is both online. Aspiring Aspirants can apply online for ADO 2019 from the link mentioned below.

LIC ADO 2019 Application Fees:

1. Intimation Charges of Rs.50/- plus Transaction Charges for SC/ST.

2. Application Fees-cum-Intimation Charges of Rs.600/- plus Transaction Charges for Other  than SC/ST Candidates.
LIC ADO  Vacancies:


The number of vacancies is 8581 (approx.) for ADO in LIC spread across 8 zones within the country.  Zone wise vacancies are as follow.
  • Northern Zonal Office, New Delhi – 1130
  • Southern Zonal Office, Chennai – 1257
  • Eastern Zonal Office, Kolkata – 922
  • Western Zonal Office, Mumbai – 1753
  • Central Zonal Office, Bhopal – 525
  • East Central Zonal Office, Patna – 701
  • North Central Zonal Office, Kanpur – 1042
  • South Central Zonal Office, Hyderabad – 1251



LIC ADO Exam Dates:


Sr. No. Activity Dates
1 On-line registration Dates 20 May, 2019
2 Last Date of Application Fees/Intimation Charges 9 June, 2019
3 Download of call letters for online Preliminary Examination 29 June, 2019 onwards
4 Conduct of Online Examination – Preliminary 6th & 13th July, 2019
6 Download of Call letter for Online Main Exam 10th August, 2019

 LIC ADO 2019 Selection procedure/exam pattern: 

The selection process/exam pattern for LIC ADO is different for all the 3 streams.

On-line Test for Open Market Category:


Phase-I: Preliminary Examination:

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks is conducted online. This test is of 1-hour duration consisting of 3 Sections(with separate timings for each section) as follows:

Section Name of test Number of
Questions		 Maximum
Marks		 Medium of exam Duration
1 Reasoning Ability 35 35 English & Hindi 20 minutes
2 Numerical Ability 35 35 English & Hindi 20 minutes
3 English 30 30** English 20 minutes
Total 100 70 1 hour

**Note:  English Language test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in English Language will not be counted for ranking.

Candidates equal to 20 times of number of vacancies in each category, subject to availability, will be shortlisted for Main examination.

Phase-II: Main Examination

Main Examination consists of Objective Tests for 150 marks. Composite time of 120 minutes
Section Name of test Number of
Questions		 Maximum
Marks		 Medium of exam Duration
1 Reasoning Ability &
Numerical Ability		 50 50 English & Hindi Composite
Time of
120 Minutes
2 General Knowledge,
Current Affairs and
English Language with
Special Emphasis on
Grammar and vocabulary		 50 50 English & Hindi
3 Insurance and Financial
Marketing Awareness
with special emphasis
on knowledge of Life
Insurance and Financial
Sector		 50 50 English
Total 150 150

Selection of Apprentice Development Officer from Agents & Employee Category will be done through single phase examination i.e. Main Examination.

LIC ADO Main Exam consist of objective test will be conducted online. Main examination will consist of objective tests for 150 marks.



For Agents Category:

Selection of Apprentice Development Officer from Agent Category will be done through single phase examination i.e. Main Examination

Section Name of test Number of
Questions		 Maximum
Marks		 Medium of exam Duration
1 Reasoning Ability &
Numerical Ability		 25 10 English & Hindi Composite
Time of
120 Minutes
2 General Knowledge,
Current Affairs and
English Language with
Special Emphasis on
Grammar and vocabulary		 25 15 English & Hindi
3 Elements of Insurance
and Marketing of
Insurance		 50 125 English
Total 150 150

For Employee Category:

Selection of Apprentice Development Officer from Employee Category will be done through single phase examination i.e. Main Examination

Section Name of test Number of
Questions		 Maximum
Marks		 Medium of exam Duration
1 Reasoning Ability &
Numerical Ability		 25 25 English & Hindi Composite
Time of
120 Minutes
2 General Knowledge,
Current Affairs and
English Language with
Special Emphasis on
Grammar and vocabulary		 25 25 English & Hindi
3 Practice and Principle of
Insurance Marketing		 50 100 English
Total 150 150

Interview (For All the Categories)

LIC ADO 2019 Selection Procedure:

Marks obtained in the Main Examination only will be considered for shortlisting for interview and marks obtained in Main Examination + marks obtained in Interview will be considered for final merit listing of candidates. Maximum Interview marks are 37.

LIC ADO 2019 Eligibility Criteria and Experience:


1. Essential Academic Qualifications: (As on 31.08.2019)


For Employees category and Agents category in both Urban and Rural area – Applicant shall possess the Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established under a statute or approved for the purpose or the Fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.
An applicant from Others category for recruitment as an Apprentice Development Officer in both Urban and Rural area shall possess the Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established under a statute or approved for the purpose or the Fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.

2. Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2019)


Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.05.2019 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.05.1989 and not later than 01.05.1998 (both days inclusive).

3. Experience:


Category of
Applicant		 For Recruitment in Urban Area For Recruitment in
Rural Area
i) Employee Category Not less than 3 years of service after confirmation in Class III post
ii)Agents Category Not less than 5 years as an agent or other than agent (such as
DSE/FSE) and has brought a net First Year Premium Income of not
less than 5,00,000/- during the immediately preceding 5 financial
years and a net First Year Premium Income of not less than Rs.
1,00,000/- on 50 lives in each of any 3 of these financial years.		 Not less than 4 years as an agent or other than agent(such as
DSE/FSE) and has brought a net First Year Premium Income of not
less than Rs. 1,00,000/- on 50 lives per year in any 3 of the
immediately preceding 4 financial years.
iii) Other Preference would be given to candidates who have at least 2 years experience in life insurance industry.

LIC ADO Salary:


During the apprentice period, the candidate selected as Apprentice Development Officer will be paid a fixed amount as stipend per month as per rules of the Corporation. At present the amount of stipend is about Rs. 34,503/- per month, except in case of candidates selected from LIC Employees category.

On appointment as a Probationary Development Officer, basic pay of Rs. 21,865/- per month (except for Employee Category candidates) in the scale of 21865-1340(2)-24545-1580(2)-27705-1610(17)-55075. Total emoluments at the minimum of the scale, will be approximately Rs. 37,345/- in ‘A’ Class City.

LIC ADO Syllabus:


LIC ADO 2019 Admit Card/ Call Letter:


The admit cards for the Prelims Exam, Main Exam and Interview will be released 10-15 days before they are held. We will update the links to download them as soon as they are made available on the official website of the (LIC).