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 Notification

LIC ADO 2019 Apply Online:

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.

 LIC ADO 2019 Selection procedure/exam pattern: 

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

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

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).