NIACL AO Mains Exam Analysis, Review 2018-19: 2nd March |

Dear Aspirants,

NIACL AO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018-19 (Shift-2):

NIACL Administrative Officers (AO) is one of the most sought-after recruitments in the insurance industry. Several aspirants are burning candles at both ends to get a seat for themselves in this prestigious insurance company. The phase-II (Mains) exam for NIACL AO Recruitment is over now. Many students appeared for this exam and the competition will be very tough this time. Therefore, it is necessary that one gets aware about the type of questions asked in the exam so that you get an idea about how to plan your strategy to attempt the questions in the exam and manage your time accordingly. The examination held in was of Moderate level.

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
English Language	27-32
Reasoning	33-39
Quantitative Aptitude	23-28
General Awareness	23-36
TOTAL	123-136

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate but Calculative)

The level of quantitative aptitude was easy but the section was calculative. Following were the sets of DI:

Caselet
Bar Graph
Pie Chart
Tabular

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	20	Calculative
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Missing Number Series	5	Moderate
Miscellaneous- Arithmetic Word Problems	20	Moderate-Lengthy
Total	50	Moderate-Lengthy

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Moderate)

English Language section of NIACL AO Mains 2018-19 was also of a moderate level. There were 2 sets of reading comprehensions. One of the RC was based on Insurance themed article and the other was related to use of technology in various countries. Most of the questions asked were of the conventional pattern seen in the past 6 months in various banking and insurance exam.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	11	Moderate
Cloze Test	10	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement	5	Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5	Moderate
Word Replacement	5	Moderate
Double and Triple Fillers	6	Moderate
Error Detection	8	Moderate
Total	50	Moderate

REASONING ABILITY ( Moderate )

The level of reasoning was moderate. Following were the questions of puzzles and seating arrangement:

Square Seating Arrangement
Linear Seating Arrangement (Parallel Lines)
Random Arrangement
There were two more types of puzzles/seating arrangement

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	25	Difficult
Machine Input Output	5	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Blood Relation	3	Easy-Moderate
Logical Reasoning	7	Moderate- Difficult
Coding Decoding	5	Moderate- Difficult
Total	50	Moderate

GENERAL AWARENESS (Moderate)

This section had 50 questions and the level of the questions asked was moderate. Most of the questions in this section were covering the current affairs and news of past 3-4 Months. As per the review shared by students who appeared for this exam, there were only a few questions from static and banking awareness. There were no questions from the interim budget.

DESCRIPTIVE TEST

This section was of 30 marks with a time limit of 30 minutes. Candidates had to choose from given options to write a letter and an essay.

Letter Writing (150 words)

a) Write a letter to the editor expressing your concern about increasing craze of PubG game.

b) Write a letter to your friend describing MSME

Essay Writing (200 words)

a) Should mother tongue be given importance in primary education

b) Pros and Cons of getting Insurance Plan online.

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