NIACL AO Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018-19: 30th January (Shift-2) |

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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. 30th January is the first phase of this exam, i.e., (phase-I) prelims. 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.

This year there is the sectional timing of 20 minutes in the Prelims Exam, its important for all banking aspirants to go through the review once. Exam analysis and review can help the aspirants who are yet to appear in upcoming shifts of NIACL AO Prelims to get an idea of the difficulty level and expected pattern of questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections. The examination held in this shift was of Easy to Moderate level. The order of occurrence of sections was English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability.

NIACL AO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis

Subject	Good Attempt	Time
English Language	22-26	20
Reasoning Ability	25-31	20
Quantitative Aptitude	19-23	20
Total	77-82	60

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)

The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was Moderate because 10 questions were based on word problems (Miscellaneous). There were 3 sets of DIs namely:

Tabular DI (Based on number of buses & children of schools)
Caselet DI (Based on strength of crew members & ground staff of three airlines A, B and C)
Tabular DI (Based on pen & pencil)

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
DI	15	Easy-Moderate
Missing Number Series	05	Easy-Moderate
Quadratic Equation	05	Easy-Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc)	10	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

English Language (Easy)

English section was easy. There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 8 questions out of which 2 questions were based on Vocabs. Synonym of operate & Antonym of blatantly was asked. The passage of the RC was based on Role of Banks in Economy.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	08	Easy-Moderate
Word Replacement	05	Easy
Single Word Filler	07	Easy
Error Detection	05	Easy
Column Based Questions	05	Easy-Moderate
Total	30	Easy

Reasoning (Easy)

The level of reasoning section was also Easy. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types

Circular Based Puzzle (8 people, 1 variable)
Month-Based Puzzle (9 people)
Colour Based Puzzle
Arrangement (8 people painting their house)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	18	Easy-Moderate
Syllogism	03	Easy
Blood Relation	03	Easy
Order & Ranking	04	Easy
Coding-Decoding	04	Easy
Inequalities	03	Easy-Moderate
Total	35	Easy