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NIACL AO Syllabus for Mains 2018 -

Know In Detail!

New India Assurance Company or NIACL is recruiting Administrative Officers 2018.

There are 312 vacancies to be filled for this position. This article about NIACL AO

syllabus for Administrative Officers is helpful for those aspirants who have applied for

this recruitment drive and have cleared the prelims. The NIACL AO Exam Prelims

Results 2018 have been declared recently. Continuing the recruitment drive the Phase 2

Online Exam (Objective) will be conducted on 2nd March 2019. Read this article to

know in detail about NIACL AO Selection Procedure, NIACL AO Mains Exam

Pattern, NIACL AO syllabus for Mains 2018 including NIACL AO syllabus Quantitative

Aptitude, NIACL AO syllabus Reasoning Ability, NIACL AO syllabus English Language

and more!

NIACL AO Selection Procedure 2018

NIACL AO recruitment exam is based on three stages:

NIACL AO Exam Pattern Mains 2018

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Main Exam will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test

for 30 marks. Both these tests will be online and you will have to answer the

Descriptive Test by typing on the computer.

S.

No.

Name of Objective Test

(not in sequence)

Maximum

Marks for

Generalists

Maximum

Marks for

Specialists

Duration

1 Reasoning 50 40 120 min.

2 English Language 50 40

3 General Awareness 50 40

4 Quantitative Aptitude 50 40

4 Additional test to assess technical

&

professional knowledge in the

relevant discipline

NA 40

Total 200 200

NIACL AO Syllabus Mains 2018

The NAICL AO Syllabus for Mains constitutes 4 major sections:

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NIACL AO Syllabus Mains Brief Overview 2018

Quantitative

Aptitude

Reasoning

Ability

English Language General

Awareness

Data Interpretation

Inequalities

Number Series

Approximation

Simplification

Permutation &

Combination

Average, Ratio &

Proportion

Partnership

Profit and Loss

Puzzles & Seating

Arrangements

Direction Sense

Blood Relation

Syllogism

Data Sufficiency

Logical Reasoning

Order and

Ranking

Coding-Decoding

Machine Input-

Reading

comprehension

Fillers (Double,

Multiple Sentence

Fillers, Sentence

Fillers)

Inference

Sentence Completion

Connectors

New Pattern Cloze

Test

Banking and

Insurance

Awareness

Financial

Awareness

Govt. Schemes

and Policies

Current Affairs

Static Awareness

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SI & CI

Data Sufficiency

Miscellaneous

Arithmetic

Problems

Output

Inequalities

Alpha-Numeric-

Symbol

Series

Phrase Replacement

Odd Sentence Out

cum Para Jumbles

Paragraph Conclusion

Phrasal Verb Related

Questions

Error Detection

Questions

Word usage/ Vocab

Based Questions.

Detailed Overview of NIACL AO Syllabus Mains 2018

NIACL AO syllabus Quantitative Aptitude

Topic Weightage Question Types Tips and

Quizzes

Data

Interpretation

0-5 Qs Questions are based on

Tabulation, Bar graph, Pie chart,

line graph, etc.

How to Quickly

Solve Pie Chart

Problems in DI

Number

Series

5 Qs Ratio of ages, Finding two digit

number, Complete the Series, Find

the Missing Number, Find the

Wrong Term etc.

Number Series

Quiz 1

Data

Sufficiency

0-5 Qs DS questions based on Ratio of

ages, Finding a two digit number,

Profit and Loss, Simple Interest,

Time Distance and Speed, Simple

Data

Sufficiency

Quiz 1

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& Compound Interest, Time &

Work, Problems on Age, Mixtures

& Alligations.

Time & Work 0-1 Qs Work Efficiency, Work & Wages,

Pipes & Cisterns etc.

Shortcuts to

solve Time and

Work

problems

Interest 0-1 Qs Simple Interest, Compound

Interest, Mixed Interest,

Installments.

How to Quickly

solve SI

problems

Profit and

Loss

0-1 Qs Successive Selling type questions,

Partnerships, Discount & MP,

Dishonest Dealings.

Profit & Loss

Quiz 1

Mixture

Problems

0-1 Qs Mixture of two or more

entities/mixtures, dishonest

dealings.

Mixture

Problem Quiz 1

Algebra 0-5 Qs Divisibility & Remainder,

Multiples & Factors, Integers, LCM

& HCF,Linear Equations,

Quadratic Equations and

Polynomials

Algebra Quiz 1

Average 1-2 Qs Average

Weight/Height/Age/Marks,

Average Money Expenditure,

Average Temperature etc. But the

concept remains simple.

Average and

Percentage

Quiz 1

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Simplification 3-5 Qs BODMAS Rule, Approximation,

Decimals, Fractions, Surds &

Indices, Percentage (more

questions from this section) etc.

Simplification

through

BODMAS

NIACL AO syllabus Reasoning Ability

Topic Weightage Question Types Tips and Quizzes

Seating

Arrangement

(Circular)

0-5 Qs Uni- & Bi-directional problems

on circular, square, rectangular,

hexagonal tables. May be

combined with other

information to make it a Blood

Relations or Double Lineup

type problem as well.

Shortcuts to

solve Circular

Arrangement

Problems

Seating

Arrangement

(Linear)

0-5 Qs Single or Double rows facing

each other/ away from each

other/ in the same direction.

May be combined with other

information to make it a Blood

Relations or Double Lineup

type problem as well.

Advanced Level

Linear

Arrangement

Quiz

Double Lineup

Puzzle

0-5 Qs Questions will be generally

asked in the following format (7

people, 7 different companies, 7

different places. etc).

Advanced Level

Double Lineup

Puzzle Quiz

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Floor Puzzle 5-10 Qs Questions will be generally

asked in the following format (7

people, 7 different companies, 7

different places. etc).

Advanced Level

Double Lineup

Puzzle Quiz

Scheduling 0-5 Qs Month based two variable Scheduling Quiz

7

Verbal

Reasoning

0-1 Qs Cause and effect, statement and

assumption, statement and

inference, course of action,

statement and arguments,

critical reasoning.

6 Easy Tips to

Solve Cause and

Effect in Verbal

Reasoning

Data

Sufficiency

1-2 Qs Ordering & Ranking, Blood

Relations, Coding in Fictitious

Language, Circular

Arrangements, Directions &

Distances, Ages & Birth dates.

Data Sufficiency

Quiz 10

Input Output 0-5 Qs Direct questions with 2-3

statements & 2-3 conclusions,

possibility based questions,

negative information based

questions.

Shortcut Tricks

for Input Output

Syllogism 0-5 Qs Direct questions with 2-3

statements & 2-3 conclusions,

possibility based questions,

negative information based

questions.

Concept of

syllogisms

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Mathematical

inequalities

3-5 Qs How to Solve

Mathematical

Inequality in

Reasoning

Analytical

Decision

Making

1-2 Qs Questions will be asked based

of Criterion for Recruitment,

Criteria for Admission, etc.

5 Rules to Find

Right Course of

Action in Verbal

Reasoning

Ordering &

Ranking

2-5 Qs Floor Based Puzzles, Arranging

by age, height, weight, rank,

order in row etc.

Ordering &

Ranking

Direction &

Distances

0-3 Qs Arranging by age, height,

weight, rank, order in row etc.

Best way to Solve

Direction and

Distance

Problems

Blood

Relations

0-3 Qs Coding by Letter Shifting,

Coding in Fictitious Language.

Basic Question

Solving of Blood

Relations

Coding

Decoding

3-5 Qs Coding by Letter Shifting,

Coding in Fictitious Language.

How to solve

Coding Decoding

for bank exams

Part I and Part II

Arrangement

& Pattern

1-2 Qs Questions are based on

Positional difference between

given number of letters, Based

on No. of arrangements,

random sequence of alphabets,

Arrangement

and Pattern Quiz

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mixed series, alphabet and

word tests, etc.

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NIACL AO syllabus English Language

Topic Weightage Question Types Tips and Quizzes

Reading

Comprehension

6-10 Qs The passage will be

focused on topics like

Banking & Economy,

Business, Social Issues

etc. Fact and Inference

based questions.

Speed Reading

Techniques for

Reading

Comprehension

Error Spotting 5-10 Qs Sentences will be

provided with some

error. You will have to

select one error in the

sentence.

26 Tips for Spotting

Errors in English for

Bank PO – Part

I and Part II

Verbal Ability 2-5 Qs Questions are based on

Analogy, Para

Completion, Para

Jumble, Odd one out,

etc.

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Vocabulary (Fill in

the blanks / Phrase

Replacement)

5-10 Qs Blanks would be given

and you will have to

choose from the same.

Word Power

Capsule

Cloze Test 0-10 Qs The passage will have

certain words missing

from it & you have to

fill the words according

to Grammar rules.

8 Tips to Crack Cloze

Test

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