LIC ADO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 - Shift 1, Shift 2 and Shift 3

Hafsha Qureshi
Hafsha Qureshi

Updated on - Mar 18, 2024

LIC ADO is a recruitment examination that is conducted every year by the Life Insurance Corporation. The examination is conducted as a preliminary and mains examination. 

The exam analysis of the previous year's paper will give an insight into the way the examination was conducted, the difficulty level of the questions asked and much more, which will help in the preparation process for the current year's examination.

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LIC ADO 2021 Exam Pattern

The LIC ADO exam pattern consists of three sections. The duration of the exam is one hour, and each section may have a specified number of questions. An overview of the exam pattern is provided in the table below:

Subject

No. of Questions

Total Marks

Duration 

Numerical Ability

35

35

20 minutes

Reasoning Ability

35

35

20 minutes

English

30

30*

20 minutes

Total

100

70

60 minutes

 

* Marks scored for the English exam won’t be considered since it’s only qualifying in nature

LIC ADO Exam 2021

LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) is the largest insurance company in India and every year they recruit thousands of candidates to work for different posts in their organization. For each post that they have, they conduct an exam for the same. They recruit candidates for a post called LIC ADO (Apprentice Development Officer) where the job role is to offer recruitment to people as insurance agents and supervise their jobs. The recruitment process has 3 stages

  • Preliminary exam
  • Main exam
  • Personal interview. 

LIC ADO 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis

The preliminary exam was conducted in 3 shifts and the analysis for all the 3 papers are as follows:

LIC ADO 2021: Shift-1

The difficulty level of the English language section was easy to moderate. The questions asked regarding the English language are:

  • Choose the correct sentence- 4 Questions
  • Fill in the blanks- 6 Questions
  • Error spotting- 4 Questions
  • Reading Comprehension - 10 Questions
  • Jumbled Phrases - 6 Questions

The difficulty level of the logical reasoning section of the exam was easy. The questions asked regarding logical reasoning are as follows:

  • Alphabet Series (Character String) – 3 Questions
  • Blood Relations (7 persons) – 2 Questions
  • Box Based Puzzle (Stacking 7 boxes) – 5 Questions
  • Circular arrangement (8 persons facing the centre) – 5 Questions
  • Coding and Decoding by substitution – 4 Questions
  • Comparison Based – 3 Questions
  • Floor Based Puzzle (8 floors) – 5 Questions
  • Inequalities – 3 Questions
  • Numeric Series (Five Three-digit numbers) – 5 Questions

The difficulty level of the numerical ability exam was also easy. The following questions were asked regarding numerical ability:

  • Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) – 6 Questions
  • Mensuration – 1 Question
  • Number Series (Missing) – 6 Questions
  • Simplification – 12 Questions
  • Word Based Problems – 10 Questions (Age-Based, Average, Mixtures, Percentage, Profit & Loss, SI & CI, Speed, Time & Distance, Shares & Partnership)

LIC ADO 2021: Shift-2

The difficulty level of the English language section was easy. The questions asked regarding the English language are:

  • Sentence Correction – 4 Questions
  • Fill in the blanks- 4 Questions
  • Error spotting- 4 Questions
  • Reading Comprehension - 10 Questions
  • Jumbled Phrases - 4 Questions
  • Phrase Replacement – 4 Questions

The difficulty level of the logical reasoning section of the exam was easy to moderate. The questions asked regarding logical reasoning are as follows:

  • Alphabet Series– 1 Question
  • Coding and Decoding by substitution – 4 Questions
  • Inequalities – 5 Questions
  • Direction Sense – 2 Questions
  • Linear Seating Arrangement (unknown number of people) – 5 Questions
  • Month Based Puzzle (8 months, 8 people) – 5 Questions
  • Parallel Rows Puzzle (10 people facing North & South) – 5 Questions
  • Ranking & Order – 3 Questions
  • Syllogisms – 5 Questions

The difficulty level of the numerical ability exam was easy to moderate. The following questions were asked regarding numerical ability:

  • Data Interpretation (Line Graph) – 5 Questions
  • Quadratic Equation – 5 Questions
  • Simplification – 10 Questions
  • Word Based Problems – 15 Questions (Age-Based, Average, Mixtures, Percentage, Profit & Loss, SI & CI, Speed, Time & Distance, Shares & Partnership)

LIC ADO 2021: Shift-3

The difficulty level of the English language section was easy. The questions asked regarding the English language are:

  • Error spotting- 5 Questions
  • Cloze Test – 7 Questions
  • Reading Comprehension - 8 Questions
  • Jumbled Phrases - 5 Questions
  • Spelling Error Detection – 5 Questions

The difficulty level of the logical reasoning section of the exam was easy to moderate. The questions asked regarding logical reasoning are as follows:

  • Alphabet Series– 1 Question
  • Blood relations-4 Questions
  • Box Based Puzzle (7 Boxes) – 5 Questions
  • Coding and Decoding by substitution – 5 Questions
  • Seating Arrangement (unknown number of people) – 5 Questions
  • Month Based Puzzle (4 months) – 5 Questions
  • Numeric Series – 1 Question
  • Ranking & Order – 4 Questions
  • Syllogisms – 5 Questions

The difficulty level of the numerical ability exam was easy to moderate. The following questions were asked regarding numerical ability:

  • Data Interpretation (Table DI) – 5 Questions
  • Number Series (Wrong) – 5 Questions
  • Simplification – 10 Questions
  • Word Based Problems – 15 Questions (Age-Based, Average, Mixtures, Percentage, Profit & Loss, SI & CI, Speed, Time & Distance, Shares & Partnership)

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