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National Insurance Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books
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November 28, 2010
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 While informing you about each recruitment exam, I also try to provide you information on how to prepare for those exams, by posting info on the prep materials – the Sample papers & books. In s similar vein, this blog post follows my earlier blog article titled: National Insurance Recruitment 2010-2011 Notification Eligibility & Forms, which tells you about the availability of 300 Administrative Officer vacancies in NICL (NIC (National Insurance Company Ltd.) and how to apply for the same.
The focus of this blog article is on providing you the sample papers & books for National Insurance Administrative Officer written exam. But before that, a small discussion on the Pattern National Insurance Exam.
National Insurance Exam Pattern: The written exam of National Insurance would be held for two different categories of Admin Officers: Admin Officer (Generalist) & Admin Officer (Specialist). Admin Officer (Specialist) positions are for candidates with specialties in Automobile Engineering, Legal & Medical.
Pattern of National Insurance exam is same for both categories of Admin Officers except for the  5th paper as you can find it from the table given at right.
The 5th paper for Admin Officer (Specialist) would consist of questions on your Professional Knowledge - Automobile Engineering, Legal & Medical as the case may be.
While the 5th paper for Admin Officer (Generalist) would consist of questions of General Aptitude pertaining to following topics: a) Data Sufficiency b) Analysis of Information/Analytical Ability c) Data Interpretation.
National Insurance Exam Sample Papers: The first four papers of this exam is very similar to Bank PO exams and hence you can use the sample papers for bank PO exams to prepare for these papers of National Insurance Admin Officer exam.
Sample Papers for National Insurance Reasoning Test:
Sample Papers for National Insurance Quantitative Aptitude Test:
Sample Papers for National Insurance Objective English Test:
Sample Papers for National Insurance Computer Awareness Test: UPSC Portal has a good collection of 100 sample questions for Computer General Knowledge For Bank Examination. You can view this sample paper here.
For the 5th paper on General Aptitude section for Admin Officer (Generalist), a handful of sample questions are given below, just to let you know what these tests are: a) Data Sufficiency:
b) Analysis of Information/Analytical Ability:
c) Data Interpretation:
For the "Professional Knowledge Test" paper for Admin Officer (Specialist), please take help of your college days knowledge.
While the above sample papers can just act as eye openers, if you are serious about preparing for this National Insurance Exam, you have to rely on books mentioned below.
National Insurance exam books: I found following books on net for preparation for Insurance Administrative Officer Exam. They are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts upto 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 100/=. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:
List Price: Rs.310, Offer Price: Rs.288, Discount: Rs. 22 (7%)
List Price: Rs.310, Offer Price: Rs.288, Discount: Rs. 22 (7%)
Also, following books on LIC Asst. Admin Officer Exam should come handy to prepare for National Insurance Admin Officer exam. List Price: Rs.330, Offer Price: Rs.304, Discount: Rs.26 (8%)
List Price: Rs.330, Offer Price: Rs.304, Discount: Rs. 26 (8%)
List Price: Rs.265, Offer Price: Rs.252, Discount: Rs. 13 (5%) List Price: Rs.240, Offer Price: Rs.182, , Discount: Rs. 58 (24%) List Price: Rs.295, Offer Price: Rs.280, Discount: Rs.15 (5%) National Insurance interview questions and preparation materials:For those of you who qualify the written exam of National Insurance exam, you would have to appear the LIC interview. This section tells you how to prepare for National Insurance Admin Officer interview. Your first study material for any interview should be the knowledge about the organization and National Insurance interview should not be an exception. Therefore, gain enough knowledge on National Insurance as an organization from this National Insurance About Us website page. This blog has some excellent material to help you prepare for the National Insurance Interview with a list of Interview questions. Click here to visit this article, which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions helps you prepare yourself. Hope above information on prep materials for National Insurance written exam as well as materials for National Insurance interview would help you in cracking the National Insurance exam. I would be on look out for more resources on the net for National Insurance exam and would post the same, as soon as I come across them. Therefore keep visiting this blog and post your exam experience as comments to help future National Insurance Admin Officer aspirants. Best wishes!
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on November 28, 2010
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IDBI Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books
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November 27, 2010
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 Are you searching for some prep materials for IDBI exam - the sample papers & books? Than you are in the right place - this blog post precisely gives you that - it points you to the sources for the sample papers as well as names the books that you can use for preparation of IDBI recruitment exam. In fact, this blog post of mine follows from two earlier blog articles which informs you about IDBI recruitment 2010-2011 - one for 880 Asst. Manager positions and the other for 700 Executive (Contractual) positions which had informed you about the recruitment notifications as well as how to apply for the same.
But before that, let us find out about the pattern of IDBI Bank Exam.
IDBI Bank Exam Pattern: For both Asst. Manager positions and Executive (Contractual) positions, the selection process is similar - it consists of a written exam followed by interview.
What's more, even the pattern of written exam (consisting of objective type questions) is also similar, with same test sections as the comparison below would show: Exam pattern/format/scheme for IDBI Exam for Executives (Contractual): 1.0 Test of Reasoning. 2.0 Test of Quantitative Aptitude. 3.0 Test of English Language.
Exam pattern/format/scheme for IDBI Exam for Asst. Managers: 1.0 Test of Reasoning, 2.0 Test of Quantitative Aptitude. 3.0 Test of English Language. 4.0 Test of General & Financial Awareness. As you can see above, only one test paper section is extra for IDBI Exam for Asst. Managers: the Test of General & Financial Awareness.
Reasons for similarity in above two IDBI exams can be attributed to the fact that IDBI is looking for almost same set of eligibilities for the Asst. Manager positions and Executive (Contractual) positions - graduation in any discipline. Only minimum marks for Asst. Manager positions is higher - 60% in graduation, compared to 55% for Executive (Contractual) positions.
The above exam pattern is also identical to pattern of Bank PO exams, which has exactly the same test sections. You can hence base your preparation on the pattern of Bank PO exams.
How many questions are going to be asked in which test sections? What is the duration? This is not disclosed in IDBI recruitment notification. But you can take take the cue from a recent UCO Bank PO exam paper - which had total 225 questions for 250 marks to be answered in 135 minutes. The exam pattern is given at right.
Cut-off marks for IDBI Bank PO Exam: How much mark should you score to qualify for IDBI Bank Po exam? The cut-offs for the individual papers would be decided by IDBI Bank only after the exam is over, depending on the relative performance of all the candidates.
Online sample/model/previous years papers of IDBI Bank exam: I had searched for those online papers of IDBI Bank exam which you would need for preparation of the exam. I could find following sample papers for IDBI exam:
Click here to find 50 Solved Questions Paper of I.D.B.I. Bank Officers Cadre Exam Held on 3rd October 2008. Other than above papers I could not locate any good sample/previous years paper exclusive to IDBI Bank exam. But however, I could fish out some sample papers for Bank PO exam, which I think would help in your preparation for IDBI Bank exam:
 Sample Papers for IDBI Bank Reasoning Test:
Sample Papers for IDBI Bank Quantitative Aptitude Test:
Sample Papers for IDBI Bank General Awareness test:
Sample Papers for IDBI Bank Objective English Paper Test:
Above papers have been sourced from Competition Master in the section “Bank Recruitment Exams”, which has been publishing solved question papers of previous years banking exams as shown in the screenshot at left.
Books for IDBI Bank PO Solved previous years papers: Although above sample papers gives you an exposure to what questions you may expect in the IDBI Bank exam, your actual preparation should be based on books as the contents are more reliable. Following books can be used for your preparation. These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts up to 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:
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IDBI Bank PO Interview Questions: This blog has excellent materials to help you prepare for the IDBI Bank Interview & Group Discussion with a list of Interview questions & GD topics.
For Interview, click here to visit this article, which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions helps you prepare yourself.
I am sure with above materials for the Written Test, Interview & GD, you would succeed in clearing the IDBI Bank Exam with ease. Keep visiting this blog as I would keep on posting more materials on how to crack the IDBI Bank exam. Also, I would love if you share your IDBI Bank exam experience in this blog by posting comments below.
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on November 27, 2010
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IDBI Executive Recruitment 2010-2011 Notification Eligibility Forms
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November 25, 2010
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 IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India) Bank has just today issued Recruitment notification 2010-2011 for 700 Executive vacancies (on contractual basis), last date for application for which is 16th December, 2010. The written exam for selection would be held on 23rd January, 2011.
This blog post intends to touch upon the important information contained in the above notification, archiving the same, so that it can be used for future IDBI employment aspirants, say for example, for IDBI Recruitment 2011-2012. In a subsequent blog post, I would cover IDBI Exam pattern and would point you to the sources of sample papers & books for the IDBI Exam. First a primer on what is IDBI:
IDBI was established on July 1, 1964 under an Act of Parliament as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India. On 16th February 1976, the ownership of IDBI was transferred to the Government of India. IDBI played a pioneering role, particularly in the pre-reform era (1964-91), in catalyzing broad based industrial development in the country.
IDBI Bank had started operations as a bank catering primarily to corporate clientele. This strategy was redrawn in early 2001 to focus on the exciting arena of Retail Banking. In September 2003, IDBI acquired the entire shareholding of Tata Finance Limited in Tata Home finance Ltd., signaling IDBI’s foray into the retail finance sector.
IDBI at present is the 4th largest Bank in overall ratings and has a country-wide network of 1059 ATM, 620 branches and 8989 employeesMore about IDBI can be found from this About us page of IDBI. IDBI Exceutive (Contractual) Vacancies:In the current IDBI notification, 700 vacancies are available, category-wise breakup of which is : SC:105, ST: 53, OBC:189, PWD:21, UR: 332. IDBI Executive Recruitment 2010-2011 important dates:IDBI Online application form starts on: 2nd December, 2010. Last date of submission of IDBI Online application form: 16th December, 2010. Date of payment of application fee: 1st to 15th December, 2010. Date of IDBI written exam 2011: 23rd January, 2011.
IDBI Executive Recruitment Eligibilities: Age eligibility: (as on November 30th, 2010) Max: 25 years.
Academic qualification eligibility: 55% marks in graduation (50% for SC/ST/PWD) from a recognized university.
IDBI Executive Recruitment Exam Centers: The written exam would be held in following five cities: Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai & Guwahati. IDBI Executive Recruitment application fee:
IDBI application fee is Rs. 75/= for SC/ST/PWD candidates while Rs. 400/= for others. This fee is needed to be paid in cash at any branch of IDBI or SBI. If you pay it through an SBI branch, an additional Rs.50/= would be charged by SBI as service fee. IDBI Executive Recruitment application form:You can apply to the current IDBI vacancies only online.This form would be available only between 2nd to 16th December, 2010. How to apply for IDBI recruitment is given in detail in Para: "V. How to apply" in page 4-5 of the notification. Please go through the same properly.
IDBI exam Call letter: You should download the call letter for the written exam of IDBI Executive Recruitment from 1st/2nd week of January 2011. Hope with above information you would be able to apply to IDBI Executive recruitment 2010-2011 easily. I am on the look-out for sample papers & books for preparation of IDBI exam and would present the same to you as a separate blog post: IDBI exam pattern, Sample papers & books. Please look out for it!
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on November 25, 2010
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NRL GET/MT Recruitment 2010-2011 Notification Eligibility & Forms
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 NRL (Numaligarh Refinery Limited) has just few days back issued recruitment notification for the session 2010-2011 for 26 GET (Graduate Engineer Trainee) & 4 MT (Management Trainee) positions, last date of application for which is 9th December, 2010. Click here to find the NRL GET/MT Recruitment Notification 2011
How do you apply for GET/MT positions in NRL? This is the subject matter of this blog post, which quotes the important information from above notification to help you apply for the same. The blog post also archives the information for future purpose e.g. NRL GET/MT Recruitment 2011-2012. But first learn about NRL in brief.
What is NRL?
NRL (Numaligarh Refinery Limited) is a a group company of oil major Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited with Oil India Limited & Govt. of Assam being its shareholders. This 3 MMTPA refinery was dedicated to the nation by the erstwhile Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri A. B. Vajpayee on 9th July, 1999. Commercial production of NRL commencement of from October, 2000 and since from than, it has been making profits consistently - in FY 2008-2009, it made a Profit After Tax of Rs. 235.64 crore. Besides refining, it has also diversified into retail marketing of petroleum products and has earned a good name for its quality product and attractive retail outlets. Current vacancies in NRL: Current vacancies in NRL is for 26 26 GET (Graduate Engineer Trainee) & 4 MT (Management Trainee) positions with category-wise break up as below:

Salaries for GET/MT in NRL: NRL is offering consolidated stipend of Rs.17,500/- per month for the GET. On completion of 1 year training period, they will be appointed as Officers Grade `A’ with a probationary period of 12 months on a pay scale of Rs.24,900 –50,500. NRL GET & MT Selection process:Written test for above positions in NRL may or may not be held, depending on the number of eligible candidates. If the same is conducted, it would be followed by interview. NRL GET & MT Recruitment Eligibility:Age eligibility: Max. 30 years as on 01.11.2010. Relaxations exist as per Govt. rule. Academic qualification Eligibility for Graduate Engineer Trainee: First class Engineering Graduates having minimum 65% marks in aggregate in the discipline of Chemical / Mechanical / Electrical / Instrumentation /Metallurgical Engineering.
Academic qualification Eligibility for Management Trainee (HR): First Class Engineering Graduates with 2 years full time course in MBA with specialization in Human Resource / PGDM (HR) recognized as equivalent to MBA by AICTE / AIU (Association of Indian Universities).
Academic qualification Eligibility for Management Trainee (Business Development): First Class Engineering Graduates with 2 years full time course in MBA with specialization in Finance / PGDM (Finance) recognized as equivalent to MBA by AICTE / AIU (Association of Indian Universities).
NRL GET/MT Recruitment Application Form:You can apply for GET & MT positions in NRL only offline. There is no online application form. You can find the NRL GET & MT Application Form in the notification page link given above.. After filling up the form, you have to send it to the following address along with the required documents to the following address:
General Manager (HR & Legal), Numaligarh Refinery Limited, G.S.Road (Near international Hospital), Guwahati 781 005, (Assam)Last date for application is 09.12.2010.NRL GET Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books:
As said before, written test for the GET & MT positions in NRL may or may not be held. However, it would be wise to stay prepared in case the examination is held. To prepare for NRL recruitment written test. please visit my blog article titled: GAIL ET Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books which has almost the same pattern for the GAIL ET exam. Best wishes! !
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on
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National Insurance Recruitment 2010-2011 Notification Eligibility & Forms
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November 21, 2010
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 NIC (National Insurance Company) Ltd. had just few days back issued notification for the recruitment session 2010-2011 for 300 Administrative Officer positions. Last date for applying for these positions is 17th December, 2010. The written exam would be held on 30th January, 2011.
But first let us learn about National Insurance Company Ltd. in brief.
What is NIC (National Insurance Company) Ltd. National Insurance Company Limited is one of the oldest insurance companies in India, incorporated in 1906, with its registered office at Kolkata. Presently it is the second largest non life insurer in India (only next to New India Assurance) having a large market presence in north and east India. It has a network of about 1000 offices, manned by more than 16,000 skilled personnel. In the current year, it won the “Best Auto Insurer 2010” from J.D. Power Asia Pacific.
Vacancies in National Insurance 2010-2011: Vacancies in National Insurance Company Ltd. with category-wise breakup is as below: Admin Officer (Generalist): UR-109, SC-35, ST-15, OBC-61, Total:220. Admin Officer (Specialist): UR- 48, SC-9, ST- 4, OBC-19, Total: 80
Out of 80 positions earmarked for Admin Officer (Specialist), Discipline- wise breakup is as below: Automobile Engineering:30, Legal 30, Medical 20
Admin Officer Salaries in National Insurance Company Ltd.: NIC is offering salary in the pay-scale of Rs.17,240-840(14)-29,000-910(4)-32640 with other benefits. Total monthly salary for Admin Officer will be about Rs.26,600/- plus in Metros.
Important dates for National Insurance Recruitment 2010-2011: Last date for receipt of application forms: 17/12/2010 Last Date of dispatch of NIC 2011 exam Call letter/Admit card:10/01/2011 Date of National Insurance Written Examination: 30/01/2011
Examination cities for National Insurance Recruitment 2010-2011: The written exam for Admin Officer positions would be held in following 27 cities all over India: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Vadodara, Vijaywada, Vishakapatnam.
Eligibility for Admin Officer positions in National Insurance Company Ltd.: Age Eligibility (for both Generalist & Specialist): as on 31/10/2010 Min: 21 years, Max: 30 years.
Academic/Experience Eligibility: Eligibility for Admin Officer (Generalist): Minimum Qualification: Graduation in Arts, Commerce or Science, Engineering, Agricultural Science, Veterinary Science. Preferred Qualification: Graduate in any discipline as above with any of the following postgraduate professional qualification/s: M.B.A/ M.M.S / M.C.A /C.A./ I.C.W.A.
Eligibility for Admin Officer (Automobile Engineering): B.E/ B. Tech. in Engineering with specialization in Automobile Engineering OR Graduate in Engineering in any discipline with PG Diploma (at least one year duration) in Automobile Engineering.
Eligibility for Admin Officer (Law): Graduate in Law.
Eligibility for Admin Officer (Law): Graduate in Medical (MBBS).
Note: Minimum %age: For all of above, min %age at Graduation level shall be 55% ( in case of SC/ST candidates – 50% ). Preference will be given to the candidates having experience in their area of pecialization.
National Insurance Recruitment 2010-2011 Offline/Online forms: You can apply for Admin Officer in National Insurance either online or offline.
You can find the National Insurance Recruitment 2010-2011 Offline form in the last page of the Notification. How to apply offline has been given clearly in Section: "(X) How to Apply & General Instructions:" from page-3 of the Notification.
Please take help of “How to Apply & General Instructions” section as given above and also go through these FAQs on online filling of form.
Hope with above you can apply confidently for Admin Officer exam of NIC (National Insurance Company) Ltd. I am also posting the above materials for archiving purpose, so that it can be used as reference for those appearing National Insurance Recruitment Exam 2011-2012.
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on November 21, 2010
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LIC AAO Exam Pattern, Sample papers & Books
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November 20, 2010
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 This blog post follows my earlier blog article on LIC AAO recruitment 2011 Notification, Eligibility, Forms which introduces you to the LIC AAO exam and tells you how to apply for the same. The focus of this blog post is on providing you the LIC AAO exam study materials – at first by analyzing the exam pattern of LIC AAO exam and than providing you the sources of online LIC exam sample papers and available books for your preparation for the same. LIC AAO selection process:
Selection Procedure for LIC AAO (Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and Legal) consists of only interview while that for LIC AAO (Generalist) selection procedure consists of a written exam followed by interview. Subsequent to interview, all the selected candidates have to undergo pre-recruitment medical examination. What are the likely tests conducted in pre-recruitment medical examination? You can get some idea in my this previous blog post.
In the LIC exam selection process, three times the vacancies against each position are likely to be called for the interview. Thus number of persons likely to be called for LIC interview is as follows: Assistant Administrative Officer (Generalists):750 Assistant Administrative Officer (Chartered Accountant):300 Assistant Administrative Officer (Legal):60 Assistant Administrative Officer (Company Secretary): 15
LIC AAO written exam format/pattern:
As said above, written exam would be conducted only for LIC AAO (Generalist) positions. The exam will have two papers – Paper-I (Objective) & Paper-II (Descriptive), in which Paper-II is of only qualifying nature – the marks scored in Paper-I will only decide the merit ranking.
On the basis of relative performance of candidates (i.e. marks scored) in Paper-I, LIC would decide the cut-off criteria and would evaluate the Paper-II for only those candidates above this cut-off. Thus your performance in Paper-II should be at least such that LIC finds your language proficiency good, since Paper-II consists of Essay, Précis writing & Comprehension. Sections in LIC AAO Exam Paper-I: Marks: 140 total, Duration: 2 hours. Reasoning Ability. Numerical Ability. General Knowledge & Current Affairs. English Language (Grammar and vocabulary). You can appear in the above first three sections either in Hindi or in English
Sections in LIC AAO Exam Paper-II: Marks: 50 total, Duration: 2 hours. Essay writing. Précis writing & Comprehension.
You can answer essay writing section either in Hindi or English but Précis writing & Comprehension section has to be answered only in English.
Although LIC in its job notification has not spelt out any mark distribution among test sections and also time duration for the same, I expect the pattern of LIC written exam to be similar to a Bank PO exam, which has similar sections, including Paper-II (Descriptive) for English proficiency. LIC AAO exam sample online papers:
First thing that you would like to know while preparing for a LIC AAO exam is where to find those online sample papers. I did some scouting for you on the net and could find following sample/previous years paper of LIC AAO exam:
GJTutorial: It has 20 Quantitative questions of LIC AAO exam -2007.
However I could find following sample papers for LIC Asst. Development Officers (ADO) exam:
Indiaknow.blogspot: You will find the LIC (ADO) 2007 solved paper (26 questions) on General Knowledge and Current Affairs.
Edutalkindia.blogspot: You will find 50 questions
Careers-India.com: You will find 35 questions of LIC ADO exam.
Take these sample papers only for an exposure to what questions are set in LIC written exam. Rely more on books for your preparation.
Also, as told above, LIC AAO written exam pattern is very similar to the Bank PO exams. Therefore following two blog posts on bank PO exam, which also gives you downloadable sample papers section-wise (almost same as LIC AAO exam) should help you in your preparation for LIC AAO exam: SBI Probationary Officer (PO) exam Solved Question papers, Sample Papers and Exam pattern
LIC AAO exam books:
 I found following books on net for preparation for LIC AAO Exam. These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts upto 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 100/=. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:
List Price: Rs.330, Offer Price: Rs.304, Discount: Rs.26 (8%)
List Price: Rs.330, Offer Price: Rs.304, Discount: Rs. 26 (8%)
List Price: Rs.265, Offer Price: Rs.252, Discount: Rs. 13 (5%) List Price: Rs.240, Offer Price: Rs.182, , Discount: Rs. 58 (24%) List Price: Rs.295, Offer Price: Rs.280, Discount: Rs.15 (5%) LIC AAO interview questions and preparation materials:
For those of you who qualify the written exam of LIC AAO (Generalist) exam, you would have to appear the LIC interview. Aspirants for the post of AAO (Chartered Accountant) & AAO (Actuarially Qualified) on the other hand do not have to appear in the written exam and would be called for interview directly. This section tells you how to prepare for LIC AAO interview. Your first study material for any interview should be the knowledge about the organization and LIC interview should not be an exception. Therefore, gain enough knowledge on LIC as an organization from this LIC About Us website page and also from Wiki.
This blog has some excellent material to help you prepare for the LIC Interview with a list of Interview questions. Click here to visit this article, which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions helps you prepare yourself.
Hope above information on study materials for LIC AAO written exam as well as materials for LIC interview would help you in cracking the LIC exam. I would be on look out for more resources on the net for LIC exam and would post the same, as soon as I come across them. Therefore keep visiting this blog and post your exam experience as comments to help future LIC AAO aspirants. Best wishes!
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on November 20, 2010
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LIC AAO recruitment Notification, Eligibility, Forms
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November 18, 2010
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 LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) of India has just yesterday issued job notifications for 375 Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) positions. You can apply online for these positions from 22nd November, 2010. Last date for applying for LIC AAO recruitment 2011 is 14th December, 2010.
This blog article encapsulates above recruitment notification of LIC, summarizing the same and also archiving it for future LIC AAO aspirants i.e. for LIC AAO recruitment 2012, LIC AAO recruitment 2013. While another blog post titled: LIC AAO Exam Pattern, Sample papers & Books gives you the study materials to prepare for LIC exam.
But first let us know LIC as an organisation in brief.
What is LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) of India: Founded in 1956, The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is the largest life insurance company in India with 2048 branches, 105divisional offices and 8 zonal offices, employing over 1 million agents. It also operates in 12 other countries, primarily to cater to the needs of Non Resident Indians. A recent Economic Times Brand Equity Survey rated LIC as the No. 1 Service Brand of the Country. Such is the reach of LICI that in the financial year 2007-08, Life Insurance Corporation of India's number of policy holders are said to have crossed a whopping 220 million (fourth in terms of population of the countries of the world). More about LIC can be found from Wiki and from this page of LIC website. Although Insurance companies elsewhere in the world is trying to come into terms with the economic recession and are cutting down jobs, LIC is on a recruiting spree – just recently on 21st March 2009, LIC has brought out notification for 530 vacancies of Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO). The subject matter of this blog post is to tell you about this LIC job notification for Assistant Administrative Officer. You can view this LIC notification by clicking here, salient points of which is summarized below. LIC AAO job vacancies: Total- 375Break-up of the vacancies are as below: Assistant Administrative Officer ( Generalists): 250Assistant Administrative Officer ( Chartered Accountant): 100Assistant Administrative Officer (Legal):20 Assistant Administrative Officer (Company Secretary): 05 You can apply for more than one post but you need to apply on-line for each post separately and also pay application fee separately for each post. LIC AAO exam eligibility:Age eligibility (as on 1st November, 2010):Min: 21 years, Maximum: 30 years. Age relaxations exist as per Govt. rule. Academic eligibility:Eligibility for AAO (Generalists):Bachelor/Master’s Degree from a recognized Indian or Foreign University with a minimum of 55% marks (45% for SC/ST) in the aggregate in either of the Degrees. Preference would be given to candidates having professional qualification like CFA/ CS/FIIRM/MBA from recognized University or Institute. Eligibility for AAO (Chartered Accountant):An Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Eligibility for AAO (Legal ):
LL.B. with a minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate and minimum three years experience at the Bar. Eligibility for AAO (Company Secretary ):
A Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). Salary being offered by LIC for these AAO jobs:Basic pay Rs. 17,240/- per month in the scale of Rs.17240/- per month in the scale of Rs. 17240-840(14)-29000-910(4) 32640 and other admissible allowances as per rules. Total emoluments will be approximately Rs. 27000/- per month in a city like Mumbai. LIC AAO exam -2010-2011 important dates:1. Date of opening of LIC site for Online Registration: 22nd November, 2010. 2. Last date for acceptance of Application money: 13th December, 2010 3. Closing date for LIC site for online Registration: 14th December, 2010 4. Date of hosting of LIC AAO exam call letters/hall ticket website: 7th February, 2011 5. Date of LIC AAO Exam 2011: 27th February, 2011
LIC AAO Recruitment 2011 exam cities: Which are the cities where LIC AAO written exam -2011 would be held? LIC AAO written exam -2011 would be held in following 37 cities/towns all over India: Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Dharwad, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jalpaiguri, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Raipur, Shillong, Silchar, Trivandrum, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam. LIC AAO Recruitment exam -2011 Online Form:You can apply only online for LIC AAO exam -2011.Before applying online, you need to pay the LIC AAO exam application fee of Rs. 400/= in cash at any of the Cash Collection Center of LIC Offices (i.e. Satellite/Branch /Divisional /Zonal Offices). No fee is required for SC/ST/PH candidates. How do you locate these LIC branches for payment of fee? Visit this page and search by your place name in the search box as given below:  On payment of the application fee, you will be issued a Miscellaneous Receipt containing details such as Transaction Number, Transaction Date, Branch Code & Miscellaneous Collection Number. Retain this with you as you need it for future records as well as while filling the online application. (The same is not required for SC/ST/PH candidates as there is no application fee for them). How to apply online form for LIC AAO exam 2011 is given very clearly in section "14. How to Apply (for all posts)" from page-8 of the LIC AAO recruitment 2011 Notification. After applying online, take print-out of the application on A-4 Size Paper and retain it after signing the same. You do not need to send this print-out of the application to LIC, as required in many other exams. Than why do you need to take print-out of the application form?If you clear the LIC AAI written exam, you will have to submit the duly signed System Generated Print Out of the On-line application, copy of the call letter duly signed by the invigilator during the written examination, miscellaneous receipt of fee as mentioned above and also original and attested Photostat copies of all relevant certificates at the time of interview. LIC AAO exam -2011 call letter:You would receive your call letter in My Account link of the LIC job website from 7th February, 2011 onwards, which you need to take print out. If you do not receive your call letter in above link, check if you are unfortunate to be in the Ineligible Candidates list. If you do not find your name in the ineligible list, log in to your My Account link and contact LIC through the Contact Us link as shown below:  Hope with above information you can apply to LIC AAO exam with confidence. Next to applying for the exam, you would naturally want to know what is LIC exam pattern and how to prepare for it. My next blog post titled: LIC AAO exam pattern, sample papers & books gives you the study materials for cracking this exam. So may be you would love to read that blog post.
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on November 18, 2010
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CBSE AIPMT 2011 Notification/Study materials
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November 15, 2010
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 CBSE has just today announced the notification for CBSE AIPMT-2011 Preliminary exam. The last date to apply for AIPMT-2011 (both online as well as offline) is 31st December, 2010 while the AIPMT-2011 Prelims exam would be held on 3rd April, 2011.
This blog post summarizes the important information contained in the AIPMT-2011 advertisement/notification to help you apply for the same as well to help you prepare for the same with sample papers & books for AIPMT 2011. You can also go through my blog post titled: AIPMT 2011 Exam Pattern/Format to know more about this exam.
Important dates for CBSE AIPMT 2011: Sale of AIPMT 2011 Bulletin: 13.12.2010 to 31.12.2010 Online submission of AIPMT 2011 Forms: 15.11.2010 to 31.12.2010.
Last date for receipt of Online/Offline forms: 07.01.2011
Date of AIPMT 2011 Prelims Exam: 03.04.2011 (Sunday) Date of AIPMT 2011 Mains Exam: 15.05.2011 (Sunday)
Eligibilities for CBSE AIPMT exam:i) You must be an Indian national. ii) Academic eligibility (Minimum percentage) for AIPMT:
50% for General category student & 40% for SC/ST/OBC category student in Physics, Chemistry Biology taken together (i.e. aggregate). Also students should pass Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English subjects individually. iii) Age eligibility (Minimum percentage) for AIPMT:
Minimum 17 years at the time of admission or on 31st December of the year of admission. Maximum 25 years as on 31st December of the year of the entrance examination. Upper age limit relaxed by 5 years for SC/ST/OBC students. iv) You can attempt AIPMT for a maximum number of 3 (three) attempts.
v) Final year Class-XII students (who are appearing Class-XII final in 2011) can also appear in the exam provided he meets all other eligibilities as given above.
CBSE AIPMT 2011 Online/Offline Form: You can apply for CBSE AIPMT either offline or online. How to apply offline is given clearly in page-5 to 8 (from section-"9. MODE OF SALE OF INFORMATION BULLETIN AND APPLICATION FORM" of the Information Bulletin.

CBSE AIPMT exam pattern/format:
Sample online papers of CBSE AIPMT exam: You can download the sample model papers of CBSE PMT exam from following websites:
Mastermind Classes: You can download solved CBSE PMT papers by Mastermind Classes from following links:
cbseportal.com You can find sample CBSE PMT papers of both Preliminary & Final exam in this site from this link.
Recommended books for preparation of CBSE PMT exams:
Coaching Centers for CBSE AIPMT exam:
Aakash institute has coaching centres in 26 cities; Amritsar, Bhatinda, Bhubaneswar, Bokaro, Chandigarh, Dehradun, East Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Janakpuri, Kalu Sarai, Kanpur, Karnal, Kolkata, Kota, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Noida, Delhi, Patiala, Patna, Pune, Ranchi. If you are in any of these cities, you may go for class-room coaching by Aakash institute. But even if you are not in any of these cities, you can opt for correspondence courses. Also there are many packages to suit your pocket. The fees are however a little expensive. You can find detail of CBSE AIPMT courses offered by Aakash institute from this link.
Mastermind Classes has centres in Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna Rewa, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Ghaziabad Varanasi, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Jammu Dehradun, Jaipur, Raipur, Kolkata, Guwahati, Agartala, Muscat. It offers class-room programs as well as correspondence courses. You can find more about it from this link.
Hope above study materials for CBSE Medical Entrance exam (Sample online papers/ Recommended Books & Coaching centers) would help you in your preparations for AIPMT exam. I would look out for more materials and would post them as I spot them. Please keep visiting this blog!
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on November 15, 2010
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AIPMT 2011 Exam Pattern/Format
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The focus of this blog post is on telling you what is the exam format of CBSE AIPMT-2011. Although this blog post is made for AIPMT-2011 exam, students who are going to appear in AIPMT-2012/2013 exam can also use it for reference purpose to know the exam pattern of CBSE AIPMT-2012/2013. There was a major change from AIPMT-2010 onwards: the CBSE PMT Final exam was also made Objective type. The AIPMT final was Descriptive type in previous years. Schedule of CBSE AIPMT-2011 Exam: CBSE PMT exam is held in two stages (Prelims & Final) with exam schedules as below:
Preliminary Examination - April 03, 2011 (Sunday): Objective type
The CBSE PMT Preliminary Examination consists of a single paper containing 200 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology). This paper needs to be completed in 3 hours (10.00 AM to 1.00 PM).
Each answer has four answer options from which you need to choose the single correct answer and mark it in the machine-gradable answer sheet by darkening the circle for the option completely with a Ball Point Pen only.

You need to take care while darkening the circle for the correct option – the circle should be darkened completely. The answer sheet is evaluated through OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software and hence if the circle is not darkened properly, the answer would come as a blank answer to OCR! How to mark the answer correctly? Just see it from the picture at left, which shows wrong/right way of marking 8 questions. Final Examination - May 15, 2011 (Sunday): Objective type
CBSE PMT Final Examination is held only for those people who qualify the Preliminary Examination. You can find whether you have qualified in the AIPMT prelims by seeing the AIPMT result in CBSE results website, around the second week of April.
The CBSE PMT Final Examination consists of a single paper containing 120 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology). This paper needs to be completed in 3 hours (10.00 AM to 1.00 PM). Mark distribution/Exam format of CBSE AIPMT Exam:
How many questions are asked from which subject in which paper in CBSE PMT Exam? Following gives you the subject-wise mark distribution for CBSE PMT Prelims Exam: Preliminary Examination: Single Objective-type paper Physics: 50 questions. Chemistry: 50 questions. Botany: 50 questions. Zoology: 50 questions. Total: 200 questions with 800 marks (4 marks/question) to be answered in 3 hours.There is negative marking 1 mark for each wrong answer. Hope above information on exam pattern/format of AIPMT exam helps you in knowing this CBSE Medical Entrance exam better. How to prepare for CBSE PMT exam? You can find the study materials for CBSE PMT exam in my blog post titled: CBSE AIPMT 2011 Exam dates/Study materials. Please keep visiting this blog as I would continue to post more prep materials for AIPMT exam! Labels: AIPMT |
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SSB Constable Recruitment Notification, Forms & Books
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November 14, 2010
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This blog post summarizes the important information contained in above advertisement, so that same can be used not only by the aspirants for the current SSB Constable exam, but also by future aspirant’s i.e. SSB Constable Recruitment Exam 2011-2012 for reference purpose to know about the application and selection process.
But first let us know about SSB in brief.
What is Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB): SSB is a major Paramilitary border forces of India, created post Indo-China conflict, in 1963, mainly to prevent further Chinese intrusions in North East India. However, later its scope was expanded and it now is working in many other states such as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir etc. besides the eight North East states.
It has following organization roles: 1.0 To promote sense of security among the people living in the border area. 2.0 To Prevent trans border crimes and unauthorized entries into or exit from the territory of India. SSB Constable Vacancies: Trade-wise, category-wise vacancy position for constables in SSB is as below: 
Salaries for SSB Constable: Pay Scale offered for these SSB Constable (Tradesmen) is: Rs.5200-20200 + Grade Pay Rs.2000/- per month, along with other allowances as exists for Central Government employees.
Eligibilities for SSB Constable positions: Age Eligibility: 18 to 23 years (as on 10-12-2010)
Educational Qualification/ Work Experience Eligibility: 1) Matriculation or equivalent form a recognized Board or Institute. (8th Class pass for the ST Candidates of Mizoram State, Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh only) and
2) Work Experience as below: (i) Two years work experience in respective trade; OR (ii) One year certificate course from Indusial Training Institute/ Vocational Institute with at least one year experience in the Trade ; OR (iii) Two years Diploma from Industrial Training Institute in the trade or similar trade. Besides above eligibilities, candidates must posses the minimum Physical & Medical Standards as given in Page-4&5 of the notification.
Selection process/Exam Pattern of for SSB Constable Exam: Selections for constable positions in SSB is an elaborate process, involving following six stages: (i) Documentation (ii) Physical Standard Measurement (PST) (iii) Physical Efficiency Test (PET) (iv) Written test (25 Marks) (v) Practical /Trade Test( 75 Marks) (vi) Medical Test. As you can find above, there are only two tests (other than your medical/physical standard test)- Written test & Trade test. The exam pattern of written test is - it consist of questions of General Awareness/ General Knowledge, Knowledge of Elementary Mathematics, ability to observe and distinguish patterns and to test basic knowledge of candidate in English / Hindi.
You can find details about these processes from page-6 (section 9. Selection Process) to page-9 of the notification.
SSB Constable Exam application form & how to apply: You can find the application form for applying to SSB Constable Recruitment Exam in page-12 to 14 (ANNEXURE – I ) of the notification. How to apply for SSB Constable Exam is given clearly in page-5 to 6 (section 7. How to apply:) of the notification. Subsequent to filling up the form, you have to send the same along with other required documents to the following address to reach before the last date of application i.e. 10.12..2010 (For remote areas: 17.12.2010): THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, SECTOR HQRS. SSB, FCI CAMPUS, P.O. FERTILIZER FACTORY, URUBARAK NAGAR, GORAKHPUR-273007,UTTAR PRADESH.
Prep Books for SSB Constable Exam: I had searched on the net for study materials to prepare for SSB Constable Recruitment Exam and could find following guide books for SSB Constable GD (General Duty) exam. As the pattern of exam is similar, you can use these books to prepare for SSB Constable (Tradesmen) exam too. These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts upto 25%, apart from free shipping/ postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 100/=. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at yOffer doorstep:
List Price: Rs.140, Offer Price: Rs.140
List Price: Rs.90, Offer Price: Rs.90
List Price: Rs.90, Offer Price: Rs.90
Hope with above information you can apply confidently for the exam and get that SSB Constable job. Best wishes!
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posted by
Prasanta Bora on November 14, 2010
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