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LIC Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2019

Author : Palak Khanna

April 3, 2023

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Life Insurance Corporation has commenced the LIC Assistant Recruitment 2019. A total of 7975 vacancies are up for grabs for aspirants across the country. Job positions include Cashier, Single Window Operator, Customer Service Executive and more. Go through the complete LIC Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2019 to know about the difficulty level of the paper, questions asked and the expected cut off for the Prelims exam.

The Mains Exam will be expectedly conducted on December 22, 2019. As per the LIC Assistant Mains Previous Year Exam Analysis, the exam was Easy to Moderate in terms of Difficulty.

LIC Assistant Cut Off 2019 is expected to be more than 50. Do keep in mind that Sectional cut off is applicable in the LIC Assistant Exam.

LIC Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2019

The subject-wise LIC Assistant Mains Paper Analysis will be updated with a detailed subject-wise review of the mains exam 22 December 2019.

  • The result for prelims paper is released, candidates who get selected in the prelims exam are eligible to sit for the Mains examination.  
  • The final selection of the individual will be on the basis of marks secured by the students in the Mains Exam.
  • The Result will be calculated on the basis of Normalization. LIC Assistant Marks Normalization adjusts the varying difficulty level in the multiple shifts of the examination.

Overall Analysis- Exam was easy to moderate

Sections Number of Questions Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude 40 23-26
General/ Financial Awareness 40 27-31
Quantitative Aptitude 40 27-31
English Language 40 31-34
Hindi Language 40 24-28
Total 200 129-141

LIC Assistant Mains Analysis for Reasoning

The reasoning section comprises of Logical reasoning and computer awareness-based questions generally every year.

However, this year there were no questions from Computer Awareness.

Here is the number of questions from each topic in the Reasoning section:

  • Puzzles (3 -4 questions)- The questions were from Weight based puzzles and one question from Linear seating arrangement.

The question was based on the outside and inside seating arrangement of 6 people. There were questions from the circular arrangement as well.

  • Syllogism (4 questions)
  • Blood relations (3 questions)
  • Inequality (10 questions)- This was a dominating topic in this section.
  • Data sufficiency (3-4 questions)
  • Coding-Decoding (5 questions)
  • Machine Input (5 questions)

LIC Assistant Mains Exam Analysis for English

The English section was easy. The questions were quite related to the previous year's questions only. Here is the topic-wise LIC Assistant Mains Analysis for the English section.

  • Word Swapping- 10 questions
  • Reading Comprehension- (10 questions): The comprehension was based on Graphite
  • Close Test was also asked
  • Sentence Errors- 10 questions

LIC Assistant 2019 Mains Analysis for Maths

Maths was moderate. Given below is topic-wise exam analysis for LIC Assistant Maths Analysis:

  • DI (2 questions): The questions were based on Pie chart, Bar graph-based questions (Percentage of Petrol and Diesel), Profit & Loss, Discount
  • Quadratic Equation (5 questions)
  • Simplification (3-4 questions)
  • Word Problems (15 questions): Important topics were SI- CI, Boat & Stream, Time and work, etc.
  • Data Sufficiency (3 questions)

LIC Assistant Hindi Analysis

The Hindi section was easy to attempt. Here is a brief analysis of this section:

  • Comprehension- The comprehension was about Rabindra Nath Tagore.
  • Idioms and phrases and Close Test were also asked in the exam.

LIC Assistant GA Exam Analysis

GA section has general questions only. Here are the questions asked in the exam:

  • BCCI President was asked (Ans: Saurav Ganguly)
  • Questions based on RBI and Insurance (4-5 questions)
  • Brand Ambassador of MasterCard was asked (Answer- MS Dhoni)

Questions Asked in GA Section

  1. Player Associated with Cashless Team India? – MS Dhoni
  2. Company Associated with cashless Team India? – Mastercard
  3. MoSarkar Scheme was launched by which state? – Odisha
  4. Dharma Guardian exercise between?
  5. Floating Nuclear Power Plant – Russia
  6. What is the capital requirement for Small Finance Bank to set up payments banks? – 200 crore
  7. National Innovation Index was topped by which state? – Karnataka
  8. What is Rytu Bharosa?
  9. World’s 12th Richest State?
  10. Question on Pradhan mantri jan Dhan Yojna?

LIC Assistant Paper Analysis: Students Review 

Our team spoke with various candidates that appeared for the prelims exam today. We have concluded a few points based on the student's review of the paper.  

  • The difficulty level of the exam is easy-moderate.
  • Students felt that the reasoning section had a few tricky questions that were also time-consuming. 
  • LIC Assistant Exam Analysis is based on the review of the students who almost unanimously feel that the cut off will be higher than last year.

For the candidates who will appear for the exam on 22 December 2019, we will update this LIC Assistant Mains Exam Analysis once the exam will get conducted.

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LIC Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2019

The Mains Exam has been conducted for the 1st shift on 22 December 2019. The LIC Assistant Exam Analysis will be updated just after the exam is over.

After applying the penalty for wrong answers, the number of correctly answered questions in each objective test is considered for arriving at the Corrected Score.

LIC Assistant Mains Exam Overview 2019

This is the updated exam pattern for the LIC Mains Exam for the Part A and Part B states.

Sections Questions Maximum Marks Medium of exams Minimum Qualifying Marks(SC, ST, PwBD) Minimum Qualifying Marks(Others) Duration
General/Financial Awareness 40 40 English/Hindi 14 16 30 Minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 40 40 English/Hindi 14 16 30 Minutes
General English 40 40 English 14 16 30 Minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude 40 40 English/Hindi 14 16 30 Minutes
Hindi Language 40 40 Hindi 14 16 30 Minutes
Total 200 200  - - - 2 hours 30 minutes

This is the updated exam pattern for the LIC Mains Exam for the Part A and Part B states.

Sections Questions Maximum Marks Medium of exams Minimum Qualifying Marks(SC, ST, PwBD) Minimum Qualifying Marks(Others) Duration
General/Financial Awareness 50 50 English/Hindi 18 20 30 Minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 English/Hindi 18 20 30 Minutes
General English 40 40 English 14 16 30 Minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude 60 60 English/Hindi 22 24 30 Minutes
Total 200 200  - - 2 hours 30 minutes

LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis for Shift 4 - 31st October 2019

The final shift of the Prelims Exam was of Moderate level difficulty. The Good Attempts in the exam have been mentioned in the table below:-

Subject Good Attempt Difficulty Level
English/Hindi Language 12 (Qualifying) Easy-Moderate
Reasoning Ability 31-32 Easy-Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude 27-29 Moderate
Total 58-61 (out of 70) Easy-Moderate

Go through the detailed LIC Assistant Shift 4 Analysis to know the topics asked in the paper.

LIC Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis for Shift 3 - 31st October 2019

The Shift 3 Exam was easy as most students felt that most questions could be answered easily. Good Attempts in the Shift 3 has been mentioned below

Subject Good Attempt Difficulty Level
English/Hindi Language 12 (Qualifying) Easy-Moderate
Reasoning Ability 31-32 Easy-Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude 27-28 Moderate
Total 58-60 (out of 70) Easy-Moderate

Get the detailed LIC Assistant Shift 3 Analysis to know about the questions and the topics asked in the shift 3 prelims test. 

LIC Assistant Exam Analysis for Shift 2 on 31st October 2019

The Shift 2 exam was conducted from 11:30 am to 12:30 p.m on 31st October. The Good Attempts in the paper have been mentioned in the table below

Subject Good Attempt Difficulty Level
English/Hindi Language 12 (Qualifying) Easy-Moderate
Reasoning Ability 30-32 Easy-Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude 25-28 Moderate
Total 55-60 (out of 70) Easy-Moderate

Go through the detailed LIC Assistant Shift 2 Exam Analysis to know about the questions and topics asked in the Prelims exam.

LIC Assistant Exam Analysis Today for Shift 1 - 31st October 2019

Good Attempts in the Shift 1 exam has been mentioned in the table below:-

Subject Good Attempt Time (in min.)
English Language/Hindi Language 15 (Qualifying) 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 28-32 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 30-33 20 minutes
Total 58-65 (out of 70) 60 minutes

Go through the complete review for the LIC Assistant Prelims Analysis for Shift 1 to know about topics asked in the exam.

LIC Assistant Exam Shift Timings & Schedule

The following table will be updated soon with the LIC Assistant Exam Review

LIC ASSISTANT Exam Dates 2019 LIC ASSISTANT EXAM SHIFT TIMINGS
- Shift-1 Shift-2 Shift-3 Shift-4
October 30, 2019 Reporting Time: 8:15 AM Exam Timing: 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM Reporting Time: 10.45 AM Exam Timing:11:30-12:30 PM Reporting Time: 1.15 PM Exam Timing: 02.00-03.00 PM Reporting Time: 3:45 PM Exam Timing: 04:30-05:30 PM
October 31, 2019 Reporting Time: 8:15 AM Exam Timing: 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM Reporting Time: 10.45 AM Exam Timing:11:30-12:30 PM Reporting Time: 1.15 PM Exam Timing: 02.00-03.00 PM Reporting Time: 3:45 PM Exam Timing: 04:30-05:30 PM

LIC Assistant Prelims Exam 2019 Highlights

Post LIC Assistant
Conducting Body Life Insurance Company of India
Mode of Exam Online
Exam Language Hindi or English
Total Questions 100
Time Duration 1 hour (20 minutes each section)
Question Type MCQs (Objective-type)

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