LIC Assistant Exam Pattern 2020

Students can check the LIC Assistant Exam Pattern for both Prelims & Mains in this article. Understanding the exam pattern is very important if one wants to crack the paper. 

The LIC Assistant Recruitment has 2 majors phases to be cleared: Prelims & Mains Exam

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LIC Assistant Exam Pattern 2019 Highlights

Students have to crack the Prelims exam if they want to write the Mains Exam. The Mains Exam is a bit tougher than the Prelims Exam. Read the following to know more:

LIC Assistant Exam Pattern 2019 (Mains)

All tests are separately timed.And all candidates need to remain in the exam venue for approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes including the Log In time , collection of Hall Ticket , reading Instructions etc.All the questions will have multiple choices answers.All objective type tests will be provided both in English and Hindi except the language test.Every Section will be given specific time and the candidates can answer the questions only within the allotted time.Out of five answers to a question,only one will be correct and candidates need to select that correct answer.There will be a penalty for every wrong answer and 1/4 of the marks assigned to the question will be deducted as the penalty. Read the following to know more about Mains Exam:

• The candidates must obtain minimum qualifying marks in each Section separately and obtain the minimum  marks in aggregate to qualify the exam
• Candidates have to complete 5 sections within 2 hours and 30 minutes
• Sectional timing is segregated into 40 minutes for each section
• The selection of the candidate will be based on marks secured in Mains Exam
• The candidates who clear Mains will be called for Medical Test

LIC Assistant Mains Exam Pattern ( Part A & Part B states)-

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

LIC Assistant Mains Exam Pattern ( Part C states)-

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 Scoring Pattern 2019

The Exam has a definite scoring pattern and the scores will be obtained by the candidates through the following manner-

• 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
• The Corrected Scores obtained by a candidate are made equivalent in order to take care of the minor differences in difficulty level ,if any,in all the objective tests held in various sessions in order to arrive at Equated Scores.
• Scores obtained by candidates on any tests are equated to the base form in consideration to the Score distributions of all the forms
• The Scores on total and Testwise Scores are reported with decimal points up to two digits

LIC Assistant Cut-off Pattern

The cut-offs will be applied in two stages-

• On scores in all the individual stages
• On total Scores

Check the LIC Assistant Solved Question Paper (English & Hindi) Pdf here

LIC Assistant Exam Pattern 2019 (Prelims)

The Prelims Exam is scheduled for October 30 & 31, 2019. Candidates have to complete 100 questions within an hour.

• The exam will be conducted in online mode
• Sectional timing of 20 minutes to each section is given
• The subjects included in the Prelims Exam are Reasoning, English & Maths
• On the other hand, the subjects in Mains are Reasoning, GK, English, Hindi, Maths & Reasoning. Hindi has recently been added as a subject in Mains Exam
• The best way to clear the exam is to solve 1 Mock Test each day
• The students can fill the application forms from September 17, 2019-October 01, 2019
• To crack the paper, the candidates must solve Previous Year Question Papers. They help in analyzing the exam pattern in a better way

Sections	Questions	Marks	Time
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
English Language/Hindi language	30	30	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
Total	100	100 marks	60 Minutes