Introduction
Understanding the exam pattern and syllabus will help the candidates in devising effective preparation strategies. Speed/ Time management is vital in obtaining a good score in any competitive exam and hence, analysis of LIC AE Exam Pattern and syllabus is very crucial to be able to complete the exams in the stipulated time.
LIC AE Selection Process shall involve four stages: Preliminary Examination, Main Examination, Interview and Medical examination.
Phases
The different phases of the LIC AE 2020 Selection Procedure are as described below:
Scheme of Preliminary Examination for recruitment to the post of Assistant Engineers (AE) in LIC is as follows:
- Preliminary Examination consisting of objective test will be conducted online.
- The test will have three sections (with separate timings for each section).
| Name of the tests | Number of Questions | Max Marks | Medium of Exam | Min Qualifying Marks | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC/ST | Others | |||||
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | English & Hindi | 16 | 18 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | English & Hindi | 16 | 18 | 20 minutes |
| English Language with special emphasis on grammar, vocabulary and comprehension | 30 | 30 | English | 9 | 10 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 70 | 1 hour | |||
- English Language test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in English Language will not be counted for ranking.
- Candidates equal to 20 times of number of vacancies in each category, subject to availability, will be shortlisted for Main examination.
Scheme of Main Examination for recruitment to the post of LIC AE (Civil /Electrical /Architect /Structural /Electrical /Mechanical– MEP Eng) in LIC is as follows:
- Main examination will consist of objective tests for 300 marks and descriptive test for 25 marks.
- Both the objective and descriptive tests will be online.
- The objective test will have separate timing for every section.
- Candidates will have to answer descriptive test by typing on the computer.
- Descriptive test will be administered immediately after the completion of the objective test.
| Name of the tests | Number of Questions | Max Marks | Medium of Exam | Min Qualifying Marks | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC/ST | Others | |||||
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 | English & Hindi | 40 | 45 | 40 minutes |
| General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 60 | English & Hindi | 27 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Professional knowledge | 30 | 90 | English & Hindi | 40 | 45 | 40 minutes |
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | 30 | 60 | English & Hindi | 27 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 120 | 300 | 2 hour | English Language (Letter writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | English | 9 | 10 | 30 minutes |
- English Language test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in English Language will not be counted for ranking.
Marks obtained in the Main Examination only will be considered for shortlisting for interview and marks obtained in Main Examination + marks obtained in Interview will be considered for final merit listing of candidates.
- Commensurate to the number of vacancies, LIC reserves the right to fix the eligibility standards in order to restrict the candidates to be called for interview and also fix the minimum marks to qualify in the interview.
- Maximum Interview marks are 60 and qualifying marks for:
- EWS, Unreserved, OBC and PwBD candidates - 30
- SC/ST candidates - 27
- The number of candidates to be called for interview will be about three times the number of vacancies to be filled in subject to availability of successful candidates in the main examination and will be as per their ranking in their respective category.
- In case of similar marks of two or more candidates, the merit order of such group of candidates shall be as per the aggregate marks in main examination and interview and further as per their additional post graduation qualification (i.e. the person with higher educational qualification will be placed higher in the merit order) and in case of further similarity in educational qualification merit order will be decided on the basis of age, (i.e. senior in age will be placed higher in merit order).
- Outstation candidates called for interview shall be entitled for re-reimbursement of Second Class Ordinary to and fro Railway/Bus Fare by the shortest route from the place of residence to the place of interview to be restricted to the fare by Railway Second Class Sleeper including the Reservation charges.
- There will be no contingency/waiting list for candidates not declared successful in the main list.
Key Points
Points to be Noted:
- Candidate MUST obtain minimum qualifying marks in each Section separately and should also obtain minimum marks in the aggregate to qualify for the examinations (Preliminary and Main) and the interview.
- Descriptive paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who qualify in the objective part of main examination. The responses (answers) of individual candidates with other candidates would be analyzed to detect patterns of similarity of right and wrong answers.
- If in the analytical procedure adopted in this regard, it is inferred/concluded that the responses have been shared and scores obtained are not genuine/valid, LIC reserves the right to cancel the candidature of the concerned candidate and the result of such candidates (disqualified) will be withheld.
- English Language test is of qualifying nature and marks in English Language will not be counted for ranking. The decision of LIC in this regard shall be final and binding on the candidates. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
- The scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile equating method.
- The Scores of Examination are obtained by adopting the following procedure:
- (i) Number of questions answered correctly by a candidate in each objective test is considered for arriving at the Score.
(ii) The score so obtained by a candidate are made equivalent to take care of the minor difference in difficulty level, if any, in each of the objective tests held in different sessions to arrive at the Equated Scores.
Scores obtained by candidates on any test are equated to the base form by considering the distribution of scores of all the forms.
(iii) Test wise scores and scores on total is reported with decimal point up to two digits.
Note:
LIC reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the LIC website www.licindia.in
LIC AE – Related Information
LIC AE 2020 – Official Notification (English)
LIC AE 2020 – Official Notification (Hindi)
LIC AE 2020 – Eligibility
LIC AE 2020 – Apply Online
LIC AE 2020 – Selection Process
