NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024 & Exam Pattern – Check Details Here

NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024: The Exam pattern and Syllabus of NICL Assistant Recruitment 2024 varies for prelims and mains exam. There are two stages of prelims and mains in NICL Assistant exam that you must clear for selection as Assistant in National Insurance Company. Here you can have detailed NICL Assistant 2024 syllabus and exam pattern.

English Language, Numerical ability (quantitative aptitude) and Reasoning sections are included as common syllabus for NICL Assistant prelims and mains exam. In addition to these 3 sections, General Awareness and Computer Knowledge sections are included in the NICL Assistant mains exam.

NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024 & Exam Pattern of the Prelims & Mains Examination is shared on this page to help the aspirants prepare for exam.

NICL Assistant Exam Pattern 2024 – Prelims

S. NoName of TestsNo. of QsMarksTotal Time
1English Language303020 minutes
2Numerical Ability353520 minutes
3Reasoning Ability353520 minutes
Total10010060 minutes
  • NICL Assistant prelims have negative marking for wrong answers, for every incorrect answer about 0.25 marks to be deducted from the final score.
  • NICL Assistant is a qualifying exam, after qualifying this exam only, the candidate will be eligible to sit for the mains exam.
  • NICL Assistant Prelims exam is bilingual that available in both the English and Hindi languages, except for the English section.
  • There will be 3 sections in the NICL Assistant prelims exam with 100 objective type questions for 100 marks.
  • The total time for the prelims exam is 1 hour.

NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024 – Prelims Exam

Reasoning AbilityNumerical AbilityEnglish Language
Seating ArrangementNumber SeriesError Detection
PuzzlesData InterpretationReading comprehension
Direction and Blood relationSimplification/ ApproximationFillers
Syllogism and InequalityProfit & LossSentence based error
Alphanumeric Series and order and rankingData SufficiencyColumn based question
Data Sufficiency and Miscellaneous questionsQuadratic InequalitiesWord usage
Input-outputTime Speed DistanceCloze test
Logical ReasoningTime & Work, problems on trainword swap
Ratio & Proportion, mixture and allegationSpelling based error, para jumbles
PartnershipIdiom and phrases
Average and AgesSentence completion
Boat & StreamVocabulary Based
Pipes & CisternParagraph Completion
Probability, MensurationConnectors

Candidates can refer the topic wise NICL Assistant Prelims Syllabus for English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning section to easily start preparation. NICL prelims exam has 3 sections with 100 objective based questions for 100 marks. The candidate would be required to attempt 100 objective questions in a time span of 1 hour.

Find below the detailed NICL Assistant syllabus 2024 for all the different sections with important topics.

NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024 – English

The English language section include topics related to Reading comprehension and questions on error spotting, cloze test, fill in the blanks and papa jumbles. This section has a total of 30 questions for 30 marks.

See below table to find out topic wise marks weight-age in the English language section.

TopicMarks
Reading Comprehension7-10 marks
Error Spotting5-10 marks
Cloze Test5-8 Marks
Para Jumbles3-5 marks
Fill in the Blanks5-10 marks

NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024 – Reasoning

Reasoning ability section has very vast topics. Even though, you can sort out important topics, which has more weight-age in terms of marks to easily crack this section. This section has 35 questions for 35 marks in NICL assistant preliminary examination.

Refer the below table for Reasoning syllabus and important topics with marks weight-age.

TopicMarks
Arrangement & Pattern5 marks
Mathematical Inequalities5 marks
Syllogisms5 Marks
Coding-Decoding0-5 marks
Linear Seating Arrangement5 marks
Circular Seating Arrangement5 marks
Scheduling5 marks
Floor Puzzle0-5 marks
Directions & Distances2-3 marks
Blood Relations3-5 marks
Analogy0-5 marks
Classification0-4 marks
Order & Ranking0-5 marks
Data Sufficiency0-5 marks
Double Line-Up0-5 marks

NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024 – Numerical Ability

Numerical ability section has 35 questions in total for 35 marks in NICL Assistant preliminary exam. Candidates must sort out based on priority of marks while preparing for NICL Assistant exam 2024.

Like reasoning section, Numerical ability section also has large number of topics such as Data Interpretation & Analysis, Simplification, number system, Data sufficiency, data interpretation, quadratic equations, Time and work, mensuration, time speed and distance, etc.

Find below the Numerical ability syllabus along with topic wise marks.

TopicMarks
Simplification4-10 Marks
Data Interpretation5-8 Marks
Quadratic Equations5-10 Marks
Number Series0-5 Marks
Average0-5 Marks
Interest1-2 Marks
Mensuration1-2 Marks
Percentage0-1 Marks
Ratio & Proportion1-3 Marks
Algebra2-3 Marks
Profit & Loss2-3 Marks
Time, Speed & Distance1-2 Marks
Time & Work1-2 Marks
Mixture Problems0-2 Marks
Number System0-1 Marks
Permutation & Combination / Probability0-1 Marks

NICL Assistant Exam Pattern 2024 – Mains

SectionsQuestionsMarksTime
English Language404030 min
Quantitative Aptitude404020 min
Reasoning Ability404030 min
Computer Knowledge404015 min
General Awareness404015 min
Total200200120 min
  • The candidates will be selected for NICL Assistant mains exam in the ratio of 1:10 based on performance in preliminary exam.
  • The duration of the NICL Assistant mains exam is 120 minutes. It is clear that for each section, a fixed timing allotted.
  • Similar to the prelims exam, the NICL Assistant mains exam also has negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer marked by a candidate.
  • As usually, mains exam is bilingual that available in both the English and Hindi languages, except the English section.
  • Overall in the main exam, there will be 200 objective type questions for a total of 200 marks.

NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024 – Mains Exam

NICL assistant mains syllabus 2024 for the English language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, Computer Knowledge and General Awareness sections released by the National Insurance Company. It has 5 sections with 200 objective type questions for 200 marks.

Below is the detailed topic wise NICL assistant syllabus 2024 for main exams.

English LanguageGeneral AwarenessQuantitative AptitudeComputer KnowledgeReasoning
Reading ComprehensionCurrent World NewsTime and DistanceLanguagesNumber Series
SynonymsCurrent India NewsTime and WorkBasic Hardware and SoftwareBlood Relations
AntonymsGeography ConceptsHCF and LCMHistory of ComputersAnalogy
Sentence CorrectionHistory ConceptsSimple and Compound InterestDevicesOdd Man Out
Word MeaningsPolitical ScienceProblems on TrainsNumber Series
AverageCoding and Decoding
Allegations and ComparisonDirections Based Concept
ProbabilityRow Arrangements
Permutation and CombinationSymbols
PipesStatement Reading, Understanding

A notable point is, there will be fixed time allotted to each section that means a candidate need to answer all the questions from specific section within given time.

Regional Language Test

Finally, the selected candidates in online mains exam should give Regional Language Test (RLT). It will conducted in the following official state wise local languages as follows:

State / Union TerritoryLanguage
Andhra PradeshTelugu
Arunachal PradeshEnglish
AssamAssamese
BiharHindi
ChhattisgarhHindi
GoaKonkani
GujaratGujarati
HaryanaHindi
Himachal PradeshHindi
JharkhandHindi
KarnatakaKannada
KeralaMalayalam
Madhya PradeshHindi
MaharashtraMarathi
ManipurManipuri
MeghalayaKhasi/Garo
MizoramMizo
NagalandEnglish
OrissaOdia
PunjabPunjabi
RajasthanHindi
SikkimNepali/English
Tamil NaduTamil
TelanganaTelugu
TripuraBengali/Kokborok
Uttar PradeshHindi
UttarakhandHindi
West BengalBengali
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsHindi/English
Chandigarh (UT)Hindi/Punjabi
Delhi (UT)Hindi
Jammu and KashmirHindi/Urdu
LadakhLadakhi
Pondicherry (UT)Tamil

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    NICL Assistant Syllabus 2024 – FAQs

    What is NICL Regional Language Test?

    NICL conducts Regional Language Test to selected candidates in the NICL assistant mains exam to test their proficiency in regional language.

    Is there any negative marks in NICL Assistant exam?

    There will be negative mark of one-fourth (0.25) marks for every wrong answer in the NICL assistant prelims and mains exam.

    Will there be an Interview in NICL assistant exam?

    No, there will be no such of interview in NICL assistant exam 2024. The selection process completely depends on prelims and main exams, and Regional Language Test.

    How to clear NICL Assistant exam?

    The most recommended way to clear the NICL Assistant exam is to have preparation strategy along with study plan and improve marks by taking online mock tests regularly.

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