NICL AO
About NICL AO Exam
- Overview
- Eligibility
- Exam Pattern
- Vacancies
- Salary Info
National Insurance AO Exam Overview
National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) is one of the prestigious insurance companies in the country. The full form of NICL AO is “National Insurance Company Limited Administrative Officers”. NICL AO is one of the most sought after jobs by aspirants in the Insurance sector.
NICL conducts a recruitment exam to fill vacancies for the post of ‘Administrative Officers (Generalist) Scale I’. Candidates who qualify in the NICL AO exam will be hired as an Administrative Officer in the NICL.
NICL AO Salary
The basic salary of an NICL AO is around Rs 33,000 per month. With other perks and allowances, the total payment will be around Rs 50,000 per month in metro cities and maybe 2 to 3000 less in other areas. This is the starting salary.
Salary will be gradually increased as you move up in your career in the company.
NICL AO Eligibility Criteria
There are 2 criteria that a candidate should fulfill in order to be eligible to sit for the NICL AO exam.
- Age Limit
- Education Qualifications.
Candidates need to fulfill both the eligibility criteria to apply for this exam.
Age Limit for NICL AO
- Minimum Age – 21 years
- Maximum Age – 30 years
Upper Age Limit Relaxation for NICL AO Exam
- SC/ST – 5 years
- OBC – 3 years
- PwD (Person with Disabilities) – 10 years
- and others as per Government norms.
Educational Qualifications for NICL AO
- Graduation or Post Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University OR any equivalent qualification recognized as such by Central Government
- Minimum 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates.
NICL AO Exam Pattern & Selection Procedure
NICL AO selection Procedure
Previously the NICL AO Exam use to have 2 stages only (Online exam & Interview). However, from 2020, the NICL AO exam pattern got changed and the whole selection process has 3 stages.
- Preliminary Examination
- Main Examination
- Objective Test
- Descriptive Test
- Personal Interview
NICL AO Exam Pattern 2020 – Prelims
The NICL AO exam Prelims stage exam is a screening exam. The NICL prelims will be an ONLINE OBJECTIVE type test. Marks obtained in NICL AO Prelims exam are not counted for final selection, however, candidates need to clear this stage in order to become eligible to appear for the Main examination.
| Subject | Max Marks | Duration | Medium |
| English | 30 | 60 Minutes | English |
| Reasoning | 35 | English or Hindi | |
| Quants | 35 | English or Hindi | |
| Total | 100 |
- There are Sectional cutoffs marks and also an overall cutoff mark.
- There is a NEGATIVE Marking (Penalty) of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
- No penalty for unanswered questions.
NICL AO Exam Pattern 2020 – Mains
The main exam has 2 parts – Objective and Descriptive. Here is the pattern for both Descriptive and Objective:
| Name of Test | No.of Qs | Max Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 40 | 120 minutes |
| English | 40 | 40 | |
| General
Awareness |
40 | 40 | |
| Computer | 40 | 40 | |
| Quant | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
- There is a NEGATIVE Marking (Penalty) of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
- There are both Sectional cutoffs and Overall final cutoff marks.
NICL AO Mains Descriptive Test:
| Name of Test | No. of Qs | Marks | Duration |
| English Language
(Essay, Precis & Comprehension) |
3 | 30 | 30 Minutes |
- The descriptive test is conducted in ONLINE MODE and will be in English only.
- The descriptive test starts immediately after the mains objective test.
- Your descriptive test will be evaluated only if you clear the sectional and final cutoff marks in the main exam objective test.
- The Descriptive test is only qualifying in nature, but has a specific cutoff mark that a candidate should obtain in order to be considered for Interview and Final selection.
NICL AO Exam Pattern 2020 – Interview
Candidates who clear the Main examination will be called for a Personal Interview.
The ration of number of people who appear for NICAL AO Main examination and the number of people who will be called for NICL AO Interview is 80: 20.
NICL AO Vacancies
The last notification for NICL AO was in 2017. There were 205 total vacancies in the 2017 NICL AO notification.
|
NICL AO 2017 Total No. of Posts |
UR | SC | ST | OBC | Out of which PwD | ||
|
HI |
OC | VI | |||||
| 205 | 113 | 31 | 16 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
NICL AO Salary
The basic pay of an NICL AO is around Rs 33,000 per month. With other perks and allowances, the total payment will be around Rs 50,000 per month in metro cities and maybe 2 to 3000 less in other areas. This is the starting salary.
Salary will be gradually increased as you move up in your career in the company.
About NICL AO Exam
National Insurance AO Exam Overview
National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) is one of the prestigious insurance companies in the country. The full form of NICL AO is “National Insurance Company Limited Administrative Officers”. NICL AO is one of the most sought after jobs by aspirants in the Insurance sector.
NICL conducts a recruitment exam to fill vacancies for the post of ‘Administrative Officers (Generalist) Scale I’. Candidates who qualify in the NICL AO exam will be hired as an Administrative Officer in the NICL.
NICL AO Salary
The basic salary of an NICL AO is around Rs 33,000 per month. With other perks and allowances, the total payment will be around Rs 50,000 per month in metro cities and maybe 2 to 3000 less in other areas. This is the starting salary.
Salary will be gradually increased as you move up in your career in the company.
NICL AO Eligibility Criteria
There are 2 criteria that a candidate should fulfill in order to be eligible to sit for the NICL AO exam.
- Age Limit
- Education Qualifications.
Candidates need to fulfill both the eligibility criteria to apply for this exam.
Age Limit for NICL AO
- Minimum Age – 21 years
- Maximum Age – 30 years
Upper Age Limit Relaxation for NICL AO Exam
- SC/ST – 5 years
- OBC – 3 years
- PwD (Person with Disabilities) – 10 years
- and others as per Government norms.
Educational Qualifications for NICL AO
- Graduation or Post Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University OR any equivalent qualification recognized as such by Central Government
- Minimum 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates.
NICL AO Exam Pattern & Selection Procedure
NICL AO selection Procedure
Previously the NICL AO Exam use to have 2 stages only (Online exam & Interview). However, from 2020, the NICL AO exam pattern got changed and the whole selection process has 3 stages.
- Preliminary Examination
- Main Examination
- Objective Test
- Descriptive Test
- Personal Interview
NICL AO Exam Pattern 2020 – Prelims
The NICL AO exam Prelims stage exam is a screening exam. The NICL prelims will be an ONLINE OBJECTIVE type test. Marks obtained in NICL AO Prelims exam are not counted for final selection, however, candidates need to clear this stage in order to become eligible to appear for the Main examination.
| Subject | Max Marks | Duration | Medium |
| English | 30 | 60 Minutes | English |
| Reasoning | 35 | English or Hindi | |
| Quants | 35 | English or Hindi | |
| Total | 100 |
- There are Sectional cutoffs marks and also an overall cutoff mark.
- There is a NEGATIVE Marking (Penalty) of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
- No penalty for unanswered questions.
NICL AO Exam Pattern 2020 – Mains
The main exam has 2 parts – Objective and Descriptive. Here is the pattern for both Descriptive and Objective:
| Name of Test | No.of Qs | Max Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 40 | 120 minutes |
| English | 40 | 40 | |
| General
Awareness |
40 | 40 | |
| Computer | 40 | 40 | |
| Quant | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
- There is a NEGATIVE Marking (Penalty) of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
- There are both Sectional cutoffs and Overall final cutoff marks.
NICL AO Mains Descriptive Test:
| Name of Test | No. of Qs | Marks | Duration |
| English Language
(Essay, Precis & Comprehension) |
3 | 30 | 30 Minutes |
- The descriptive test is conducted in ONLINE MODE and will be in English only.
- The descriptive test starts immediately after the mains objective test.
- Your descriptive test will be evaluated only if you clear the sectional and final cutoff marks in the main exam objective test.
- The Descriptive test is only qualifying in nature, but has a specific cutoff mark that a candidate should obtain in order to be considered for Interview and Final selection.
NICL AO Exam Pattern 2020 – Interview
Candidates who clear the Main examination will be called for a Personal Interview.
The ration of number of people who appear for NICAL AO Main examination and the number of people who will be called for NICL AO Interview is 80: 20.
NICL AO Vacancies
The last notification for NICL AO was in 2017. There were 205 total vacancies in the 2017 NICL AO notification.
|
NICL AO 2017 Total No. of Posts |
UR | SC | ST | OBC | Out of which PwD | ||
|
HI |
OC | VI | |||||
| 205 | 113 | 31 | 16 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
NICL AO Salary
The basic pay of an NICL AO is around Rs 33,000 per month. With other perks and allowances, the total payment will be around Rs 50,000 per month in metro cities and maybe 2 to 3000 less in other areas. This is the starting salary.
Salary will be gradually increased as you move up in your career in the company.