LIC AAO Prelims 2023

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) conducts a national exam to fill the post of Assistant Administrative Officer or AAO. The official notification and application form for LIC AAO 2023 has been released on January 15, 2023. LIC AAO notification consists of important information such as eligibility, vacancies, application dates, syllabus, exam pattern and more.

It is necessary for candidates to check out the eligibility conditions before attempting the exam. The LIC AAO selection process comprises three stages: Prelims, Mains and Interview. Check out the article to know more about the LIC AAO Prelims 2023.

LIC AAO Prelims 2023 Exam Summary

Let us have an overview of the LIC AAO 2023 exam before getting into other details:

Particulars	Details
Examination Name	LIC AAO 2023 Exam
Exam Conducting Body	Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
Name of Post	Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO)
Number of Vacancies	300
Application Mode	Online
Frequency	Once in a year
Selection Stages	Three (Prelims, Mains, and Interview)
Mode of Exam	Online
Type of Job	Central Government Job
Job Location	Across India
Official Website	LIC India

The LIC released the notification for the Assistant Administrative Officer on January 15, 2023, to recruit candidates for various specialist and generalist positions. The official notification has been released on the official website – https://licindia.in/. Candidates can download the LIC AAO 2023 Notification from the below link:

Download LIC AAO Notification 2023 PDF

Candidates can check the LIC AAO 2023 exam dates updated in the table below. 

Events	Dates
LIC AAO 2023 Online Application Start Date	January 15, 2023
LIC AAO 2023 Last Date to Apply Online	January 31, 2023
LIC AAO Prelims 2023 Admit Card Download Date	February 10, 2023
LIC AAO Prelims 2023 Exam Date	February 17 and 20, 2023
LIC AAO Prelims 2023 Result	March 2023

On January 15, 2023, the LIC Assistant Administrative Officer Vacancy has been announced along with the notification. The total number of AAO positions available this year is 300. Let’s take a look at the category-wise LIC AAO 2023 exam vacancies:

 

Post	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	Total	PwBD
							LD	VI	HI	ID/MD
Current Year	46	22	70	27	112	277	3	3	3	3
Backlog	4	5	14	0	0	23	2	1	3	4
TOTAL	50	27	84	27	113	300	5	4	6	7

LIC AAO job is mostly administrative and has extra responsibilities that vary depending on the department in which the candidate works. The following are the key responsibilities of a LIC AAO:

• LIC AAO must assist the Administrative Officer or Department Head in overseeing the department’s overall operation.
• As policy inspectors and analysts, AAOs are in charge of checking and assessing present policies. 
• The officer is in charge of developing new programmes and policies.
• They must deal with policy applications.
• AAOs must contribute to database creation and maintenance.
• Interacting with potential consumers, salespeople, and vendors, among other things.
• AAO is also in charge of claim processing, including filing and managing claims that come his way.
• Interacting with clients and resolving their issues is also the responsibility of an assistant administrative officer.
• Coordinating work and communicating with people from diverse divisions.
• Executing other duties as assigned by the officer-in-charge from time to time.
• They must do any assignment given to them by the department leader.
• Negotiating with Agents/Development Officers.
• AAOs are occasionally tasked with underwriting.
• It is an administrative position, hence AAOs are not expected to bring in more business for the company; that is the responsibility of agents.

Salary Structure

Check the basic pay and allowances paid to any candidate hired as a LIC AAO. The table below lists the specifics of LIC AAO Salary.

Particular	Amount
Basic Pay	₹ 53,600/-
Special Allowance	₹ 4,500/-
DA (29.36%)	₹ 17,058/-
HRA (7% for Z Class City)	₹ 3,752/-
Transport Allowance	₹ 1,960/-
Gross Salary	₹ 80,870/-

Note –

Various allowances are granted in addition to the basic salary. The following are the allowances in detail:

• Allowance for Dearness (DA)
• Allowance for House Rent (HRA)
• Compensatory Allowances in the City (which depends on the city category were posted like X – city, Y – city, and Z – city.)

The following table shows the amount or percentage of allowances:

Allowances	Percentage of Basic Pay
Dearness Allowance (DA)	29.36 %
House Rent Allowance (HRA)	Metropolitan cities – 10% Big cities – 8% Other cities – 7%
City Compensatory Allowance (CCA)	Metropolitan cities – 3% Big or other cities – 2 to 2.5%

Candidates interested in applying for the position of Assistant Administrative Officer must meet the eligibility requirements stated in the LIC’s official notification. The LIC AAO 2023 eligibility criteria include age limit, nationality and education qualification.

Nationality

Only a citizen of India is eligible to apply for LIC AAO 2023 test. 

Age Criteria

Candidate’s age must be between 21 and 30 years old. There is also a provision for age relaxation for some categories, in addition to the age limit criterion. The age relaxation criteria are listed below:

Category	Age Relaxation Period
SC/ST	5 Years
OBC	3 Years
PwBD(Gen)	10 Years
PwBD(SC/ST)	15 Years
PwBD(OBC)	13 Years
ECO/SSCO (GEN)	5 Years
ECO/SSCO (SC/ST)	10 Years
ECO/SSCO (OBC)	8 Years
Confirmed LIC employees	Further 5 Years

Education Qualification

For AAO (Chartered Accountant): Candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised Indian University/institution, pass the Institute of Chartered Accountant’s Final Examination, and complete the Articles required by the Institute of Chartered Accountant. The aspirant must be a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India as an Associate Member. Candidates must provide their membership number, which the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants will confirm.

For AAO (Actuarial): Candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognised Indian university/institution and must have passed at least six papers of the Institute of Actuaries of India/Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK examination. The aspirant must furnish their membership number, validated with the Institute of Actuaries of India/Institute and the Faculty of Actuaries of the United Kingdom.

For AAO (IT): Candidates for this position must have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Computer Science, Information Technology, or Electronics) or an MCA or MSC (Computer Science) from a recognised Indian university or institution.

For AAO (Legal): Candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree in law or a Master’s Degree in law from a recognised Indian university or institution. Three years of bartending experience is required.

For AAO (Rajbhasha): Candidates may possess any of the credentials listed below:

• Postgraduate Master’s Degree in Hindi/Hindi translation with English as one of the subjects at the Bachelor’s degree level, or 
• Postgraduate Master’s Degree in Hindi/Hindi translation with English as one of the subjects at Bachelor’s degree level, or Postgraduate Master’s Degree in English with Hindi as one of the subjects at Bachelor’s degree level, or 
• Postgraduate Master’s Degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at Bachelor’s degree level.

Number of Attempts

In LIC AAO Prelims Recruitment Notification, there is no mention of a candidate’s number of attempts. However, candidates are eligible to apply as long as they meet the eligibility requirements. 

Language Proficiency

The written test will be conducted in English and Hindi. Therefore, proficiency in both these languages is required. 

The online application for the LIC AAO exam 2023 began on January 15, 2023, after the release of the official notification. The application fee can only be paid online; there is no option to pay the fee offline. Check out the application fee from the table below:

Category	LIC AAO Fees
UR/OBC/EWS	Rs. 700
SC/ST	Rs. 85
PwBD	Rs. 85

How to Apply for LIC AAO Exam 2023?

Follow the below-mentioned steps to apply for the LIC AAO 2023 exam:

• 1st Step: Go to licindia.in, which is the official website.
• 2nd Step: Scroll down to the bottom of the website and click on the ‘Careers’ link.
• 3rd Step: You will be redirected to a new page. Select ‘Assistant Engineers/ AA/ AAO (Specialist)’ from the drop-down menu.
• 4th Step: Next, you will be redirected to a new page. To apply online, go to the ‘Apply Online’ link.
• 5th Step: Select ‘Click here for New Registration’ from the drop-down menu.
• 6th Step: Fill in your name, date of birth, phone number, email address, and other basic information. Please send the information. Then a registration number will be produced.
• 7th Step: Login with the login credentials you get after completing the registration process.
• 8th Step: Complete the application form by providing personal and educational, contact, and other pertinent information.
• 9th Step: Upload your photo and signature in the appropriate formats.
• 10th Step: Review the information you’ve entered and make the required changes. After that, click on the ‘Submit’ button to submit the application form in its entirety.
• 11th Step: Print a few copies of the completed application form for future use.

The LIC AAO 2023 exam will be held in different locations throughout the country. Candidates will have the option of choosing their preferred exam centre. The cities where the exam will be held are listed below by state.

States/ UT	LIC AAO Exam Centres
Andaman and Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
Bihar	Bhagalpur, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna
Chandigarh	Chandigarh-Mohali
Chattisgarh	Bhilai Nagar, Raipur
Delhi	Delhi & New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida & Greater Noida, Faridabad, Gurugram
Goa	Panaji
Gujarat	Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani
Himachal Pradesh	Kangra, Hamirpur, Shimla
Jharkhand	Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
Kerala	Kannur, Kochi, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Thirichu
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur
Maharashtra	Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Saga
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur
Punjab	Amritsar, Jalandhar, Mohali
Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli
Sikkim	Barding-Gangtok
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar
Uttar Pradesh	Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Noida/Greater Noida, Varanasi
Tripura	Agartala

The LIC AAO preliminary examination will be conducted online, consisting of an objective test. The test will be divided into three portions (each with a separate set of timings). The Prelims exam pattern is given below:

Sections	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning Ability Test	35	35
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
English Language	30	30
Total	100	70

The following is the LIC AAO Prelims exam marking scheme:

• The LIC AAO Prelims exam will be a 100-mark objective test with 100 multiple-choice questions.
• For every correct answer, one mark will be given.
• 0.25 points will be deducted from the overall score for each wrong answer.
• Each of the three sections is timed separately. Each section of the Prelims exam has a time limit of 20 minutes.
• The test will take one hour to complete in total.
• Each question is a multiple-choice option (Objective Type).
• Both English and Hindi versions of the question paper will be available (except for English Language Test).

The Written Exam will contain 3 sections namely: Reasoning, English Language Language, and Quantitative Aptitude. Check the detailed LIC AAO Syllabus 2023 for the prelims exam from the below table:

Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Statement based Questions, Syllogism, Seating Arrangement, Coding-Decoding, Alpha-Numeric Sequence, Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation, Analogy, Odd One Out	Data Interpretation, Time and Work, Speed, Distance and Time, Number Series, Approximation, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Average, Mixture and Allegations	Reading Comprehension, Sentence Arrangement, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Sentence Improvement, Synonyms-Antonyms, Phrases, Elementary Grammar

To pass the exam and get the job, candidates have to score and achieve more than the cut-off marks at every stage. For this reason, they must prepare effectively for the LIC AAO exam. They must have a definite study plan and smart road map to succeed in the exam. Given below are a few tips for preparing for the LIC AAO examination: 

English Language: While preparing for English section, examine and revise questions from the Cloze Test, Reading Comprehension, Fillers, Error Spotting & Phrase Replacement, and vocabulary sections. This method will help you achieve the cut-off marks in this subject, and it is also one of the most important strategies for LIC AAO preparation.

Reasoning Ability: To achieve the minimum qualifying marks in the Reasoning section, you must focus on areas such as Coding-Decoding, Syllogism, Inequality, Seating Arrangements, Logical Reasoning, and Blood Relations. If you have difficulty solving a question in the puzzle, we recommend moving on to the next question to save time.

Quantitative Ability: Solve questions daily to tackle the Number Series. This will assist you in swiftly analysing patterns and answering the questions. To gain a firm grasp on questions based on simplification, extensively review the LIC AAO previous year papers for specific questions. You should have at least 200-250 questions on approximation and BODMAS practice when you appear for the LIC AAO Prelims exam.

Interpretation of Data: As expert advice for LIC AAO preparation, candidates must practise 5 sets each of Tabulation, Pie Chart, Line Graph, Bar Graph, and Miscellaneous DI questions incorporating word problems. The Number Series, D.I., Approximation, and Arithmetic Word Problems are some of the most important areas to focus on (Profit and Loss, Problems on Age, Probability, SI and CI, etc.).

General Awareness: The General Awareness part should be given special attention for two reasons: it saves time and is a high-scoring section. Make it a habit to keep up with factual CA for over a year by reading NCERT books and prominent publications such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, Dainik Bhaskar, and others. Revise the GK and Current Affairs sections using daily notes, which should focus on national issues such as insurance, banking, and other recent news flashes in the six months leading up to the exam.

The admit card for LIC AAO Prelims 2023 has been made available on February 10, 2023. Candidates who successfully registered for the exam can only be issued an admit card. They require the Registration Number and Password to download LIC AAO Admit Card 2023. Follow the below-mentioned steps to download the admit card:

• Open the browser and go to LIC’s official website (lic.India.in).
• Scroll down the homepage and search for “Careers,” then click on it.
• You will be sent to a new page with a list of all active job openings.
• Select “Recruitment of Asst Engineers/ AA/ AAO (Specialist)- 2023” from the Notification drop-down menu.
• A new page will open; select LIC AAO Preliminary Admit Card 2023 from the drop-down menu.
• To log in, make sure you have your registration number and password.
• The LIC AAO admit card will display on the screen; save it and save it to your computer for future use.

Candidates are supposed to bring a physical copy of their LIC AAO Admit Card to the exam hall and a valid photo ID (Passport, Adhaar Card, PAN Card, Driving Licence, EPIC Card, Photo ID proof). If they do not have their hall ticket and photo ID, they will not be allowed to appear for the exam.

The LIC AAO Result 2023 will be released in March 2023 on the official website. To check the result, candidates must enter their Registration Number and Password. The LIC AAO Prelims test results will determine the eligible applicants for the Mains exam.

The authority will release the LIC AAO cut-off marks for Prelims 2023 exam along with the release of the result. The cut-off is the minimum score that a candidate must obtain in each phase of the selection process. Check out the previous year’s section-wise and category-wise LIC AAO Cut-off Marks to understand the difficulty level of the exam:

Sections	Cut-Off for SC/ST Candidates	Cut-Off for Others
Reasoning Ability	16	18
Quantitative Aptitude	16	18
English Language	9	10

Following are the frequently asked questions and their answers related to LIC AAO Prelims 2023.

Q: When will LIC AAO 2023 Notification be released?

A: LIC AAO 2023 Notification will be released on January 15, 2023.

Q: What is the selection process for LIC AAO?

A: The LIC AAO Exam is divided into three phases: preliminary exams, main exams, and interviews.

Q: Is the LIC AAO Prelims Exam bilingual?

A: Yes, the LIC AAO exam will be bilingual, but the English section will be in a single language.

Q: How many attempts are allowed for the LIC AAO Prelims exam?

A: There are no limitations on the number of attempts. You are allowed to take the exam as many times as you like.

Q: What is the salary of LIC AAO?

A: The monthly basic pay of LIC AAO is Rs. 32,795/- + allowances. In an ‘A’ Class city, the salary will be Rs 57,000/- per month, including base pay and any relevant allowances.