The National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) will conduct three stages of the selection process to select candidates for general and expert posts. Candidates who are keen to appear for the upcoming NICL AO 2025 exam should have a clear understanding of detailed NICL Administrative Officer Exam Pattern 2025, Marking Scheme, Selection Process, and NICL AO Syllabus 2025. In this article, we have shared full NICL AO syllabus and exam pattern that help candidates easily prepare.
NICL AO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025
There will be 2 stages of the selection process for generalist, expert (MBBS), legal, finance, actual, information technology and automobile engineers), and a single phase for the posts of Hindi (Rajbhasha) officers. A glimpse of important details for NICL AO 2025 Discussion is done below.
| NICL AO Syllabus 2025- Overview | |
| Recruitment body | National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) |
| Posts | Administrative Officer (Scale-I) |
| Blank place | Be informed |
| Social class | Syllabus |
| Selection process | Prelims, Main and Interview |
| Number of questions | Prelims- 100 Main- 250 (objective test) |
| Negative marking | 1/4th issue |
| official website | https://nationalinsurance.nic.co.in/ |
NICL AO Selection Process 2025
Selection for the posts of generalists and experts (except Hindi officials) will be held in three stages-
Step 1: Preliminary exam online
PHASE II: Main exam online
Step-III: Interview
There will be only one phase and interview for the candidates applying for Hindi (Rajbhasha) officers.
| NICL AO Selection Process 2025 | ||
| Subjects | Selection process | Description |
| General | Prelims- Objective Test | Number of questions- 100 Total marks- 100 Negative marking- 0.25 Duration- 60 minutes |
| Main- objective test and descriptive test | Number of questions- 250 Total Issue- 250 Negative marking- 0.25 Duration- 180 minutes Descriptive- 30 digits and 30 minutes |
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| Interview | The weightage (ratio) of online main examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively. | |
| Expert | Prelims- Objective Test | Number of questions- 100 Total marks- 100 Negative marking- 0.25 Duration- 60 minutes |
| Main- objective test and descriptive test | Number of questions- 250 Total Issue- 250 Negative marking- 0.25 Duration- 180 minutes Descriptive- 30 digits and 30 minutes |
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| Interview | The weightage (ratio) of online main examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively. | |
| Hindi (Rajbhasha) officer | single phase | Number of questions- 204 Total Issue- 250 Negative marking- 0.25 Duration- 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Interview | Single phase exam and interview weightage (ratio) will be 80:20 respectively. | |
NICL exam pattern 2025
NICL AO Exam Pattern 2025 has been informed with notification for NICL AO recruitment 2025 for both Prelims and Mains Examination. Candidates preparing for NICL Administrative Officer (Scale-I) for generalist and expert positions should go through details for the exam pattern as is discussed below.
NICL AO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025
According to officials, the NICL AO Prelims Exam includes 100 multiple choice questions (MCQ) from English language, logic capacity and quantitative qualification classes. The duration of NICL AO Phase 1 exam is 60 minutes (20 minutes for each section). There will be negative marking of 0.25 or 1/4th digit for each wrong answer.
| NICL AO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025 | ||||
| Snow. | test name | Number of questions | Mark | Duration |
| 1. | English language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2. | Argument capacity | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total |
100 | 100 | 60 minutes | |
Nicl ao mains exam pattern 2025 [Objective]
NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2025 for Generalist
- For generalist posts, 5 sections will have logic capacity, English language, general awareness, computer knowledge and quantitative ability.
- The duration of NICL AO Generalist Mains exam is 180 minutes and the table below will have sectional time as per the discussion.
- According to the marking plan, there will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
| NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2025 for Generalist | ||||
| Snow. | test name | Number of questions | Mark | Duration |
| 1. | Argument capacity | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| 2. | English language | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| 3. | general awareness | 50 | 50 | 30 minute |
| 4. | Computer knowledge | 50 | 50 | 30 minute |
| 5. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 250 | 250 | 180 minutes | |
NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2025 for Specialist
- For specialist positions, there are 6 sections. There will be an additional test to assess technical and professional knowledge in logic capacity, English language, general awareness, computer knowledge, quantitative ability and relevant subjects.
- According to the marking plan, there will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
- The duration of NICL AO specialist Mains exam is 180 minutes and the table below will have sectional time as per the discussion.
| NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern 2025 for Specialist | ||||
| Snow. | test name | Number of questions | Mark | Duration |
| 1. | Argument capacity | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 2. | English language | 40 | 40 | 30 minute |
| 3. | general awareness | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
| 4. | Computer knowledge | 40 | 40 | 25 minutes |
| 5. | Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 6. | In special stream, an additional test to assess technical and professional knowledge in relevant discipline | 50 | 100 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 250 | 250 | 180 minutes | |
NICL AO Mains Descriptive Testing
A descriptive test of 30 minutes with 30 digits will be essay, précis and English language test for understanding. Descriptive tests will be in English and will be conducted through online mode
| NICL AO Mains Descriptive Testing | ||
| Subject | Mark | Duration |
| Essay | 10 | 30 minute |
| Pure | 10 | |
| Understanding | 10 | |
| Total | 30 | |
NICL AO Interview 2025
The joint final score of the candidates will be done on the basis of the score received by the candidates in the online main examination (objective test) and interview. The weightage (ratio) of online main examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The final merit list will be prepared in descending order of safe integrated markings by the candidates.
NICL AO Syllabus 2025
Candidates should understand the detailed NICL AO Syllabus 2025 and prepare efficiently for NICL AO 2025. The NICL curriculum includes sections on English language, quantitative ability and logic capacity. NICL AO Prelims and Main Syllabus have been discussed in the section below.
NICL AO Syllabus for English Language
- reading comprehension
- cloze test
- Spelling check
- Improvement in sentence
- Jambling of paragraph
- Complete sentences and paragraphs
- Parts of speeches
- Material
- Preface
- Detectation of errors
NICL AO Syllabus for quantitative qualification
| NICL AO Syllabus for quantitative qualification | |
| Subject | sub theme |
| Bodmas, Square and Cube, Square and Cube Route, Indis, Excerpts, Percentage, etc. | |
| Number chain | Missing number chain, incorrect number chain, etc. |
| Inequality | Linear equation, quantity equation, quantity comparison (i and ii), etc. |
| Arithmetic | Ratio and ratio, percentage, number system, HCF and LCM, average, age, partnership, mix, mix and impulse, simple interest, compound interest, time and work and wages and wages, pipes and tanks, pipes and tanks, benefits and loss and loss, speed and discounts, speed time distance, boat and stream, train, mensuration 2D and 3D and 3D, probability, sequence and combination, etc. |
| data interpretation | Table DI, missing table DI, Pie Chart DI (single and multiple pie chart), line chart DI (single and multiple lines), bar chart DI, mixed DI, Caselet (simple table-based casault, vein diagram based case late, arithmetic based case), etc. |
| Data capacity | Two-state data adequacy |
NICL AO syllabus for logic capacity
| NICL AO syllabus for logic capacity | |
| Subject | sub theme |
| puzzle | Box-based puzzle, designation-based puzzle, category-based puzzle, floor / flat-floor based puzzle, day / month / year based puzzle |
| seating arrangement | Circular seating arrangement (uncertain), square / rectangle / triangular seating arrangement, linear seating arrangement, single line, double row, uncertain |
| miscellaneous | Inequality (direct and indirect statement), distance and direction (general), coding-decoding (general), blood relations (general), sylogism (2/3 statement + 2 conclusions), chain, alpha-numeric-synchronized, alpha-numeric based, word-based, number, marks-based series, paper-based series, ranking (comparison), word pair, word couple, word pair, word couple, word couple, word couple, word pair, word couple Operation) |
NICL AO Syllabus for General Awareness
- National current function
- International current function
- State -run
- Sports news
- Central government schemes
- Agreement/MoU
- Books and writers
- Summit and Conference
- Defense news
- Science and Technology News
- Banking and insurance news
- Statical GK
- Rank/Report/Index
- News related to trade and economy
- Important day
- Tributaries
- Important appointment
- Important awards and honors
- Union Budget 2023-24
- Current static
- Apps and portals
- Static insurance
- Committees/Council
- NICL in news
- International loan
- Abbreviation
