LIC Apprentice Development Officer ( ADO ) is basically a sales administrative post . ADO is responsible for recruiting people as LIC Insurance Agents and inspecting existing policies .
The recruitment for the post is done by LIC ADO exam. conducted by LIC .
The official notification for the LIC ADO exam. specifies all the important details related to the exam.
Given below is the tentative schedule for the LIC ADO exam 2020 :
Events | Exam Dates |
Online Application | May 2020 |
Preliminary Exam | July 2020 |
Mains Exam | August 2020 |
Final Result | September/October 2020 |
The above mentioned dates are only tentative .
For more information regarding the LIC ADO exam 2019, refer to the table below:
LIC ADO Exam. 2019 | |
Name of the conducting body | Life Insurance Corporation of India |
Mode of examination | Online computer-based |
Name of the post | Apprentice Development Officer |
Total vacancies | 8,581 |
Release of LIC ADO Prelims result | 29th July 2019 |
Commencement of LIC ADO Mains Exam | 11th August 2019 |
Release of admit card | 3rd August 2019 |
>>You are advised to regularly visit LIC official website to keep updated .
The LIC ADO eligibility criteria are given below :
Category | LIC ADO recruitment (urban) | LIC ADO recruitment (rural) |
LIC Employee | Experience required | |
Minimum 3 years of service in Grade III post | ||
LIC Agent | Minimum experience of 5 years as an agent or as a DSE/FSE | Minimum experience of 4 years as an agent or as a DSE/FSE |
Others | Preference would be given to candidates having a minimum of 2 years experience in LIC industry. |
Category | Upper Age Limit | |
General | Open market category | 30 |
LIC Employee only | 42 | |
LIC Agent | 40 | |
OBC | Open market category | 33 |
LIC Employee only | 45 | |
LIC Agent | 43 | |
SC/ST | Open market category | 35 |
LIC Employee only | 47 | |
LIC Agent | 45 |
The candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India approved for the fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.
LIC ADO examination is conducted by LIC . The selection process consists of three levels :
The prelims exam has been categorized into three sections :
The LIC ADO examination is conducted for three different Categories :
The Prelims exam. scheme of LIC ADO is mentioned in the table below :
LIC ADO Exam Topics | Total Number of Questions | Total Marks | Time Period |
Reasoning | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Numerical ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
English language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 70 | 60 minutes |
Special Note : The marks obtained in the English language will not be considered for the ranking .
The Prelims Exam. is conducted only for the Open Market category while the online examination for LIC employee and LIC Agent consists of a single-phase i.e., the Mains Examination .
Open Market Category
Paper-I (Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability) | Total number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration of exam |
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50 | 50 | Composite 120 minutes |
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Paper-II (General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language) | 50 | 50 | ||||
Paper-III (Insurance and Financial Marketing Awareness with special emphasis on knowledge of Life Insurance and Financial Sector) | 50 | 50 |
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Total | 150 | 150 |
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For Agents Category
Paper-I (Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability) | Total number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration of exam |
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25 | 10 | Composite 120 minutes |
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Paper-II (General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language) | 25 | 15 | ||||
Paper-III (Elements of Insurance and Marketing of Insurance) | 50 | 125 |
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Total | 100 | 150 |
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For employee category
Paper-I (Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability) | Total number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration of exam |
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25 | 25 | Composite 120 minutes |
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Paper-II (General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language) | 25 | 25 | ||||
Paper-III (Practice and Principle of Insurance Marketing) | 50 | 100 |
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Total | 100 | 150 |
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The medium of language : English or Hindi except for English language and vocabulary test .
Personal Interview
The candidates who qualify the cut-off marks in the Mains Examination are called for an interview round which is of 37 marks . It includes aptitude based questions to check the reasoning and thinking capability of the candidate .
Medical Exam.
Finally, LIC conducts a medical test for the shortlisted candidates. Only those candidates who are found medically fit will be selected for the post of Apprentice Development Officer.
LIC had invited applicants for a total of 8,581 vacancies for the year 2019. The number of vacancies released for the 2020 LIC ADO exam will be mentioned in the LIC ADO notification 2020.
The zone-wise vacancy for the post of LIC ADO is mentioned in the table below :
Zone-wise category | Total number of LIC ADO Vacancies | |||||
Central zone | Gen | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Total |
209 | 80 | 127 | 62 | 47 | 525 | |
East central zone | 302 | 95 | 138 | 104 | 62 | 701 |
Eastern zonal office, Kolkata | 391 | 174 | 110 | 173 | 83 | 922 |
North zone office, New Delhi | 451 | 256 | 70 | 251 | 102 | 1130 |
Western zone, Mumbai | 808 | 174 | 245 | 368 | 158 | 1753 |
South Central zone, Hyderabad | 530 | 217 | 89 | 297 | 118 | 1251 |
Southern zone, Chennai | 589 | 228 | 10 | 309 | 121 | 1257 |
North Central Zone, Kanpur | 447 | 228 | 17 | 260 | 96 | 1042 |
Total | 8,581 |
An ADO is given a monthly stipend of Rs. 34,503 ( including HRA + admissible allowances )
According to 7th Pay Commission | |
Basic pay ( per month ) | Pay Scale |
Rs. 21,865 | 21865-1340(2)-24545-1580(2)-27705-1610(17)-55075 |
The total salary is inclusive of House Rent Allowance & City Compensatory Allowance will be approximately ₹37,345/- in ‘A’ Class City.
Candidates can follow the following steps for downloading of admit card :
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