Start Preparing for LIC ADO Prelims
The notification of ADO (Apprentice Development Officer) was out by LIC recently and there are 9,394 golden opportunities in the form of vacancies. The date of Prelims is March 12, 2023, which is exactly 35 days away. This time is sufficient enough for you to prepare and clear this exam provided your preparation strategy is correct. To get you into the preparation mode, we have come up with the complete syllabus of the prelims exam and the list of books to cover the syllabus. Please remember that merely covering the syllabus won’t suffice. What is probably equally important is, practising the same level of questions in an exam-like scenario where you compete with other aspirants in the country.
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LIC ADO Prelims Exam Pattern
| Section | Section | Number of Questions | Marks | Medium | Duration (in mins) |
| 1 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | English/ Hindi | 20 |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | English/ Hindi | 20 |
| 3 | English | 30 | 30** | English | 20 |
| Total | 100 | 70 | 60 |
**English Language test will be of qualifying nature.
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Syllabus of LIC ADO Prelims
| Reasoning Ability | Numerical Ability | English |
| Alpha-numeric/Alphabetical Series | Average | Cloze Test |
| Analogy | Data interpretation | Error Spotting |
| Analytical Reasoning | Data Sufficiency | Fillers – Single, Double, etc. |
| Blood Relations | L.C.M. and H.C.F. | Find the odd one out |
| Coding Decoding | Mathematical Inequality | Grammar (verb, prepositions, adverbs, articles, tenses etc.), |
| Data Sufficiency | Mixture and allegation problems | Misspelt Words |
| Direction Sense | Number Series/Number System | One Word Substitution |
| Inequality | Percentage | Parajumbles |
| Input-Output | Profit and loss problems | Reading Comprehension |
| Odd one out | Problems on Age | Rearrangement of Sentences |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement | Ratio and Proportion | Sentence Completion |
| Ranking | Simple and compound interest | Sentence Improvement |
| Syllogism | Simplification and Approximation | Synonyms/Antonyms |
| Statement and Conclusion | Time, Speed and distance; | Spotting Errors |
| Statement-Course of Action | Trains, Boat and Stream, and other Arithematic problems | Subject-Verb Agreement |
| Time and work problems |
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List of Books for LIC ADO Prelims
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE SECTION
| Name of Book | Author/ Publisher |
| Quicker Maths | M.Tyra, K.Kundan (Magical Book Series) |
| Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations | R.S Aggarwal (S.Chand Publisher) |
| Data Interpretation | Arun Sharma (TMH Publication) |
| Topic-wise Solved Papers for IBPS/SBI PO/Clerk Prelims/Mains Quantitative Aptitude | Disha Experts |
REASONING SECTION
| Name of Book | Author/ Publisher |
| Test of Reasoning | Edgar Thorpe |
| A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning | R.S Aggarwal (S.Chand Publisher) |
| Bank Clerk Reasoning Chapter-wise Solved Papers 2003 – Till Date | Kiran Prakashan |
| Analytical Reasoning | MK Pandey |
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SBI CLERK PRELIMS- BOOKS FOR ENGLISH SECTION
| Name of Book | Author/ Publisher |
| Objective English 6th Edition | Edgar Thorpe (Pearson) |
| Word Power Made Easy | Norman Lewis (Penguin) |
| Objective General English | S.P Bakshi (Arihant) |
| From Plinth to Paramount | Neetu Singh (KD Publication) |
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