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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