NIACL AO preliminary examination is just around the corner. In such a situation, what most aspirants want to know is about the question trends from the past year. Which topic contains the maximum number of questions? What pattern does the question follow, for example, in reasoning puzzles are asked with a variable or not? You can get an idea of all these things using past year papers analysis. To help you with the same, we have come up with a past three-year analysis of NIACL AO Exam paper.
The NIACL AO Exam past year question analysis is important as it gives a detailed idea regarding the difficulty level of the exam. The questions that are asked in the previous examination, if solved properly, can help a lot in cracking the exam. One more important reason is that it provides important topics to prepare for the examination. If you are solving the PYQs and pairing them with the previous year’s cutoff. It will give you an idea regarding your capacity. Whether you can solve the questions and be able to score up to the previous cutoff or not. The analysis also provides an idea regarding time management. How strategically you have to utilise your time while solving mocks and in a real exam can also be determined through the analysis. To get an idea of the NIACL study plan, you can visit our blogs.
The Preliminary Examinations, consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks, will be conducted online. This would consist of 3 sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
| NIACL AO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025 | |||
| Name of Test/Section (not in sequence) | Type of test | Max. Marks | Duration for each test/section (Separately timed) |
| English Language | Objective | 30 | 20 min |
| Reasoning Ability | Objective | 35 | 20 min |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Objective | 35 | 20 min |
| Total | 100 | 1 Hour | |
Here in this section, we are providing English topic-wise past year question analysis. If you observe, then RCs, cloze test, and error spotting are the major topics that come every year. Topics such as fillers, sentence rearrangement, phrase replacement, and word replacement come in alternate patterns. In the table given below, we have provided all the detailed information regarding the NIACL AO English past year questions.
| Topic | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Reading Comprehension | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Cloze test | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Error Spotting | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Word usage | – | – | 3 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 5 | |
| Fillers | – | – | 5 |
| Phrase Replacement | – | 5 | – |
| Word Replacement | 5 | – | – |
| Misspelt | 5 |
If you see topics such as syllogism, Inequality, Direction sense, and Box-Based Puzzle coming almost every year. Other types of puzzles show alternate patterns and Chinese coding, odd one out, pair formation, and word formation questions have been asked in 2024 only. The table below shows in detail the NIACL AO Reasoning past year questions.
| Topic | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Syllogism | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Inequality | – | 3 | 5 |
| Coding-Decoding | 1 | ||
| Direction Sense | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Box-Based Puzzle | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Linear Seating Arrangement | 5 | ||
| Comparison-Based Puzzle | 3 | 5 | |
| Month and Date Based Puzzle | 5 | ||
| Square Seating Arrangement | 5 | ||
| Linear Row + Variable (6 Persons, North Facing | 5 | ||
| Flat & Floor Puzzle(4 Floor, 2 Flat) | 5 | 5 | |
| Chinese coding | 5 | ||
| Odd one out | 1 | ||
| Pair Formation | 1 | ||
| Word Formation | 1 |
In NIACL AO, quantitative aptitude, the most important DIs are table DI, line graph, and caselet DI. From the arithmetic portion, approximately 10 questions have been asked. Other topics, such as simplification, approximation, and quadratic equations, have been asked in alternate patterns.
| Topic | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Simplification | 5 | ||
| Approximation | 5 | ||
| Quadratic Equation | 7 | ||
| Wrong no. series | 7 | 5 | |
| Missing no. series | 5 | ||
| Table DI | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| DI (Line graph) | 5 | 5 | |
| Caselet DI | 5 | 5 | |
| Pie chart | 5 | ||
| Arithmetic | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Disclaimer: The NIACL AO Exam Past Year Questions Analysis published by PracticeMock is intended for informational and preparatory purposes only. The trends and insights shared are based on previous exam patterns, candidate feedback, and expert interpretation, and do not represent official data or guarantees from the New India Assurance Company Limited (NIACL). Readers should use this analysis as a supplementary resource and refer to official NIACL notifications for accurate and authoritative information. PracticeMock does not assure exam outcomes or the accuracy of predictions based on the content provided.
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