How to Revise Quantitative Aptitude for LIC AAO 2023
LIC AAO 2023 is scheduled to be held on February 17, 2023, as per the latest notification from LIC. This leaves you with only 11 days for your preparation & revision. While doing your preparation & revision please keep in mind that you need to bring out the best of yourself in these remaining days. So, as you have this opportunity of getting a government job in the insurance sector, prepare very well and bring out the best of yourself. Remember that there will be lakhs of competitors for these 300 vacancies and you need to outdo a vast majority of them. We have come up with this article on how to effectively revise the quantitative aptitude section.
Is Your Speed Good Enough to Clear LIC AAO Prelims?
Talking about LIC AAO Prelims, this is going to be a speed-based test. In other words, this is just a rejection test as it selects only an adequate number of candidates for the Mains exam and rejects the remaining applicants. And the purpose of prelims ends here. In fact, the marks of prelims are not even accounted for in the final selection. So by now, you would have got some idea of what the Prelims exam is all about. All in all, you need to increase your speed and increase it drastically; that too without compromising your accuracy.
LIC AAO 2023 Prelims Exam Pattern Details
Similar to other banking exams, there are 3 sections in this Prelims: English, Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude. As mentioned below, there will be 35 questions on Quantitative Aptitude which you need to deal with. And you will get 20 minutes to answer this section. Please note that there is a sectional time limit in this exam, and there are sectional cut-offs as well. There is a negative marking of 0.25 mark for each question incorrectly answered. Have a look at LIC AAO Prelims exam details in a tabular format below:
Sections
Number of Questions
Total Marks
Duration
Reasoning
35
35
20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude
35
35
20 minutes
English Language
30
30
20 minutes
Total
100
70
60 minutes
Note:
English Language is qualifying in nature.
Adequate number of candidates in each category, depending upon requirements, will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
Now coming to an effective revision of the Quantitative Aptitude section especially now when only 11 days are left for the exam, always remember that you are going to be competing with lakhs of aspirants and to get ahead of them you need to focus on your speed and accuracy. Below we are providing you topic-wise tips for the quantitative aptitude section which will definitely help you achieve speed.
Data Interpretation
Not even a single banking/ insurance exam is complete without this topic. Here, you get some data in the form of a table, chart etc. or a combination of these and then you need to answer questions based on this data.
Very often, questions are based on ratio & proportion, percentage, averages etc. So ensure that you understand the concepts & shortcuts of ratio & proportion, percentage & averages.
Now that only 12 days are left, ensure that you practice at least 1 set on a daily basis. For the initial 5-7 days solve DI sets without any time-limit and for the remaining days, time your attempts and see how questions are you able to answer in a controlled environment.
Also, start practising Sectional Tests and Mock Tests at this juncture. Review your attempts and check out the detailed explanation of the questions you skipped/answered incorrectly.
Wrong/ Missing Number Series
This is a very scoring section and in fact, if you are well-versed in this topic, you need to attempt these questions first and secure their marks before moving on to any other topic.
Remember that there is no definite formula to solve number series questions. It’s only with practice that you get to see different scenarios.
Practice at least 5-7 questions of number series on a daily basis. If you are bored because of your studies you can solve these questions as stressbusters.
Review your attempts especially if you have skipped any question or incorrectly answered any question.
Use these tips to answer these questions quickly and with accuracy.
Quadratic Equations Comparison
This is another topic which has been asked a lot of time in previous years similar exams. This year also, it’s highly probable that questions on quadratic equations comparison will be asked in LIC AAO Prelims.
Some aspirants get scared when they see an equation. But please be informed that this topic is easy to master. You need to calculate the values of x in different equations and compare them.
Use Quadratic Equations Comparison Tips which will help you understand the concept and there are tips as well to answer the questions quickly.
Remember, practice is the key to master this topic. If you’ve practised well enough, you can even solve these equations in your mind.
Simplification & Approximation
Like number series, this is one of the easiest topics and should be solved right away so that you secure these questions’ marks before moving to the other topics.
Learn by heart the tables until 30, squares & square roots until 50 and cube & cube roots until 30.
Only practice can help you increase your speed and that too without compromising on your accuracy. Practice at least 5-7 simplification & approximation questions on a daily basis without fail.
Use the best tips of simplification & approximation to improve your speed.
Review your attempts to see which questions’ answer you didn’t get correctly. Learn from your mistakes.
Start solving sectional tests and see if you are able to answer simplification & approximation questions in a controlled environment.
Data Sufficiency
This is a tricky topic but can be mastered with practice. Remember that you don’t have to solve a question but you have to determine whether the given information is sufficient enough to answer the question.
Some aspirants get confused while answering data sufficiency questions and end up answering the questions incorrectly. Read the options very carefully and compute the questions with due diligence.
Check out these time-saving tips for these questions. Start practising these questions on a daily basis and at the same time keep reviewing your attempts.
Take Sectional and Mock Tests to see how many questions are you able to answer correctly.
These are all the topic-wise tips from us. We hope that these tips will help you in a speedy and effective revision process of the quantitative aptitude topic of LIC AAO 2023 Prelims. Remember that practice is the key to stay ahead of other aspirants. The more practice (along with review) you do, the better it is for your performance.
Wishing you good luck with your preparation! If you have any input/feedback for us, let us know in the comments section below.