NICL recruitment notification was out recently and the NICL AO 2024 online registration starts today. National Insurance Company Ltd. invites applications for recruitment of 274 administrative officers in Scale I cadre. In this article we are mentioning all important details related to the NICL AO examination including important dates, vacancies and online registration start and end date.
NICL AO Important Dates
| On line Registration commences from | 2 nd January, 2024 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | 22 nd January, 2024 |
| Payment of Application fees | 2 nd January, 2024 to 22nd January, 2024 (both days inclusive) |
| Date of online Examination – Phase I | To be notified later |
| Downloading of call letters for examination commences from | To be notified later |
| Date of online Examination – Phase II & Hindi Officers Exam | To be notified later |
As candidates can check the above table of NICL AO important dates, today is the day from when the online registrations are starting and this will end on 22nd Jan 2024. So, those who are interested to attempt this exam for 274 vacancies must not wait any time in completing the online regsitration and must gear up for this year’s exams by start preparing for the NICL AO 2024.
NICL AO Vacancies
| Discipline | No. of Posts | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | Out of which PwBD | |||
| a | b | c | d & e | |||||||
| Specialist: | 57 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Doctors (MBBS) | 28 | |||||||||
| Legal | 20 | |||||||||
| Finance | 30 | |||||||||
| Actuarial | 02 | |||||||||
| Information Technology | 20 | |||||||||
| Automobile Engineers | 20 | |||||||||
| Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers | 22 | |||||||||
| Discipline | No. of Posts | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | Out of which PwBD | |||
| a | b | c | d & e | |||||||
| Generalist | 130 | 68 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Backlog | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
NICL AO Educational Qualification
As far as educational qualification is concerned, candidate should possess certificate in proof of passing the qualifying examination as on 01.12.2023. The minimum educational qualification required for various disciplines are:
| Sl. No. | Discipline | Minimum Qualification |
| 1 | Doctors (MBBS) | M.B.B.S / M.D. / M.S. or PG – Medical Degree from a recognized UniversityOR equivalent foreign degrees which are recognized as such by the National Medical Commission (Formerly Medical Council of India) with the prescribed benchmark.Furthermore, the candidate must be holding a valid registration from National Medical Commission (FormerlyMedical Council of India) or any State Medical Council (as applicable for Allopathy) as on date of the scheduled interview. |
| 2 | Legal | Graduate / Post Graduate in Lawfrom a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 3 | Finance | Chartered Accountant (ICAI) / Cost Accountant (ICWA) ORB.COM / M.COMfrom a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 4 | Actuarial | Bachelor / Masters degree in Statistics / Mathematics / Actuarial Science or any other quantitative disciplinefrom a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 5 | Information Technology | B.E / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech in Computer Science/Information Technology/ MCAfrom a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 6 | Automobile Engineering | B.E. / B.Tech. / M.E. / M.Tech in Automobile Engineeringfrom a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 7 | Generalist Officers | Graduate / Post Graduate in any streamfrom a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 8 | Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers | Master’s Degree from a recognized University in Hindi with English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks)ORMaster’s Degree from a recognized University in English with Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks)ORMaster’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi medium and English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks)ORMaster’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with English medium and Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks)ORMaster’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as the compulsory or elective subjects or either of the two as a medium of examination and the other as a compulsory or elective subject at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) |
NICL AO Age as on 01.12.2023
Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 30 Years as on 01.12.2023 i.e. a candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.12.1993 and not later than 01.12.2002 (both dates inclusive).
NICL AO Selection Procedure
As far as the NICL AO selection procedure is concermed the selection process is conducted into two phases:
Phase I : Preliminary Examination online
Phase II : Mains Examination Online
NICL AO Prelims Exam Pattern
| S. No | Name of Test/Section (Not in Sequence) | Type of test | Max. Marks | Duration for each test/section(Separately timed) | Version |
| 1 | English Language | Objective | 30 | 20 minutes | English |
| 2 | Reasoning Ability | Objective | 35 | 20 minutes | Eng / Hindi |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | Objective | 35 | 20 minutes | Eng / Hindi |
| Total (Aggregate) | 100 |
NOTE:
- Candidates have to qualify in each test/section by securing passing marks
NICL AO Mains Exam Pattern
Mains exam includes Objective Tests (Multiple Choice type Questions) for 250 marks and Descriptive Test for 30 Marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive Test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.
For Generalists:
| S. No | Name of Test/Section (Not insequence) | Type of test | No. of Questions | MaximumMarks | Medium of Exam | Duration for each test/section(Separately timed) |
| 1 | Test of Reasoning | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 40 min |
| 2 | Test of English Language | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng | 40 min |
| 3 | Test of General Awareness | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 30 min |
| 4 | Test of Computer Knowledge | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 30 min |
| 5 | Test of Quantitative aptitude | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 40 min |
| Total (Aggregate) | 250 |
For Specialists:
| S. No | Name of Test/Section (Not in sequence) | Type of test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration for each test/section (Separatelytimed) |
| 1 | Test of Reasoning | Objective | 40 | 40 | Eng / Hindi | 35 min |
| 2 | Test of English Language | Objective | 40 | 40 | Eng | 30 min |
| 3 | Test of General Awareness | Objective | 40 | 40 | Eng / Hindi | 20 min |
| 4 | Test of Computer Knowledge | Objective | 40 | 40 | Eng / Hindi | 25 min |
| 5 | Test of Quantitative aptitude | Objective | 40 | 40 | Eng / Hindi | 35 min |
| 6 | In Specialist stream, an additional test to assess technical& professional knowledge in the relevantdiscipline | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 35 min |
| Total (Aggregate) | 250 |
Descriptive Test: The descriptive Test of 30 Minutes duration with 30 marks will be a Test of English Language (Essay – 10 Marks, Précis – 10 & Comprehension – 10 marks). The descriptive test will be in English and will be conducted through on-line mode.
This brings us to the end of the article. We will updating the NICL AO exam dates once the complete notification is released on 6th Jan 2024. Stay tuned for more exam updates and sign up for a free mock test of NICL AO 2024 exam.
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