NICL AO 2017 Exam Pattern and Syllabus

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NICL AO 2017  Exam Pattern

The exams are conducted online and there are two phases of written test.
 

Selection process:

  • Phase 1 Exam – NICL AO Preliminary exam
  • Phase 2 Exam – NICL AO Mains exam
  • Phase 3 - Interview

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NICL AO Prelims 2017 Exam Pattern:

The prelims exam will be of 1 hour duration and there will be following sections:

Paper type : Objective Paper(online)

Negative Marks : 0.25 for each wrong attempt

Name of the Section

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

English Language

30

30

Reasoning Ability

35

35

Quantitative Aptitude

35

35

Total

100

100

NICL AO Mains 2017 Exam Pattern:

The Mains exam will be of 2 hours and 30 minutes duration divited into two parts:

Part 1:

Paper type : Objective Paper(online)

Negative Marks : 0.25 for each wrong attempt

Name of the Section

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

Reasoning Ability

40

40

English Language

40

40

General Awareness

40

40

Computer Knowledge

40

40

Quantitative Aptitude

40

40

Total

200

200

Part 2:

Paper type : Descriptive Test (online)

The Descriptive Test of 30 Minutes duration with 30 marks will be a Test of English Language (Essay, Precis and Comprehension). The descriptive test will be in English and will be conducted through on line mode.

Note:

All the tests of Prelims and Mains exam, except for English Language Test will be available in Hindi as well as English

NICL AO Phase – III: Interview

Candidates who have been shortlisted based on online Phase – II (mains examination) will be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Company. Interview will be conducted at selected centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter.

NICL AO – Final Selection:

The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the online main examination(Objective and Descriptive Section) and interview. The weightage (ratio) of online Main Examination and Interview will be 80:20 respectively.


 

NICL AO 2017 Syllabus

The topics from which questions will be asked in each section is given below:

1. Reasoning: Analogies, Inequalities, problem solving analysis, Puzzle, Odd Man out, Syllogism, Statement and conclusions, Statement and assumptions, Statement and arguments, Blood relations, Alphabet test, Series test, Sequences, Directions, Sitting arrangement, Decision making, Input output, Assertion and reasoning etc., syllogistic reasoning, arithmetic reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, Symbol series, coding and decoding, statement conclusion.

2. Quantitative Aptitude: Simplification, Average, Numbers, Percentages, Time & Work, Area, profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Speed, Time & distance, Investment, LCM / HCF, Age, DI including Bar Graph, Pictorial Graph, Pie Chart having percentage calculations.

3. English language: Verb, preposition, adverb, Error Correction/ recognition, tenses, sentences rearrangement. This section have long paragraphs / passages for fill in the blanks, vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, one word substitution etc..

4. General Awareness: Banking and Insurance, Current Affairs, Culture, Indian Economy, Finance, Economic News, Heads of Organizations, Budget & Plans, Books and Authors, Awards and Honors, Sports, Science Inventions and Discoveries, Slogan, Ministers & Constituencies, Full Forms, Important Days of the year etc. topics.

5. Computer Knowledge:
Computer fundamentals, Computer History and Future, Abbreviation, Microsoft-office, Basics of Internet use, Email, Shortcut keys, Basic Software & Hardware and their functionalities, Networking, etc.

NICL AO Recommended Study Materials

  • NICL AO Practice Work Book by Kiran Prakashan
  • Quantitative Aptitude by R S Aggarwal
  • Verbal and non verbal reasoning R S Aggarwal
  • English objective by S.P. Bakshi
  • Daily GK & Current Affairs PDF by TopRankers



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