Syllabus & pattern at a glance
LIC AAO (Generalist) is an online exam in two phases, followed by an interview. Prelims is only a screening test; mains objective marks (out of 300) plus interview marks (out of 60) make up the final merit list.
Prelims exam pattern
Three objective tests, each separately timed at 20 minutes. You must clear LIC’s minimum in every test, English is qualifying only, and prelims marks are not carried into the final merit.
| Test | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 |
| English Language (qualifying) | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | 70 counted |
Prelims syllabus, test by test
LIC publishes only the test names, plus one hint: prelims English has “special emphasis on grammar, vocabulary and comprehension”. Tap a test for the topics commonly tested under it — use them as a study checklist, not an official list.
Mains exam pattern
Four separately timed objective tests — 120 questions, 300 marks, 2 hours — followed immediately by a 30-minute English descriptive paper that you type on the computer.
| Mains test | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 90 |
| General Knowledge, Current Affairs | 30 | 60 |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 90 |
| Insurance and Financial Market Awareness | 30 | 60 |
| Objective total | 120 | 300 |
Mains syllabus, test by test
Mains swaps Quantitative Aptitude for Data Analysis & Interpretation and adds two awareness tests and a typed descriptive paper. Topic chips are commonly tested areas; the descriptive components and the GK themes in the notes below are the ones LIC itself names.
LIC’s Phase II handout describes the GK test as covering social and cultural events, current events of national and international importance, events of common public interest, sports and scientific inventions. Its clarification notice on the descriptive paper says any type of question from emails, reports, situation analysis and précis writing could be asked.
How marks are split across tests
LIC does not publish topic-wise weightage. It does fix the marks for each test — and in mains, Reasoning and Data Analysis & Interpretation carry 90 marks each, while the two awareness tests carry 60 each. English is qualifying in both phases.
Reasoning
Quant & Data Analysis
Awareness
English
Crack LIC AAO with your own daily plan
Daily targets, PYQ-style practice sets & timed mocks — built around the LIC AAO pattern.
Turn this syllabus into a daily plan
A topic list only helps once it’s sequenced. JobSafal breaks the LIC AAO prelims and mains tests into short daily targets you can actually finish — so you are ready whenever the next notification comes.
Syllabus as daily targets
Prelims and mains topics split into small daily targets, so you always know what to study next.
PYQ-style practice sets
Six timed LIC AAO practice sets to test what you’ve covered against the clock.
Timed mocks
Practise in a timed test interface, with analysis after every attempt.
English & Hindi
Notes and practice in both languages — the English Language tests themselves are in English only.
