NICL AO Syllabus 2025 PDF, Administrative Officer Section-wise Syllabus

NICL AO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern: National Insurance Company Limited has issued a notification for the recruitment of Administrative Officer (Scale-I) Vacancy with 266 posts. Candidates who applied for the NICL Administrative Officer Examination can download the NICL Administrative Officer Syllabus 2025 PDF along with the Exam Pattern.

NICL AO Syllabus 2025

The officials of the National Insurance Company Limited will conduct the Administrative Officer Examination soon. NICL AO Syllabus 2025 for Phase I: Preliminary Exam and Phase II: Main Exam. The NICL AO Syllabus 2025 differs greatly from other insurance and banking exams. The insurance company has stipulated a separate syllabus for each phase. Go through the article and get the complete information.

Conducted By	National Insurance Company Limited
Post Name	Administrative Officer
Category	Syllabus
Exam Date	Updated soon
Selection Process	Prelims Mains Interview
Official site	nationalinsuranceindia.nic.co.in

NICL AO Exam Pattern 2025

Part A – Online Examination:

The written exam will be conducted in two phases

Preliminary Examination (Phase I).
Mains Examination (Phase II).

NICL AO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests (Multiple Choice type Questions) for 100 marks will be conducted online (applicable for all disciplines). This test would be of 60 minutes duration consisting of 3 sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:

S. No	Name of Test/Section (Not in Sequence)	Type of test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration for each test/section (Separately timed)	Medium of Exam
1	English Language	Objective	30	30	20 minutes	English
2	Reasoning Ability	Objective	35	35	20 minutes	English / Hindi
3	Quantitative Aptitude	Objective	35	35	20 minutes	English / Hindi
	Total (Aggregate)		100	100

Candidates have to qualify in each test/section by securing passing marks to be decided by the Company. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Company (approximately 15 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be shortlisted for the Main Examination.

NICL AO Exam Pattern 2025: Phase – II: Main Examination

Main Examination will consist of 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.

Objective Test: The Objective Test of 3 Hours duration consists of five & six sections for Generalists & Specialists respectively for total 250 Marks:

For Generalists

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 (Separately timed)
1	Test of Reasoning	Objective	50	50	English / Hindi	40 min
2	Test of English Language	Objective	50	50	English	40 min
3	Test of General Awareness	Objective	50	50	English / Hindi	30 min
4	Test of Computer Knowledge	Objective	50	50	English / Hindi	30 min
5	Test of Quantitative aptitude	Objective	50	50	English / Hindi	40 min
	Total (Aggregate)		250	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 (Separately timed)
1	Test of Reasoning	Objective	40	40	English / Hindi	35 min
2	Test of English Language	Objective	40	40	English	30 min
3	Test of General Awareness	Objective	40	40	English / Hindi	20 min
4	Test of Computer Knowledge	Objective	40	40	English / Hindi	25 min
5	Test of Quantitative aptitude	Objective	40	40	English / Hindi	35 min
6	In Specialist stream, an additional test to assess technical& professional knowledge in the relevant discipline	Objective	50	50	English / Hindi	35 min
	Total (Aggregate)		250	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.

Candidates will be required to obtain a minimum score for each section separately of objective test for short listing for the Descriptive Test evaluation i.e., the descriptive answer script would be evaluated only in respect of those candidates who qualify the objective test. Depending on the number of vacancies, cut offs will be decided for Descriptive Papers evaluation i.e., there will also be a separate cut-off marks for the Descriptive Test. The Descriptive test will be qualifying in nature, and the marks scored in the Descriptive test will not be counted towards shortlisting for interview or final selection.

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum total score (to be decided by the Company according to number of vacancies) in the objective test (Main Examination) and qualify in the descriptive test for short listing for the Interview.

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main Examination (objective tests):

The objective test except on “English Language” will be bilingual (in English and in Hindi). All the questions will be objective type with alternative choices out of which one will be correct answer. The candidate has to select the correct answer and “mouse click” that alternative which he or she feels correct. There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. Each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one- fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e., no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question. The alternative/option that is clicked on will be highlighted and will be treated as answered to that question.

PART B – Interview:

Generalist & Specialist Candidates who have been shortlisted based on online Phase – II (Mains Examination) will subsequently 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. Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from company’s website. Please note that any request regarding change in date, centre etc. of interview will not be entertained. However, the company reserves the right to change the date/ venue/ time/ centre etc. of interview or hold supplementary process for particular date / session / venue / centre / set of candidates at its discretion,

National Insurance Administrative Officer Exam 2025– Mains Phase II

The Main Examination consists of Objective Tests for 200 marks and a Descriptive Tests for 30 Marks.
Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online.
Candidates will have to answer the Descriptive Test by typing on the computer.
Each aspirant will be required to obtain a minimum score for each section of the objective test for shortlisting for the Descriptive Test.
There will also be a separate cut-off mark for the Descriptive Test.
A candidate shall be required to qualify in the descriptive test, but the descriptive test marks will not be counted towards shortlisting for final selection.
Participants will be shortlisted for interviews by the overall marks of the Main Examination.

NICL Administrative Officer (Scale-I) Syllabus 2025 PDF

Here, we will discuss the NICL AO Syllabus 2025 for both the Prelims and Mains Examinations. Those who have successfully registered for the NICL Administrative Officer Examination must prepare thoroughly. Without a perfect plan, candidates won’t get more marks in the examination. For the benefit of aspirants, we have provided the NICL Administrative Officer Syllabus 2025 for the Preliminary and Main Examination.