LIC ADO Recruitment 2019 – The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has the admit card for LIC ADO 2019 main examination. LIC ADO 2019 Main examination is scheduled to be held on August 11, 2019. There are total 8581 vacancies for the post of Apprentice Development Officer. The selection of the candidates will be done through the preliminary, main, followed by an Interview of candidates who qualify in the online test and subsequent pre-recruitment Medical examination. Get here full information of LIC ADO Recruitment 2019.
LIC ADO 2019
Before filling the online application form, candidates must ensure their eligibility for recruitment. The qualifiers of all three will be called for the medical examination. This page contains the entire information of LIC ADO Recruitment 2019.
| LIC ADO Recruitment 2019 | Important Dates |
|---|---|
| Commencement of Application Form | 20 May 2019 |
| Last date to submit an application form with fee | 09 Jun 2019 |
| Last date for printing your application | 24 Jun 2019 |
| Admit Card Issuing date | 29 Jun 2019 |
| Online Exam-Preliminary | 06 & 13 Jul 2019 |
| Result date | 29 Jul 2019 |
| Admit Card Issuing date | 03 Aug 2019 |
| Online Exam- Main | 11 Aug 2019 |
As per Employment Notification, Examination for Agents and Employee category will be held on Aug 10, 2019 (Main Exam only) and the call letter for them will be available one week before Main Exam.
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Vacancies Details
Name of Post: Apprentice Development Officer
Zone wise Vacancies:
- Central zone: 525
- Eastern zonal: 922
- East central zone: 701
- Northern zonal: 1130
- Northcentral zone: 1042
- Southern zonal: 1257
- South central zone: 1251
- Western zonal: 1753
Total Vacancies: 8581
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification
Candidates should ensure that the educational qualification possessed by them shall be as per the prescribed educational qualifications mentioned in the advertisement and they fulfill the above eligibility criteria. No equivalent educational qualification shall be considered as eligible.
Preference may be given to those applicants who have good knowledge of insurance marketing and also those who possess Masters Degree in Business Administration in Marketing or Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing from a University in India established under a statute or by an Institute approved by All India Council for Technical Education or a recognized Institution.
Note: Candidates should ensure that the educational qualification possessed by them shall be as per the prescribed educational qualifications mentioned in the advertisement and they fulfill the above eligibility criteria. No equivalent educational qualification shall be considered as eligible.
Age Limit:
The applicant shall have completed 21 years of age and not more than 30 years of age as on May 01, 2019 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than May 01, 1989 and not later than May 01, 1998 (both days inclusive) as on 01.05.2019.
The upper age limit as on May 01, 2019 of an applicant belonging to a group given below, shall not exceed the age mentioned below:-
| Category | Age Limit in years |
|---|---|
| Member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe | 35 |
| Member of OBCs (other than those in the creamy layer) | 33 |
| LIC Employee who is not a member of an SC or an ST or OBCs | 42 |
| LIC Employee who is a member of OBCs (other than those in the creamy layer) | 45 |
| LIC Employee who is a member of an SC or ST | 47 |
| LIC Agent or Other than Agent (such as DSE/FSE) who is not a member of SC or ST or OBCs | 40 |
| LIC Agent or Other than Agent (such as DSE/FSE)who is a member of OBCs (Other than those in the creamy layer) | 43 |
| LIC Agent or Other than Agent (such as DSE/FSE) who is a member of an SC or an ST | 45 |
| Ex-serviceman | 30, increased by the number of years of service in the armed forces subject to maximum age of 45 years where he is a member of OBCs and, 47 years where he is a member of SC or ST and, Maximum of 42 years in other than SC, ST, OBC cases. |
| All Others | 30 |
Experience: The applicant should have the requisite experience as on May 01, 2019 as indicated below:-
| Category of Applicant |
For Recruitment in Urban Area | For Recruitment in Rural Area |
|---|---|---|
| Employee Category | Not less than 3 years of service after confirmation in Class III post | |
| Agents Category | Not less than 5 years as an agent or other than agent (such as DSE/FSE) and has brought a net First Year Premium Income of not less than ₹ 5,00,000/- during the immediately preceding 5 financial years and a net First Year Premium Income of not less than ₹ 1,00,000/- on 50 lives in each of any 3 of these financial years. | Not less than 4 years as an agent or other than an agent (such as DSE/FSE) and has brought a net First Year Premium Income of not less than ₹ 1,00,000/- on 50 lives per year in any 3 of the immediately preceding 4 financial years. |
| Other | Preference would be given to candidates who have at least 2 years experience in the life insurance industry. | |
For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that the spouse of an agent shall not be eligible for recruitment as an Apprentice Development Officer.
Application Form
LIC ADO Application Form 2019 is made available by the authority. To apply online for LIC Apprentice Development Officer 2019, candidates have to visit the official website of LIC i.e. www.licindia.in. Application Form can be filled only in online mode only. Before filling the online application form candidates must ensure their eligibility criteria for the recruitment. Application form after the last date will not be entertained by the conducting authority. Admit Card for LIC ADO 2019 will be available only for those who fill the application form on time. Direct link to fill the LIC ADO Application Form 2019 is available at Quick Links section.
Application Fee:
The candidate will have to make the payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Non-refundable) through On-line mode only as under:
- For SC/ST Candidates: Rs.50/- plus Transaction Charges.
- Other than SC/ST Candidates: Rs.600/- plus Transaction Charges.
Mode of Payment: The application form is integrated with the payment gateway and the payment process can be completed by following the instructions.
- The payment can be made by using Debit Cards (RuPay/Visa/MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.
Admit Card / Call Letter
Admit Card / Call Letter for LIC ADO 2019 will be released online at the official website of LIC i.e. www.licindia.in. Candidates who will fill the online application form of LIC ADO 2019 on time along with the fee will only be eligible to download their admit card for LIC ADO 2019. Call letter will be made available by submitting the required details at the LIC portal. Admit Card / Call Letter is an important document for the exam point of view.
First, the conducting body will release the admit card for prelims examination of LIC ADO 2019. Then after admitting card for the main examination will be made available. Candidates who will qualify the prelims examination will only be allowed to download the main examination admit card. Call letters will not be dispatched by post or any other mode. Candidates will be required to download the call letters from the official website. More detail of LIC ADO Call Letter 2019 is available at Admit Card page.
Examination Pattern
Selection of Apprentice Development Officer from Open Market Category will be done through two-phase examination.
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
Mode of Examination: Online
Medium of Examination: English & Hindi
Duration: 1 Hour
The test will have three sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
| Name of test | Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 |
| English | 30 | 30** |
| Total | 100 | 70 |
** English Language test will be of qualifying nature and the marks in the English Language will not be counted for ranking.
Phase-II: Main Examination
Mode of Examination: Online
Medium of Examination: English & Hindi
Duration: Composite 120 minutes
Type of question: Objective Type
Total Marks: 150
| Name of test | Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability | 50 | 50 |
| General Knowledge, minutes Current Affairs and English Language with Special Emphasis on Grammar and vocabulary | 50 | 50 |
| Insurance and Financial Marketing Awareness with special emphasis on knowledge of Life Insurance and Financial Sector |
50 | 50 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
There will be no penalty for wrong answers. However, candidates are advised not to mark answers through random guessing.
Selection Procedure
Selection will be made on the basis of the online test followed by an Interview of candidates who qualify in the online test and subsequent pre-recruitment Medical examination.
Candidate must obtain minimum qualifying marks in each Section separately and should also obtain minimum marks in the aggregate to qualify for the examinations (Preliminary and Main) and the interview. The minimum marks to be obtained in each paper and in the aggregate shall be decided by LIC of India.
The scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the equi-percentile equating method. There will be no penalty for wrong answers. However, candidates are advised not to mark answers through random guessing.
Interview:
Marks obtained in the Main Examination only will be considered for shortlisting for interview and marks obtained in Main Examination + marks obtained in Interview will be considered for final merit listing of candidates. Commensurate to the number of vacancies, LIC reserves the right to fix the eligibility standards in order to restrict the candidates to be called for interview and also fix the minimum marks to qualify in the interview. Maximum Interview marks are 37.
Pre-Recruitment Medical Examination:
The selected candidate will be appointed as Apprentice Development Officer subject to him/her being found medically fit by the Medical Examiner authorized by LIC for the purpose.
Choice of Division
Recruitment Notifications are being issued by all Zonal Offices. The candidate shall apply to one Division only.
- Bhopal
- Bilaspur
- Gwalior
- Indore
- Jabalpur
- Raipur
- Satna
- Shahdol
Result
LIC ADO 2019 result will be declared online on the official website. Candidates need to keep a proper track of the LIC ADO 2019 result by visiting the website regularly. The result for LIC ADO will be declared for different phases. The process will start with a declaration of the LIC ADO 2019 Prelims result. After the declaration of prelims result the Main Examination Result will be declared on the official website. The candidate requires ‘Registration Number’ and ‘Password’ to check the result.
Guarantee Bond
Before joining as Apprentice Development Officer, candidates will be required to give an undertaking to serve the Corporation for a minimum period of four years from the date of joining (including apprenticeship period) failing which he/she or his/her heirs, executors, administrators will be liable to pay liquidated damages of ₹ 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) to the Corporation. The candidate will have to submit an Indemnity Bond of ₹ 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) duly stamped and executed by a Surety of sound financial standing and not related to the candidate. The stamp value of the Bond will be as applicable to the State in which the bond is executed.
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- Declaration for candidates seeking reservation as OBC
- OBC Non-Creamy Layer Certificate
- SC-ST Caste Certificate
- Certificate Economically Weaker Sections
- Age Criteria
- Exam Centers
- Corrigendum
- Divisional Office Address
Official Website : www.licindia.in
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