Download Admit Card for Recruitment for the post of Apprentice Development Officer in Life Insurance Corporation of India
(ON-LINE EXAMINATION on 02.02.2013 & 03.02.2013)
On-line
examination will comprise the following objective type multiple choice tests as
stated below:
Sr .No.
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Test
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Questions
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Marks
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Time
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Paper I
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I
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Reasoning
Ability
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25
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25
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II
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Numerical
Ability
Paper II
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25
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25
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Composite Time
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III
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General
Knowledge
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of 120
Minutes
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and Current
Affairs
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25
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25
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IV
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English Language
(with Special Emphasis on Grammer & Vocabulary)
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25
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25
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Total
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100
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100
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PAPER I
TEST I : REASONING ABILITY
This test is to see how well you can think. It
contains questions of various kinds. Here are some sample questions.
Directions : In each of the following questions, there are
five letter groups or words given. Four of the five are alike in a certain way,
while one is different. You have to find out the one which is different.
Q.1. (1)
black (2) red (3) green (4) yellow (5) paint
Of the five, ‘black’, ‘red’, ‘green’ and ‘yellow’ form a group as they are
names of colours. ‘Paint’ is not the name of a colour. Therefore (5) is the answer.
Now try to solve the following question.
Q.2. (1) XZ (2) MN (3) PQ (4) BC (5)
ST
Following is the question based on analogy.
Q.3. “Foot” is related to “Man” in the same way as “Hoof” is related to –––––
(1) Leg (2) Horse (3) Dog (4) Boy (5)
Shoe
In the above
example, with which one of the five, “Hoof” has the same relationship as “Foot” has to “Man” ? The answer is “Horse”, which is answer number (2).
Now try the following question.
Q.4. “Day” is related to “Night” in the same way as “Kind” is related to –––––
(1) Cruel (2) Bright (3) Dark (4) Generous (5) Gratitude
Now try the following question. Q.5. If the letters in the word TOPS can be
rearranged to form a meaningful word beginning with O, the
last letter of
that word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed, M is the
answer
and if no such word
can be formed, X is the answer.
(1) T (2) P (3) M (4) S (5)
X
TEST II : NUMERICAL ABILITY
This test measures how
well you are in dealing with numbers and computing basic arithmetic operations.
It
also tests your arithmetic
reasoning potential. Study the following questions.
Directions : In each of the following
questions one number is missing. The place where the number is
missing is shown by a
question mark (?). You have to find out which one of the answers shown against
1, 2,
3 and 4 can replace the
question mark. If none of these four can replace the question mark, you will
indicate
(5) i.e. ‘None of these’ as your answer.
Q.6. 42 + 73 + 137 = ?
(1) 352 (2)
252 (3) 242 (4)
142 (5) None of these
Q.7. 20 × 21 =
?
(1) 4 (2)
5 (3) 12 (4) 20 (5) None of these
The correct
answer for Q.7 is 10. But none of the 1, 2, 3, or 4 shows this answer.
Therefore your answer is (5). Some of the questions may require
arithmetical reasoning. For example : Q.8.
At 10 paise each, how many paise will 6 lemons cost ?
(1)6 (2)10 (3)60 (4)61 (5) None of these
Q.9. Which of the following can be exact multiple of 4
?
(1) 27114 (2)
58204 (3) 48402 (4) 32286 (5) None of these
Q.10. If the profit made by selling a pen for Rs.10 is
as much as its cost, what is the cost price of the pen ?
(1) Rs.3/- (2) Rs.5/- (3) Rs.10/- (4) Rs.20/- (5) None of these
PAPER II
TEST III : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CURRENTAFFAIRS
This test measures your awareness of the events
happening in the world around. Your General Knowledge
and Knowledge about current affairs would be tested through social and cultural events, current events on
national and international importance, events of common public interest, sports, scientific inventions and like.
Q.11. The Life Insurance Corporation of India came into being in the year _______
and Knowledge about current affairs would be tested through social and cultural events, current events on
national and international importance, events of common public interest, sports, scientific inventions and like.
Q.11. The Life Insurance Corporation of India came into being in the year _______
(1) 1973 (2) 1969 (3) 1966 (4) 1956 (5)
None of these
The right answer to the
above question is 1956 i.e. ‘4’ Q.12. Which
of the following authorities issues licences to LIC agents in India ?
(1) IRDA (2) RBI (3) LIC (4) SEBI (5)
None of these
The right answer to the above question is IRDA i.e. ‘1’
TEST IV : ENGLISH LANGUAGE
This is a test to see how well
you ‘know’ English. Your English
language ability would be tested through questions
on grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion, synonyms, antonyms, comprehension
of a passage, etc. Study and answer
the sample questions given below. Please remember, in the test proper there may
be questions of several other types also.
Directions : Pick out the
most appropriate word from amongst the words given below each sentence to
complete it meaningfully.
Q.13. He quickly glanced ............................. the book to find what it said about the Indian
economy.
(1) at (2) through (3) in (4) to (5) over
The correct answer is “through” which is answer No. 2.
Q.14. The counsel urged the court to .......................... down the obnoxious law.
Q.14. The counsel urged the court to .......................... down the obnoxious law.
(1) enact (2) enforce (3)
cancel (4)
strike (5) declare
Q.15. The local official ......................... the Minister of the situation.
(1) explained (2) warned (3) apprised (4) told (5) intimated
Directions : Read each sentence given below to find out whether there is any
grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the
sentence. The number of that part of the sentence is your answer. If there is
no error, the answer is ‘5’. (Ignore errors of punctuations, if any)
Q.16. I am twenty / two years old / when I first /
joined the bank.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
The error is in
(1). Therefore the answer is ‘1’.
Q.17. To the Hindus / the Ganga is / holier than / any
other river.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
In this question,
there is no error; Hence the right answer to this question is ‘5’.
Now attempt the
following question.
Q.18. Of all the teachers / in our school / our class
teacher / were very strict.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
No error (5)
No error (5)
No error (5)
Directions : In each of the following questions select from
amongst the five alternatives, the word nearest in meaning to
the word given in capitals.
Q.19. CENTENARY
(1) a guard
(2) a hundred years (3) a very
old man (4) hundred runs (5) hundredth anniversary
Q.20. TRIUMPH
(1) conquer (2)
smash (3) earn (4) brave (5) capture
