Life Insurance Corporation, commonly known as LIC, is the oldest and most trust-worthy investment company and insurance provider. LIC ADO recruitment is conducted to fill the vacancies for the post of Apprentice Development Officer.
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LIC ADO Notifications
The Apprentice Development Officer (LIC ADO) Detailed Notification 2023 was released on 21st January 2023 for all zones consisting of a total of 9394 vacancies. The application process for the said post closed on 10th February 2023. Candidates willing to apply for the LIC ADO exam 20230 must start their preparation and stay updated about the online process.
As per 2019 LIC notifications, the LIC ADO Mains Examination was scheduled to be conducted on 11th August 2019. LIC has released revised exam dates for Mains Exam for the Apprentice Development Officers. As per the official notice, the Mains Exam for LIC ADO will now be conducted on September 22 2019.
The Prelims Examination was conducted on 6th July 2019 and 13th July 2019.
The exam dates and exam centres are all clearly mentioned in the official notification released by the Insurance Corporation. To know about the exam centers for LIC ADO exam 2019, download the PDF given below.
LIC ADO exam centers 2019:-Download PDF Here
The exam centres for the 2023 recruitment will be mentioned in the LIC ADO notification 20232.
LIC ADO Vacancies
The vacancies for LIC ADO 2023 are expected to be released on 16th January 2023 along with the official notification. A total of 9394 vacancies were released with the notification. Get the zone-wise vacancy distribution as given below for 2023.
| LIC ADO Vacancy 2023 | |
| Region Name | Vacancies |
| Western Zonal Office (Mumbai) | 1942 |
| Southern Zonal Office (Chennai) | 1516 |
| South Central Zonal Office (Hyderabad) | 1408 |
| Northern Zonal Office (New Delhi) | 1216 |
| North Central Zonal Office (Kanpur) | 1033 |
| Eastern Zonal Office (Kolkata) | 1049 |
| East Central Zonal Office (Patna) | 669 |
| Central Zonal Office (Bhopal) | 561 |
| Total | 9394 |
Recruitment to these vacancies is conducted by LIC ADO Examination. Since the exam is not conducted annually, the number of vacancies released for the 2023 recruitment depends entirely on the need and requirement of the conducting body.
The zone-wise vacancy for the post of LIC ADO 2019 is mentioned in the table below. Candidates can refer to the table below and estimate a close count of vacancies to release in the coming year as well.
| Zone-wise category | Total number of LIC ADO Vacancies | |||||
| Central zone | Gen | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Total |
| 209 | 80 | 127 | 62 | 47 | 525 | |
| East central zone | 302 | 95 | 138 | 104 | 62 | 701 |
| Eastern zonal office, Kolkata | 391 | 174 | 110 | 173 | 83 | 922 |
| North zone office, New Delhi | 451 | 256 | 70 | 251 | 102 | 1130 |
| Western zone, Mumbai | 808 | 174 | 245 | 368 | 158 | 1753 |
| South Central Zone, Hyderabad | 530 | 217 | 89 | 297 | 118 | 1251 |
| Southern Zone, Chennai | 589 | 228 | 10 | 309 | 121 | 1257 |
| North Central Zone, Kanpur | 447 | 228 | 17 | 260 | 96 | 1042 |
| Total | 8,581 | |||||
LIC ADO Vacancy 2019:-Download PDF Here
LIC ADO recruitment is not an annual process. The last notification for the post of LIC ADO was released on 1st June 2015. The recruitment was open only for the Central Zonal Office, Bhopal.
The number of vacancies as per 2015 notification can be found in the image below
To know about other government exams and vacancies, refer to the link provided.
LIC ADO Eligibility
The candidates need to fulfill some of the eligibility criteria to get selected as an Apprentice Development Officer. The eligibility criteria for LIC ADO Recruitment are discussed below:
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- Age Limit: The candidates should not be less than 21 years of age and not more than 30 years.
- Experience required: The experience requirements for the post of LIC ADO are discussed below
| Category | LIC ADO recruitment (urban) | LIC ADO recruitment (rural) |
| LIC Employee | Experience required | |
| A minimum of 3 years of service in Grade III post | ||
| LIC Agent | A minimum of 5 years of service as an agent or as a DSE/FSE | Not less than 4 years as an agent or as a DSE/FSE |
| Others | Preference would be given to candidates having a minimum of 2 years experience in LIC industry. | |
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- Age Relaxation: The age relaxation of different categories of LIC ADO is discussed in the table below
| Category | Upper Age Limit | |
| General | Open market category | 30 |
| LIC Employee only | 42 | |
| LIC Agent | 40 | |
| OBC | Open market category | 33 |
| LIC Employee only | 45 | |
| LIC Agent | 43 | |
| SC/ST | Open market category | 35 |
| LIC Employee only | 47 | |
| LIC Agent | 45 | |
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- Educational Qualifications:
The candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India approved for the fellowship of Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai.
LIC ADO Exam Pattern
LIC ADO exam is conducted to recruit candidates for the post of Apprentice Development Officer. The exam consists of three levels:
- Written Test
- Phase -I: Preliminary Examination
- Phase -II: Mains Examination
- Personal Interview
- Medical Test
LIC ADO Prelims: Exam Pattern
The prelims exam has been categorized into three sections:
- Reasoning
- Numerical ability
- English language
The Prelims exam scheme of LIC ADO is mentioned in the table below:
| LIC ADO Exam Topics | Total number of questions | Total marks | Time period |
| Reasoning | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| English language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 70 | 60 minutes |
The marks obtained in English language will not be considered for ranking. The prelims exam is conducted only for Open Market category while the online examination for LIC employee and LIC Agent consists of single phase i.e., the Mains Examination.
LIC ADO Exam: Mains
There are several categories for LIC ADO Mains exam and each category consists of three papers:
- Paper -I: Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability
- Paper-II: General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language
- Paper-III: Insurance Marketing
The Mains exam comprises the objective type of questions.
The LIC ADO exam pattern (Mains) for different categories are mentioned below:
Open Market Category
| Stages | Total number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration of exam |
| Paper-I
(Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability) |
50 | 50 | Composite 120 minutes |
| Paper-II
(General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language) |
50 | 50 | |
| Paper-III
(Insurance and Financial Marketing Awareness with special emphasis on knowledge of Life Insurance and Financial Sector) |
50 | 50 | |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
For Agents Category
| Paper-I
(Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability) |
Total number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration of exam |
| 25 | 10 | Composite 120 minutes | |
| Paper-II
(General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language) |
25 | 15 | |
| Paper-III
(Elements of Insurance and Marketing of Insurance) |
50 | 125 | |
| Total | 100 | 150 |
For employee category
| Paper-I
(Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability) |
Total number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration of exam |
| 25 | 25 | Composite 120 minutes | |
| Paper-II
(General Knowledge, Current Affairs and English Language) |
25 | 25 | |
| Paper-III
(Practice and Principle of Insurance Marketing) |
50 | 100 | |
| Total | 100 | 150 |
The medium of language for all the categories is either English or Hindi except for English language and vocabulary. Candidates must pass in each paper along with the minimum marks in aggregate of three papers to qualify.
To know the detailed LIC ADO Syllabus, refer to the link provided.
LIC ADO Salary
After being recruited as an Apprentice Development Officer, the candidates will be given a fixed amount as a stipend per month as per the rules of the Corporation. An ADO other than an Employee Apprentice will be paid equal to the minimum of the basic pay and dearness allowance.
The present stipend provided to an ADO is Rs. 34,503
The salary of a candidate after being appointed as a Probationary Officer is discussed below:
| Basic pay (per month) | Payscale |
| Rs. 21,865 | 21865-1340(2)-24545-1580(2)-27705-1610(17)-55075 |
The total salary is inclusive of House Rent Allowance & City Compensatory Allowance and will be approximately ₹37,345/- in ‘A’ Class City.
LIC ADO Exam: Apply Online
Candidates can apply for the LIC ADO exam through the official website of LIC.
Aspirants must follow the following steps while filling up the application form:
- Candidates are first required to go to the LIC’s official website.
- Once you are at the home page, select the ‘Careers’ option.
- Select the option “LIC Apprentice Officer Recruitment”.
- Select the option “ Click here to apply online”.
- Before filling up the application forms, candidates will be directed to the on-line registration page.
- Candidates are required to enter their contact details and email-ID for successful registration. A provisional registration number and password will be generated by the system for future reference.
- Candidates must have a scanned copy of their photo-ID cards that will be needed while filling up the application forms.
- After successful submission of the application form, an e-Admit Card will be generated 2-3 weeks before the exam date.
- Admit cards can be downloaded from the official LIC website.
To know about other insurance exams, refer to the linked article.
LIC ADO: Application fees
The mode of payment for the application fees / Intimation fees is online.
For SC/ST candidates, an initiation fee of Rs.50 and transaction charges should be paid. For the candidates other than SC/ST, application fees cum initiation charges of Rs.600 along with the transaction charge should be paid.
Apart from this, since the LIC ADO recruitment is a lengthy process and may take approximately 5 to 6 months for the entire procedure to complete, thus, candidates must prepare themselves well enough even before the recruitment starts. This will give them sufficient time for a thorough revision.
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Frequently Asked Questions on LIC ADO Recruitment
Q 1. Is the LIC ADO recruitment conducted every year?
Q 2. When is the LIC ADO recruitment 2023 expected to start?
Q 3. Which are the best books to prepare for the LIC ADO exam 2023?
Ans. Given below is a list of books that candidates can consider to prepare for the LIC ADO exam:
- Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exams by R.S.Agarwal
- Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S.Agarwal
- Wren and Martin’s English Grammar and Composition
- A New Approach to Reasoning: Verbal and Non-Verbal by B.S Sijwali and Indu Sijwali
- Manorama Yearbook
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