Tips for NICL AO Exam

Can you provide me some good tips for preparation of AO (Administrative Officer) Examination of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) as I will be giving the exam next time?

[Pathak]

Some good tips for preparation of AO (Administrative Officer) Examination of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) are as follows:

Time Management
Study in a time bound manner. Give more time to sections you are think you are weak in or not conceptually strong.

Section wise Strategy
Practice as many questions possibly can. Once you finish brushing up a topic, it would be very helpful if solve practice papers on that particular topic.

Strong and weak section –
Once get hold of the syllabus, mark the topics which find are easy for and those in which not very comfortable.
Take up easy topics first, revise, practice and put them aside.
Now take up difficult ones.
Clear concepts, practice them daily, revise the formulas, theorem and identities which are there in those chapters.

Read the question twice –
Understand the question carefully before answering it.
Don’t be in haste to attempt a question even if familiar with the type of question.

Time –
Time is very important in all the competitive exams.
Don’t waste time if get stuck with a question.
Move on to solve other questions and later if time permits try the ones have left earlier.

Practice previous year papers –
After you are done with preparations, start practicing sample papers and previous year paper.
Set an alarm before sitting for the test and check speed.
See how many questions could attempt in the allotted time.
This gives a rough estimate to where you stand and then you can work accordingly.

Negative Marking –
There will be negative marking for every wrong answer you mark.
Attempt only those questions which confident about.
Do not make a wild guess, will end up losing a lot of marks.