The topics in the different section one need to focus for the NICL recruitment exam as well as the lists of some of the books for the exam preparation have been mentioned below.

Important Topics for NICL Exam

NICL Preparation – Reasoning

1. Logical reasoning
2. Syllogism
3. Inequality
4. Input-output
5. Number series
6. Data sufficiency
7. Coding- Decoding
8. Seating Arrangement – Both direction, circular seating
9. Puzzles
10. Miscellaneous – Blood Relations, Directions, Ranking orders.

NICL Preparation – English Language

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze test
3. Spotting Error
4. Rearranging and Improving Sentences
5. Fill in the blanks

NICL Preparation – General Awareness

The General Awareness section can be very scoring if you tackle it wisely. The general awareness section doesn’t require any calculations as well as is thus the least time consuming section.

Don’t go on reading the entire subject but focus on important topics basically from Banking as well as Finance.

NICL Preparation – Computer Aptitude

1. History of Computers
2. Hardware and software
3. Networking, Internet, OSI layers and Microsoft office
4. Security, Viruses
5. Basic abbreviations

NICL Preparation – Quantitative Aptitude

• Revising the old NCERT books will be good while preparing for the basics.
• Once the basics are clear, it is wise to move onto books which can help you with short methods.
• Memorise the formulae and practise them well.
• Testing yourself is the most important step while preparing for Quantitative Aptitude.

NICL Preparations (Mains) for Descriptive Test

• Divide your write up in three parts Head, Body and Tail, which means that in Head you should include background of the topic. In body include the details and in tail conclude the topic.
• Do not make grammatical errors.
• In Precis writing, summarise well. It should be 1/3rd of the length of the given passage.
• Keep a track of your spelling mistakes and make sure that you do not repeat them.
• For answering questions asked in Comprehension, ensure that you answer in your own words and not just copy the sentence given in the passage.

Lists of the Books for NICL Examination

1. NICL (National Insurance Company Limited) Administrative Officers Exam Books 2017 (English, Paperback, V.V.K Subburaj)

2. NICL AO Preliminary Exam Practice Work Book (English) Get Free Scratch Card Inside - 1878 Paperback – 11 Apr 2017

3. Kiran’s Insurance Aao, Ao, Ado & Other Exams Previous Years Solved Papers – English (peparback, Think Tank of Kiran Prakashan, Pratiyogita Kiran & KICX)

4. L.I.C./G.I.C./O.I.C. A.A.O. Assistant Administrative Officers Exam (English) 01 Edition by Author: Lal, Publisher: Upkar Prakashan

5. NIACL New India Assurance Company Limited AO Administrative Officers Practice Work Book Paperback – 2014 by Think Tank of Kiran Prakashan (Author), Pratiyogita Kiran & KICX (Author)

6. General Insurance Administrative Officer Exam Guide: National Insurance Co. Ltd., Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd., United Insurance Co. Ltd. and Other Insurance

7. LIC AAO - Assistant Administrative Officer Exam of Life Insurance Corporation of India (English) 4th Edition by Author: Arihant Experts, Publisher: Arihant

8. Insurance Officer Exams AAO,AO & ADO Solved Papers(NICL/LIC/OIC/UIICL/OICL) (2013 2002) (Paperback, Hindi) by Kiran Publication

9. NICL (National Insurance Company Limited) Administrative Officers Exam Books 2017