OICL AO Mains Exam Analysis: 18th Nov 2017
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OICL AO Mains Over-all Exam Analysis
OICL AO (Generalist) Mains 2017 exam had 4 sections in the objective test of 200 marks - Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Reasoning and General Awareness for a composite duration of 120 minutes.
Overall the exam was an Easy to Moderate Level.
| SECTIONS | GOOD ATTEMPTS |
|---|---|
| Reasoning | 29-32 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 21-26 |
| General Awareness | 29-34 |
| English Language | 21-24 |
| TOTAL | 138-151 |
OICL AO Mains Exam Analysis: Quantitative Aptitude
This section had 50 questions for 50 marks. The level of Quantitative Aptitude was Moderate Following were the types of DI:
- 3 sets of Data Interpretation questions were asked.
- (a) One was a caselet DI, based on 3 companies and 3 months data.
- (b) One tabular DI
- (c) One mixed DI consisting of a Pie chart and a table.
- Questions from Simplification/ Approximation were also asked.
- Remaining questions of this section were asked from various arithmetic topics like Simple & Compound Interest, Ratio & Proportion, Time & Work, Partnerships, Probability, Profit & Loss, Percentages, Time Speed and Distance etc.
- The questions of Data Sufficiency were also difficult to approach in limited time as they were from advanced maths.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | 25 | Moderate |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Mixture and Allegation | 1 | Moderate |
| Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
| Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Moderate |
| Boat and Stream | 1 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
OICL AO Mains Exam Analysis: ENGLISH
This section had 50 questions for 50 marks. The level of English Language section was moderate. Questions were asked from Reading Comprehension, which included 4 questions from Synonyms/ Antonyms as well.
- Reading Comprehension was included 04 questions from Synonyms/ Antonyms as well. The passage was based on Insurance in India.
- Error based question in which part of a sentence was wrongly spelt or was inappropriate and one had to identify it.
- Error questions in which 5 sentences were given in the options and one had to identify the correct or incorrect statement
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
Reading Comprehension
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Cloze Test
| 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 10 | Moderate |
| Double Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
| Spell-Error | 5 | Moderate |
| Para-Jumbles | 5 | Moderate |
Total
|
50
|
Moderate
|
OICL AO Mains Exam Analysis: REASONING
The level of reasoning was Easy to Moderate. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement sets were moderate level. Following were the types questions were asked:
- There were 4 sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangement Questions.
- (a) One was a Circular arrangement with 4 people facing inside, who were watching animals and 4 people facing outside, who were watching birds.
- (b) Another one was a linear arrangement in which people were sitting in a row and the number of people was not specified.
- (c) Scheduling based puzzle of Monday to Sunday, with 3 fruits as an additional parameter.
- (d) Age-based puzzle
- Questions asked from Syllogism were mostly possibility based.
- Data Sufficiency was also asked with questions containing 2 statements from different topics like Ranking, Weight-based etc.
- There were many questions from Logical Reasoning as well.
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles
|
20
|
Moderate
|
Data Sufficiency (2 statement)
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Machine Input-Output
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Syllogism
|
5
|
Easy
|
Order Ranking
|
3
|
Easy
|
Blood Relation
|
3
|
Easy
|
Logical Reasoning
| 8 | Moderate |
| Direction Sense | 1 | Easy |
Total
|
50
|
Moderate
|
OICL AO Mains Exam Analysis: GENERAL AWARENESS
50 Questions were asked from the General Awareness section. The overall level of GA section was Easy to Moderate.
- There were also few questions from basic banking awareness and the questions asked from static were based on those cities which were recently in news.
- The current affairs questions were mainly from the news and events of October and November Month.
- Most of the questions asked were Insurance and Current Affairs based.
OICL AO Mains Descriptive Test
02 Questions were asked in the descriptive test of OICL AO Mains exam, a letter and an essay.
Essay Writing Topics:
- Mutual Funds SIP Vs Whole life insurance for a child's future.
Letter Writing Topics:
- Letter requesting the change of name after marriage.
- Letter to a bank manager inviting him to your company to give an introduction about Insurance and convince employees to buy it.
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