On October 16, 2021, NIACL conducted a Preliminary exam for Administrative Officer post in three shifts. This exam was earlier held in the year 2019. The exam in all shifts can be considered as of moderate level. In this article, we will discuss the exam analysis of NIACL AO exam 2021 in detail.
The exam was held in the following order: English Language < Reasoning Ability < Quantitative Aptitude. The exam was of a total of 100 marks and 1 hour (20 minutes per section) was allotted for it. Let’s look at the exam pattern to understand better.
| Section | Questions | Time |
| English Language | 30 | 20 Mins |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 20 Mins |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 20 Mins |
English Language
English language was one of the easiest subjects asked in the exam but was time consuming. The RC was quite lengthy but easy to understand. Here are the other topics that were asked in the exam.
| Name of the Topic | Number of Questions asked | Level of the topic |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Spotting Errors | 5 | Easy |
| Word Swap /Spelling errors | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Parajumbles | 5 | Easy |
Reasoning Ability
The Reasoning ability section can be considered within the moderate level. The exam was dominated by the Puzzles and Seating arrangement. Other than puzzles, few questions were asked from the Syllogism and inequality section.
| Name of the Topic | No. of Questions | Level of the Topic |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Puzzle | 8/10 | Moderate |
| Seating Arrangement | 8/10 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation + Direction | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Misc. | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
Quantitative Aptitude was of moderate level. DI asked was time consuming and miscellaneous topics were also of medium difficulty. In Shift 1, Quadratic equations were asked whereas in the rest of the shifts Approximation was asked instead of Quadratic Equation.
| Name of the Topic | Number of Questions asked | Level of the topic |
| Data Interpretation (Pi , Table , Caselet) | 10-15 | Moderate |
| Approximation ( Not in 1 shift) | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Number Series ( M W M) | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Arithmetic | 10 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Eq (1 shift only) | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| 35 | Moderate |
Overall Analysis
Overall the exam can be considered as Moderate. Good attempts are in the range of 68 to 72. Here are the section wise good attempts provided in the table below.
| Name of the Topic | Level of the Exam | Good Attempts |
| English Language | Easy to Moderate | 22-27 |
| Reasoning Ability | Easy to Moderate | 21-24 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate | 18-20 |
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