NIACL Administrative Officer Exam Pattern

NIACL AO Exam Pattern 

NIACL will be conducting the exam for AO in the month of October. The NIACL AO selection process 2024 will have three main phases: Prelims, Mains & Interview. 

Both Prelims & Mains will be online objective tests consisting of various sections/subjects from which the questions will be asked. 

• Candidates will have to secure minimum qualifying marks in each section in order to move on to the next phase. 
• Sectional timings will be there in the exam.
• Negative marking will also be there in both phases.

NIACL AO Exam Pattern What's New

Prelims Exam Pattern

NIACL AO Prelims exam pattern will consist of three sections namely English Language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative Aptitude. Sectional timings of 20 mins each will be allotted which makes the total time to be 1 hour. This test is qualifying in nature hence the marks obtained in this exam will not be added to the final merit list. There will be a total of 100 questions for 100 marks. The test will be objective in nature. The ratio of vacancies to the number of candidates that will be called for the Mains exam will be 1:15. Check out the complete details below:

Mains Exam Pattern

NIACL AO Mains will also have an objective test. The exam pattern for Generalists will comprise of four sections: Test of English Language, Test of Reasoning, Test of Quantitative Aptitude, and Test of General Awareness. The sections will carry 50 marks each. Sectional timings will be there this time. All the sections will be available bilingually except the test of English Language.

There will also be an additional ‘English Descriptive test’ in this phase. The objective test will be of 200 marks whereas the 'descriptive test' will be of 30 marks and will be conducted immediately after the objective test. A total time of 2.5 hours will be allotted to complete the objective test whereas 30 minutes will be allotted for the English Descriptive test. The candidates will have to score minimum qualifying marks in each of the sections.

Note: 

• The ‘descriptive test’ will only be evaluated for those who clear the objective test.
• Candidates will be assessed on the basis of their 'Essay & Letter writing' skills.
• All candidates need to qualify in the descriptive test in order to move ahead to the interview stage. Although the marks scored will not be considered in the final selection. 

Interview 

The candidates who will qualify in the objective, as well as descriptive test, will be called in for the final phase of the NIACL AO selection process, i.e. Interview. The Interview will be conducted at selected centres. The weightage of the online exam & interview will be in the ratio of 75:25 respectively. Separate call letters will be made available for the Interview stage which need to be downloaded from the official website of NIACL. 

Marking Scheme

NIACL AO Prelims & Main examinations, both will consist of online objective tests which will have questions based on various subjects. Each of the questions will carry 1 mark and there will be negative marking of 1/4th marks, i.e. 0.25 of the marks allotted for each question will be deducted in case of an incorrect answer. There will not be any deduction for an unanswered question.

Exam Language

• Both Preliminary and Mains of the NIACL AO exam process will be conducted online with objective-type questions. All the questions will be bilingual, i.e. available in both English and Hindi. This will not apply to the ‘Test of English Language’.
• The ‘descriptive test’ will be available only in English as the test itself will assess students’ knowledge and understanding of the English language.

Free Mock Test

The notification for NIACL AO is awaited eagerly by many job aspirants who are looking for a stable government job. The competition thus cannot be expected to be an easy one. Therefore, intelligence lies in preparing yourself in advance. While you prepare, one thing that you shouldn’t ignore is enough practice. Based on the previous year's exams, you can start preparing for the upcoming one. That’s where practicing mock tests come to the rescue. By practicing online mock tests, you will be able to develop a fair understanding of the exam pattern while analyzing your current knowledge and status. ixamBee provides free online mock tests for NIACL AO Prelims & Mains. By practicing enough mock tests online, you will be able to gradually improve your performance and increase your chances of success.