General Insurance Corporation of India is conducting an entrance examination called as General Insurance Corporation of India Officer’s Examination (GIC Officers Exam) for recruiting candidates for the post of G I C officers. This exam is recruiting candidates directly to the post of high ranking officers. The post is called as Assistant administrative officer or in short form called as AAO. These officers are appointed as branch managers in various offices and they are assigned many tasks which are very important to the firm. The job is very attractive and those candidates who are capable can apply for this post i.e. for Assistant administrative officer.

The insurance companies recruiting through this General Insurance Corporation of India Officer’s Examination (GIC Officers Exam) are given below:

• National Insurance Company Ltd, Calcutta
• The New India Assurance Company Ltd, Mumbai
• The Oriental Fire and General Insurance Company Ltd, New Delhi
• United India Insurance Company Ltd

The officers will be assigned two jobs one in the administration wing and another in the development wing.

The jobs in administration wing include making policies, registry of claims within permissible financial limit and in filing official returns and statements to regional offices.

The jobs in Development wing include marketing and procurement of business, about how one can promote the business and also about the management of the fund and its disbursal.

Structure of GIC Officers Exam

The General Insurance Corporation of India Officer’s Examination (GIC Officers Exam)

Consist of two parts or stages.

The first stage consists of the written test. The topics included in the written test are:

• Test for reasoning
• Test of English language
• Test of Numeric Ability
• Test of General knowledge and general awareness

The questions will be of M C Q type. Each question will fetch you one mark if the answer you have given is correct. Each question has multiple choices from where the candidate has to find out the correct answer. There will be also a descriptive test. Candidate can attend this test in Hindi or English language.

The second stage is the interview. Candidates who qualify the written exam can only take part in the interview.

Syllabus for GIC Officers Exam

The syllabus for the General Insurance Corporation of India Officer’s Examination (GIC Officers Exam) consists of the below mentioned topics.

Test for reasoning

Test of reasoning includes verbal and non verbal type of questions. The test will be also having questions from

• Analogies
• Similarities
• Problem solving
• Analysis
• Space visualization
• Judgment
• Decision making
• Visual memory
• Observation
• Discrimination
• Relationship concepts
• Arithmetical reasoning
• Verbal and figure classification
• Arithmetical number series
• Arithmetical computation
• Analytical functions
• Symbols and their relations

Test of English language

There will be questions to check each candidate’s skill in English and his / her fluency in English. The questions will be based on:

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Sentence completion
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Comprehension of a passage

Test of Numeric Ability:

The questions will be from topics like,

• Decimals and fractions
• Relationship between numbers

The questions will used to check the candidates ability in mathematical problems and how quickly he / she can solve a problem.

Test of General knowledge and general awareness

The questions will be based on the day today events. This is mainly asked to check the candidate’s knowledge about the important events taking place in his society.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any candidate with a graduation certificate or a post graduation certification certificate can apply for this General Insurance Corporation of India Officer’s Examination (GIC Officers Exam).
• The candidate applying for General Insurance Corporation of India Officer’s Examination (GIC Officers Exam) should have an age not below 21years and not over28 years.
• Those candidates below or over this age will not be permitted to attend the examination.
• Those candidates who can apply for age relaxation will need to submit the original certificates or proofs for age verification at the time of joining.
• The minimum percentage of marks needed for this exam in graduation or post graduation level is 50%.

How to Apply?

Details about application forms will be available from the employment news. They have to send the application in the given format only and other format won’t be considered. The filled application form should be sent to:

• Address: Post Bag No. 2281, Chanakyapuri Post Office, New Delhi-110 021

How to fill the Form?

Fill form the application form after only reading the instructions. Most of the information will be available in the information Booklet itself otherwise check in the official website of General Insurance Corporation of India Officer’s Examination.

Important Dates (Tentative)

• Availability of the Application form: On the End of March, 2012
• Last date of Submitting the Application form: Second Week of April, 2012
• Date of the Examination: On the Month of August, 2012

List of GIC Officers Exam centers

The list of centers is:

• Agartala
• Guwahati
• New Delhi
• Ahmedabad
• Hyderabad
• Panaji
• Allahabad
• Jaipur
• Patna
• Bangalore
• Jammu
• Pune
• Bhopal
• Kochi
• Ranchi
• Bhubaneshwar
• Lucknow
• Shillong
• Kolkata
• Madurai
• Thiruvananthapuram
• Chandigarh
• Mumbai
• Vadodara
• Chennai
• Nagpur
• Vijayawada
• Dehradun

Contact Address for the GIC Officers Exam

The contact address is:

• Address: GIC Officers Exam, Post Bag No. 2281, Chanakyapuri Post Office, New Delhi-110 021

Coaching Centers for GIC Officers Exam

• Test Bag Academy
• T R E Education institute
• T I M E
• Career sharpers
• S N Das gupta college
• Tara institute
• Paramount coaching center
• Sachdev new p t college
• Akshardham the competitive exams academy
• AKsh institute of technology
• Brilliants pvt ltd
• I M S
• Gupta classess
• Krishna college
• Excellent coaching center
• Career plus

Reference Books for GIC Officers Exam

• Upkars LIC/GIC/OIC (AAO) Assistant Administrative Officers Exam By Dr. Lal & Jain.
• The New India Assurance Company Ltd. Administrative Officers Examination (Generalists) By Dr Lal And Jain.
• The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2011 By Edgar Thorpe
• The General Knowledge Manual By Upsc Editorial Board
• General Knowledge Current Affairs And Who’s Who?
• General Knowledge Manual By Barry O’Brien
• General Knowledge Digest By T M H
• Encyclopedia Of General Knowledge And General Awareness By R P Verma
• General Knowledge – Khelkhude, Khelkhude Mein 2 By DR.TANWAR
• Computer General Awareness By Alok Kumar.
• Ency Of Gk And General Awareness By R P Verma

Study Plan

For attending this exam candidate need to undergo many preparations .Candidates need to read many newspapers and watch news from news channels to get sufficient information about the events taking place in his / her society. This can be only done with the help of Medias, that’s why candidates are asked to read and watch news and newspapers. Similarly study the other topics giving full attention to each topic.

How and Where To Get the Results?

The official website address is: http://www.gicofindia.com/ and the candidates can found the published rank list in the above website.

Score Validity

The score of the examination is valid until next examination is held or the vacancies are occupied.