NIACL Assistant 2024 - New India Assurance Company Limited Assistant Exam : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

NIACL Assistant Exam 2024 - New India Assurance Company Limited Assistant Exam acronym as NIACL Assistant Exam is conducted by the company for the recruitment of Assistants in New India Assurance Company Limited.

NIACL Assistant Exam 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Issue of Application forms by post / uploaded online

• 1st February 2024

Last Date for Submission of Application Form

• 15th February 2024

Date of National Entrance Test

• 2nd March 2024 (Prelims Exam)
• July/August (Mains Exam)

NIACL Assistant Exam 2024 Eligibility

Eligibility conditions for taking NIACL Assistant Exam are as follows:

Nationality

A candidate applying for recruitment in the Company must be either: 

• a citizen of India, or
• a subject of Nepal, or
• a subject of Bhutan, or
• Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
• a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d), and (e) shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

2. Age Limits (as of 1st July 2024)

Minimum Age: 18 years; Maximum Age: 30 years.

The upper age limit will be relaxed as under: 

• Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe 5 years
• Other Backward Classes (eligible for reservation) 3 years
• Persons With Disability 10 Years
• Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen Actual period of service rendered in the defense forces + 3 years subject to a maximum age limit of 45 years
• Widows, Divorced women, and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried for 5 year
• Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89. 5 years
• Existing Employees of the New India Assurance Company Limited 5 years

Note: The relaxation in the upper age limit to SC/ ST/ OBC candidates is allowed on a cumulative basis with only one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned above Points 2 (3) to (7). 

Candidates seeking age relaxation will be required to submit copies of the necessary certificate(s) along with the original certificate(s) for verification at the time of the interview and at any subsequent stage of the recruitment process as required by the Company.

For Ex-Servicemen

• In the case of an Ex-serviceman who has once joined a Govt. job on the civil side after availing the benefits given to him as an Ex-serviceman for his re-employment, his Ex-servicemen status for the purpose of re-employment in Government ceases.
• An Ex-serviceman, who applies for various vacancies before joining any civil employment, can avail of the benefit of reservation as an ex-serviceman for any subsequent employment.
• However, to avail of this benefit, an ex-serviceman, as soon as he/she joins any civil employment, should give a self-declaration/undertaking to the concerned employer about the date-wise details of application for various vacancies for which he/she had applied before joining the initial civil employment. Further, this benefit would be available only in respect of vacancies that are filled on direct recruitment and wherever reservation is applicable to the ex-servicemen.

Educational Qualification

• Graduate from a recognized University OR Pass in HSC/Equivalent (XII pass) examination with 60% marks (50% for Ex-servicemen, SC/ST, and Persons with Disabilities); and the candidate should have passed in English as one of the subjects at SSC/ HSC/ Intermediate/ Graduation level; and Knowledge of Regional Language i.e., Language of the State of Recruitment is essential.
• Proficiency in the Regional Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to read/write and speak the Regional Language of the State/ UT), for whose vacancies a candidate wishes to apply, is preferable. (Some questions may be put at the time of the interview to ascertain the candidate‘s familiarity with the Regional Language of the State/UT)

NIACL Assistant Exam 2024 Syllabus

NIACL Assistant Exam consists of questions from the following subjects/topics.

1. Test of Reasoning

• This test would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal types.
• The test may include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization, problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision-making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, and arithmetical number series, etc.  
• The test will also include questions designed to test the candidate's abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computation, and other analytical functions.

2. Test of English Language

• This is a test to see how well you know English. English language ability would be tested through questions on grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion, synonyms, antonyms, comprehension of a passage, etc.

3. Test of Numerical Ability

• Questions will be designed to test the ability of arithmetical computation of whole numbers, decimals, and fractions and the relationship between numbers.
• The questions would be based on arithmetical concepts and the relationship between numbers and not on complicated arithmetical computations.

4. Test of General Knowledge and General Awareness

• The questions in this section will be set to test the candidate's knowledge of day-to-day events and his basic general knowledge.

5. Test of Computer Knowledge

• The questions in this section will test the working computer knowledge of the candidates.

NIACL Assistant Exam 2024 Pattern

NIACL Assistant Exam is an Online Test consisting of 200 objective-type multiple-choice questions carrying 250 marks and is to be completed in 2 Hrs. times as given below:

Note: There will be a penalty of 1/4 marks for every wrong answer. Candidates must pass each section separately and should also obtain minimum marks in aggregate to qualify for the interview. English language test is of qualifying nature and the marks in the English Language will not be counted for ranking.

Interview

• Candidates in the ratio of 1:3 depending upon the no of vacancies will be called for the Interview.
• An interview will be for 15 marks.

How to apply for NIACL Assistant Exam 2024?

Interest candidates can apply for NIACL Assistant Exam only through Online mode by visiting the official website i.e., www.newindia.co.in within the stipulated time period as and when mentioned in the NIACL Assistant Exam notification.

NIACL Assistant Exam 2024 Fee?

Candidates will have to make the payment of the application fee through the online mode as under:

NIACL Assistant Exam 2024 Dates

NIACL Assistant Exam will be held in the coming months soon.

NIACL Assistant Exam 2024 Contact Details

New India Assurance Building
87 MG Road, Fort
Mumbai - 400001
Web: www.newindia.co.in