Can I download the LIC AAO Preliminary Examination 2025 question paper?

Not from this site. In India an exam question paper is a copyright work owned by the conducting body, and reproducing it commercially is infringement. What you can do is view your own paper and responses through the official portal during the objection window after the exam, and the links to do that are on this page.

Are these topic counts exact?

No, and we would rather say so. The exam runs across multiple shifts with a different paper in each, and the conducting body does not publish a topic-wise breakdown. The section structure, marks and timing are official. The topic counts are our compilation from candidate reports and describe the typical shape of the paper.

How should I use a weightage analysis?

To decide what to study next and what to skip. If one block is a third of a section, practising it has several times the payoff of a topic that carries two questions. It also tells you which questions to leave in the exam itself, which matters more than most candidates think.

LIC AAO | 2025

LIC AAO Prelims 2025: topic weightage and difficulty analysis

100 questions across 3 sections. Overall difficulty: moderate.

Preliminary Examination100 questionsOverall: Moderate

LIC holds the AAO preliminary examination across shifts, with a different paper in each and normalisation applied across them. The structure below is from the official information handout: 100 questions in 60 minutes, with a separate 20-minute clock for Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. Only Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude count for shortlisting; English Language is qualifying and its 30 marks are not added to the ranking. LIC applies no negative marking for Generalist posts, while Specialist and Assistant Engineer posts carry a quarter-mark penalty. The topic counts below are our own compilation from candidate reports across shifts, not official data, and no question text is reproduced anywhere on this page.

Where the questions came from

Sorted by weightage, so the topics worth the most preparation time are at the top of each section.

Reasoning Ability

35 questionsModerate

A realistic target for a strong candidate: 25 to 30 attempts. This is our own guidance, not an official figure.

Topic weightage for Reasoning Ability
Topic	Questions	Share of the section
Puzzles and seating arrangement Nearly half the section, across three or four sets. Set selection decides the score more than raw speed.	46%16 Hard
Order, ranking and alphanumeric series	14%5 Moderate
Blood relations and direction sense	11%4 Easy
Inequality	11%4 Easy
Syllogism	9%3 Easy
Coding and decoding	9%3 Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

35 questionsModerate

A realistic target for a strong candidate: 24 to 29 attempts. This is our own guidance, not an official figure.

Topic weightage for Quantitative Aptitude
Topic	Questions	Share of the section
Data interpretation The largest block. Two or three sets, worth drilling daily against a clock.	34%12 Moderate
Arithmetic word problems Percentage, profit and loss, ratio, ages, time and work, and interest.	29%10 Moderate
Number series	14%5 Easy
Simplification and approximation	11%4 Easy
Quadratic equations	11%4 Easy

English Language (qualifying)

English Language

30 questionsEasy

A realistic target for a strong candidate: clear the sectional cut-off attempts. This is our own guidance, not an official figure.

Topic weightage for English Language (qualifying)
Topic	Questions	Share of the section
Reading comprehension	30%9 Moderate
Cloze test	20%6 Easy
Fillers and word usage	20%6 Easy
Error detection	17%5 Moderate
Para jumbles	13%4 Easy

What this means for your preparation

English Language is qualifying only, so its 30 marks do not count for the shortlist. Clear its cut-off, but spend preparation and exam time where it decides selection, which is Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude.
The prelims itself is only a screen for the mains, and its marks do not enter the final merit either. The goal here is to qualify with margin on the two counted sections.
There is a separate 20-minute clock for each section with no return, so practise Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude as isolated 20-minute drills rather than as one long paper.
Reasoning is decided by puzzles and seating arrangement, nearly half the section. Choosing which two sets to solve is the skill that clears the cut-off.
For Generalist posts there is no negative marking, so attempt every question in the counted sections; for Specialist and Assistant Engineer posts a quarter mark is deducted, so confirm your post's rule before deciding attempt strategy.
The mains rewards Insurance and Financial Market Awareness disproportionately, so a candidate who clears the prelims should pivot straight to that section, where banking-trained aspirants often lose ground.

See the real paper, officially

LIC of India official website, careers section
Recruitment notices, call letters and results are published here. LIC opens a brief window to view the question paper, your responses and the answer key with an objection facility after the examination.

Common questions

Can I download the LIC AAO Preliminary Examination 2025 question paper?: Not from this site. In India an exam question paper is a copyright work owned by the conducting body, and reproducing it commercially is infringement. What you can do is view your own paper and responses through the official portal during the objection window after the exam, and the links to do that are on this page.
Are these topic counts exact?: No, and we would rather say so. The exam runs across multiple shifts with a different paper in each, and the conducting body does not publish a topic-wise breakdown. The section structure, marks and timing are official. The topic counts are our compilation from candidate reports and describe the typical shape of the paper.
How should I use a weightage analysis?: To decide what to study next and what to skip. If one block is a third of a section, practising it has several times the payoff of a topic that carries two questions. It also tells you which questions to leave in the exam itself, which matters more than most candidates think.