LIC AAO Exam Analysis 2025 OUT: Shift-Wise Prelims Review & Topics Asked

Life Insurance Corporation Assistant Administrative Officer Exam 2025 ( LIC AAO )

Rupali Pruthi
Updated on Oct 3, 2025 12:19 IST

By Rupali Pruthi, Deputy Manager - Editorial

LIC AAO Exam Analysis 2025 for Prelims is provided here. As per the LIC AAO prelims analysis, the overall difficulty level of the exam is easy to moderate. In terms of LIC AAO good attempts, candidates were able to make around 69 to 74 questions. Candidates found Quantitative Aptitude a bit time-consuming. The English language section was the easiest to attempt. Based on the difficulty level of the LIC AAO question paper 2025, we have guesstimated the expected cut-off marks below. The LIC AAO expected cutoff 2025 will help candidates to know their qualification status. The LIC AAO 2025 Prelims exam was held on October 3, 2025.

The AAO question paper analysis informs candidates about the difficulty level, good attempts and topics from which questions are asked in the exam. Check below the LIC AAO exam analysis and review of previous years. 

Table of content
  • LIC AAO Exam Analysis 2025: Prelims
  • LIC AAO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025: Section-Wise
  • LIC AAO Exam Analysis: Previous Years
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LIC AAO Exam Analysis 2025: Prelims

Shiksha.com reached out to candidates who took the exam to know their feedback regarding the exam difficulty level, good attempts and topics asked in the exam. 

LIC AAO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 (October 3) Shift 1

The overall LIC AAO exam analysis of Prelims exam held on October 3 Shift 1 will be shared below.

Section Difficulty Level Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability Easy to Moderate 22-24
Quantitative Aptitude Moderate 21-23
English Language Easy 23-24
Total Easy to Moderate 69-74

Also Read: LIC AAO Exam Pattern

LIC AAO Expected Cut Off 2025

The expected LIC AAO cut off 2025 is shared below based on the difficulty level of the exam and the number of vacancies:

Category

Expected Cut Off Marks

SC

50-55

ST

45-50

OBC

53-58

EWS

53-58

UR

58-63

LD

45-50

VI

46-51

HI

35-40

ID/MD

35-40

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LIC AAO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025: Section-Wise

The section-wise exam analysis and review of the Prelims exam is shared here for Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. 

LIC AAO Paper Analysis 2025 for Reasoning

Know the memory-based LIC AAO question paper of the Reasoning section below:

Topics

No. of Questions

Alphanumeric Series

1-2

Direction

2-3

Syllogism

2-3

Sequence-Based Puzzle

2

Inequalities

3

Circular arrangement

5

Floor-Based Puzzle

5

Box-Based Puzzle

5

Row Puzzle

3

Month-Based Puzzle

5

Total

35

LIC AAO Question Paper 2025: Topics of Quantitative Aptitude

The table below contains the topics from which questions were asked in the exam:

Topics

No. Of Questions

Arithmetic

10

Quadratic Equations

5

Simplification

5

Table DI

5

Line DI

5

Caselet DI

5

Total

35

LIC AAO Exam Review 2025: English Language

Topics

No. Of Questions

Reading Comprehension

10

Match The Column

2-3

Error Detection

3-4

Cloze Test

5-6

Word Swap

5

Phrase Replacements

4

Total

30

Also Read: LIC AAO Syllabus

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LIC AAO Exam Analysis: Previous Years

Shiksha.com reached out the LIC AAO exam centres to get the feedback from candidates regarding the difficulty level of LIC AAO 2021 session exam. As per the analysis, the questions did not surprise the candidates, but the difficulty level of the Quantitative Aptitude section was high. Let us see the sections and the difficulty level with the topics.

Section

Topics asked

Difficulty Level

Reasoning

Puzzle, Syllogism, Wrong Number Series, Inequality, Seating Arrangement, Direction based questions,

Easy to Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

Ratio, Time & Distance, Averages, Percentage, Profit and loss, approximation, Table data interpretation, Caselet

Moderate to Difficult

English

Fill in the blanks, Phrase replacement, Reading Comprehension

Easy

Candidates shared their views with Shiksha.com. Some of them were:

Anish Kumar

He stated that the paper was doable. The first section of the paper was of reasoning. The questions in this topic were asked from months based puzzles, direction based puzzles, Syllogism, Inequality. In the Quantitative Aptitude section, the questions were asked from Approximation, Table Data Interpretation, line graph. He estimated that the LIC AAO Prelims 2021 cut off will be above 50.

Shabbir

According to him, the paper was easy except for the Maths (Quantitative Aptitude) section. He feels that the questions from the quant section were difficult in orientation and he could not finish the questions in the allotted time. He said that there were puzzles questions.

Deepak Kushwaha

He told us that there were questions from Data Interpretation, Line graph, Ratio, Data Caselets, Partnership. In reasoning, there were questions from puzzles, seating arrangement. In the English section, six questions were asked from the Reading comprehension. Deepak mentioned that the expected cut off the LIC AAO 2021 prelims exam will be around 55 marks.

Rahul Kumar

He said that the exam was of easy to moderate difficulty level and the candidate who managed the time could easily solve the paper. He mentioned that the paper was based on the syllabus given in the official notification.

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