LIC HOUSING FINANCE LIMITED

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT OF

ASSISTANTS
This competitive written examination consists of the following Objective Type tests to assess your Aptitude and General
Abilities.

Test No. of Questions Time

(i) Reasoning Ability : 50 Composite Time

(ii) Numerical Ability : 50 of 2 Hours
(iii) General Knowledge & Current Affairs : 50 for all the
(iv) English Language : 50 four tests.

There will be a PENALTY for wrong answers marked by you. For every wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.
Therefore avoid marking answers randomly or by guessing wildly.

Study the following sample questions. Please note that these sample questions are only ILLUSTRATIVE and NOT EXHAUSTIVE.
In the actual test, there may be questions on all or some of these types given in this booklet or also based on some other types
not mentioned in this booklet.

TEST I : REASONING ABILITY

This test measures how quickly and accurately you can think. This test shall include questions based on Verbal Reasoning,
Analytical Ability, Critical Thinking etc. Study the following sample questions.

Q.1. If the letters in the word TOPS can be rearranged to form a meaningful word beginning with ‘O’, write the last
letter of that word as the answer. If more than one such word can be formed M, is the answer, and if no such
word can be formed, the answer is X.
(1) T (2) P (3) S (4) M (5) X

Q.2. In a certain code ‘A + B’ means “A is the mother of B” and ‘A – B’ means “A is the father of B”. Which of the
following means “P is the grand-mother of R” ?
(1) P – Q + R (2) Q – R + P (3) P + Q – R (4) Q + R – P (5) None of these

TEST II : NUMERICAL ABILITY

This test measures how quickly and accurately you can deal with numbers and arithmetic computations involving reasoning.
Study the following sample questions.

Q.3. If the profit made by selling a pen for Rs.10 is as much as its cost, what is the cost price of the pen ?
(1) Nil (2) Rs. 5 (3) Rs. 10 (4) Rs. 20 (5) None of these

Q.4. The number 40 is 80 percent of which of the following ?

(1) 320 (2) 500 (3) 50 (4) 32 (5) None of these

TEST III : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS

This test measures your knowledge / awarness of current affairs and important events of political, cultural, historical significance.

Q.5. Who among the following is the Chief Election Commissioner ?

(1) O. P. Chawla (2) Naveen Chawla (3) N. Gopal Swamy
(4) T. N. Seshan (5) None of these

Q.6. Which of the following is NOT a Financial Institution ?

(1) HDFC (2) BCCI (3) NABARD (4) RBI (5) SEBI

In addition, there may be some questions based on current political affairs, important events, inventions/discoveries,
personalities of national and international importance etc.

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 TEST IV : TEST OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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

Q.7. He quickly glanced .............................. the book to find what it said about the Indian economy.
(1) at (2) through (3) in (4) to (5) over

The correct answer is “through” which is answer No. (2).

Directions : Read this sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part
of the sentence. The number of that part of the sentence is your answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5).

Q.8. I am twenty / two years old / when I first / joined the Insurance Company. No error
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

The error is in (1). Therefore the answer is (1).

Now mark your answers to all the questions given so far in this booklet on the Specimen answer-sheet given below, so that you
have practice in answering such tests.

SPECIMEN ANSWERSHEET
1 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 2 3 4 5 7 1 2 3 4 5

2 1 2 3 4 5 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 8 1 2 3 4 5

II. METHOD OF SHOWING ANSWERS

How to show your answer : Each question is followed by answers which are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Select the most
appropriate answer. Then by using HB Pencil blacken the oval bearing the correct answer number against the serial number
of the question on the answersheet. For example, if the answer to Question Number 2 is 4, it is shown as follows :

2. 1 2 3 4 5

Please note that you should not use an H, 2H/HH, 3H type of pencils. The marks made by such hard pencil will be too light and
will not be read by the computerised machine. So such hard pencils are NOT TO BE USED.

If you use too soft pencils like, 2B/BB, 3B etc. your marks will be too dark. So when you want to change your answer by
erasing the first one, there may be smudges or dark mark in place of the erased answer and around it. So such soft
pencils are NOT TO BE USED. THEREFORE, USE ONLY HB PENCILS.

How to change your Answer : If you wish to change your answer ERASE completely the already darkened oval by using good
quality eraser and then blacken the new oval bearing your revised answer number.

While changing the answer, erasing the earlier answer completely is extremely essential. If it is not erased completely,
smudges will be left on the erased oval as shown below and the question will be read as having two answers and will be
ignored for giving any credit.

1 2 3 4 5
(Smudge left in oval No. 3 due to bad erasure and the fresh answer in oval No. 4 will be read as two answers 3 & 4 and therefore
no credit will be given even if the answer No. 4 happens to be the correct answer.)

III. HOW TO FILL UP BIODATA INFORMATION

(1) The biodata information is to be filled by you on Sample Answersheet in boxes 1 to 11 (by Ball Pen) and 13 to 17, 20 and
28 (by H.B. pencil) on Side 1.

(2) On Side 2, candidate should write his/her Roll No. in column No. 29 using H. B. Pencil.

(3) All the boxes are to be filled in by HB pencil. Similarly every information is to be filled in by using English alphabets
and numerals.

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How to fill up the biodata information is explained with the help of information given below.

Box Nos. 1 and 13 : Name of the candidate RAKESH PATIL

(Pl. Study the way the candidate has darkened in column No. 13 the appropriate ovals)

Box No. 2 : Candidate should write the date

of exam. in this column

Box No. 3 : Organization LICHFL

Box No. 4 : Centre of exam. KOLKATA

Box Nos. 5, 14 : Roll No. of the candidate 1101170001

Box No. 11 : Candidate should put his/her

signature in this column

Box No. 20 : Date of Birth 08.10.84

Box No. 28 : Sex MALE

Please do NOT fill up any information in box nos.6,7,15,16,18,19 and 21 to 27

Test Booklet Serial No., Test Battery No., Test Form No. (Box Nos. 8, 9 and 10) : You will get a test booklet in the examination
hall. You will find Test Booklet Sr. No., Test Battery No. and Test Form No. printed on the top of the cover page of the test booklet.
You have to write these numbers from the test booklet in Box Nos. 8, 9 and 10 respectively.

Roll Number (Box No. 14) : Write your Ten digit roll No. entering one digit in each box and also blacken the appropriate ovals
under each box.

Test Form Number (Box No. 17) : Write your Test Form No. (3 digits) as printed on the cover page of your test booklet and
also darken the appropriate ovals using HB pencil.

Date of Birth (Box No. 20) : Enter the date, month and year of your birth in the boxes and darken the appropriate ovals correctly.
If the date or month is a single digit, indicate this with prefix ‘0’ and darken corresponding oval.

Sex (Box No. 28) : Darken the appropriate oval.

IV. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

I. You are advised to bring with you completely filled up biodata information asked for on the sample answersheet provided
herewith, and a ball pen, two HB pencils, a pencil sharpener and a good quality eraser.

II. Please handle your answersheet CAREFULLY. If it is mutilated, torn, folded, wrinkled or rolled, it will not be assessed.

III. If you omit a question when you find it difficult, be sure that you mark the next answer against the serial number of the next
question.

IV. You will not be allowed to darken any oval or erase any mark on the answersheet after the specified time for the
examination is over. Therefore, fill in the ovals correctly as and when you mark your answers during the test time.

V. Any candidate found resorting to unfair means including receiving/giving help from/to another candidate during the
examination will be disqualified. Please be vigilant to ensure that no other candidate is able to copy your answers. In
case any candidate notices other candidate resorting to copying/using unfair means, he / she should bring it to the
notice of the supervisor.

VI. Use of Calculators, Cell phones, books, notes, tables etc. is not allowed in the examination venue.

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 Sample Answersheet

★ TO BE COPIED FROM THE COVER PAGE OF THE TEST BOOKLET IN THE EXAMINATION HALL

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