OICL IMPORTANT DATES

The Exam Dates for OICL Administrative Officer (AO) Scale-I 2024 was released by OICL. The important dates for OICL AO 2024 Exam are as follows:

OICL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

OICL Exam Age criteria

The age limit assigned for the application for OICL 2021 is given below. The applicant must have been born not earlier than 1st August 1990 and not later than 31st July 1999 (including both the dates. In case this age of the candidate doesn’t fit in this limit, he is not eligible for the application for OICL 2021.

• Minimum Age- 21 years, as on 31st March 2024
• Maximum Age- 30 years, as on 31st March 2024

OICL APPLICATION FEE AND INTIMATION CHARGE: (Non Refundable)

OICL VACANCIES

The total number of vacancies released in the year 2024 for the post of AO is 100. Read the below-mentioned tables to know more about the vacancies in details:

OICL EXAM PATTERN

The OICL Prelims will be a total objective paper with only Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ’s) asked in the exam. This test is primarily to filter the candidates for the Mains exam. The basic knowledge and the aptitude level will be checked and the students will be passed to the next level. The marks scored in the OICL Prelims will not be taken into consideration for the final result as the Prelims is just for screening and qualifying purposes.

Distribution of the marks of the OICL Prelims exam is given below:

• Exam duration: 1 hour
• Exam type: Objective/ MCQs
• Exam Mode: Online Computer Based Test (CBT)
• Maximum Marks: 100
• Sections of Prelims: English Language, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude
• Sectional Cut-off: Yes Applicable. The candidate has to qualify every section
• Negative Marking: Yes, for every wrong answer 1/4th of the marks assigned will be deducted. If any question is left unanswered then no marks will be deducted for that.

OICL SYLLABUS

The OICL Prelims will be a total objective paper with only Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ’s) asked in the exam. This test is primarily to filter the candidates for the Mains exam. The basic knowledge and the aptitude level will be checked and the students will be passed to the next level. The marks scored in the OICL Prelims will not be taken into consideration for the final result as the Prelims is just for screening and qualifying purposes.

Distribution of the marks of the OICL Prelims exam is given below:

• Exam duration: 1 hour
• Exam type: Objective/ MCQs
• Exam Mode: Online Computer Based Test (CBT)
• Maximum Marks: 100
• Sections of Prelims: English Language, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude
• Sectional Cut-off: Yes Applicable. The candidate has to qualify every section
• Negative Marking: Yes, for every wrong answer 1/4th of the marks assigned will be deducted. If any question is left unanswered then no marks will be deducted for that.

There are some sections in both Prelims and Mains Exam which are the same. The syllabus of those particular sections is same and are as follows:

English Language or Verbal Ability

This section of the paper will test the candidate’s basic knowledge about English language, grammar, and Comprehension skills. This will include familiarity with elementary English grammar and other simple topics related to the language.

Reasoning Ability or Logical Reasoning

This Critical reasoning exam is for testing the candidates’ ability to draw logical conclusions. This skill is important in everyday life also which makes it an inherent part of the Prelims exam. The subsections for the Logical Reasoning test are as follows:

Quantitative Aptitude or Mathematical Ability

This part of the paper consists of mathematics topics from primary and secondary level of school. This elementary level of mathematics and aptitude will test the candidate’s ability of problem solving and basic quantity calculation sums.

OICL Exam Pattern for Mains

The candidates who qualify the Prelims round are then allowed to give the OICL Mains exam. The competition is very high here because the Prelims-filtered candidates count is more than 20 times of the actual vacancies available. The candidates who clear this Mains exam get an opportunity to compete for the OICL posts. There are two sections of the Mains exam- Objective and Descriptive. The objective and the descriptive part will be based on various topics as mentioned below.

OICL ADMIT CARD

The candidates can download the OICL admit card by following the steps given below.

Step I. Visit the official website of OICL

Step II. Click on the ‘Careers’ link given under the ‘Miscellaneous’ section at the bottom.

Step III. Click on the OICL AO Admit card link given at the top of the Careers Page.

Step IV. Login with your Application Id and password

Step V. Download the OICL admit card as appearing on the screen

Step VI. Take two print out of the OICL admit card for future reference

The candidates are suggested to download the OICL admit card as soon as possible to avoid any last time rush or website blockage.

OICL RESULT

It is estimated that the final result and the list of the candidates selected will be declared in the month of March 2024. The final marks for OICL 2024 will be calculated on the basis of the performance in the Mains (Objective Section) and Personal Interview (PI). The ratio of the Mains (Objective) and Interview will be 80:20.

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