The New India Assurance Company Ltd., a Public Sector General Insurance Company, has announced the recruitment of 300 Officers (Generalists) in Scale I cadre. Important dates for this examination is given below:
Important Dates
| On-line registration and payment of application fees | 1st to 21st September 2021 (both dates inclusive) |
| Phase-I Online Examination (Objective) | October 2021 (tentative) |
| Phase-II Online Examination (Objective + Descriptive) | November 2021 (tentative) |
Vacancies
The total number of vacancies announced is 300. The bifurcation of this is given in the table below:
| Category | Vacancy |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 46 |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 22 |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 81 |
| Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 30 |
| Un-reserved | 121 |
| PWD- HI: Hearing Impaired | 04 |
| PWD- VI: Visually Impaired | 03 |
| PWD- OC: Orthopedically Challenged | 03 |
| PWD- ID: Intellectual Disability /Mul: Multiple Disabilities | 07 |
| Total | 300 |
Age Limit
Minimum Age: 21 years and Maximum Age: 30 years, as on 01.04.2021
i.e. a candidate must have been born not earlier than 2nd Apr-1991 and not later than 1st Apr-2000 (both dates inclusive).
Selection Procedure
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online of duration 1 hour. This would consist of 3 sections with separate timing.
| Name of Test | Type | Max. Marks | Time Duration | Language |
| English Language | Objective | 30 | 20 mins | Eng |
| Reasoning Ability | Objective | 35 | 20 mins | Eng/Hindi |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Objective | 35 | 20 mins | Eng/Hindi |
| Total | 100 | 60 mins (1 hour) |
Phase – II: Main Examination
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 30 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive Test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be
administered.
Objective Test: The Objective Test of 2.5 hours’ duration will be as follows. There will be separate timing for every section.
| Name of Test | Type | Max. Marks | Time Duration | Language |
| Test of Reasoning | Objective | 50 | 40 mins | Eng/Hindi |
| Test of English Language | Objective | 50 | 40 mins | Eng |
| Test of General Awareness | Objective | 50 | 30 mins | Eng/Hindi |
| Test of Quantitative Aptitude | Objective | 50 | 40 mins | Eng/Hindi |
| Total | 200 |
Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 30 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing-10marks & Essay-20 marks). The descriptive test will be in English and will be conducted through on-line mode.
Phase – III: Interview
Candidates who have been shortlisted at the end of Phase-II will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Company. The interview will be conducted at select centers. The weightage (ratio) of online Examination and Interviews will be 75:25 respectively.
Salary
Basic pay of Rs. 32,795/- in the scale of Rs. 32795-1610(14)-55335-1745(4)-62315 and other admissible allowance as applicable. Gross emoluments will be approximately Rs. 60,000/- p.m. in Metropolitan Centers.
Educational Qualification (as on 30.09.2021)
A candidate must possess the minimum qualification of a graduate/post graduate in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by Central Government with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination for General candidates and at least 55% marks for SC/ST/PwBD candidates.