NIACL Assistant study plan
NIACL Assistant · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability
Diagnose baseline by taking one timed sectional test each in Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability and log topic-wise accuracy
Build a daily 15-minute calculation drill covering tables to 20, squares to 30, cubes to 15, and percentage-to-fraction conversions
Solve 60 simplification and approximation questions to reach 85% accuracy within 12 minutes per 20-question set
Master seating arrangement (linear and circular) by solving 25 puzzles with a written step-by-step arrangement method
Your checkpoint
A one-page error log listing every wrong answer from both sectional tests tagged by topic, plus a completed calculation-drill sheet for 7 days
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability
Solve 80 arithmetic word problems on percentages, ratio-proportion, and averages with a target of 80% accuracy
Complete 30 syllogism and 30 inequality questions using a fixed symbolic notation method
Learn and apply the standard chain-rule and efficiency shortcuts to 40 time-and-work problems
Review the week-1 error log and re-solve every tagged question without looking at solutions
Your checkpoint
A timed 30-question mixed arithmetic set scored at 75% or above, with a re-attempt log of all week-1 errors
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability
Solve 50 time-speed-distance and 40 profit-and-loss questions including successive discount cases
Practice 25 blood-relation and 25 direction-sense questions with diagram-first solving
Memorize and apply formulas for simple/compound interest and mixtures to 40 problems
Attempt one 35-minute full Reasoning sectional and record attempts versus correct answers
Your checkpoint
A formula sheet in your own words covering arithmetic chapters practised so far, plus a sectional Reasoning score report
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability & English Language
Complete 40 data-interpretation sets (tabular, bar, pie, line) with a target of 2 minutes per question
Solve 30 coding-decoding and 20 alphanumeric-series questions
Attempt 2 full-length mock tests under exam timing and analyse every error
Read one English editorial daily and note 5 new words with usage sentences
Your checkpoint
A half-length diagnostic mock (Quantitative plus Reasoning) scored at 60% or above, with a written analysis of the five weakest topics
English Language & General Awareness (with emphasis on insurance and financial awareness)
Complete 40 reading-comprehension passages focusing on main idea, inference, and tone questions
Solve 100 error-spotting and sentence-improvement questions and record recurring grammar rules
Build a 60-term insurance glossary covering premium, policy, claim, indemnity, reinsurance, and IRDAI-related terms
Revise static banking awareness: RBI functions, monetary policy tools, and types of banks
Your checkpoint
A personal grammar-rule sheet with at least 25 rules, each illustrated by one original example sentence
General Awareness (with emphasis on insurance and financial awareness) & English Language
Prepare current affairs of the past 6 months by topic: appointments, schemes, awards, sports, and summits
Memorize key insurance-sector facts including nationalisation timeline, major insurers, and insurance ombudsman structure
Complete 200 cloze-test and para-jumble questions with timed practice
Take one 50-question General Awareness mock and log unknown facts into a revision notebook
Your checkpoint
A dated current-affairs digest of at least 150 bullet points organised by topic and reviewed twice
Computer Knowledge & Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Cover computer fundamentals: hardware, memory units, operating systems, and number systems with 100 practice questions
Practice MS Office and internet basics including shortcuts, email protocols, and networking terms
Re-solve the 40 hardest Reasoning and Quant questions from your error log
Attempt 3 sectional tests and keep each within the target time limit
Your checkpoint
A computer-awareness cheat sheet of 80 facts plus a completed 3-test sectional score tracker
English Language & Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & General Awareness (with emphasis on insurance and financial awareness) & Computer Knowledge
Take 4 full-length mocks under strict exam conditions and review each within 24 hours
Revise all formula sheets, grammar rules, and current-affairs digests twice
Fine-tune an exam-day attempt strategy with defined sectional time caps and question-skipping rules
Re-attempt every question marked wrong across the plan until each is solved correctly twice
Your checkpoint
A final mock scored at or above your target cut-off estimate, plus a one-page exam-day strategy sheet
Milestones
Week 4: Half-length diagnostic mock in Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning scored at 60% or above, with the five weakest topics explicitly named and scheduled for revision
Week 6: General Awareness mock at 60% or above and a current-affairs digest of at least 150 reviewed bullet points
Week 8: Final full-length mock at or above the estimated cut-off, with all error-log questions re-solved correctly twice