UIIC Assistant study plan
UIIC Assistant · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning Ability
Build a one-page formula sheet covering percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, and profit & loss, then solve 150 mixed arithmetic questions using only that sheet.
Solve 20 floor-based and 20 day-based linear seating puzzles, recording time and accuracy for each set.
Drill 100 simplification/approximation and 50 number-series questions at one minute per question.
Start an error log that records, for every wrong answer, the cause: concept gap, calculation slip, or misread question.
Your checkpoint
A timed 50-question Quantitative sectional scored at 60% or above, supported by the formula sheet and a 40-entry error log.
Reasoning Ability & English Language
Complete 15 box-based, 15 circular/square arrangement, and 10 scheduling puzzles untimed, then re-attempt 10 of them under a timer.
Solve 100 syllogism and 100 inequality questions applying Venn diagrams and priority rules.
Read 6 editorial-level passages and answer 30 RC questions, underlining the exact sentence that justifies each answer.
Memorise 40 high-frequency exam words and write one usage sentence for each.
Your checkpoint
A 35-question Reasoning sectional (25 minutes) scored at 70% or above, plus a one-page rule sheet for syllogism, inequality, and arrangement types.
Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude & English Language
Solve 10 table, 8 bar, 6 pie, and 4 caselet DI sets using a percentage-to-fraction table and approximation shortcuts.
Complete 40 time-and-work, 30 speed-distance-train, 20 boats-and-streams, and 20 mixture-alligation questions.
Work through 60 error-spotting and 60 sentence-improvement questions, naming the grammar rule broken for every miss.
Practise 10 cloze tests and 10 para-jumble sets using connector, pronoun, and chronology cues.
Your checkpoint
A 30-question English sectional scored at 65% or above and a DI log of 28 sets with per-set time and accuracy.
Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude
Take 2 full-length timed mocks (100 questions in 60 minutes) and finish the error analysis for each within 24 hours.
Solve 200 arithmetic questions drawn from the three weakest chapters identified in the mock analysis.
Complete 15 input-output and 15 data-sufficiency sets using elimination and pattern-spotting.
Re-solve every logged error in Reasoning and Quant from weeks 1 to 3.
Your checkpoint
Two mock scorecards showing week-on-week improvement, plus a revised list of the 10 weakest topics ranked by error count.
English Language & Reasoning Ability
Take 4 English and 4 Reasoning sectionals under strict sectional timing.
Read 8 passages and summarise each in three lines to build scanning speed and retention.
Complete 100 filler questions and 50 sentence-rearrangement questions.
Re-attempt 100 entries from the error log and retire only those solved correctly twice.
Your checkpoint
A sectional scorecard showing English at 70% or above and Reasoning at 75% or above in the best of four attempts.
General Awareness (with emphasis on insurance and financial sector) & Computer Knowledge
Memorise insurance fundamentals: types of insurance, principles of insurance, IRDAI's role, public-sector insurers, GIPSA, and major government insurance schemes.
Learn 60 banking and financial terms alongside RBI policy tools such as CRR, SLR, repo rate, reverse repo, and MSF.
Build a dated six-month timeline of insurance and financial-sector current affairs.
Cover computer fundamentals (generations, memory units, input/output devices) and 100 standard abbreviations.
Your checkpoint
A 100-question General Awareness plus Computer test with at least 70% in each section and a one-page dated current-affairs digest.
Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude & General Awareness (with emphasis on insurance and financial sector)
Solve 5 mixed Quantitative sets of 35 questions in 25 minutes each, covering all arithmetic and DI chapters.
Complete 250 General Awareness questions across insurance, banking, and current affairs, grouping repeated misses into themes.
Drill MS Office, networking, internet, and cyber-security topics through 150 Computer Knowledge questions.
Refresh current affairs up to the latest week and add every new insurance or RBI item to the digest.
Your checkpoint
A combined 75-question sectional (Quant + GA + Computer) scored at 70% or above and a final 30-item fact sheet of recurring misses.
Reasoning Ability & Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude
Take 3 full-length mocks under exam conditions and complete same-day error analysis for each.
Re-solve the 60 most frequent error patterns collected across weeks 1 to 7.
Revise the formula sheet, rule sheet, and current-affairs digest twice, out loud on the second pass.
Rehearse a fixed section-wise attempt order across two mocks and keep the version that clears every sectional cut-off.
Your checkpoint
Three mock scorecards with the final attempt at 65% or above overall and no section below its cut-off benchmark.
Milestones
Week 2: Solve a 35-question Reasoning sectional in 25 minutes at 70% or above without leaving any puzzle set unattempted.
Week 4: Score at least 55% overall on two full mocks with sectional cut-offs cleared in Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English.
Week 6: Reach 70% or above in both a General Awareness test and a Computer Knowledge test taken back to back.
Week 8: Final mock at 65% or above overall, every section above its benchmark, and fewer than 10 unanswered questions.