NICL Assistant Prelims 2024: Shift-1 Exam Review – Sections, Difficulty, and Good Attempts Breakdown
NICL Assistant Prelims 2024: The first shift of the NICL Assistant Prelims Exam 2024 was conducted on 30th November, with thousands of applicants appearing for the recruitment of 500 Assistant posts. This exam comprised three main sections: English Language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative Aptitude, with a total of 100 questions to be answered within 60 minutes. If you are appearing for the next shifts, here is the in-depth analysis of Shift-1, including section-wise break up, difficulty levels, good attempts, and question patterns based on the feedback from the candidates.
NICL Assistant Prelims 2024: Exam Pattern and Good Attempts
The NICL Assistant Prelims Exam had three sections, and each section made up the total of 100 questions. The candidates were provided with 20 minutes for each section:
English Language: 30 Questions
Reasoning Ability: 35 Questions
Quantitative Aptitude: 35 Questions
The good attempts for Shift-1 stood between 79 to 85, which indicates that the exam was not too tough and the candidates could attempt a reasonable number of questions within the time frame.
The good attempts for each section are as follows:
Sections\Total Questions\Good Attempts
English Language\t30\t24-26
Reasoning Ability\t35\t28-30
Quantitative Aptitude\t35\t27-29
Total\t100\t79-85
NICL Assistant Prelims 2024: Difficulty Level
The overall difficulty level of NICL Assistant Prelims 2024 Shift-1 is reported to be Easy. Every section was easy for most candidates which led to a high number of good attempts throughout the sections. The table below gives the difficulty levels of each section:
Section Difficulty Level
English Language Easy
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude Easy
Total Easy
Section-wise Detailed NICL Assistant Exam Analysis 2024
1. Reasoning Ability (35 Questions)
The Reasoning section was heavily dominated by puzzles, with three major types being asked:
Month-based puzzle (4 months, 2 days) – 5 questions
Sequence puzzle (8 persons) – 5 questions
Floor-based puzzle (8 floors) – 5 questions
Apart from these puzzles, there were questions from other reasoning topics like:
Blood Relations – 3 questions
Direction Sense – 3 questions
Inequality (single statement) – 3 questions
Alphanumeric Series – 4 questions
Meaningful Word – 1 question
Order and Ranking – 3 questions
Alphabet Test – 1 question
Pair and Letter – 1 question
These topics combined to make the reasoning section well-balanced, and was ranked as Easy.
2. Quantitative Aptitude (35 Questions)
The quantitative aptitude section was of easy-level questions too. There was only one Data Interpretation set which was the Bar Graph. This was fairly simple to interpret. The remaining questions were all from arithmetic topics and these were from the following list
Ages – 1 question
Time & Work – 1 question
Speed-Distance – 1 question
Boat & Stream – 1 question
Average – 1 question
Profit & Loss – 1 question
Mensuration – 1 question
Mixture – 1 question
Partnership – 1 question
Compound Interest – 1 question
Ratio & Proportion – 1 question
Besides, the other questions were on:
Approximation & Simplification – 10 questions
Missing Number Series – 5 questions
This section was relatively simple, and most candidates could answer most of the questions.
3. English Language (30 Questions)
The English Language section was simple, with a variety of question types that tested basic understanding and grammar skills.
Reading Comprehension (10 questions): The RC passage was story-based, revolving around the topic of "The Duck and Duckling Story." Questions in this section included:
Synonyms of "draw attention"
Phrase replacement
Preposition usage
Para Jumbles (5 questions): A dog-based story with sentences to be rearranged.
Error Detection (5 questions): Grammar-based errors to be identified.
Fillers (4 questions): Contextual questions requiring appropriate word placement.
Misspelled words (5 questions): Identifying and correcting misspelled words.