NIACL AO Mock Test 2026
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NIACL AO exam pattern
Prelims
Official Recruitment of 550 Administrative Officers 2025 patternEnglish Language · Reasoning Ability · Quantitative Aptitude. Negative marking: 0.25 per wrong answer. 20 minutes per section.
Candidates must clear the qualifying cutoff in each section. Prelims is used only to shortlist roughly 15 times the number of vacancies for the Main Examination; Prelims marks do not carry forward into the final merit list, which is decided by the Main Examination objective score plus the interview.
Official source · checked 6 August 2026Mains
Official Recruitment of 550 Administrative Officers 2025 patternReasoning · English Language · General Awareness · Quantitative Aptitude. Negative marking: 0.25 per wrong answer. 40/40/30/40 minutes across the four sections respectively (sectional lock).
This mock covers the Objective Test only (2.5 hours, sectional lock). The Main Examination also includes a separate 30-minute Descriptive Test (Letter Writing and Essay, 30 marks) which is not multiple-choice and is excluded here; candidates must qualify it, but it is not counted for shortlisting or final selection. Final selection is based on the consolidated Main Examination objective score plus interview marks; Prelims marks are not part of the final merit list.
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