The Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL)., a leading Public Sector General Insurance Company & wholly owned by Government of India, invites applications for recruitment of 300 (285 Generalist and 15 Hindi Officers) Officers in Scale I cadre from open market.
| On line Registration commences from | 1st Dec, 2025 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | 15th Dec, 2025 |
| Payment of Application fees | 1st Dec, 2025, 6.30 PM to midnight of 15th Dec, 2025 (both days inclusive) |
| Tentative date of online Examination – Preliminary (Tier I) (Both for Generalist & Hindi Officers) | 10th Jan, 2026 |
| Downloading of call letters for examination commences from | To be notified later |
| Tentative date of online Examination – Mains(Tier II) (Both for Generalist & Hindi Officers) | 28th Feb, 2026 |
Candidates should apply through OnLine mode only. No other means/mode of application will be accepted.
Vacancies OICL Administrative Officer Recruitment 2025:
| Discipline | No. of Posts | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | Out of which PwBD | |||
| a | b | c | d & e | |||||||
| Generalist | 285 | 123 | 68 | 42 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
*Including Backlog Vacancies (ST-02, OBC-02 & PwBD-04)
Educational Qualification For OICL (as on 30.11.2025)
Candidates should possess certificate in proof of passing the qualifying examination as on 30.11.2025
The minimum Educational Qualifications required for various disciplines are:
| Sl. No. | Discipline | Minimum Qualification |
| 1. | Generalist Officers | Graduate / Post Graduate in any stream from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 2. | Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers | Master’s Degree from a recognized University in Hindi with English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) OR Master’s Degree from a recognized University in English with Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) OR Master’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi medium and English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) OR Master’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with English medium and Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) OR Master’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as the compulsory or elective subjects or either of the two as a medium of examination and the other as a compulsory or elective subject at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks). |
Note:
- Educational qualification should be from a University/Institution/Board recognized by Govt. of India/approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the result should have been declared on or before 30.11.2025.
- Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 30.11.2025 has to be submitted at the time of interview.
- The candidate must possess valid mark-sheet / Degree Certificate of the necessary qualification as on 30.11.2025.
- The percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the total marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all semester(s)/year(s) by aggregate maximum marks in all the subjects irrespective of honours/optional/additional optional subject, if any. This will be applicable for those Universities also where Class/Grade is decided on basis of honours marks only. The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than 60%.
- Where CGPA/OGPA are awarded, the candidate will have to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate authority inter alia stating the norms of the University regarding conversion of grade into percentage and the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of norms.
Age as on 30.11.2025 for OICL Administrative Officer Recruitment 2025
Minimum Age: 21 years Maximum Age: 30 years, as on 30.11.2025
i.e. a candidate must have been born not earlier than 1st Dec, 1995 and not later than 30.11.2004 (both dates inclusive).
Relaxation in upper age limit shall be as follows:
| S. No. | Category | Age relaxation |
| 1 | Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
| 2 | Other Backward Classes (OBC – Non creamy layer) | 3 years |
| 3 | Persons with Benchmark Disabilities as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” | 10 years |
| 4 | Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCO s) who have rendered at least 5 years military service as on 30.11.2025 and have been released; (a) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 30.11.2025) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or (b) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or (c) on invalidment. The ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 30.11.2025 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment. | 5 years |
| 5 | Defence service personnel disabled in operation during the hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as consequence thereof | 3 years |
| 6 | Widows, Divorced women and women legally separated from their Husbands, who have not remarried | 9 year |
| 7 | Existing Confirmed Employees of Public Sector General Insurance Companies (including GIC & Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd.) | 8 years |
Selection Procedure OICL Recruitment 2025
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination (Applicable for both Generalist and Hindi Officer)
Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 sections as follows:
| S. No | Name of Test/Section (Not in Sequence) | Type of test | Max. Marks | Duration for each test/section (Separately timed) | Version |
| 1 | English Language | Objective | 30 | 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes | English |
| 2 | Reasoning Ability | Objective | 35 | Eng / Hindi | |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | Objective | 35 | Eng / Hindi | |
| Total (Aggregate) | 100 |
Candidates have to qualify in each test by securing passing marks to be decided by the Company. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Company (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be shortlisted for the Main Examination.
Phase – II: Main Examination
PartA: Applicable for Generalists only
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.
(I) Objective Test: The Objective Test of 2.5 hours’ duration will be as follows. There will be separate timing for every section.
5 minutes of time before the start of exam will be provided for the text to be written in the space provided on the call letter.
For Generalists-
| S r. N o. | Name of Test | Type of test | No. of questions | Max Mar ks | Medium of Exam | Duration for each test/section (Separately timed) |
| 1 | Test of Reasoning | Objective | 45 | 45 | Eng/ Hindi | 45 Minutes |
| 2 | Test of English Language | Objective | 40 | 40 | Eng | 30 Minutes |
| 3 | Test of General Awareness | Objective | 40 | 40 | Eng/ Hindi | 20 Minutes |
| 4 | Test of Quantitative Aptitude | Objective | 40 | 40 | Eng/ Hindi | 40 Minutes |
| 5 | Test of Computer Knowledge | Objective | 35 | 35 | Eng / Hindi | 15 Minutes |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 150 Minutes | |||
| English Language (Essay – 20 marks & Précis – 10). | Descriptive | 2 | 30 | Eng | 30 Minutes |
(ii) Descriptive Test: The descriptive Test of 30 Minutes duration with 30 marks will be a Test of English Language (Essay – 20 marks & Précis – 10). The descriptive test will be in English and will be conducted through online mode.
Candidates will be required to obtain a minimum score for each section separately of objective test for short listing for the Descriptive Test evaluation i.e., the descriptive answer script would be evaluated only in respect of those candidates who qualify the objective test. Depending on the number of vacancies, cut offs will be decided for Descriptive Papers evaluation i.e. there will also be a separate cut-off marks for the Descriptive Test. The Descriptive test will be qualifying in nature and the marks scored in the Descriptive test will not be counted towards short listing for interview or final selection.
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum total score (to be decided by the Company according to number of vacancies) in the objective test (Main Examination) and qualify in the descriptive test for short listing for the Interview.
Candidates will be shortlisted for Interview on the basis of overall marks scored in Main Examination after evaluation as above.
Part B. – Applicable for Hindi Officers only
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 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.
(I) Objective Test: The Objective Test of 2 hours’ duration will be as follows. There will be separate timing for every section.
5 minutes of time before the start of exam will be provided for the text to be written in the space provided on the call letter.
The online written exam of 3 Hours duration will be conducted for Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers:
| S r. N o. | Name of Test | Type of test | No. of questio ns | Max Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration for each test/section (Separately timed) |
| 1 | Test of Reasoning | Objective | 25 | 25 | Eng/ Hindi | 30 Minutes |
| 2 | Test of English Language | Objective | 25 | 25 | Eng | 20 Minutes |
| 3 | Professional Knowledge (Test of Hindi and English grammar/ vocabulary & knowledge of Act/ Rules regarding Official Language implementation, Translation (English to Hindi and Hindi to English)) | Objective | 50 | 100 | Eng and /or Hindi | 50 Minutes |
| 4 | General Awareness | Objective | 25 | 25 | Eng / Hindi | 10 Minutes |
| 5 | Test of Computer Knowledge | Objective | 25 | 25 | Eng / Hindi | 10 Minutes |
| Total | 150 | 200 | 120 Minutes | |||
| English and Hindi Language (English Essay – 10 marks, Hindi Essay – 10 marks, Letter writing (Hindi) – 10 marks, English to Hindi Translation – 10 marks & Hindi to English Translation – 10 marks) | Descriptive | 5 | 50 | Eng and /or Hindi, as applicable for a particular question | 60 Minutes |
(ii) Descriptive Test: The descriptive Test of 60 Minutes’ duration with 50 marks will be a Test of English and Hindi Language (English Essay – 10 marks, Hindi Essay – 10 marks, Letter writing (Hindi) – 10 marks, English to Hindi Translation – 10 marks & Hindi to English Translation – 10 marks). The descriptive test will be in English and/or Hindi and will be conducted through online mode.
Questions will be displayed on the screen of the computer. Answers are to be typed using the keyboard. For Hindi typing, the candidates should have knowledge of the following key-board layout:
i.Inscript ii.Remington (GAIL)
Before start of typing answers to questions in Descriptive Paper please check all key functions of the keyboard. The Candidates will get 60 minutes to answer the questions.
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score for each section separately to be eligible for short listing for the interview.
Further, each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum total score (to be decided by the Company according to number of vacancies) in the Written Examination for short listing for the Interview.
Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main Examination (objective tests): The objective test except on “English Language” will be bilingual (in English and in Hindi). All objective type questions will be with alternative choices out of which one will be correct answer. The candidate has to select the correct answer and “mouse click” that alternative which he or she feels correct. There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. Each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question. The alternative/option that is clicked on will be highlighted and will be treated as answered to that question.
The Company reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website.
Candidates will be shortlisted for Interview on the basis of overall marks scored in Main Examination after evaluation as above.
