UIIC AO 2026: 225 Administrative Officer Posts, Prelims 22 Oct, Mains 30 Nov

Before 22 October: what to do now

The UIIC Administrative Officer (AO) prelims is listed for 22 October 2026. The notice marks it tentative, so check uiic.co.in for the confirmed date and your call letter. Registration is closed, so this post is for candidates who have already applied.

Vacancies

The notice gives 225 provisional posts:

The notice also reserves horizontal seats for persons with benchmark disabilities. It says vacancies may be interchanged between categories, and that the company may leave any category unfilled. The EWS numbers depend on government directives and litigation.

Posting is mainly in the Western and Southern zones. Selected candidates must serve at least five years at the first posting, and transfer requests are not allowed in that period.

Eligibility

Age: 21 to 30 years as on 30 June 2026, meaning born between 30.06.1996 and 30.06.2005. Relaxations: SC and ST 5 years, OBC (non-creamy layer) 3 years, PwBD 10 years.

Generalists: a graduate or postgraduate degree in any discipline from a recognised university, with at least 60 percent (55 percent for SC, ST and PwBD). The degree must be held as on 30.06.2026.

Hindi Officers: a Master's degree that meets one of the options in the notice (Hindi with English, English with Hindi, or another subject with Hindi medium and English), with the same percentage rule.

A candidate can apply for either Generalists or Hindi Officers, not both. Serving Administrative Officers (Scale I) of UIIC cannot apply.

Fees

The application fee is Rs 1,000 plus GST for most candidates. It is non-refundable. SC, ST, PwBD and permanent UIIC employees pay a lower amount, shown in the notice's fee table. The notice warns that candidates should pay only this fee, with no other payment at any later stage.

Prelims pattern (Tier I)

Each test is separately timed. You must clear a minimum in each section and the overall cut-off to move forward. Prelims marks do not count toward the final merit list.

Negative marking: for each wrong answer, one fourth of the marks of that question is deducted. Unanswered questions carry no penalty.

Mains pattern (Tier II), Generalists

Both parts are online. The descriptive test runs immediately after the objective test, and you type the answers on the computer. The same negative marking applies to the objective test.

Hindi Officers sit an objective test of 200 marks and a descriptive test of 50 marks. Check the notice for the paper-wise split before you plan.

Final merit and interview

Mains (objective plus descriptive) and the interview are combined in a 75:25 ratio. The prelims score is not used for the final merit list.

Salary

Basic pay scale Rs 82,485 to Rs 1,56,745, with increments, plus allowances as applicable. Benefits in the notice include gratuity, leave travel, medical cover, group personal accident insurance and NPS. The notice gives gross pay of about Rs 1,10,000 per month at metropolitan centres.

What to do now

1. Download the prelims call letter from uiic.co.in and check your date, shift and centre.
2. Revise by section. Each prelims section has a 20-minute limit. Practise timed sets, not untimed ones.
3. Plan the penalty. With a quarter-mark penalty, guess only when you can eliminate at least two options.
4. Prepare for mains early if you expect to qualify: General Awareness with a financial-sector focus, and typing practice for the descriptive test.

The practice set follows the prelims format. The syllabus lists the topics.

Sources

Official notice: United India Insurance Company Ltd, Recruitment of Administrative Officers (Scale I), Generalists and Hindi Officers, 2026, Ref HO:HRM:REC:AO:1:2026, dated 07.09.2026, available at uiic.co.in. Read on 21 October 2026.