NABARD exam Grade A, Grade B
About: NABARD exam offers various career path like Assistant Managers Grade A and B, Managers, Development Assistants etc.
NABARD Officers are very rarely posted in rural areas. NABARD has offices in all State capitals and mostly NABARD officers are posted in regional head offices.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is wholly owned by Government of India. NABARD, with its Head office at Mumbai, has 31 Regional Offices located in States and Union Territory.
The Bank has been entrusted with “matters concerning Policy Planning and Operations in the field of credit for Agriculture and other Economic activities in Rural areas in India”.
Vacancies: 91 in General, Economics, Agriculture, Agriculture Engineering, Plantation and Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Food Processing etc
NABARD Exam
The Recruitment process will be held in three phases
- Phase-I-Preliminary Examination (Objective),
- Phase-II Main Examination (Descriptive and Objective) and
- Phase-III – Personal Interview,
Preliminary examination is only qualifying in nature and is meant to serve as a screening test.
NABARD Eligibility
Age: Between 21 and 30 years
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWD applicants 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWD applicants 45%) in aggregate
The candidates who qualify shall be called for the Main Examination. Applicants qualifying in Phase-ll Main Examination shall be shortlisted for Personal Interview.
a. NABARD grade A Preliminary Examination
- Online, Objective Type, MCQ (one out of five) in Hindi/English
- NABARD Preliminary Exam Objective test Marks: 200
- NABARD Preliminary Exam Objective test Qs: 200
- NABARD Preliminary Exam Objective test Time: 120 Minutes
| Name of the Test | No. of Qs. | Max. Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 20 | 20 | Composite time of 120 minutes for all tests together |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | |
| Computer Knowledge | 20 | 20 | |
| General Awareness | 20 | 20 | |
| Economic & Social Issues with focus on rural India | 40 | 40 | |
| Agriculture & Rural Development with focus on rural India | 40 | 40 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
Negative Marking (both –Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations)
-0.25 (or -1/4) for every wrong answer
Cut-offs may be applied in two stages:
(i)On scores in individual tests
(ii) On Total Score
NABARD grade A Preliminary Examination
Table showing test-wise & category-wise cut-off points applied for all disciplines
| CATEGORY | RE | EL | CK | GA | ES | AR | QA |
| (20) | (40) | (20) | (20) | (40) | (40) | (20) | |
| SC, ST, OBC, PWBD | 1.00 | 575 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.25 |
| EWS, UNRESERVED | 3-oo | 10.75 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.25 | 4.25 |
Table showing discipline-wise & category-wise cut-off points applied on total
| DISCIPLINE | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| GENERAL | 109.50 | 100.50 | 117.00 | 111.00 | 129.00 |
NABARD grade A Main Examination Phase-II:
- Online, Objective MCQ and Descriptive Type in Hindi/English
- NABARD Main Exam Objective test Marks: 100
- NABARD Main Exam Objective test Qs: 65
- NABARD Main Exam Objective test Time: 90 Minutes
Paper1:
The analytical and drafting abilities of the candidate shall be assessed through this Descriptive Paper on General English comprising essay writing, comprehension, report writing, paragraph writing & letter writing. Candidates will have to type answers with the help of the key-board of the computer
| Name of the Test | Type & Number of Questions | Maximum
Marks |
Duration | Mode |
| Paper 1: General English | (Descriptive)
Essay, Precis, Questions on the Precis/para, Report/Letter Writing |
100 | 90 minutes | Online |
| Paper 2: Economic and Social issues and Agricultural and Rural Development | (Objective)
Multiple Choice based 65 Questions (35 of 2 Marks each 30 of 1 Mark each) |
100 | 90 minutes | Online |
Negative Marking (both –Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations)
-0.25 (or -1/4) for every wrong answer
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