NABARD Exam

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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

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NABARD Exam

The Recruitment process will be held in three phases

  1. Phase-I-Preliminary Examination (Objective),
  2. Phase-II Main Examination (Descriptive and Objective) and
  3. 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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