NABARD has released notification for recruitment of candidates to the post of Grade A (Assistant Manager). You can download syllabus PDF via link given below.
NABARD Syllabus 2023 Overview
| Organisation | National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) |
| Posts Name | Grade A |
| Category | Syllabus |
| Selection Process | Prelims, Mains, Interview |
| Types of Questions | Prelims- Objective Mains- Objective & Descriptive |
| Duration | Prelims- 120 minutes Mains- 90 minutes each paper |
| Negative Marking | Prelims & Mains- 0.25 Marks |
| Official website | www.nabard.org |
NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Pattern 2023
- Qualifying Section- Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude and Decision Making sections are qualifying in nature.
- Merit Section- General Awareness, Eco & Soc. Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India sections are merit sections.
- Shortlisting of candidates for Mains exam will be based on the marks obtained in the Merit Section Only.
- Duration of exam- 120 minutes.
- Language- NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam 2023 will be held in English and Hindi Language.
| NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Pattern 2023 | ||||
| S.No. | Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1. | Test of Reasoning | 20 | 20 | 120 minutes |
| 2. | English Language | 30 | 30 | |
| 3. | Computer Knowledge | 20 | 20 | |
| 4. | Quantitative Aptitide | 20 | 20 | |
| 5. | Decision Making | 10 | 10 | |
| 6. | General Awareness | 20 | 20 | |
| 7. | Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India) | 40 | 40 | |
| 8. | Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 | ||
NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Pattern 2023
The NABARD Grade A Mains Examination consists of two papers. Paper I is a descriptive test on General English and Paper-II will be of multiple-choice-based questions depending on the posts selected.
| NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Pattern 2023 for Generalist Post | ||||||
| Paper | Grade A | Type of Paper | Total Questions | Total Marks | Duration | Remarks |
| Paper I | General English | Online Descriptive | 3 | 100 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using a keyboard |
| Paper-II | Economic and Social Issues & Agriculture and Rural Development | Objective | 30 | 50 | 30 minutes | |
| Descriptive Type | 6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each] | 50 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards) | ||
| NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Pattern 2023 for Specialist Post | ||||||
| Paper | Grade A | Type of Paper | Total Questions | Total Marks | Duration | Remarks |
| Paper I | General English | Online Descriptive | 3 | 100 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using a keyboard |
| Paper-II | Stream Specific Paper | Objective | 30 | 50 | 30 Minutes | |
| Descriptive Type | 6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each] | 50 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive @Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards) | ||
NABARD Grade A Syllabus 2023
NABARD Grade A Prelims Syllabus 2023
| Name of Section | Topics asked |
| Reasoning Ability | Puzzles & Seating arrangement, Syllogism, Data sufficiency, Statement based questions (Verbal reasoning), Inequality, Miscellaneous Questions, Input-Output, Blood relations, Coding-Decoding |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Data Interpretations, Quadratic Equations, Number Series, Simplification/ Approximation, Data Sufficiency, Arithmetic Questions, Quantity Comparisons, Mathematical Inequalities |
| English Language | Reading Comprehension, Cloze test, Sentence improvement, Spotting the errors, Fill in the blanks, Sentence rearrangement, Para Jumbles, New pattern questions |
| General Awareness | The questions in this test will be from Current Affairs and Banking and Economy, Insurance. In Current Affairs, questions can be asked from recent appointments, awards, and honors, sports, new schemes, national and international news, the latest developments in science and technology. |
| Computer Knowledge | This section covers topics from various topics like Networking, Input-output devices, DBMS, MS Office, Internet, History of computers & generations, Shortcuts. |
NABARD Grade A Mains Paper 2 Syllabus
- Civil Engineering
- Company Secretary
- Economic & Social Issues And Agriculture And Rural Development
- Electrical Engineering Eng
- Finance
- Food Processing
- Forestry
- Geoinformatics
- Information Technology
- Mass Media Communication
- Statistics