The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has announced the recruitment drive for Assistant Manager and Manager Posts. The NABARD Recruitment 2019 Process has begun and announced the number of vacancies. As the exam date has not yet been released, candidates who are willing to apply for Grade A and B Officers can know the NABARD Syllabus and Exam Pattern here. We have compiled the complete syllabus and exam pattern for the NABARD 2019 Exam Here. Candidates can go through the blog to get complete information.
The Selection Process for NABARD Examination involves three stages:
Phase I- Preliminary Exam: Online Objective Test
Phase II- Main Exam: Online Objective & Online Descriptive Test
Phase III- Interview
Table of Contents
NABARD Grade A Exam Pattern
NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Pattern
Below is the table showing the detailed exam pattern. Go through the table to know the pattern for the examination.
Section
No. of Questions
Marks
Total Time
Reasoning Ability
20
20
120 minutes or 2 hours
English Language
40
40
Computer Knowledge
20
20
General Awareness
20
20
Quantitative Aptitude
20
20
Economics & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India)
40
40
Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India)
40
40
Total
200
200
2 hours
NABARD Grade A-Mains Exam Pattern
Exam
Post
Name of the Test
Maximum Marks
Total Time
Phase I
Common to all
General English Essay Writing: 40 Marks
Precis: 20 Marks
Questions on Precis para: 20 Marks Report/Letter Writing: 20 Marks
100
90 minutes
Phase II
For ‘General’ Post
Economic & Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development (With a focus on Rural India)
100
90 minutes
For posts including the following – Economics, Agriculture Engineering, Plantation and Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Food Processing, Forestry, Environmental Engineering, Water Resource Development & Management, Social Work, Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary
Paper on related discipline
NABARD Grade B Mains Exam Pattern
Exam
Name of the Test
Marks
Total Time
Phase I
General English (Descriptive Test)
100
90 minutes
Phase II
Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture and Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) for General Posts and Agriculture for candidates applying for the manager (RDBS) Agriculture Post
100
90 minutes
Phase III
Development Economics, Statistics, Finance & Management
100
90 minutes
NABARD Syllabus for Grade A & B
Below are the tables comprising of NABARD Grade A Syllabus and NABARD Grade B Syllabus. Go through the syllabus and start preparing accordingly.
NABARD Syllabus for Grade A and B Preliminary Exam (Phase I)
Section
Topics
Reasoning Ability
Puzzles (seating arrangement, linear seating arrangement, floor based)
Syllogism
Data Sufficiency
Statement based questions (Verbal Reasoning)
Inequality
Miscellaneous Questions
Input-Output
Blood Relations
Quantitative Aptitude
Data Interpretation
Quadratic Equations
Number Series
Simplification/Approximation
Data Sufficiency
Miscellaneous Arithmetic Questions – profit & loss, average, simple and Compound Interest, boat and stream, time and work, area
English Language
Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Sentence Improvement
Spotting the errors
Fill in the blanks
Sentence Rearrangement
General Awareness
The questions in this test will be from Current Affairs, Banking, and Economy, Insurance
In the Current Affairs, questions can be asked from recent appointments, awards, and honors, sports, new schemes, national and international news, 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 Computer & Generations, Shortcuts.
NABARD Syllabus for Grade A & B Mains Exam (Phase II)
Phase II of the exam consists of Online Objective Test and Online Descriptive Test.
Paper I- English Writing
This will comprise of Essay, Precis writing, Comprehension, Report Writing, Paragraph writing, and Business/Office Correspondence.
Paper II- Economic and Social Issues
1. Economic & Social Issues
Nature of Indian Economy
Structural and Institutional Features
Economic Underdevelopment
Opening up the Indian Economy
Globalization
Economic Reforms in India
Privatization
Inflation
Trends in Inflation & their Impact on National Economy and Individual Income
Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India
Rural and Urban
Measurement of Poverty
Poverty Alleviation Programmes of the Government
Population Trends
Population Growth and Economic Development
Population Policy in India
Agriculture
Characteristics/Status
Technical and Institutional changes in Indian Agriculture
Agriculture Performance
Issues in Food Security in India
Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit
Industry
Industrial and Labour Policy
Industrial Performance
Regional Imbalance in India’s Industrial Development
Public Sector Enterprises
Rural Banking and Financial Institutions in India
Reforms in the Banking/Financial Sector
Globalization of Economy
Role of International Funding Institutions
IMF & World Bank
WTO
Regional Economic Co-operation
Social Structure in India
Multiculturalism
Demographic Trends
Urbanization and Migration
Gender Issues Joint Family system
Social Infrastructure
Education
Health and Environment
Education
Status & System of Education
Socio-Economic Problems associated with Illiteracy
Educational relevance and educational wastage.
Educational Policy for India
Social Justice
Problems of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
Socio-economic programmes for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and other backward classes
Positive Discrimination in favor of the underprivileged
Social Movements
Indian Political Systems
Human Development
2. Agricultural & Rural Development
Agriculture
Definition, meaning and its branches
Agronomy: Definition, meaning, and scope of agronomy
classification of field crops
factors affecting crop production
Agro Climatic Zones
Cropping Systems: Definition and types of cropping systems
Problems of dry land- Seed Production, seed processing, seed village
Sources of power on the farm-human, animal, mechanical, electrical, wind, solar and Biomass, biofuels
Water harvesting structures
Farm Ponds
Agro Processing
Controlled and modified storage, perishable food storage, godowns, bins, and grain silos
Plantation & Horticulture
Definition, meaning, and its branches
Agronomic practices and production technology of various plantation and horticulture crops
Post-harvest management, value and supply chain management of Plantation and Horticulture Crops
Animal Husbandry
Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy
Animal husbandry methods in India
Common terms pertaining to different species of livestock
Utility classification of breeds of cattle
Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification and utility
Introduction to the poultry industry in India
Common terms pertaining to poultry production and management
the concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socio-economic conditions of farmers in India.
complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry production with that of livestock and poultry production with that of agricultural farming
Fisheries
fisheries resources
Management and exploitation – freshwater, brackish water, and marine
Aquaculture- Inland and marine
Biotechnology
Post-harvest technology
Importance of fisheries in India
Common terms pertaining to fish production
Forestry
Basic concepts of Forest and forestry
Principles of Silviculture, forest mensuration, forest management, and forest economics
Concepts of social forestry, agroforestry, joint forest management
Forest Policy and legislation in India, India State of Forest Report 2015
Recent developments under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change
Agriculture Extensions
Its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programmes
Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra’s (KVK) in the dissemination of Agricultural technologies.
Ecology and climate change
Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, sustainable management, and conservation
Causes of climate change, Green House Gases (GHG), major GHG emitting countries, climate analysis
Distinguish between adaption and mitigation
Climate change impact to agriculture and rural livelihoods
Carbon credit
IPCC, UNFCCC, CoP meetings
Funding mechanisms for climate change projects
Initiatives by Govt of India, NAPCC, SAPCC, INDC.
Present Scenario of Indian Agriculture and Allied activities
Recent trends
Major challenges in agriculture measures to enhance
Viability of agriculture
Factors of production in agriculture
Agriculture Finance and Marketing
Impact of Globalization on Indian Agriculture and Issues of Food Security
Concept and Types of Farm management
Rural Development
Concept of Rural Area
Structure of the Indian Rural Economy
Importance and role of the rural sector in India
Economic, Social and Demographic characteristics of the Indian rural economy
Causes of Rural Backwardness
Rural Population in India
Occupational structure
Farmers, Agricultural Laborers, Artisans, Handicrafts, Traders, Forest Dwellers and others in rural India.
Trends of change in rural population and rural workforce
Problems and conditions of rural labor
issues and challenges in Hand-looms
Panchayati Raj Institutions-Functions and working
MGNREGA, NRLM- Aajeevika, Rural Drinking water programmes, Swachh Bharat, Rural Housing, PURA, and other rural development programmes.
NABARD Syllabus for Grade B Mains Exam (Phase III)
Development of Economics
Measures of development
Economic Development Models
Role of Subsidies
Importance of savings and investment
Importance of agriculture
Terms of trade in agriculture
Development issues in India
Statistics
Basic statistical concepts
Summarizing of data
Frequency distribution
Measures of Central Tendency
Relative dispersion, Elementary probability
Relative frequency approach
sampling, Axiomatic approach
analysis of frequency distribution
Correlation, Regression, Sampling Methods
Time Series Analysis
Finance
Regulation of Banks & Financial institutions in India
Financial system-features, characteristics, and issues
Microfinance, its significance, and importance
Union Budget; Project finance, Infrastructure financing, Sources of capital, Development finance
Concept of project cycle management
private and social cost-benefit significance of development finance
financial inclusion
Management
Its nature and scope
The Management Processes
Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing and Controlling
The role of a manager in an organization
leadership
human resource development
communication
Candidates who are willing to apply for the NABARD examination, are suggested to go through the NABARD Syllabus and Exam Pattern carefully. After knowing the syllabus, start preparing with a wide range of Bank Exam Preparation Books available online.
