- 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
NABARD Grade A Syllabus 2023
A clear idea of the NABARD syllabus and exam pattern helps to strategize your preparation accordingly. In this article, we have provided the syllabus for Grade A. The candidates who are going to apply for NABARD Recruitment 2023 for Grade A vacancies must be familiar with the Exam Pattern, NABARD Syllabus, and Marking Scheme as this is the first step to well-defined preparation.
The NABARD Grade A prelims exam is conducted online with 200 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) with duration of 2 hours and the NABARD Grade A Mains exam comprises two papers - I, II with duration of 90 minutes each. Have a look at the detailed NABARD Exam Pattern from here.
NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Pattern 2023
NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Pattern 2023 is discussed below.
- 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.
|
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.
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 |
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
The NABARD Grade A Syllabus 2023 has been detailed in the table below. For a full-proof preparation strategy, the aspirants must have a thorough awareness of the syllabus topics for the examination. The updated knowledge of the syllabus is the prior step for beginning the preparation.
NABARD Grade A Prelims Syllabus 2023
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 Sehonoursries
- 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 Syllabus 2023
Check subject-wise Mains Exam Syllabus for NABARD Grade A Officer posts from here,
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
- Agricultural 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 Cooperation
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 favour of the underprivileged
- Social Movements
- Indian Political Systems
- Human Development
NABARD Grade A- Agriculture & Rural Development Syllabus 2023
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
- Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory
- Precision Farming
- System of Crop Intensification
- Organic farming
Soil and Water Conservation
- Major soil types
- Soil fertility
- Fertilizers
- Soil erosion
- Soil conservation
- Watershed management
Water Resource
- Irrigation Management
- Types of irrigation
- Sources of irrigation
- Crop-water requirement
- Command area development
- Water conservation techniques
- Micro-irrigation
- Irrigation pumps
- Major, medium and minor irrigation.
Farm and Agri Engineering
- Farm Machinery and Power
- 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 (past, present, and future status)
- 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 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 programs
- 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, GreenHouse Gases (GHG), major GHG emitting countries, climate analysis
- Distinguish between adaptation and mitigation
- Climate change impact on 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
- Agricultural 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/tribes and others in rural India
- Trends of change in rural population and rural workforce
- Problems and conditions of rural labour
- 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 programs.
NABARD Grade A- Information Technology Syllabus 2023
Information Technology
- Introduction to Software
- Data Structure through ‘C’ and ‘PASCAL’
- Elements of Systems Analysis and Design
- Numerical and Statistical Computing
- Data Communication and Networks
- Object-Oriented Computer Architecture
- Object-Oriented Systems
- Computer Fundamentals
- File Structure and Programming in COBOL
- Database Management Systems
- Software Engineering
- Accounting and Finance on Computers
- Operating Systems
- Intelligent Systems
- Relational Database
- Management Systems
NABARD Grade A Interview Round
The students who qualify Prelims & Mains exam will be eligible to appear for the interview where questions about various topics issues current affairs will be asked so as to access the students on their knowledge about the subject and their presence of mind by asking some tricky questions. A merit list is prepared each year by the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development for the students who have cleared the exams with more than cut off marks are called for the interview rounds. The interview consists of an interview for 50 marks. Candidate may opt for Interview either in Hindi or English Language. The candidates qualifying in interview round will be called for documentation and appointment.