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National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex regulatory body for the overall regulation and licensing of regional rural banks and apex cooperative banks in India. Every year, NABARD invites online applications for the post of Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ in the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) / (Rajbhasha Service) / (Legal Service) from eligible graduates across India. With three stages of the written exam, NABARD will publish the results and shortlist them along with cut-off scores on their official website. Let’s check the NABARD Grade A result pdf and exam pattern.
NABARD Grade A Result 2021
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development conducts the Group-A Assistant Managers recruitment to select office cader candidates to the banking sector. The Group-A officers in NABARD are appointed in various sectors like the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) Rajbhasha Service, Legal Service and Assistant Manager (Grade ‘A’) in Protocol and Security Service, etc. For the selection process, the bank conducts two stages of written exam followed by the personal interview. Eligible applicants can check the NABARD Group A result from the official website, once the results are published using their login credentials.
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We will update the link with the result link once the Group-A 2021 preliminary exam results are out.
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NABARAD Group-A 2021 Selection Process
For the selection of Group A officers in NABARD, the bank conducts three stages of screening:
- Preliminary Exam
- Mains Exam
- Personal Interview
The Preliminary Exam is an online objective test comprising 200 marks that have to be completed in 2 hours. The NABARD Group A preliminary exam pattern is:
| Serial Number | Sections | Maximum Marks | Total
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | |
| 2. | Test of Reasoning | 20 | 120 minutes |
| 3. | English Language | 40 | |
| 4. | Computer Knowledge | 20 | |
| 5. | General Awareness | 20 | |
| 6. | Economic and Social Issues | 40 | |
| 7. | Agriculture and Rural Development | 40 | |
| Total | 200 |
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The Main exam pattern is as follows:
| SL
No |
Paper | Test Name | Maximum Marks | Time Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paper: I | General English: (Descriptive) | 100 | 90 minutes |
| 2 | Paper-II | Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture and Rural Development for General Posts and Agriculture for candidates applying for Manager Agriculture Post | 100 | 90 minutes |
| 3 | Paper III | Legal Services: proficiency in interpreting various Laws viz., Banking, Negotiable Instruments, Company, Industrial and Cooperative Laws, Cyber laws, Commerce/ Property transactions, Rural non-life insurance, direct financing, staff matters | 100 | 90 minutes |
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NABARD Grade A Eligibility Criteria
| POSTS | EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION |
| General | Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or PhD OR Chartered Accountant /Cost Accountant / Company Secretary with Bachelor’s degree OR Two-year full-time P.G. Diploma in Management / full-time MBA degree from Institutions recognized by GOI / UGC with Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline. |
| General Agriculture | Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture with 50% marks (ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/ Agronomy) with a minimum of 50% marks (ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution. |
| Agriculture Engineering | Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Engineering with 50% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Postgraduate degree in Agriculture Engineering with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution. |
| Land Development-Soil Science | Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized University /Institution. |
| Food /Dairy Processing | Bachelor’s degree in Food Processing /Food Technology/ Dairy Sciences and /or Dairy Technology with 50% marks (ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Postgraduate degree in Food Processing /Food Technology/ Dairy Sciences and /or Dairy Technology with 50% marks (ST/PWBD applicants – 45%)in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution. |
| Environmental Engg/ Science | Bachelor’s degree with Environmental Science / Environmental Engineering with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Postgraduate degree in Environmental Engineering or Environmental Science with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution. |
| Agriculture Marketing/Agri-Business Management | Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Marketing/ Agriculture Business Management with 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Two years full-time Post Graduate Degree/ Post Graduate Diploma/MBA in Agriculture Marketing/ Agriculture Business Management with a minimum of 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution. |
| Geo Informatics | BE/B.Tech/BSC degree in Geoinformatics with 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or ME/M.Tech/MSC degree in Geoinformatics with a minimum of 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university. |
| Agriculture Economics/Economics | Bachelor’s Degree with Economics/Agriculture Economics with 50% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Economics/Agriculture Economics with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university. %) in aggregate. |
| Information Technology | Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 45%) in aggregate or a post-graduate degree Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university. |
| Chartered Accountant | Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University/Institution with Membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Membership of ICAI must have been obtained on or before 01-01-2020 |
| Company Secretary | Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with Associate membership of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). The Membership of ICSI must have been obtained on or before 01-01-2020. |
| Finance | BBA (Finance/Banking) / BMS (Finance/Banking) with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) OR Two years full-time P.G. Diploma in Management (Finance) / Full-time MBA (Finance) degree from Institutions / Universities recognized by GoI /UGC OR Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis with 50% marks(SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%). |
| Human Resource Management | BBA (Human Resource Management)/ BBM (Human Resource Management)/ BMS ((Human Resource Management) with 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) OR Two years full-time P.G. Diploma in Management in HRM/HR / Full-time MBA degree in HRM/ HR from recognized University / Institute. |
| Statistics | Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics with 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Statistics with a minimum of 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university |
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