Every year National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) conducts open recruitment for the post of Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ in the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) across India. NABARD is a regulatory body for the regulation and licensing of regional rural banks and apex cooperative banks in the country. With two stages of the test and personal interview, NABARD hires aspirants as Assistant Manager’s in Grade ‘A’ cader with basic pay of Rs.28,150/ across 14 disciplines. Based on the candidate’s selected discipline, the required education qualification, vacancy, and paper II/ III in the main test vary. While the prelims exam and the Paper-I in the main exam are common to all streams, Paper-II and III will be based on the candidate’s education qualification. Let’s check the exam NABARD Grade A selection process 2021 in detail.
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NABARD Grade A Selection Process 2021
The recruitment for the Grade ‘A’ Assistant Manager cader in the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) includes a three-stage screening process. Through the Grade A Assistant Manager recruitment, NABARD hires candidates to 14 streams: General, Economics, Agriculture, Agriculture Engineering, Plantation and Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Food Processing, Forestry, Environmental Engineering, Water Resource Development and Management, Social Work, Chartered Accountant, and Company Secretary
For the NABARD Grade A selection procedure, the bank conducts three stages of screening:
- Preliminary Exam
- Mains Exam, and
- Personal Interview
NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Pattern
| SL No | Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | Reasoning Ability | 20 | 20 | Composite time of 120 minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 40 | 40 | |
| 3 | Computer Knowledge | 20 | 20 | |
| 4 | General Awareness | 20 | 20 | |
| 5 | Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 20 | |
| 6 | Economic and Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) | 40 | 40 | |
| 7 | Agriculture and Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
- The NABARD Grade A prelims examination is only qualifying in nature and is used as a screening test. The shortlisting ratio for the Phase-II exam shall be 1:25.
- For each wrong answers marked by the candidate, there will be a negative mark of 1/4th of the marks assigned to the question.
- There will be both sectional cut-offs scores and total cut-off scores in the test, and one has to score at least the cut-off scores to be considered for the next stage of the exam.
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Main Exam Pattern
| SL
No |
Paper | Test Name | Maximum Marks | Exam
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paper: I | General English: (Descriptive) | 100 | 90 minutes |
| 2 | Paper-II | Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture and Rural Development | 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 |
- Paper-II: For candidates applying in General Discipline.
- Paper-III: For candidates applying for all other streams (Economics, Agriculture, Food Processing, Forestry, Environmental Engineering, Social Work, Chartered Accountant, Agriculture Engineering, Plantation and Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Water Resource Development and Management and Company Secretary).
- There will be negative marks of 1/4th of the marks assigned to the question for each wrong answers marked by the candidate.
- There will be both sectional cut-offs scores and total cut-off scores, and candidates should score above these marks to get shortlisted for the personal interview.
- Applicants qualifying in this stage-II exam and securing a sufficiently high position in the merit list
shall be short-listed for the interview which has 25 Marks in the total score.
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NABARD Grade A Eligibility Criteria
- Age Limit: The candidate age shall be between 21 and 30 years. The NABARD Grade A upper age limit criteria relaxation according to the government rules is applicable.
- Education Qualification:
| 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 (for applicants belonging to 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 | Candidates should have completed Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Agronomy or Soil Science) 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 (45% for PWBD applicants) in aggregate from a recognized university. |
| Agriculture Economics/ Economics | Bachelor’s Degree with Economics/ Agriculture Economics with 50% marks (SC/ PWBD candidates – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Economics/ Agriculture Economics with a minimum of 50% marks (for candidates belonging to SC/ PWBDcategory the minimum required marks is 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 January 01, 2021. |
| Company Secretary | Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with Associate membership of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). Candidates must have obtained the CSI Membership. |
| Finance | Candidates should have completed bachelors/ BBA (Finance/ Banking) / BMS (Finance or Banking) with 50% marks (45% for candidates from SC/ ST/ PWBD category) 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 Human Resources Management/HR / Full-time MBA degree in HRM/ HR from recognized University / Institute. |
| Statistics | Candidates should have completed graduation in Statistics with 50% marks Candidates belonging to PWBD category requires only 45% marks) 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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