NABARD Grade A recruitment is an annual hiring process organized by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. Through this recruitment process, NABARD hires hundreds of graduates to its office cader. With a basic pay of Rs.28,150/. NABARD Grade A is one of the highly paid starting position available in the banking sector. With two stages of written exam and personal interview, the NABARD exam is considered one of the toughest banking exam in India. To crack this you need better guidance and notes prepared specifically for the NABARD Grade A recruitment. Here we are trying to point out some of the resources for the NABARD Grade A study material.
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NABARD Grade A Study Material 2021
Unlike other banking exams, NABARD Grade A requires lots of reading especially in Economic and agricultural topics. Along with usual IBPS and SBI aspirants lot of civil services aspirants also appear for NABARD Grade A. While you are preparing for the tests, you can find lots of study materials and NABARD Grade A exam tips for usual banking exam topics like Numerical Ability, Reasoning, language sections, etc. But for the Economic and Social Issues, and Agriculture and Rural Development topics the material is limited. In your NABARD Grade A exam strategy, you should emphasize these two topics, since they are necessary for both mains and prelims.
For the Economic and Social Issues, candidates are advised to read the Economic Survey of India, gist on Union Budget, Railway Budget, and the Business section in the newspapers. You can also refer to magazines like Pradyogita Darpan, and Yojana to increase your reading horizon. You can find the free PDF copy of these magazines on various websites, and libraries. Before reading these magazines, make sure to read through the NCERT textbooks up to Class XII to clear your economics basics. Unless you are familiar with the terminologies, you may find it difficult to read the above-said magazines.
For Agriculture and Rural Development, Kurukshetra would be a great companion. Kurukshetra Magazine presents the government point on various issues and will help you in Essay writing. You should read at least 06 months magazines to get a good grasp on the subject.
The essay section in the Phase-II exam does require a wide reading habit. While other banking exams essay questions were on some generic news events, NABARD usually asks questions related to agriculture, social reforms, etc. One such question is “what are the problems to be faced in implementing Dheen Dhayal Upadhyaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana”. To answer this type of questions, you need to be well versed with the government reforms, plans, and their problems. You can find similar topics or notes in Civil Service preparation [ortals. They may help you to get a better idea without sweating much on random press notes.
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NABARAD Group-A 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:
| SL
No |
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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