Happy news for every bank job aspirants! Two wonderful opportunities are knocking at your door. State Bank of India (SBI) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) are two wonderful career platforms for which thousands of government job seekers dream for. And it is time to grab the opportunity.
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), one of the top institutions which plays a major role in the development of agriculture and rural areas is now looking forward for young talents to join for the post of development assistant. Those who have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks can apply for the post.
At the same time SBI has released its latest notification on SBI Clerk 2020 which is one of the most awaited exams in the country. SBI is the largest bank of the nation which provides a lot of opportunities for young talents every year. SBI Clerk is one of the most sought after exams in the country.
In this blog, we are discussing the details of these two examinations.
NABARD Development Assistant Exam at a Glance
| Conducting body | NABARD |
| Mode of exam | Online |
| Phases of exam | Preliminary, mains |
| Negative marking | 1/4th marks |
| Time duration | 1 hour for prelims
2 hours for mains |
| Maximum marks | 100 marks for prelims
200 marks for mains |
SBI Clerk 2020 –At a Glance
| Name of posts | · Junior associate
· Junior agricultural associate |
| Name of organization | SBI (State Bank of India) |
| Phases of exam | Preliminary exam
Main exam |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Time duration | 1 hour for prelims
2 hours and 40 minutes for mains |
| Total marks | 100 marks for prelims
200 marks for mains |
Exam Pattern
NABARD Development Assistant Exam
The NABARD development assistant examination comprises two phases.
- Prelims
- Mains
Both the exams are conducted in online mode. The preliminary examination consists of objective type multiple choice questions. On the other hand, in the mains exam both objective and descriptive types of questions will be there.
Since there are two posts namely development assistant and development assistant (Hindi), the preliminary examination questions will not be the same for both.
The preliminary examination consists of three papers.
- English language
- Numerical ability
- Reasoning
For the development assistant Hindi exam, the topic numerical ability is replaced by ‘professional knowledge in Hindi’.
Prelims Exam Pattern (Development Assistant)
| Sl No | Subjects | No. of questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English language | 40 | 40 |
One hour |
| 2 | Numerical ability | 30 | 30 | |
| 3 | reasoning | 30 | 30 | |
| total | 100 | 100 |
Prelims Exam Pattern (Development Assistant Hindi)
| Sl no | Subjects | Number of questions | Maximum
marks |
Duration |
| 1 | English language | 40 | 40 |
One hour |
| 2 | Professional knowledge (Hindi) | 30 | 30 | |
| 3 | Reasoning | 30 | 30 | |
| total | 100 | 100 |
The second phase of the exam-mains- consists of both objective and descriptive types of questions. There will be a negative marking of ¼ marks for each wrong answer. The details of the mains exam are given below.
Mains Exam Pattern
| S no | Name of the paper | No of questions | Maximum marks | Type of questions | Duration
|
| 1 | Reasoning | 20 | 20 | Objective |
90 minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative aptitude (development assistant)/ professional knowledge (Hindi) (development assistant Hindi0 | 50 | 50 | Objective | |
| 3 | General awareness with special reference to agriculture, rural development and banking | 40 | 40 | Objective | |
| 4 | Computer knowledge | 40 | 40 | Objective | |
| 5 | English language | 1 (Essay or letter writing) | 50 | objective | 30 minutes |
| Total | 200 |
SBI Clerk
- SBI Clerk examination comprises two stages- Preliminary and mains.
- Both the exams are conducted online.
- The preliminary examination consists of 100 objective type questions.
- The time duration of preliminary examination is one hour.
- The preliminary examination carries a total of 100 marks.
- There will be 5 different topics for the prelims each carrying 20 marks.
- Candidates will have to score the qualifying marks for each topic.
- The time duration of SBI clerk mains examination is 2 hours and 40 minutes.
- SBI clerk mains examination carries 190 objective type questions with 200 marks.
Preliminary Exam Pattern
| Name of the test | No. of questions | Marks | duration |
| English language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Main Exam Pattern
| Name of the test | No. of questions | Marks | Duration |
| General/ financial awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Quantitative aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Reasoning ability and computer aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours and 40 minutes |
NB: there will be a negative marking of ¼ marks for each wrong answer.
Interview
Based on the marks of mains examination, the eligible candidates will be invited for an interview which is the final stage of the recruitment process. Candidates are supposed to score the qualifying marks in the interview to get selected for the job.
Syllabus
Having a clear idea about the syllabus is really important for starting your exam preparations. Here we give you the complete syllabus of both NABARD development assistant and SBI clerk exams.
NABARD Development Assistant Exam
Quantitative aptitude
- Ratio and proportion
- Average
- Time and work
- Speed, distance and time
- Mixture and allegations
- Stocks and shares
- Percentage
- Permutation and combination
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Data interpretation
- Mensuration
- Probability
- Set theory
Reasoning ability
- Inequality
- Coding and decoding
- Syllogism
- Machine input output
- Data sufficiency
- Circular arrangement
- Linear arrangement
- Floor puzzle
- Scheduling
- Verbal reasoning
- Ordering and ranking
- Arrangement and pattern
- Blood relations
- Direction and distance
General awareness
- Current affairs
- Indian financial system
- Indian banking system
- Monetary plans
- National institution
- Banking terms
English language
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Error spotting
- Comprehension
- Passage making
- Jumble words
- Fill in the blanks
- Sentence framing
Computer knowledge
- Languages
- Basic hardware and software
- History of computers
- Devices
- Viruses and hacking
- MS Office
- Networking
- DBMS
SBI Clerk Exam
Prelims
As we already mentioned SBI Clerk preliminary exam is an objective type exam with 100 questions. There will be three papers which are English language, numerical ability and reasoning respectively. The time duration of the exam is one hour. Now let us have a look at the syllabus of SBI Clerk preliminary examination.
| Numerical ability | English language | Reasoning |
| Number series | Reading comprehension | Puzzle and arrangement |
| Simplification/ approximation | Cloze test | Inequality |
| Quadratic equation | Fillers | Syllogism |
| Data interpretation | Spotting errors | Coding decoding |
| Data sufficiency | Sentence improvement | Blood relations |
| miscellaneous | Fill in the blanks | Direction senses |
| Order and ranking |
Mains
SBI Clerk mains exam has 4 sections. They are,
- Reasoning ability
- Quantitative aptitude
- English language
- Banking and computer awareness
There will be 190 questions with a total of 200 marks. The time duration is two hours and 40 minutes.
The table below explains the syllabus of SBI Clerk mains examination.
| Reasoning | Quantitative aptitude | English language | General economy/ banking awareness | Computer awareness |
| Logical reasoning | Simplification | Reading comprehension | Financial awareness | Internet |
| Alphanumeric series | Profit and loss | Grammar | Current affairs | Memory |
| Ranking/ direction/ alphabet test | Mixture and allegations | Vocabulary | General knowledge | Keyboard shortcuts |
| Data sufficiency | Simple interest and compound interest
Surds and indices |
Verbal ability | Static awareness | Computer abbreviation |
| Coded inequalities | Work and time | Word association | Banking and financial awareness | Microsoft office |
| Seating arrangement | Time and distance | Sentence improvement | Computer hardware | |
| Puzzle | Mensuration, cylinder, cone, sphere | Para jumbles | Computer software | |
| Tabulation | Data interpretation | Cloze test | Operating system | |
| Syllogism | Ratio and proportion percentage | Error spotting | Networking | |
| Blood relations | Number systems | Fill in the blanks1q | Computer fundamentals/ terminologies | |
| Input output | Sequence and series | |||
| Coding decoding | Permutation, combination and probability |
Duties and Responsibilities
NABARD Development Assistant
- Assisting the administrative tasks
- Bringing money from individuals or corporations to their respective banks
- Managing relationships with the donors of the bank
- Dealing with policy issues and projects regarding agricultural and rural development
- Leading research, studying data and collecting reports on existing and potential donors etc
SBI Clerk
- Look after the day to day activities of the banks
- Deal with the customers and address their concerns
- Opening bank accounts
- Issuing DD
- Transferring amounts through cheque etc
Salary
NABARD Development Assistant
Basic salary of development assistant- Rs. 14650
Perks and allowances
- Dearness allowance
- House rent allowance
- City compensatory allowance
- Transport allowance
- Special allowance
SBI Clerk
- Basic Pay of SBI Clerk-Rs. 11,765
- Dearness allowance-Rs. 5312
- Transport allowance-Rs. 425
- House rent allowance-Rs. 1800
- City compensatory allowance-4-5 % of basic salary
- Pay scale increases with seniority
Hope this article helped you to have a fair idea about both the exams. Start your preparations today with us.
We wish you all the success ahead!
