NABARD Grade B 2021 Exam Pattern: Get Latest Pattern & Marking Scheme Here

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has revised the NABARD Grade B exam pattern 2021. According to the revised exam pattern, one new section-Decision Making has been included in the pattern of the prelims exam. The qualifying sections of the prelims exam are Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Decision Making. The merit sections of the prelims exam are General Awareness, Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India), Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India. Shortlisting of candidates for the mains exam will be based on the marks obtained in the merit sections. The name of Paper-II has been changed to Economic and Social Issues & Agriculture and Rural Development (ESI & ARD).

Paper-II and III of NABARD Grade B mains exam will comprise both descriptive and objective-type tests. Answers in the descriptive paper needs to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi in Remington and Inscript keyboards. Six questions will be asked in the descriptive test, out of which candidates need to attempt four questions. Two questions will be for 15 marks and two questions will be for 10 marks. The time allotted to complete the objective section is 30 minutes while it is 90 minutes for the descriptive section. The total marks allotted to the interview are 75 marks.

NABARD Grade B exam pattern highlights the overall structure of the exam such as section-wise weightage given to topics, marking scheme, total marks, duration of the test, and many more. In this article, we have provided the revised NABARD Grade B exam pattern.