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NABARD Grade A Mains syllabus for Economic and Social Issues is given below.

Name of SectionTopics asked
Nature of Indian Economy
  1. Structural and Institutional features
  2. Economic Underdevelopment
  3. Opening up the Indian Economy
  4. Globalization
  5. Economic Reforms in India
  6. Privatization.
InflationTrends in Inflation & their Impact on National Economy and Individual Income.
Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India
  1. Rural and Urban
  2. Measurement of Poverty
  3. Poverty Alleviation Programmes of the Government
Population Trends
  1. Population Growth and Economic Development
  2. Population Policy in India
Agriculture
  1. Characteristics / Status
  2. Technical and Institutional changes in Indian Agriculture
  3. Agricultural performance
  4. Issues in Food Security in India
  5. Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit
Industry
  1. Industrial and Labour Policy
  2. Industrial performance
  3. Regional Imbalance in India's Industrial Development
  4. Public Sector Enterprises
Rural banking and financial institutions in IndiaReforms in the Banking/ Financial sector.
Globalization of Economy
  1. Role of International Funding Institutions
  2. IMF & World Bank
  3. WTO
  4. Regional Economic Cooperation
Social Structure in India
  1. Multiculturalism
  2. Demographic trends
  3. Urbanization and Migration
  4. Gender Issues Joint family system
  5. Social Infrastructure
  6. Education
  7. Health and Environment
Education
  1. Status & System of Education
  2. Socio-Economic Problems associated with Illiteracy
  3. Educational relevance and educational wastage
  4. Educational Policy for India.
Social Justice
  1. Problems of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
  2. Socio-economic programmes for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and other backward classes.
Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged
  1. Social Movements
  2. Indian Political Systems
  3. Human Development

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The number of vacancies announced for NABARD Grade A exam in 2021.

PostTotal Vacancy

Assistant Manager (Rural Development Banking Service)

148

Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (Rajbhasha Service)

05

Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (Protocol & Security Service)

02

Manager in Grade ‘B’ (Rural) (Development Banking Service)

07

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The post-wise vacancies announced for NABARD Grade A 2023 exam are given below.

PostVacancies

Assistant Manager in Grade A (Rural Development Banking Service)

161

Assistant Manager in Grade A (Rajbhasha Service)

07

Assistant Manager in Grade A (Protocol and Security Service)

02

Total

170

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Candidates can select only one centre for Phase-I and one centre for Phase–II separately and must indicate the choice of centres in the online application. Choice of Centre by candidates for Phase-I and Phase-II Examinations can be different and must be indicated in the online application. The number of centres for Main Examination is taken by NABARD, based on the availability of adequate number of candidates.

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NABARD Grade A exam centre details are mentioned in the admit card. Candidates are required to appear for the exam at the exam centres prescribed by the examination authority. The exam centres allotted by the examination authority cannot be changed. 

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 The prelims exam of NABARD Grade A will be conducted at around 160 exam cities while the Mains exam will be conducted at around 21 exam cities.The interview will be conducted at region-wise NABARD offices. 

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 The application fee can be paid online and it is INR 800 for the General category, whereas it is INR 150 for SC/ ST/ PWBD for Grade A RDBS/Rajbhasha. The application fee for Grade A P&SS post is INR 750 for General and INR 100 for others.

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NABARD Grade A admit card is released one week before the exam. The admit card is released online separately for prelims exam, Mains exam and interview. To download the admit card, candidates need to enter registration number or roll number and date of birth or password. The hard copy of the admit card is not sent to candidates by post.

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NABARD Grade A syllabus for prelims exam is given below:

Name of SectionTopics asked
Reasoning Ability
  1. Puzzles & Seating arrangement
  2. Syllogism
  3. Data sufficiency
  4. Statement based questions (Verbal reasoning)
  5. Inequality
  6. Miscellaneous Questions
  7. Input-Output
  8. Blood relations
  9. Coding-Decoding
Quantitative Aptitude
  1. Data Interpretations
  2. Quadratic Equations
  3. Number Sehonoursries
  4. Simplification/ Approximation
  5. Data Sufficiency
  6. Arithmetic Questions
  7. Quantity Comparisons
  8. Mathematical Inequalities
English Language
  1. Reading Comprehension
  2. Cloze test
  3. Sentence improvement
  4. Spotting the errors
  5. Fill in the blanks
  6. Sentence rearrangement
  7. Para Jumbles
  8. New pattern questions
General Awareness

The questions in this test will be from Current Affairs and Banking and Economy, Insurance. 

In Current Affairs, questions can be asked from recent appointments, awards, and honors, sports, new schemes, national and international news, the latest developments in Science and technology.

Computer KnowledgeThis section covers topics from various topics like Networking, Input-output devices, DBMS, MS Office, Internet, History of computers & generations, Shortcuts.

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The marking scheme of NABARD Grade A is given below:

  • There is a penalty for wrong answers. For every wrong answer, 1/4 marks assigned to that question are deducted as a penalty in both prelims and Mains exams
  • The final selection is done based on the Mains exam and interview
  • Qualifying Sections in prelims exam are Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Decision Making
  • Merit Sections in prelims exam are General Awareness, Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India), Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India
  • Shortlisting of the candidates for the Mains exam is done based on marks s
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