NABARD Grade A Recruitment
Being one of the well-known banks in India, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) attracts thousands of candidates every year who dream of joining the banking sector. Let's have an overview of the NABARD Grade A Recruitment 2025 exam details.
For Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (RDBS), the candidates will be selected through Prelims, Mains, and Interview rounds. For Officers in Grade ‘A’ (P & SS) only an interview round will be conducted for the selection process. NABARD Grade A 2025 Selection is going to be conducted as follows:
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NABARD Assistant Manager Selection Process |
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NABARD Grade A Stages |
Marks |
Duration |
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Stage 1- Prelims |
200 marks |
120 minutes |
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Stage 2- Mains |
200 marks |
210 minutes |
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Stage 3- Interview |
50 marks |
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NABARD Grade A Exam includes 2 stages Prelims and Mains Exam for which the exam pattern has been already shared by the officials in the previous year's notification. Below is discussed both NABARD Grade A Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern.
The Preliminary Exam is an online objective test comprising of 200 marks that has to be completed in 2 hours. The Prelims Exam Pattern for NABARD Grade-A has been revised by the authority, which has been discussed below:
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Prelims Exam Test Structure for Assistant Manager |
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Sno |
Sections |
Total Marks/ No. of Questions |
Time Taken |
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1. |
Test of Reasoning |
20 |
A composite time of 2 hours (120 minutes)
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2. |
English Language |
30 |
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3. |
Computer Knowledge |
20 |
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4. |
Quantitative Aptitide |
20 |
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5. |
Decision Making |
10 |
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6. |
General Awareness |
20 |
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7. |
Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India) |
40 |
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8. |
Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India |
40 |
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Total |
200 |
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The candidates who clear the preliminary round of the NABARD Assistant Manager 2025 Officer Exam are eligible to appear for the NABARD 2025 Mains Examination. The main examination comprises both Online Objective Test as well as descriptive Test paper. Let’s have a look at the NABARD Grade A 2025 Mains Exam Pattern:
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Mains Exam Test Structure for Assistant Manager [Generalist] |
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Papers |
Subjects |
Type of Paper |
Total Questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
Remarks |
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Paper I |
General English |
Online Descriptive |
3 |
100 |
90 Minutes |
Descriptive Answers to be typed using a keyboard |
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Paper-II |
Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development |
Objective |
30 |
50 |
30 minutes |
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Descriptive Type |
6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each] |
50 |
90 Minutes |
Descriptive |
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Mains Exam Test Structure for Assistant Manager [Specialist & Rajbhasha] |
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Papers |
Subjects |
Type of Paper |
Total Questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
Remarks |
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Paper I |
General English |
Online Descriptive |
3 |
100 |
90 Minutes |
Descriptive Answers to be typed using a keyboard |
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Paper-II |
Stream Specific Paper |
Objective |
30 |
50 |
30 minutes |
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Descriptive Type |
6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each] |
50 |
90 Minutes |
Descriptive |
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After the candidate clears the NABARD Grade A 2025 Mains Paper, he/she is finally called for the Interview Process. Final selection is made on how well a candidate fare in the Mains Examination as well as the Interview Process.
The preliminary exam of the NABARD Assistant Manager 2025 Exam will have 7 major sections namely Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture and Rural Development.
Main exam will be conducted in three phases with an inclusion of a descriptive test in English to test a candidate’s proficiency in written English. Apart from these two papers, an interview will be conducted for selected candidates.
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NABARD Grade A Prelims Syllabus 2025 |
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Name of Section |
Topics asked |
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Reasoning Ability |
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Quantitative Aptitude |
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English Language |
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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. |
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Computer Knowledge |
This section covers topics from various topics like Networking, Input-output devices, DBMS, MS Office, Internet, History of computers & generations, Shortcuts. |
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