NABARD Grade A Selection Process 2024

• Preliminary Exam: Phase 1 of the NABARD Grade A Selection Process consists of 8 subjects. These are Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, Computer Knowledge, Decision Making, English, ESI, and ARD with a focus on Rural India. A total of 200 questions will be asked for 200 marks. The total duration of the exam is 120 minutes.
• Mains Exam: The mains exam is divided into two papers i.e. Paper 1 & Paper 2. Paper 1 will be of General English and Paper 2 will be of ESI & ARD. Paper 1 will be online descriptive & paper 2 will be both objective & descriptive type.
• Interview: This is the final stage of the NABARD Grade A Selection Process 2024. The interview stage consists of 50 marks.

 Preliminary Examination Structure for Grade A (RDBS/Rajbhasha)

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  Sr. No.	Subject	Total Ques.	Marks	Time
  01	Test of Reasoning	20	20	Composit time of 120 Minutes for all the tests together
  02	English Language	30	30
  03	Computer Knowledge	20	20
  04	Quantitative Aptitude	20	20
  05	Decision Making	10	10
  06	General Awareness	20	20
  07	Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India)	40	40
  08	Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India	40	40
  	Marks	200	200
  Qualifying Section - Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Decision Making Merit Section - 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 will be based on marks scored in the Merit section only.

 Mains Exams (Post of Generalist)

• Paper	Grade	Type of Paper	No. of Ques.	Marks	Duration	Remarks
  Paper I	General English	Online Descriptive	3	100	90 Minutes	Descriptive Answer to be typed using keyboard
  Paper II	Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development	Objective	30**	50	30 Minutes
  		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 Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards)
  **(Some questions carry 2 marks each and some questions carry 1 mark each)

 Mains Exams (Post of Specialist)

• Paper	Grade	Type of Paper	No. of Ques.	Marks	Duration	Remarks
  Paper I	General English	Online Descriptive	3	100	90 Minutes	Descriptive Answer to be typed using keyboard
  Paper II	Stream Specific Paper	Objective$	30**	50	30 Minutes
  		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 Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards)
  $ (Paragraph Based/Numerical/Application based interpretive questions ) **(Some questions carry 2 marks each and some questions carry 1 mark each)

 Mains Exams (Post of Rajbhasha)

• Paper	Grade	Type of Paper	No. of Ques.	Marks	Duration	Remarks
  Paper I	General English	Online Descriptive	3	100	90 Minutes	Descriptive Answer to be typed using keyboard
  Paper II	Stream Specific Paper	Objective	30**	50	30 Minutes
  		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 Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards)
  **(Some questions carry 2 marks each and some questions carry 1 mark each)

  
  
  

   Psychometric Test (Mandatory)

  • MCQ based - 90 minutes duration
  
  
  

   Interview

  • Grade A (RDBS/Rajbhasha) - 50 Marks
  
  Notes:

  • The calling Ratio to qualify for the main examination and interview would be a maximum of 1:25 and 1:3, respectively
  • The ratio may be suitably reduced at the discretion of the bank. Candidates who qualify and rank sufficiently high as decided by NABARD, shall be called for appearing at the Main Examination and Interview
  • For every wrong answer marked, 1/4th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty in Phase-I and Phase-II, both. Cut-offs in Phase-I and Phase-II may be applied in two stages: (i) On scores in individual tests, (ii) On Total Score