NABARD GRADE A 2020

NABARD Grade A notification is finally out. The online application for NABARD Grade A  2020 starts from 15th January and ends on 3rd February.  The NABARD Grade A Prelims is scheduled to take place on 25th January and date for the Mains exam is not yet mentioned in the NABARD Grade A  notification 2020. Given below are some major highlights of the NABARD Grade A 2020 Exam..

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex development financial institution in India headquartered at Mumbai with regional offices all over India. The Bank has been entrusted with "matters concerning policy, planning and operations in the field of credit for agriculture and other economic activities in rural areas in India". Every year NABARD releases vacancies for various categories. NABARD Grade A notification 2020 is out finally for 150 vacancies in various categories like Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS), Legal Services, Protocol and Security Service and Rajbhasha Service. NABARD Grade A 2020 online application starts from 15th January 2020 and ends on 3rd February 2020.

An exam notification is always followed by some nervousness, excitement, fear of failure, panic etc. To prevent oneself from experiencing all these, a candidate needs to ensure that he /she is well informed and well aware of all the subjects/topics that are expected to be asked in the NABARD Grade A 2020 examination. Knowing the NABARD Grade A syllabus with each and every detail of it, is the main step of your preparation that would kick-start your preparation on a strong note for NABARD Grade A.

Know details about the expected Exam Syllabus for NABARD Grade A 2020

NABARD Grade A Prelims Syllabus

NABARD Grade A syllabus for Preliminary exam is the first stage that a candidate needs to qualify to reach further. The NABARD Grade A Preliminary exam consists of different sections with different number of questions so the NABARD Grade A syllabus for each section is mentioned below

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for General Awareness 

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for English Languauge

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude 

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for Reasoning

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for Computer Knowledge

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for Economic & Social Issues

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for Agriculture

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for Rural Development

NABARD Grade A Syllabus for Mains

NABARD Grade A second stage is the Mains exam. NABARD Grade A 2020 Mains exam consist of two sections only - General English (Descriptive) and objective MCQ which again contains two parts- for general stream - Agriculture & Rural Development and Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) and for specialized posts questions will pertain to their field. The detailed NABARD Grade A syllabus for each section is given in the table below:

NABARD Grade A Mains Syllabus: Paper 1

Paper 1 of NABARD Grade A 2020 Mains will be of English Language which is descriptive type online mode. The detailed NABARD Grade A syllabus is given below

NABARD Grade A Mains Syllabus: Paper 2

NABARD Grade A 2020 Mains Paper 2 consist of two parts. Part one will contain questions from Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture and Rural Development ( focus on Rural India) for post covered under general stream and another part will have questions from specialized field. The detailed NABARD Grade A syllabus is given below:

NABARD Grade A Agriculture Syllabus

NABARD Grade A Rural Development Syllabus

NABARD Grade A Economic & Social Issues s (with focus on Rural India) Syllabus

The ‘NABARD Grade A’ notification is one of the most awaited of all times. NABARD tests its candidates through a fair pattern and it is a process consisting of  3 phases where a candidate needs to qualify in each of these phases step-by-step to be able to reach the final destination. The ‘NABARD Grade A’ exam tests a candidate on various parameters examining his/her skills with respect to various subjects. A candidate needs to qualify in his/her first phase in order to be able to appear in the second phase. A minimum cut-off would be declared on the basis of which the selection would be made and those who manage equal or more than the cut-off score will get a seat in the second phase and then subsequently in the third phase. The structure of the NABARD Grade A  exam is as follows:

NABARD Grade A Phase 1 Exam Pattern 2020

The NABARD Grade A exam 2020 is an objective type test, that will test the candidates on the basis of their knowledge and skills in various kinds of subjects like - Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, Economic and Social Issues, English Language, Agriculture & Rural Development. The main motive of the examiner is to test how well a candidate can perform in all the different sections, maintaining the speed & time simultaneously. The details of NABARD Grade A Phase 1 exam pattern are as follows:

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam Pattern 2020

NABARD Grade A 2020 Phase 2 exam is a bit different than Phase 1 with respect to the number of sections / phases. Phase 2 itself consists of two different papers with individual timings of 90 minutes each, where the exam pattern is a bit different than Phase 1. Phase 2 has General English in the descriptive format whereas the other paper is of objective type as in Phase 1, except that here both the sections hold equal marks and have equal time allocated to them. Paper 2 will contain questions from Economic & Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development with special stress on Rural India for General post and for all other specific posts Paper 2 will be based on respective discipline . The NABARD Grade A Phase 2 pattern is given below

NABARD Grade A Phase 3 Interview 2020

The applicants who manage to qualify in the NABARD Grade A 2020 Examination and secure a sufficiently high rank in merit will be shortlisted for the third phase ie ‘ NABARD Grade A interview’. The maximum marks allocated to the Interview stage are 25. The applicants to be called for interview for NABARD Grade A will be in the ratio of 1:5 respectively.

The  NABARD Grade A 2020  notification have all the details regarding the exam date for Phase 1 ie Preliminary exam. Phase 2 ie Mains and Interview date will be intimated later. A candidate should go through these dates and confirm by going through official notification. Since the NABARD Grade A 2020 notification is out and NABARD Grade A Prelims is schedule to take place on 25th February so a candidate should start his/her preparation.

One of the reasons behind choosing any kind of job is the reward that you will get after serving in any job position from the monetary aspect. Rewards may largely include other allowances, perks and benefits also, but the main thing is the salary that is received at hand. NABARD can be counted among the best paying jobs in India.

NABARD Grade A’  basic salary is Rs, 28,150 pm/- in the scale of 28150-1550(4) -34350-1750(7) – 46600 –EB - 1750(4)- 53600-2000(1)-55600 applicable to Officers in Grade 'A' and they will be eligible for Dearness Allowance, Local Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance, and Grade Allowance as per rules in force from time to time. At present, initial monthly gross emoluments are approximately Rs. 62,600/.

NABARD Grade A officer enjoys a comfortable work profile as compared to other jobs. Needless to say that NABARD is an apex institution and a regulator so you won't regret joining/working for NABARD. The perks and remunerations are at par with RBI. After a good amount of experience as a manager, you might (or might not) get a district-level posting as a DDM (District Development Manager). Office-cum-residence to a District Development Manager is provided by the NABARD itself. ‘Office Timings’ of a Nabard Grade ‘A’ officer would be : 9:30 AM to 5.30 PM, 5 days a week.

NABARD has come out with 150 vacancies in total for NABARD Grade A 2020. Further distribution of the vacancies category wise can be get by visiting official website. For detail breakup of vacancies you can also refer the table below

NABARD Grade A is a tough level examination and it also consists of variable marking in the tests. Some of the questions carry 1 mark and some of the questions carry 2 marks. The negative marking for the questions will also be applied differently. The questions carrying 1 mark will have a negative marking of 0.25 marks and the questions carrying 2 marks will have a negative marking of 0.50 marks. The marking scheme for NABARD Grade A and penalty for wrong answers is as follows:

Both the Objective and Descriptive test of NABARD Grade A will be conducted online. Kindly note, all questions (in both Preliminary and Main Examination, except the Test of English), are available bilingually in English and Hindi.

Since the NABARD Grade A notification has been released, the first important step should be ensuring if a candidate is eligible to appear in the respective examination and if he/she fulfils all the requirements of the specific job position. So, before moving on to other exam details, it is extremely necessary to gather all the details related to the eligibility criteria as specified below:

NABARD Grade A Educational Criteria

All candidates need to follow a certain educational criteria as mentioned in the official notification of NABARD Grade A 2020. Details can be inferred from the table given below

NABARD Grade A Age Criteria

All the candidates need to fulfil the criteria with respect to age. The minimum age of an applicant at the time of application should be 21 years and maximum age should be 30 years as on 1/01/2020.

NABARD GRADE A AGE RELAXATION

NABARD Grade A notification 2020 also has age relaxation criteria. Candidates coming under reserved category will have to produce documents in support of that as and when asked by the concerned authority. There are some exceptions to the age criteria where certain relaxations are provided according to various categories as mentioned below:

The online application is the first step in an examination process, once the notification of any exam gets released. Since the NABARD Grade A notification is out, therefore you need to be well aware of the complete application process. A candidate should not wait for the last date to apply for the NABARD Grade A recruitment 2020. Application for NABARD Grade A 2020  has started from 15th January. NABARD Grade A 2020 Step by Step Application Process is as follows-

• Log on to the official website of Nabard, i.e. www.nabard.org
• Check out the ‘nabard.org/career’ notices and look for the ‘Apply Online’ link
• New registrants must click on the ‘Click here for New Registration’ tab and provide details such as full name, email ID and contact details.
• Registrants will receive a Provisional Registration Number and Password.
• Use these login credentials to complete the form by providing correct details.
• Validate the details by selecting ‘Validate your details’ and ‘Save & Next’ button.
• Upload the documents (Photo & Signature) taking care of the specifications.
• Verify for the last time before ‘Final Submit’.
• Select ‘Payment’ tab to remit the application fee.
• Take print of the application form and fee receipt for future use.

* - All employees of NABARD who satisfy the educational qualification criteria are eligible to apply for NABARD Grade A 2020. These staff employees are required to pay fee/intimation charges as indicated at the time of online application and this fee will be reimbursed to those Staff Candidates who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the post.

Various exam centres are allocated for the examination, all-over India in different states. Once you choose your respective exam centre, no request to change it will be entertained at the later stage. NABARD reserves the right to cancel any of the centres or add new at its discretion. It also reserves the right to allocate any exam centre to the candidate, other than the one opted by him/her.The examination centre for NABARD Grade A 2020 Prelims and Mains are different so a candidate should be very careful while selecting the examination centre.

NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Centres

The examination centre of NABARD Grade A Prelims will be all over India so a candidate must choose the centre very wisely. The list of the centre is given below:

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Centres

NABARD Grade A Mains or Phase 2 exam centre will be different form Prelims. NABARD Grade A Mains exam will be held in selected cities and the list for the same is given below:

Once the application process is completed, all details related to the centre of examination, venue address, date and time for both Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations and interview shall be intimated in the NABARD Grade A ‘call letter’. A candidate will be required to download his/her call letter from the authorised website by entering his/ her details i.e. Registration Number and Password/Date of Birth. No hard copy of the NABARD Grade A call letter/ Information Handout etc. will be sent by post/ courier.

Preparing for NABARD Grade A 2020 or any other examination not just involves deep study and practice, but also gathering details regarding the pattern of the examination all the years through. Scanning the pattern of previous examinations will help to a great extent in your preparation process. Thus, knowing the Nabard Grade A previous year cut-off is an important detail that gives a complete idea of what to expect in 2020 and how much efforts should you be putting in to reach close to that score and maybe more. The NABARD Grade A 2019 cutoff is as follows:

NABARD Grade A Prelims cutoff 2019: (Test and Category wise)

Previous year cut off not only help a candidate to plan his/her strategy but at the same time give a general idea of what can be the safe attempt. A candidate has to clear the sectional as well as overall cutoff to get into the merit list. The sectional cut off for NABARD Grade A Prelims 2019 is given below -

NABARD Grade A Prelims cutoff 2019: (Discipline and Category wise)

Besides sectional cutoff there is overall cutoff for NABARD Grade B Prelims 2019 also. This cutoff varies from one category to another and from one stream to another. The cutoff for NABARD Grade A Prelims 2019 is given below:

NABARD Grade A Mains cutoff 2019: Discipline and Category wise (Applied on Objective and Descriptive Paper)

The second stage after NABARD Grade A Prelims is Mains. Nabard Grade A Mains also include descriptive paper so the overall cutoff for NABARD Grade A Mains 2019 is given below:

NABARD Grade A Mains cutoff 2019: Discipline and Category wise (Applied On Total)

Besides having descriptive and objective cutoff, NABARD Grade A Mains 2019 also has overall cutoff for each category. The cutoff also varies from one stream to another. The cutoff for 2019 NABARD Grade A Mains is given below:

NABARD Grade A cutoff 2019: Select List

The final cutoff for NABARD Grade A 2019 is prepared by the marks obtained by a candidate in the Mains objective type exam and Interview. This cutoff varies with respect to different categories.

NABARD Grade A cutoff 2019: Wait List

Besides having the final merit list NABARD also reserves waitlist for NABARD Grade A 2019. The waitlist for each category is mentioned below in the table:

The decision to apply and prepare for a particular examination is always a calculated move by any serious aspirant. A serious aspirant would always move step-by-step to make sure that no stone is left unturned in the preparation process. Therefore, the most important thing in an exam preparation would be appropriate guidance to walk you through the way of success.

Considering this important requirement of all aspirants, ixamBee has brought together a comprehensive ‘Online Learning Course- ‘NABARD Online Course’ for the preparation of NABARD Grade ‘A’ 2020 Exam. This extremely helpful and precise ‘Online Course’ is designed by Mr. Chandraprakash Joshi (ex-RBI GR B, MBA-Finance, PhD) and Ms. Arunima Sinha (Coach for Banking exams for 6 years, Ex-Manager SIDBI, Ex-Bank PO). The course contains:

NABARD Grade A Phase 1 or Prelims

This is the first stage to qualify and the details of the online course provided is as follows:

• 470+ Video lessons on different topics of all the seven sections of NABARD Grade A Phase 1 Exam.
• 270+ Study Notes to ease learning.
• Approx. 6000+ Practice Questions in the form of video lesson, Section tests, and Mock Tests.
• 10 section tests for each of the subjects.
• 15 Full-Length Mock Tests based on exact exam pattern and difficulty level.

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 or Mains

This is the second stage after NABARD Grade B Phase 1 is over. This Phase will play a major role in deciding a candidate fate for further stage. The details of the course is as follows:

• 230+ Video lessons on different topics of NABARD – Grade A Phase-II Exam.
• 230+ Study Notes wherever required to supplement or ease learning.
• 4000+ Practice Questions to clear concepts in the form of video lesson, Section tests and Mock Tests.
• 5 Mock tests for Descriptive English.
• 7 Full-Length NABARD Grade A Practice Tests based on exact exam pattern and difficulty level.

Know details about Online course for NABARD Grade A 2020

A preparation process broadly consists of three main stages:

• Grasping all required knowledge and information
• Revisiting / revising the knowledge and information
• Testing the knowledge

To make sure you are well prepared for the NABARD Grade A 2020 examination, it is very important to revise the knowledge you have gained which should further be followed by regular practice that will help in testing the newly gained knowledge and which gets ingrained well in your mind. To let you practice and identify your strong and weak areas, ixamBee provides Free Mock Tests for NABARD Grade A 2020 with updated exam level and pattern. Practicing these mock tests will help improve your score as well as your speed and analyze your performance with every mock test.

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Good preparation should start with a good note of optimism, focused attention, enthusiasm, strong will and determination. You should keep few basic things in mind:

• There is never a fixed confirmed strategy for any examination but by following some basic rules, a simple strategy may work wonders for you.
• The examiner will be testing your analytical , logical and language skills more than just knowledge.
• Therefore, apart from just studying and gaining knowledge, it is equally important to revise what you learn, practice and regularly test your learning.
• Do not forget to draw a proper timeline for your studies and a practical timetable that will help in utilizing your time to the fullest.

To be in a position to score well in the final stages and ensure your success, you need a set of good books to refer, learn and eventually qualify. Some good books with their authors, recommended for NABARD Grade A 2020 preparation are mentioned below:

Once you are confident enough of your preparation for both NABARD Grade A Phase 1 & Phase 2, it would be important to also gather some information related to Phase 3 - Interview stage. You can refer to the below-mentioned blog and collect some useful information:

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NABARD Grade A Exam Useful Videos

In any exam preparation journey, having good guidance plays a very important role. Guidance from experts on the preparation strategy and other study tips go a long way in determining your success in the exam. Experts at ixamBee continuously work on providing exam relevant and useful videos on various subject-related and other topics like Previous year Papers for NABARD Grade A, Strategy to Study for NABARD Grade A Exam and so on. You can have a look at some of these useful videos which will help you in preparing for NABARD Grade A 2020 exam below:

Once the whole procedure for the NABARD Grade A recruitment 2020 is over and all the online exam procedure is over, the result of NABARD Grade A 2020 will be declared on its official website. A candidate can enter his/her credentials and check the status of their result. The final result of NABARD Grade A 2020 will also have marks obtained by each candidate.

Nabard Grade 'A' Exam can be counted among all such exams which consist of good level questions with varying levels of difficulty. Although, we cannot expect the pattern of the exam to remain the same each year, but we can surely take an idea from the previous years examinations , so that we already have a picture in mind and we would know closely what level to expect from the exam. Therefore, going through the previous years papers , provided below will be helpful in analyzing the level of the examination.

NABARD 2017 Memory Based Paper - Quantitative Aptitude

NABARD Previous Year Question Paper 2017 (Agriculture & Rural Development)

Nabard Previous year Paper -Computer section solved

English - NABARD 2017 Memory Based Paper

Nabard Grade A Question Paper 2017 (Agriculture & Rural Development

NABARD Grade A : Previous year solved Questions of ESI - Part 1

NABARD Grade A : Previous year solved Questions of ESI - Part 2

NABARD Grade A : Previous year solved Questions of ESI - Part 3