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Conducting Body	NABARD
Mode of Exam	Online
Phases	3 (Preliminary, Main, and Personal Interview)
Negative Marking	0.25 marks
Time Duration	2 hours for Prelims and 3 hours for Mains
Maximum Marks	200 for both Prelims and Mains

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development 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. This year too, it is expected to release the vacancies or the post of Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ in  the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS). Candidates will be required to fill the application as soon as the vacancies are released.

The ‘NABARD Grade A’ is one of the most awaited notifications of all times. NABARD tests its candidates through a fair pattern and it is a process containing 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 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 which will further consist of The structure of the exam is as follows:

Phase I	Preliminary Examination (Online Exam)
Phase II	Main Examination will be online and will be a mix of MCQ and descriptive pattern
Phase III	Interview

NABARD Grade A Phase I:

The Nabard Grade A Exam Phase I 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 a candidate by how well does he/she manage to fare in all the different sections, maintaining the speed & time simultaneously. The details of NABARD Grade A Phase I exam pattern are as follows:

Test Name	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
Quantitative Aptitude	20	20	Composite time of 120 minutes
Reasoning Ability	20	20
Computer Knowledge	20	20
General Awareness	20	20
English Language	40	40
Agriculture & Rural Development	40	40
Economic and Social Issues	40	40
Total	200	200	2 Hours

NABARD Grade A Phase II:

NABARD Grade A Phase II exam is a bit different than Phase I with respect to the number of sections / phases in this case. Phase II itself consists of three different phases with individual timings of 90 minutes each, where the exam pattern is a bit different than Phase I. Phase II has General English in the descriptive format whereas the other two sections are of objective type as in Phase I, except that here all the three sections hold equal marks and have equal time allocated.

Exam	Name of Test	Maximum Marks	Duration
Phase I	General English	100	90 Min
Phase II	For General Post – Agriculture and Rural Development; Economic and Social Issues  For Manager Agriculture Post – Agriculture	100	90 Min
Phase III	Development economics, Statistics, Finance and Management	100	90 Min

NABARD Phase III Interview

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

The Marking Scheme for NABARD Grade A 2019 and penalty for wrong answers (Applicable to Both (Preliminary and Main Examinations) is as follows:

NABARD Grade A Marking Scheme
For correct answers	1 mark
For wrong answers	-0.25 marks
For not attempted	0 (no marks)

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

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 2019 examination. Knowing the 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.

Whenever a notification is released, the first important step should be ensuring if a candidate is eligible to appear in the respective examination and if he/she fulfills 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:

Educational Criteria

Educational Criteria All candidates need to follow a certain educational criteria when it comes to the application for NABARD Grade A examination as follows:-

Stream	Eligibility Criteria
General	Bachelors Degree in any subject from a recognized University with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWD applicants 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWD applicants 45%) in aggregate or Ph.D OR Chartered Accountant /Cost Accountant / Company Secretary with Bachelors degree OR Two year full time P.G. Diploma in Management / full time MBA degree from institutions recognized by GOI / UGC with Bachelors Degree in any discipline.
Animal Husbandry	Bachelors Degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry from any recognized University with a minimum of 50% marks (SC applicants 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Veterinary Sciences /Animal Husbandry with a minimum of 50% marks (SC applicants 45%) in aggregate.
Chartered Accountant	Bachelors degree in any discipline with Membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Membership of ICAI must have been obtained on or before 01 March 2018.
Economics	Bachelor’s Degree with Economics with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWD applicants - 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Economics/Agriculture Economics with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWD applicants - 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university. Candidates with Economics as one of the main subjects at all years/semesters of the course, will only be eligible.
Environmental Engineering	Bachelors degree with Environmental Science / Environmental Engineering as a subject with 50% marks in aggregate or Post graduate degree in Environmental Engineering or Environmental Science with 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Food Processing / Food Technology	Bachelors degree in Food Processing /Food Technology with 50% marks in aggregate (ST applicants 45%) or Post graduate degree in Food Processing /Food Technology with 50% marks in aggregate (ST applicants 45%) from a recognized University/Institution.
Forestry	Bachelors degree in Forestry from a recognized University/Institution with 50% marks in aggregate or Post graduate degree in Forestry with 50% marks in aggregate
Minor irigation ( Water Resources )	Bachelors degree in Hydrology/Applied Hydrology or Geology/Applied Geology with Hydrogeology / Irrigation / Water Supply & sanitation as one of the subjects with 50% marks (SC/ST applicants 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Engineering/ Hydrology/Applied Hydrology or Geology/Applied Geology with Hydrogeology / Irrigation / Water Supply & sanitation as one of the subjects with 50% marks in aggregate (SC/ST applicants 45%) from a recognized University.
Social Work	Bachelors degree in Social Work with 50% marks in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Social Work with 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized University.

Age Criteria

All the candidates need to meet up a certain criteria wrt age. The minimum age of an applicant at the time of application should be 21 years and maximum age should be 30 years. There are some exceptions to the age criteria where certain relaxations are provided according to various categories as mentioned below:

S. No	Category	Age Relaxation
A	Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe candidates	5 years
B	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates	3 years
C	Ex-servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/ SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) other than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability attributable to military service or on being declared as invalid	5 years
D	All persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in the state of J & K during 01.01.1980 and 31.12.1989	5 years
E	Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years
F	Persons with Disabilities (PWD)	PWD(SC-ST)–15years PWD(OBC)–13years PWD (Gen) –10 years

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.

A ‘NABARD Grade A’ officer receives a basic salary of 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. 55587/.

Each year NABARD releases a good number of vacancies for the post of ‘Assistant Manager’ in Grade ‘A’ category. This year also a similar or higher number of vacancies are expected to be released in the official notification which is expected to be released soon. You can refer to the below-mentioned table to get an idea of the expected vacancies by having a look at the vacancies for NABARD Grade ‘A’ officer for the year 2018:-

Sr. No.	Name of the Discipline Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) - Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’	No. of Vacancies
1	General	46
2	Animal	5
3	Husbandry	5
4	Economics	9
5	Environmental Engineering	2
6	Food Processing / Food Technology	4
7	Forestry	4
8	Land Development (Soil Science) / Agriculture	8
9	Minor Irrigation (Water Resources)	6
10	Social Work	3
Total-RDBS	Total-RDBS	92

The application is the first step in an examination process, once the notification of any exam gets released. It is one of the most important parts of the procedure and therefore you need to be well aware of the complete application process.

NABARD 2019 Step by Step Application Process -

• 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.
• Submit

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 later. 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. Following table specifies the various centres where the exam for the year 2018 was held:

States	Exam centers
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Chirala, Srikakulam, Guntur, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati, Kakinada, Chittor, Eluru, Vizianagaram.
Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun.
Assam	Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar	Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Biharsharif.
Chandigarh	Chandigarh-Mohali.
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Durg-Bhilai, Raipur.
Goa	Panaji-Mapusa, Verna.
Gujarat	Ahmedabad / Gandhinagar, Anand Himmatnagar, Mehsana, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Hisar, Faridabad, Gurga
Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kullu, Shimla, Solan, Una, Mandi, Kangra.
Jammu &Kashmir	Samba, Jammu, Srinagar.
Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi.
Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Dharwad, Hassan, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Bagalkot, Mandya.
Kerala	Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam/Kochi, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Pallakad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam.
Madhya Pradesh	Ujjain, Sagar, Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna.
Maharashtra	Aurangabad, Amravati, Kolhapur, Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai/Thane/Greater Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Satara, Ratnagiri, Chandrapur, Solapur, Latur, Dhule, Jalgaon.
Manipur	Imphal.
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl.
Nagaland	Kohima.
New Delhi	Delhi – NCR.
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Rourkela.
Puducherry	Puducherry, Cuddalore
Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Pathankot, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur.
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur, Alwar.
Sikkim	Gangtok.
Tamilnadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Thirupur, Erode, Virudhunagar, Dindigul, Namakkal, Nagercoil, Perambalur, Tuticorin.
Telangana	Hyderabad/Rangareddy, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam.
Tripura	Agartala.
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Noida/Greater Noida, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Sitapur, Varanasi.
Uttarakhand	Roorkee, Dehradun, Haldwani.
West Bengal	Asansol, Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata/Greater Kolkata, Siliguri

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 respective ‘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 call letter/ Information Handout etc. will be sent by post/ courier.

The notification for NABARD Grade A 2019 exam is expected to be released soon, therefore the exam dates are tentative and are subjected to changes later. Although, the dates are tentative, but they can be referred to while preparing a study plan as there are less chances of any major changes in the timetable, thus all aspirants should buck up and start preparing for this major exam. The dates will be confirmed once the official notification is released.

Events	Exam Dates (Expected)
Online Registration and Payment of Online Fees/Intimation Charges	March 2019 to April 2019
Last date for submission of online Applications	April 2019 (Time 23.59 hours)
Download of Phase I (Preliminary Exam) Admission Letters	April 2019 onwards
Phase I (Preliminary Exam) – Online Examination	May 2019
Phase II (Mains Exam) – Online Examination	Updated Soon
Result Declaration Date	Updated Soon

Preparing for NABARD Grade A 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 the current year and how much efforts should you be putting in to reach close to that score and maybe more. The previous year cut-off for the year 2017 is as follows:

Name of the Section	Post
	General		All other Disciplines
	SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD	Unreserved	SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD	Unreserved
Reasoning Ability	1.25	4.00	1.00	1.50
English Language	2.50	6.50	1.00	4.00
Quantitative Aptitude	1.00	3.00	1.00	1.00
Computer Knowledge	2.75	4.50	1.75	3.25
General Awareness	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Economic & Social Issues	1.00	2.00	1.00	1.25
Agriculture & Rural Development	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.25

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.

Good preparation should start with a good note of optimism, focussed 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.

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

To be in a position to score well in the final stages, to 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 preparation are mentioned below:

Paper	Subject	Book
Economic and Social Issues	Indian Economy	Uma Kapila or Mishra Puri
	Indian Economy	Ramesh Singh
	Sociology	CN Shankar Rao
Finance & Management	Agriculture at a Glance	R K Sharma and S K Bhoi
	Rural Development	GPH Panel of  Experts
Quantitative Aptitude	Quicker Mathematics	BSC Publications
	Quantitative Aptitude	RS Agarwal
	Class Notes	SS Bharti
Reasoning Ability	A modern approach to verbal & Non-verbal reasoning	R.S. Agarwal
	Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning	S.Chand
	Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning	Arihant Publication
English Language	English Grammar	Wren & Martin
	Made Easy for English	Norman Lewis
	Descriptive General English	SP Bakshi
General Awareness	Lucent GK Knowledge	Lucent Publication

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’ 2019 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:

• More than 270+ Video lessons on different topics of all the seven sections of NABARD Grade A/B Phase I Examination
• Study Notes wherever required to supplement or ease learning
• Approx. 4000+ Practice Questions in the form of Concept clearing questions after each video lesson, Section tests, and Mock Tests.
• 10 section tests for each of the subjects
• 10 Full-Length Mock Tests based on exact exam pattern and difficulty level.
• NABARD Bee-Online Course for NABARD Grade A/B 2019 also covers the entire syllabus for Mains (Phase II) Exam.

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 upcoming 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/B 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.

Question. Can those students who are appearing in Final year of Graduation apply for any post in NABARD Grade ‘A’ recruitment?

Answer. Yes. Those who are in the final year of their Graduation / Semester may also apply provisionally, subject to the condition that, if called for Document Verification they will have to produce proof of having passed the Graduation examination on or before 1st March.

Question: In NABARD Grade A exam, can I choose Hindi language as the exam language?

Answer Yes, NABARD Grade A exam is bilingual (i.e, Hindi & English) exam. You can choose your preferred language either Hindi or English.

Question: Is the NABARD Grade ‘A’ examination in ONLINE or OFFLINE mode?

Answer. NABARD Grade A 2019 exam will be in online mode.

Question: Is there any sectional CUT-OFF in NABARD Grade A Exam?

Answer. Yes. NABARD Grade A exam will have sectional cut-off along with the overall cut off.

Question: Is NABARD Grade A Officer Job transferable?

Answer: Yes, but only after completing the initial 5 years of posting. You are liable to be posted anywhere in India but you may get at least one/two postings in your own state.

Question: How many attempts are there in NABARD Grade ‘A’?

Answer: There is no restriction on the number of attempts in NABARD Grade ‘A’ Exam.

Question: What is the age limit for the NABARD Grade ‘A’ post?

Answer: The minimum age of the candidates must be 21 years & maximum age limit is 30 years as on 1st March 2019.