Everything you Need to About NABARD Grade A 2024 Exam

PAWAN KUMAR Published on 29 January 2024

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Many hopefuls dream of joining an enviable institution such as NABARD through passing the exam conducted for the purpose of recruiting NABARD grade A as well as Grade B staff at an national scale.

In the Grade A and Grade B selections and the selection of the most qualified and competent potential candidates.

The chosen applicants are charged with carrying out NABARD's mission to promote sustainable agriculture and economic prosperity for rural communities across India.

With the magnitude of the responsibility that falls on those who are Grade A and Officers of Grade B, it's natural to understand that NABARD's Grade A and Grade B tests must not be taken lightly.

Candidates who pass the Grade A test are employed as assistant managers at NABARD and those who pass the Grade B exam are assigned to the position of managers.

If you're looking to study for the NABARD Grade A and B exam in 2023 We have given you all the details concerning these forthcoming exams.


NABARD Full Form

NABARD can be an abbreviation of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. Like the name implies, NABARD is a development bank, which was created to support the growth of agriculture, small scale industries, and economic activity in rural areas by offering and the regulation of credit to these areas.

In a brief discussion of its development, the RBI on the advice of the GOI established an advisory committee to review the arrangements in the context of Institutional Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development (CRAFICARD).

The recommendations of the committee that was created on March 30, 1979 under the chairmanship of Shri B. Sivaraman led to the creation of NABARD on July 12, 1982 (under Act 61 of 1981) . of the committee that was formed on 30 March 1979 under Act 61 of 1981.


NABARD Grade A & Grade B 2024: Job Profile

Once you are selected as an Assistant Manager (Grade A), you can be assigned to any department in the bank irrespective of your qualification. NABARD has a bureaucratic work culture. So, you’ll have to report to the Chief General Manager (CGM).

Similarly, when you join NABARD as a Grade B Officer you are appointed to the post of Manager. You’re entrusted with different responsibilities like granting loans to facilitating inter-departmental works.


NABARD Grade A 2024: Eligibility Criteria


The announcement for NABARD Grade A in 2023 was released on September 02nd, 2023. In the extensive document, there is an extensive information about all aspects of eligibility, including the age limit, educational qualifications Relaxations, etc.

To give you an notion of how to meet the NABARD Grade A-2023 Eligibility guidelines I will provide the pertinent information in the notice.

According to the Grade A 2023 exam announcement, candidates should satisfy the following requirements in order to be able to apply to NABARD recruitments:

1) Age Eligibility (as of 01 September 2023)

It is required that you are between the ages of 21 and 30 old at the time of the 01 September 2023 date, i.e. you should be born no before 02-09-1993 but not later than 01-09-1902.

2) Educational Qualification

To be able to apply for an Grade A position in the General stream RDBS the educational requirements needed by the candidate are one or one of these:

  1. Bachelor's Degree that has a minimum of 60 percentage points (SC/ST/PWBD candidates -55 percent) overall in aggregate in aggregate
  2. Postgraduate degree, MBA/PGDM requiring a minimum of 55 percentage marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 50%) in total OR CA/CS/ICWA OR Ph.D. in a university recognized by the UGC/GOI.


NABARD Grade A & B 2023: Exam Pattern


The details regarding the latest exam pattern for NABARD Grade A 2023 has been mentioned in the official notification of the exam. 

Phase I – Preliminary Examination


The Prelims Examination of Grade A will be conducted online.

Objective Type: MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) carrying 200 marks.

Duration: 120 Minutes Composite Time

Total Marks: 200

I) Test of Reasoning – 20 questions – 20 marks

II) English Language – 30 questions – 30 marks

III) Computer Knowledge – 20 questions – 20 marks

IV) Quantitative Aptitude – 20 questions – 20 marks

V) Decision Making– 10 questions – 10 marks

VI) General awareness – 20 questions – 20 marks

VII) Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) – 40 questions – 40 marks

VIII) Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) – 40 questions- 40 marks


Phase II Mains Exam

It is expected that the Mains Examination of NABARD Grade A will be conducted online and will consist of two exams.

Paper-I

General English: (Descriptive - online via keyboard)

The exam will include questions on descriptive nature that will carry 100 marks.

Time: 1 1/2 hour

Paper I is the same across all disciplines.

Paper II (Objective as and descriptive):

Social and Economic Issues For General Discipline

Agriculture & Rural Development

Duration: 2 hrs. 100 marks

If we now talk of the NABARD Grade B Examination Structure it's exactly identical to those who took the NABARD Grade A examination. everything from Phase 1 to Phase 2 topics, the time durations, and the highest marks for each of the exams, are all exactly the identical.