Every year, NABARD recruits for various roles at all of its offices across India. The exam is held for the positions of Assistant Manager in Grade “A” (RDBS/Rajbhasha), and P & SS. Thousands of applicants look forward to this chance of starting their professional journeys with the banking industry. 

Three steps make up the selection process for these positions: the Prelims exam, the Mains exam, and an Interview. The National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD) released the NABARD Grade A Notification on 12th July 2022. For this year, 170 vacant jobs will be filled by recruiting Assistant Managers, according to the recruitment notice. The NABARD Grade A Prelims was conducted on 7th September 2022 and the NABARD Grade A Mains exam was held on 29th October 2022. 

The following article gives an analysis given by the experts after considering the exam format, the sample questions from the previous year, and the feedback from candidates. This analysis can be used to evaluate the performance of the candidates and to get a thorough breakdown of the good attempts, and for future aspirants to know the important topics to be covered for the exam. This can be treated as a practice test for applicants preparing for the upcoming NABARD exam.

The aspirants can get a detailed list of NABARD Grade A Books to prepare thoroughly for the exam.

NABARD Grade A 2022: Exam Analysis Prelims

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022 was held successfully on 7th September 2022 in two shifts. All sections of the Prelims Paper are bilingual in nature that is conducted in both Hindi and English. The Prelims exam consists of 200 questions for 200 marks. The exam is conducted for a total time duration of 2 hours. Before analysing the exam, here we have given below the exam pattern of the NABARD Grade A Prelims exam:

The detailed NABARD Grade A Exam Pattern can be found in the linked article.

The overall analysis of the NABARD Grade A Prelims conducted on 7th September 2022 for both shifts is given below:

It is to be noted that the exam analysis of the NABARD Exam will help aspirants to prepare a comprehensive strategy for the preparation of the exam. The following points will be helpful for the future aspirants.

The highlights of the NABARD Grade A Prelims exam, based on the feedback of the candidates who took the exam is given below:

• The overall difficulty level of the Prelims was moderate.
• The English section was easy for both the shifts.
• The Reasoning Ability section was of an easy to moderate level.
• Quantitative Aptitude was moderate in terms of the difficulty level.
• Computer Awareness test was surprisingly simple.

The NABARD Grade A Exam Dates were declared along with the official notification. Candidates are advised to check the official website to check the details of the exam.

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: Subject-Wise Paper Analysis

Candidates can get a sense of the exam’s difficulty level by looking at the analysis of its difficulty for the exam conducted on 7th of September 2022. Analysis of the Prelims paper is given in detail taking one section at a time.

Candidates can check the NABARD Grade A Eligibility by visiting the link attached.

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: English Language: 

The English language section of NABARD Grade A Prelims was of easy to moderate level. For information on the level of difficulty and maximum attempts for this part, see the table below:

There were no major surprises in this section. The questions were along the expected lines. The questions from this section were Easy to Moderate in difficulty level.

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: Reasoning Ability

The detailed analysis of the reasoning section is given below

The NABARD Grade A Prelims Reasoning Ability section had questions of medium level of difficulty. There were a total of 20 questions from this section and they were scoring in nature.

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: Quantitative Aptitude

The NABARD Grade A Prelims Quantitative Aptitude section had a medium difficulty level. There were 20 questions from major four areas:

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: Decision Making

• Decision-making section was one of the topics asked with 10 mark questions in NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022, which had a medium level of difficulty. 
• Two to three questions from this section were very general in nature and easily solvable.
• The remaining questions were based on Decision-Making topics such as management and types of Bias.
• There were no surprises in this section, as questions were on similar lines as last year.
• To prepare for the questions involving decision-making abilities, applicants must practise this part extensively.

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: Computer Awareness

• The section on Computer Awareness had an overall difficulty level ranging from moderate to challenging. 
• The section had 20 questions for 20 marks.
• Choosing the right set of questions would have been a challenge for the candidates.
• The questions from this section varied across different topics, some of them were:
  • MS Word & MS Excel 
  • Full Forms
  • Short cut keys
  • Computer Language

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: Economic and Social Issues

• The section on Social and Economic Issues was on an easy to moderate difficulty level. 
• The section has 40 questions for 40 marks.
• The majority of the questions were factual in nature and from the current affairs of last six months. No conceptual questions were asked.
• In-depth factual questions were majorly from the following topics: 
  • Budget, 
  • Latest Schemes and Initiatives, 
  • Social Justice 
  • Agriculture based schemes
• Candidates who prepared current affairs thoroughly focussing on the facts and numbers must have fount the section easy.

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: Agriculture and Rural Development

• This section also had 40 question for 40 marks and there were also no surprises for this section.
• Agriculture and Rural Development section was moderate in terms of overall difficulty level.
• There was a great mix of questions asked in the exam. It covered every section of the curriculum (static, current affairs, schemes, reports etc).
• There were questions from the following topics:
  • Soil
  • Irrigation system 
  • Current Government programmes and reports
  • Agri trends-related questions in the news
  • Static Questions: 14-16 questions on Nutrients & Diseases based topics

NABARD Grade A Prelims 2022: General Awareness

• This section had 20 questions for 20 marks which were moderate in difficulty level. 
• In general the section covered current affairs questions which were mostly from the last 3-4 months. 
• Factual questions were also asked with 1-2 static GK questions in Shift 1. 
• Every possible area was represented in the General Awareness Section.
• Some of the questions from the ESI current affairs section also overlapped in this section.
• Some of the questions asked in the exam are given below:

Candidates who are preparing for the NABARD Exam will find the following links helpful:

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NABARD Grade A Prelims: Previous Years Analsysis

Exam Analysis of NABARD Grade A 2021: The difficulty level of the exam is given below:

Exam Analysis of NABARD Grade A 2019:

If candidates are preparing for NABARD exam, they must also know more about RBI Exams conducted every year, by visiting the linked article.

NABARD Grade A Mains 2022 Exam Analysis

The NABARD Grade A Prelims result was announced on 3rd October 2022. The candidates who qualified the first stage were required to appear in the second stage of the exam, the Mains exam. The NABARD Grade A Mains exam was conducted on 29th October 2022. Given below we have provided the analysis of the exam for the aspirant of the upcoming exam. But before discussing the exam questions and level of difficulty of th exam let us first know the Mains Exam Pattern for the NABARD Grade A Exam:

The highlights of the Mains exam for the NABARD Grade A exam are as follows:

• There are two parts to the Mains exam: Paper 1 and Paper 2. 
• Paper 2 asks questions in the MCQ format, Paper 1 assesses the candidate’s ability to write answers. 
• Students with strong writing skills and an understanding of current affairs found the questions easy.
• Questions on the topics of Agriculture and Rural Development and Economic and Social Issues (ESI) were included in the descriptive and multiple-choice question sections.
• The overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate.
• Topics for essays and detailed writing topics were of an easy to moderate difficulty.

To know more about the upcoming Bank Exams, visit the linked article.

NABARD Grade A Mains Analysis 2022: Subject Wise Paper Analysis

The exam analysis for each of the subject asked in the exam is given below in detail.

Candidates are advised to go through them thoroughly and prepare an effective preparation strategy.

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Analysis: Agriculture & Rural Development

There were 10 questions each for 1 mark (mostly current affairs) and 20 passage-based questions for 2 marks. Some of the descriptive questions were as follows:

• What is National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)? Explain its key features.
• Give a brief idea about Matsya Sampada Yojana. Explains its components.

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Analysis: Economics & Social Issue

The majority of questions from this subject were on current affairs, issues, and important government programmes and initiatives. Below are a few of the descriptive questions asked:

• How globalization has affected Indian Economy?
• What do you mean by social forestry? What are its objectives, components, and benefits?
• What do you mean by PDS System? What are its benefit and limitations?

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Analysis: Descriptive English

The subject is divided into three parts: Letter writing, Essay writing and Precis writing:

Precis Writing:

• A paragraph has to be summarised in 130 words. The paragraph was on the topics: Viability of electric vehicles. Are they cost-efficient or not? Are they really good for the environment?

Essay Writing:

• An essay of 300 words is to be written which consists of 40 marks. The following topics were given to write and essay:
  • Discuss the issues plaguing the Manufacturing sector of India.
  • What is a better mode of transport for agricultural products- roadways and railways?
  • Discuss the effects of Climate change on biodiversity and wildlife.
  • Education is a reason why youth does not take part in Agriculture. Analyze and review.

Letter Writing:

• A formal letter of 150 words has to be written on any one of the following topics:
  • Write a letter to your manager to congratulate him for being promoted and apprise him of his role in your career.
  • Write a letter to your resident welfare association to review its disaster response procedure.
  • Write a letter to customer care of a furniture shop. You bought something which was found to be of the wrong size after unboxing it. Write a letter asking for a replacement for the same.

NABARD Grade A Mains Expected Cut Off

The NABARD Grade A Cut Off marks for MAisn are not released yet. But we have provided the expected cut off list for NABARD Grade A Exam to help aspirants gauge their performance. 

Able guidance from the experts at BYJU’S can be extremely beneficial for the preparation of these government exams. Candidates must be consistent in their efforts and concentrate more on the objective at hand in order to pass the exam with relative ease.

Candidates who are preparing for such bank exams should visit BYJU’S for details on exam formats, criteria, notifications, and other relevant information.

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