NABARD Grade A: Job Role & Exam Pattern

NABARD Grade A 2021 Exam: The official notification is now out for NABARD Grade A jobs under various job roles. The last date to apply online is August 7, 2021. In this article we will mention all the necessary details about the eligibility criteria, job roles, and exam pattern. 

Responsibility & Job Role for Technical Disciplines

Sr. No.	Technical disciplines	Skill sets/nature of work
1	Computer and Information Technology	Security /Analytics /Database Administration /Application Development/ Networking /Server Management and related fields/ Database Analysis (MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL).
2	Finance	Treasury Management /Risk management/Handling of regulatory and/or statutory compliances for public issues, retail bonds, etc.
3	Agriculture Agriculture Engineering Animal Husbandry Fisheries Forestry Horticulture LD – Soil Sci. Minor Irrigation/ Water Resources	i. Identifying and mapping of resource potential under related sectors and sub sectors of rural economy and SWOT analysis thereof, credit-linked planning, preparation of sectoral papers, State Focus Papers, etc. ii. Meeting requests from client institutions, especially Banks and Government Departments, for periodic updating of techno-financial parameters and unit costs of various developmental activities. iii. Provision of expert views, advisory services, consultancy, etc. to individual entrepreneurs, Corporates, institutions, Government Departments etc. seeking such advice. This may be in contexts of preparation of DPRs, standardisation of techno-financial norms with specific reference to new agri-business ventures such as high value agriculture, value chain financing, processing and value addition, organic farming, etc. iv. Liaison with National / Regional Research Institutes to support their R&D interventions to develop solutions to field level technical /operational problems and innovative technologies. v. Liaison with Line Departments of Central as well as State Governments, ICAR, and State Universities of related disciplines. vi. Advisory services at District/State/National level in operationalization of several Government sponsored schemes pertaining to related disciplines. vii. Representation on various technical committees/ sub-groups constituted by State / National Level institutions etc. towards policy advocacy. viii. Provision, and simultaneous internal capacity building, in the emerging areas of NABARD’s interest and projects being implemented by NABARD requiring specialisations / expertise from related discipline. ix. Miscellaneous areas – suggestions / advice for effective policy formulations and business plans, Appraisal & Monitoring of proposals having NABARD’s interest and/or involvement. Documentation of Success stories and dissemination technology for replication. Any support related to technical discipline sought from time to time.

Exam Pattern for NABARD Grade A

The selection procedure is divided in three phases.  

• Prelims
• Mains
• Interview

NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Pattern

S. No.	Subjects	Maximum Marks
1.	Test of Reasoning	20 Marks
2.	English Language	30 Marks
3.	Computer Knowledge	20 Marks
4.	General Awareness	20 Marks
5.	Quantitative Aptitude	20 Marks
6.	Decision Making	10 Marks
7.	Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India)	40 Marks
8.	Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India)	40 Marks
Total Marks	200 Marks

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Pattern (General)

Subjects	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Paper-I (Descriptive Test)	3	100 Marks	90 Minutes
Paper-II: Objective	30	50 Marks	30 Minutes
Descriptive (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]	4	50 Marks	90 Minutes
Total	37	200 marks	3 hours 30 min

Rajbhasha mains exam pattern

Subjects	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Paper-I (Descriptive Test)	3	100 Marks	90 Minutes
Paper-II: Objective (Proficiency in Hindi including Translation from English to Hindi and Vice versa)	30	50 Marks	30 Minutes
Descriptive (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]	4	50 Marks	90 Minutes
Total	37	200 marks	3 hours 30 min

Legal service mains exam pattern

Subjects	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Paper-I (Descriptive Test)	3	100 Marks	90 Minutes
Paper-II: Objective (Interpretation of various Laws viz., Banking, Negotiable Instruments, Company, Industrial and Cooperative Laws, Cyber laws, Commerce/Property transactions, Rural non-life insurance, direct financing, staff matters and good experience in drafting various types of documents.)	30	50 Marks	30 Minutes
Descriptive (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]	4	50 Marks	90 Minutes
Total	37	200 marks	3 hours 30 min

Interview Process

Candidates chosen post mains will have to appear for the final round of interviews. The calling Ratio to qualify for the main examination and interview would be a maximum of 1:25 and 1:3, respectively. The interview round will consist of 50 marks in total.  

Conclusion

Theer are a few notable changes made by the NABARD this year. The descriptive tests are now added which wasn’t the case earlier. A section for decision making is now also introduced. The interview round will now make up for 50 marks.

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