NABARD Grade A 2023 Phase I Exam Preparation Strategy

NABARD Grade A 2023 exam notification is not out yet thus, the vacancies, exam pattern and other important details are under the cloud. However, we will keep the aspirants posted once the actual notification will be released. The NABARD Grade A 2023 recruitment notification is expected to be out in the month of May or June. The actual vacanies will be out then. For all the serious aspirants we have got NABARD Grade A free mock test live. Candidates must attempt this free mock test to know their initial exam preparation level. We assume that by now all serious candidates must have started their NABARD Grade A exam preparation. Thus we are here with this article of NABARD Grade A 2023 Phase I Exam Preparation Strategy in order to help the aspirants to prepare better.

Those who are new to this exam can learn more about NABARD Grade A job profile and responsibilities. Before starting with the preparation strategy, let’s first take a sneak peek into the exam pattern for Phase I.

NABARD Grade A Phase I Exam Pattern

There are seven sections in this exam comprising of a total 200 marks. This phase has both sectional as well as overall cut-offs and is a qualifying stage.

Section	Marks
Test of Reasoning	20
English Language	40
Computer Knowledge	20
General Awareness	20
Quantitative Aptitude	20
Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India)	40
Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India)	40
Total	200

NOTE: NABARD Grade A 2023 recruitment notification has not been released yet, thus this exam pattern is based on previous year’s notification.

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As you can see from the exam pattern that there are special sections in NABARD Grade A exam which are Economic & Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development respectively. Moreover, these two sections carry the most weightage in respect to the other sections so giving importance to these should be of prime concern.

During the course of your NABARD Grade A 2023 Phase I try and manage to study for at least 3 hours a day and try to devote even more time during weekends.

• During weekends one should dedicate their time solely towards preparing for the sections Agricultural and Rural Development; Economic and Social Issues. Preparing notes while studying is important as it gives you an edge above other aspirants especially during the time of revision.
• Don’t underestimate the importance of mock tests. Aspirants must take mock tests every alternate day and need to analyse it properly. Analysing a mock test is equally important as taking it.
• Try and complete the syllabus for both Agricultural and Rural Development and Economic and Social Issues.

Though Agricultural and Rural Development and Economic and Social Issues are important topics, but one must not forget about other sections too including General Awareness and Computer Knowledge. As far as the preparation strategy for the last week specifically before the exam is concerned try and follow the below mentioned schedule:

Day 1: Plan to study Current Affairs for at least 2 months. Basically, as far as current affairs are concerned aspirants must cover current affairs of 4 to 6 months before the NABARD Grade A 2023 exam.

Day 2: Current Affairs for remaining months depending upon what all months you have already covered.

Day 3: Current Affairs – Static Banking and Banking affairs for last 4 months.

Day 4: Current Affairs – Static GK

Day 5: Computer Basics

Day 6: Revise Agricultural and Rural Development from the notes you created

Day 7:  Revise Economic and Social Issues

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NABARD Grade A Preparation Resources

Now since, you know the exam pattern and also have got the idea as how to prepare for the last week before the NABARD Grade A 2023 exam, it’s time for aspirants to check onto the syllabus and preparation resources. Here is the detailed NABARD Grade A 2023 syllabus.

As far as preparation resources are concerned mentioned below are the books etc that one can take up to study for the NABARD Grade A 2023 exam.

Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and English Language

If we talk about these three sections then we would suggest you go for mock tests only. The more mock tests you attempt the more you will be able to get the hang of the concepts better. Take a free mock test of NABARD Grade A Prelims today and analyse your performance on the basis of that.

If you still have any doubts then go through NABARD Grade A 2023-Section-wise Tips.

Agriculture and Rural Development

There is no single book or course material that would cover the entire syllabus for this, however you would have to take into account multiple sources to prepare to prepare for Agriculture and Rural Development section. Some of the important books and resources are:

• “Agriculture at a Glance” A significant portion of Agriculture and Rural Development is being given in this book.
• IGNOU notes would help for Rural Development.
• Cover chapters on Agriculture and Rural sector in this year’s Economic Survey.
• Allocation towards Agriculture and Rural sector and the schemes for the aforesaid in last years’ Union Budget.
• One should know about the role of NABARD in Agriculture and Rural Financing, Rural Banking and Rural Development.
• Relevant articles in Kurukshetra and Yojana magazines of last six months are to be read.
• Read relevant chapters of India (2018) book.

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General Awareness

• Current Affairs of last 4 to 6 months. Checkout our monthly editions of Bazooka to help aspirants prepare the Current Affairs section well.
• Download PracticeMock App for updates on Current Affairs quizzes. Attempt these quizzes on a regular basis and stay updated.
• Static Banking – Free banking notes and quizzes from GK today can be studied. PracticeMock app lets you attempt free quizzes on a regular basis. keep attempting those who stay a cut above.
• GK Magazines – Reading magazines particularly related to GK have a great significance when it comes to connecting with this subject.
• Mock Tests – Keep practicing mock tests as therein you will find questions based on the latest exam pattern including new type of questions well.

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Economic and Social Issues

These can be divided into three parts:

• Static Economy – Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh or Indian Economy by Mishra and Puri. Topics including Economic Reforms in India, Inflation, WTO, Globalisation and Privatisation can be covered from either of the two books mentioned.
• Social Issues – Topics such as Population, Unemployment and Poverty can be covered from Class XI Economics NCERT book.
• Current Economic and Social Issues – Union Budget, Economic Survey, Kurukshetra/Yojana magazines, Indian Economy edition of Pratoyogita Darpan and India (2018) book.

Above all, daily newspaper habit shall bring lot of good to you. It will not only help aspirants in their daily preparation about current affairs and English language etc, but will also help you in numerous ways. Candidates can take help from our Daily Hindu editorials articles in which we list editorials from The Hindu and mark difficult words along with their meanings.

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Computer Knowledge

Any computer book for banking exam preparation can be taken up.

Nabard Grade A 2023 ESI and ARD Non Video Course + Tests with Expert Review

• Economic & Social Issues (ESI)
• Agriculture & Rural Development-Study & Revision Notes+Chapter Wise Quizzes
• 10 Complete Mock Tests for Phase 1 Exam
• 15 Mock Tests for Phase 2 Paper 2 (10 Objective + 5 Descriptive with Expert Review)

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