NABARD Gr A: 5 Important Quant Topics

NABARD Grade A 2021 Exam: The quantitative section does not have the same weightage as other banking exams. There will be 20 questions for 20 marks in phase 1 of NABARD Grade A. Nonetheless, it’s still imperative to get quant questions right as it will affect your overall journey as we advance in these exams. In this article, we will share the top 5 quantitative aptitude topics which you shouldn’t miss at any cost whatsoever.   

Key Points for today’s blog:

  • What are these five important quant topics?
  • What’s the safe bet to secure qualifying marks?
  • Why are these topics important?
  • How to prepare these topics?
  • How are these topics related to solving other quant topics as well?

What are these five essential quant topics?

Note: Data Interpretation is obviously included here. It hasn’t been mentioned separately because these five topics will indirectly cover DI.   

What’s the safe bet to secure qualifying marks?

Ideally, we don’t know what should be the ideal score for the quants section. However, getting 8-10 questions is being considered a safe bet. In order to get 8-10 questions correct, you will have to cover the five mentioned quant topics with utmost sincerity.   

Why are these topics important?

The justification for these topics lies in their comparison of last year’s NABARD papers.  

Topic Wise Comparison Year Wise

Exam Year Simplification Number/Wrong Series Quadratic Equation Percentage Ratio Data Interpretation
NABARD Grade A 2017 5 3 2 5
NABARD Grade A 2018 4 4 5
NABARD Grade A 2019 3 3 1 6
NABARD Grade A 2020 3 3 3 3

The above table represents the importance of all these 5 or 6 topics which are crucial from the examiner’s point of view.  

How to prepare these topics?

Simplification Tips and Tricks

  • Learn to make tables by yourself – For example – make the table of 87 using speed math tricks. This way you will not have to mug up the tables.
  • Sum, sub, multiply, divide
  • Square values till 25, Cube values till at least 20, Square roots, Cube root
  • Basic fractions
  • Basic percentage and ratio

Some resources for speed maths 

List of cube values till 30

Number Cube Value Number Cube Value
1 1 16 4096
2 8 17 4913
3 27 18 5832
4 64 19 6859
5 125 20 8000
6 216 21 9261
7 343 22 10648
8 512 23 12617
9 729 24 13284
10 1000 25 15625
11 1331 26 17576
12 1728 27 19683
13 2197 28 21952
14 2744 29 24389
15 3375 30 27000

List of the percentages and their fractional values till 15

1/1 1 100%
1/2 0.5 50%
1/3 0.33 33.33%
1/4 0.25 25%
1/5 0.2 20%
1/6 0.167 16.7%
1/7 0.143 14.3%
1/8 0.125 12.5%
1/9 0.11 11.11%
1/10 0.1 10%
1/11 0.0909 9.09%
1/12 0.083 8.33%
1/13 0.077 7.7%
1/14 0.0714 7.14%
1/15 0.0667 6.67%

Number Series Tips & Tricks

A question of number/wrong terms series  

Direction: Find the wrong term in the given series: 800, 678, 579, 497, 434, 385, 349 

  1. 494
  1. 385
  1. 800
  1. 579
  1. 349

Things to learn: 

  • Logics – Notice the pattern of the series. If it’s based on addition, subtraction, cubes, square, etc.
  • Sequence to implement these logics – Follow a step-based protocol for recognizing the sequence.

Step-based protocol for sequences (Missing terms) 

  1. Check if the sequence is based on square, cube, square +, sqaure -, cube +, cube –
  1. Check if the sequence is based on Multiplication +-, Division +-
  1. Look for double/triple series is being used
  1. Look for illogical series is given (rarely given)

Now look for logics as well during these steps. However, for wrong term series you can directly just follow the steps.  

Percentage tips & tricks

  • Learn about conversion of fraction into percentage
  • Learn about conversion of percentage into fraction
  • Focus on conceptual building as percentage can help you in solving a lot of quant questions apart from this very topic.

Ratio tips & tricks

Ratios are all about learning about basic formations. There are many basic rules you can learn such as – if we multiply or divide the ratio by same number it doesn’t change, if we add the same number in the ratio it will change, etc.  

DI Topics to cover

  • Tabular graph
  • Line graph
  • Bar graph
  • Pie Chart
  • Mixed DI
  • Case-let DI
  • Missing DI
  • Arithmetic base DI

Conclusion

Start with the basics and then move to the advanced level. Focus on conceptual learning first. Implement speed math methods instead of just learning them. Take regular free mocks at your convenience.
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Vishwas Agarwal

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