NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Analysis 2024, Review Questions Asked

The NABARD Grade A Mains Exam 2024 was successfully conducted on 20th October 2024, opening doors for aspirants to become agricultural and rural banking sector officers. This NABARD Grade A Phase 2 exam examined the candidates’ deep knowledge of economic, social, and rural development issues. Candidates therefore faced a mix of questions related to the concepts, and those demanding analytical thinking throughout sections. Read on to learn about the difficulty level, section-wise analysis, and more.

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Analysis 2024

NABARD Grade A Mains 2024 exam tested the preparation of the candidates with objective and descriptive questions. The exam examined the knowledge and writing skills of the candidates objectively and theoretically. They were required to pen essays, letters, and reports. The Paper 2 for Generalist Posts emphasized Economic and Social Issues (ESI) and Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD). The questions were primarily about rural policies, financial inclusion, and current issues. On the other hand, Paper 2 for Specialist Posts attracted stream-specific questions. These questions centered around fundamental subject knowledge

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam Analysis 2024: Difficulty Level

As per the feedback of many candidates who took the exam, the exam was of moderate difficulty level. Paper 2 featured some difficult questions, while the General English section was fairly easy. Paper 2 attracted some difficult questions in the objective section. So, an in-depth knowledge was required to answer them. Candidates aiming for specialist posts encountered some difficulty with the stream-specific questions. These questions demanded a solid grasp of concepts.

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Analysis 2024: Difficulty Level	Generalist	Specialist
Paper 1: General English	Easy to Moderate
Paper 2: ESI & ARD or Stream Specific
Objective	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate
Descriptive	Easy to Moderate	Moderate
Overall	Moderate	Moderate

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Analysis 2024: Section-wise Analysis

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam contained Paper 1 (Paper 1 (General English) and Paper 2 (subject-specific) as always. In the English section, as discussed above, the candidates had to write essays, business letters and reports about current economic, agricultural, and social issues. In Paper 2, the candidates were tested with different types of objective questions on topics related to ESI and ARD. These questions were followed by descriptive questions that called for detailed analysis. Specialist candidates had to face domain-specific questions related to their respective streams.

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam Analysis 2024: General English

The General English section tested candidates’ language skills with topics like financial inclusion, sustainable agriculture, and rural entrepreneurship. They were tasked with writing essays, letters, or reports. This part tested their focus while writing and their ability to express ideas coherently. Check out the table below to learn about all the topics that became part of the GE section:

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam Analysis 2024: General English	Marks	Word Limit	Topics
Letter Writing	30	220 words	– Letter to Municipal Office about damaged roads and necessary actions – Faulty electronic device refund – Complaint letter to an organization regarding a faulty electronic device – Letter to a newspaper
Essay Writing	40	520 words	– Credit Facilities for Sustainable Agriculture – Role of rural youth in education, entrepreneurship and social issues – Fisheries and its role in GDP – Forestry-related
Precis Writing	30	120 words	– Ethiopian Water Harvesting, Crisis & Management

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam Analysis 2024: Stream Specific (Objective & Descriptive)

Candidates appearing for specialist roles answered questions specific to their stream, like agriculture engineering, forestry, or IT. The descriptive part tested their knowledge of recent advancements and trends in their respective domains.

Agriculture

15 Marker Questions:

• What are the conditions of Indian Agriculture? What are the government initiatives for boosting agri-development in the country?
• Define Protected cultivation concerning horticulture, horticulture & Forestry
• What is crop insurance & role of agri cooperatives in agriculture

10 Marker Questions:

• What is dryland farming? What is the watershed, its importance & classification of the watershed?
• What is Agriculture extension? What is the role of KVK in extension & how does extension help transfer technology?

2 marker Questions:
(A) Paragraph on Agroforestry

• Type of forestry – Taungya system, Kumari, etc.
• Characteristics of Agroforestry trees – High Growth No allelopathy

(B) Paragraph on Poultry

• Poultry meat as a percentage of total meat production – 51%
• Average egg per capita – 101

(C) Paragraph on MGNREGA+PLFS

1. Low employment and high use of MGNREGA funds list of states

• Goa, Kerala, Meghalaya
• Haryana, Gujarat, Kerala

2. Rural worker population ratio and rural unemployment rate

• Increasing and Decreasing

3. Three solutions of farmers problem

• None of the above (?)
• Growing Income and Stabilizing Income (?)

(D) Paragraph on PM JANMAN and PM JUGA

1. Objectives of PM JUGA(DAJGUJA)

• All 4 objective

2. What was the name of the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes

• Tribal Sub-Plan

3. Innovative schemes under PM JUGA

• Tribal Home Stay, Sustainable Livelihood for Forest Right Holders, Improving Infrastructure of Government Residential Schools and Hostels
• Only 2 were correct

(E) Paragraph on cropping system

1. Rabi crop – Chickpea
2. Type of cropping – Multiple Cropping
3. Total percentage of population dependent on agriculture – 45-58%

(F) Paragraph on SEZ (ZONES)

1. Total SEZs – 272
2. What are the objectives of these zones (Wrong one – Only Manufacturing/Correct – No import license required)
3. Scheme funding pattern changed to – 25% (?)

(G) NABARD 10 Crore Cooperative Development Fund

1. NABARD give Funds to _____ and RRBs.

• Answer- DCCBs(?), PACS(?)

2. Funding will be utilized for.

• All of the above (?)

1 Marker Questions:

1. Answer – National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture

2. National Mission on Natural Farming Main Objectives

• Certification is done under NMNF (Correct)
• All of the Above

3. Core of Agriculture Extension – FARMER

4. Kisan Suvidha App

5. Which one of the following is a drought breed of cattle? – Haliker

6. Small farmer definition – 1-2 Ha

7. Panchayat – 5 years

8. JP Morgan and Hot Money

9. Agri Clinics – (All)?

10. SANSAD AADARSH GRAM – (All)?

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam Analysis 2024: ESI & ARD (Objective & Descriptive)

The objective questions NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam covered topics like government schemes, inflation trends, microfinance, and the role of agriculture in GDP. The descriptive part required analytical answers on recent rural development programs and financial reforms.

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam Analysis 2024: Paper 2	Topics Covered
Objective Part	– PM-JUGA – MNREGA – NRLM – PLFS
Descriptive Part	15 marker questions: – Horticulture – Role of Post Harvest Management, Value Addition and Supply Chain (COMPULSORY) – Post-harvest infrastructure, value addition & storage importance in agriculture – From 2014-2024 India has gone through financial inclusion. List government initiatives with progress.
	10 marker questions: -Give Aim and Objective of 2 Schemes: PM Vishwakarma scheme & PM Svamitva scheme (COMPULSORY) – How storage facilities enhance income in agriculture & their relation to productivity – Short Note on Dryland Agriculture.

Development Management

15 Marker Questions:

• Cooperative Marketing & its importance in rural India
• Income Inequality & its Reason
• Lewis theory of Population

10 Marker Questions:

• Measures of poverty reduction
• Rostow’s model of economic growth

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