NABARD Grade A 2023-Section-wise Tips

The NABARD Grade-A Exam notification to recruit Assistant Manager in Grade A Phase 1 or Prelims Exam 2023 will knock at your door soon. Do you want to prepare well so as to clear the upcoming NABARD Grade A 2023 exam? As there is a lot of time left for the Grade-A (Phase 1) Exam, you should start your preparation right now as it has a vast syllabus to cover. This is the reason why we have brought you section-wise NABARD Grade A 2023 exam tips to enable you to give that final touch to your revision and help you strategize the exam in a better way.

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NABARD Grade-A Prelims Exam Pattern 2023

Before moving on to the section-wise Tips tips, let’s take a look at the Exam pattern:

Name of Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
Reasoning Ability	20	20	Composite times of 120 minutes (2 hours)
English Language	40	40
Computer Knowledge	20	20
General Awareness	20	20
Quantitative Aptitude	20	20
Economic & Social causes(focus on Rural India)	40	40
Agriculture & Rural Development (Rural India)	40	40
Total	200	200

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Pattern 2023

This is a descriptive online test. NABARD Grade A exam method for the Mains exam consists of:

• Paper I – Common for all applicants regardless of the topic chosen
• Paper II – Different for all posts

Here is the detailed exam pattern of the NABARD Grade A officer Mains exam.

Exam	Name of Test	Maximum Marks	Total Time
Paper-I (Descriptive Test)	General English: The analytical and drafting skills of the candidate will be checked. The paper consists of essay writing, comprehension, report writing, paragraph, writing & letter writing.	100	90 minutes
Paper-II	Economic & Social Causes and Rural and Agriculture Development (Rural India)	100	90 minutes

Note:

• Applicants who score minimum cut-off marks or above in the NABARD Grade A Mains Examination will be called for an interview.
• In mains, there will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong attempt.

Section-wise Revision for NABARD Grade A 2023-Prelims

Here are the section-wise tips to ace your Phase 1 preparation:

1. Reasoning Ability

Quickly revise questions on Puzzles and Seating Arrangement and check your solving speed. Attempt Mock Tests to know your speed and accuracy in making the correct exam strategy. Through it, you will also get to know what to go for in the exam and what to leave or choose first to answer.

2. English Language

Give Mock Tests to know the pattern and the type of questions that come from this section. Revise basic grammar rules before attempting the Mock Tests.

3. Computer Knowledge

Revise all the basic terms and terminologies of computers. Take a look at our series of articles on Computer knowledge/Awareness to cover some very important topics before the exam greets you.

4. General Awareness

Read a daily Newspaper such as The Indian Express, The Hindu, or The Times of India. Prepare the important current affairs for the last 4-5 months.

5. Quantitative Aptitude

Revisit the basic formulae, revise the short tricks, and test your ability to apply them via Mock Tests. Analyze these Mocks tests and do the needful.

6. Economics & Social Issues

Go through all the latest current affairs related to the Economy and Social Issues. Revise all the latest Government Schemes launched a year ago and other related Government Schemes. Budget Summary & Highlights and Economic Survey Summary & Highlights latest Socio-Economic Caste Census highlights. Cover the latest Reports and Indexes released. There might be questions on these in the Exam. For Economics revise the topics like:

• Measurement of Growth & National Income
• Human Development
• Role of Economic Planning
• Fiscal Policy
• Monetary Policy
• Balance of Payments
• Sustainable Development & Environment Issues
• Industrial and Labour Policy
• International Financial Institutions
• World Trade Organizations
• Urbanization
• Migration

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7. Agriculture & Rural Development

Go through the agriculture’s current affairs for at least 6 months. Cover all the Agriculture-related and Rural Development Government Schemes (Central & State Govt. Schemes). You must know:

• Launch date & place of the launch of the scheme
• Objectives of the scheme
• The deadline for these objectives to be achieved

Cover the agriculture-related chapters from the Budget 2022 and Economic Survey 2022-23. Some questions related to scheme allocation or new launches might be asked. Don’t forget to revise topics like:

• Basics of Agriculture
• Soil Science
• Basics of Agricultural Economics
• Irrigation Management
• Agriculture Engineering
• Horticulture
• Forestry
• Animal Husbandry & Poultry
• Fisheries
• Meteorology
• Agriculture Extension

Lastly, Skim through the latest agriculture census, livestock census, NABARD bankable project reports, etc.

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NABARD Grade A 2023-General Preparation Tips

Here are the preparation tips you need to follow to make sure you have done all that was needed to gear up for a perfect performance in NABARD Grade-A Prelims Exam 2023:

1.    Test Your Time Management Skills

2.    Practice Maintaining Speed and Accuracy

3.    Never ignore Negative Marking

4.    Avoid New Topics while Revising

5.    Craft the best Exam-time strategy

NABARD Grade-A Study Plan-Important Topics

Given below is a plan that you can follow simultaneously with the table given above. It consists of important topics that must be covered and mastered in order to beat the NABARD Grade-A 2023.

Important Static Agri Topics for Quick Revision

*Invest the coming 20 Days in General Agriculture: -Agronomy: -Crop Production -Cereals and pulses) -Cropping Patterns and concepts -Types of farming Soil Science: -Indian soil classification -Soil properties -Soil Nutrients and fertility -Horticulture -General Horticulture -Irrigation & its types -Fruit Science & Vegetable science -Poultry *Invest 20 Days in: -Animal Husbandry –Cattle rearing -Fisheries -Farm engineering

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Important Dynamic Agri Topics

-Keep updating yourself continuously via: -PIB (Press Information Bureau) updates-– Updates from Ministries like: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, and Dairying Ministry of MSME Ministry of Food Processing Industries Ministry of Jal Shakti Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Development -Magazines: -Kurukshetra -Yojana –Pratiyogita Darpan – Frontline – Current Affairs Magazines -Data related to topics: –Production data -Estimates, and MSP -NABARD bankable projects -ICAR -KVK updates -Current affairs related to Agri and RD –Various other Reports: -NABARD annual report -ISFR report -various indexes, and more. –Policy reviews of the Government of India -Other Important Reports: The Economic Survey of India The Union Budget -Important Newspapers: -The Hindu Newspaper -The Economic Times Newspaper

Takeaway

Don’t forget that you will have a total time duration of 120 minutes for Nabard Grade A Prelims and 180 Minutes for Nabard Grade A Mains to attempt the exam. You need to decide How much time you should spend on each section and which section should be attempted first. Make sure you have revised all the topics in the tables given above. Cover the ESI & ARD section, which is common for both the Phase-1 & Phase-2 Exams. You need to prepare it for both Phases at the same time, and this will help you in grabbing maximum marks out of the total 200 marks. The type of Questions in Phase 1 (ESI & ARD) & Ph 2 (Objective Type of Questions) would be the same. Thus, it is best to keep testing your abilities and improving via NABARD Grade-A Mock Test for best results.