NABARD (Grade A) 2018 Exam: Kickstart your preparation journey!

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has released the official notification for recruitment of Assistant Manager (Grade A) posts yesterday. This post brought to you by Oliveboard highlights important details like dates, eligibility, exam pattern and more.

 

Important Dates

• Online Registration: 13^thMarch to 2^nd April 2018
• Phase I (Preliminary Examination): 12^thMay 2018
• Phase II (Main Examination): 6^thJune 2018

 

Vacancies

NABARD has announced a total of 92 vacancies this year for the post of Assistant Manager (Grade A).

 

Eligibility

Age Eligibility (as on 1^st March 2018)

The candidate must be between 21 and 30 years of age as on 01.03.2018. He or she must have been born not earlier than 02.03.1988 and not later than 01.03.1997.

Relaxation of age is provided as per norms.

Educational Qualification

Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university.

 

Selection Procedure

The selection procedure of NABARD Assistant Manager (Grade A) includes three phases – Phase I (Prelims), Phase II (Main) and Phase III (Interview).

 

Exam Pattern

Phase I (Preliminary Examination): Online Exam; Objective Type

Section	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Test of Reasoning	20	20	120 Minutes
English Language	40	40
Computer Knowledge	20	20
General Awareness	20	20
Quantitative Aptitude	20	20
Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India)	40	40
Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India)	40	40
Total Marks:	200

 

Phase II (Main Exam)

Paper I: General English (Descriptive) of 100 marks with 90 minutes duration.

Essay (40 Marks), Precis (20 Marks), Questions on the Precis para (20 Marks), Report / Letter Writing (20 Marks).

Paper II: MCQ of 100 marks with 90 minutes duration.

Note: For every wrong answer 0.25 will be deducted in both Phase I and II of the exam.

 

Phase III (Interview)

Candidates who qualify in the phase II examination and score sufficiently high rank in merit list will be called for the interview round (25 marks).

 

To apply for the exam and view official notification, visit; http://www.nabard.org/

 

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