NABARD Recruitment 2020: National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) this year is recruiting Grade A Officers and the preliminary examination for NABARD Grade A Officer has already been conducted. The mains exam which is stage-2 for NABARD Officer Grade A recruitment has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic in the nation and the new or revised date for NABARD Grade A Mains exam has not been announced yet. NABARD has released the prelims result or the list of candidates shortlisted for the main exam. You can check all important details regarding NABARD Recruitment Exam Date, Admit Card, Results in this article given below.
Students are advised to follow bankersadda and the official website of NABARD for further notice regarding the recruitment.
NABARD also known as National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development conducts various examinations annually to recruit staff in the Apex Development Financial Institution of India. Some of the prominent exams are as follows:
Being one of the prestigious Banking Exam, NABARD attracts thousands of candidates every year who wish to be a part of the reputed Banking Sector. The headquarters of National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development is situated in
This apex financial institution of India has its branches all across the country and looks after the planning, operations and managing policies that accelerate the face of agriculture and economic condition of rural areas in India.
NABARD Office Attendant 2020 was conducted recently for the recruitment of 73 vacancies. 10th Standard (S.S.C/ Matriculation) from the concerned State/ UT from a recognized board. Candidate should be domicile of the State/UT coming under the Regional Jurisdiction of the Regional Office to which he/she is applying for and should have valid ID proof of the same.
NABARD Grade A Result 2020 for Prelims Exam has been released by NABARD. NABARD Grade ‘A’ Result 2020 will be declared after each phase of the exam has been conducted. The result for preliminary exam has been declared first followed by the result of mains exam. The merit list will be prepared in the descending order of the marks obtained by candidates in the final interview round.
The dates of Preliminary exam for RDBS posts is 25th February 2020. For the post of NABARD Grade ‘A’ (P & SS) there is only Interview expected to held in March 2020.
The date of Main Exam for the posts of RDBS would be announced separately on the official website of NABARD. Below is the complete schedule of NABARD Assistant Manager Grade ‘A’ 2020.
Events | Dates |
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Commencement of Online Registration | January 15, 2020 |
Last Date To Apply Online | February 3rd, 2020 |
Closure of editing application details | February 3rd, 2020 |
NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam (For RDBS post) | 25th February 2020 |
NABARD Grade A Mains Exam | Will be announced later |
NABARD Grade A Interview Date( For post of P&SS) | Delayed due to COVID-19 |
NABARD Grade ‘A’ official notification 2020 was released on the official website nabard.org There are overall 154 vacancies in NABARD Assistant Manager 2020. .
Number of Vacancies in Assistant Manager Grade ‘A’ (P & SS) – 150
Number of Vacancies in Assistant Manager Grade ‘A’ (RDBS) – 04
NABARD has released a total of 154 vacancies for various posts. The following is the detailed bifurcation among P & SS and RDBS/ Rajbhasha/ Legal vacancies:
Vacancies for the post of Officers in Grade ‘A’ (P & SS)
S. No | Post | Total Vacancy |
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1 | Assistant Manager (P & SS) | 4 |
Vacancies for the post of Officers in Grade ‘A’ (RDBS/ Rajbhasha/ Legal service)
S. No | Post | Total Vacancy |
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1 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-General | 69 |
2 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-General Agriculture | 4 |
3 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Agriculture Engineering | 3 |
4 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Food/ Dairy Processing | 3 |
5 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Land Development – Soil Science | 3 |
6 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Environmental Engg/Sciences | 4 |
7 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Agriculture Marketing/Agri business Management | 2 |
8 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Geo Informatics | 2 |
9 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Agriculture Economics/Economics | 5 |
10 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Information Technology | 12 |
11 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Chartered Accountant | 8 |
12 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Company Secretary | 3 |
13 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Finance | 16 |
14 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Human Resource Management | 3 |
15 | Assistant Manager (RDBS)-Statistics | 2 |
16 | Assistant Manager (Rajbhasha) | 8 |
17 | Assistant Manager (Legal) | 3 |
Total | 150 |
NABARD Office Attendant exam consists of two stages i.e. prelims followed by mains.
NABARD Office Attendant Prelims Exam Pattern
Section | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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Numerical Ability | 30 | 30 | |
Reasoning | 30 | 30 | |
English Language | 30 | 30 | |
General Awareness | 30 | 30 | |
Total | 120 | 120 | Composite Time of 90 minutes |
NABARD Office Attendant Mains Exam Pattern
Section | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | |
Reasoning | 35 | 35 | |
English Language | 35 | 35 | |
General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
Total | 150 (as printed in official notification) | 150 (as printed in official notification) | Composite Time of 120 minutes |
Points To Remember:
General:
Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Ph.D. OR Chartered Accountant /Cost Accountant / Company Secretary with Bachelor’s degree OR Two year full time P.G. Diploma in Management / full time MBA degree from Institutions recognized by GOI / UGC with Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline.
Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture with 50% marks (ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/ Agronomy) with a minimum of 50% marks (ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognised University / Institution.
Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Engineering with 50% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post graduate degree in Agriculture Engineering with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognised University / Institution.
Bachelor’s degree in Food Processing /Food Technology/ Dairy Sciences and /or Dairy Technology with 50% marks (ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post graduate degree in Food Processing /Food Technology/ Dairy Sciences and /or Dairy Technology with 50% marks (ST/PWBD applicants – 45%)in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognised University / Institution.
Bachelor’s degree with Environmental Science / Environmental Engineering with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post graduate degree in Environmental Engineering or Environmental Science with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Marketing/ Agriculture Business Management with 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Two years full time Post Graduate Degree/ Post Graduate Diploma/MBA in Agriculture Marketing/ Agriculture Business Management with a minimum of 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognised University / Institution.
BE/B.Tech/BSC degree in Geoinformatics with 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or ME/M.Tech/MSC degree in Geoinformatics with a minimum of 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university.
Bachelor’s Degree with Economics/Agriculture Economics with 50% marks
(SC/PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree in
Economics/Agriculture Economics with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/PWBD
applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university. %) in aggregate.
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer
Applications/Information Technology with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 45%) in aggregate or a post graduate degree Computer Science/ ComputerTechnology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 45%) in aggregate from a recognised university.
Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University/Institution with Membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Membership of ICAI must have been obtained on or before 01-01-2020.
Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with Associate membership of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). The Membership of ICSI must have been obtained on or before 01-01-2020.
BBA (Finance/Banking) / BMS (Finance/Banking) with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%) OR Two years full time P.G. Diploma in Management (Finance) / Full time MBA (Finance) degree from Institutions / Universities recognised by GoI /UGC OR Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 45%)
BBA (Human Resource Management)/ BBM (Human Resource Management)/ BMS (Human Resource Management) with 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) OR Two years full time P.G. Diploma in Management in HRM/HR / Full time MBA degree in HRM/ HR from recognised University / Institute.
Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics with 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in
aggregate or Post Graduate degree in Statistics with a minimum of 50% marks (PWBD applicants – 45%) in aggregate from a recognized university
Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised university in English/Hindi medium with Hindi and English as a compulsory or elective subject with a minimum of 50% marks (pass class for SC/ST/PWBD) in the aggregate OR Bachelor’s Degree with Hindi and English as main subjects with a minimum of 50% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PWBD) in the aggregate. Candidate must be able to translate from English to Hindi and vice/versa. OR Post Graduate Degree from a recognised university in Hindi with a minimum of 50% marks (pass class for SC/ST/PWBD) in the aggregate and English as a compulsory/elective subject at Graduation level OR Post Graduate Degree in English with a minimum of 50% marks (pass class for SC/ST/PWBD) and Hindi as a main subject at Graduation level. Candidate must be able to translate from English to Hindi and vice/versa.
Bachelor’s Degree in Law recognized by Bar council of India for the purpose of enrollment as an Advocate with a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST applicants – 45%) or equivalent in the aggregate of all semesters/years OR LLM Degree with a minimum of 45% (SC/ST applicants – 40%) or equivalent in the aggregate of all semesters/year.
He/she should be an officer with a minimum of five years’ of Commissioned service in the Army/Navy/Air Force holding a valid Ex-Serviceman Identity Card.
The candidate must be between 21 and 30 years of age as on 01-01-2020, i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1990 and not later than 01-01-1999.
The preliminary exam pattern is same for all three- RDBS, Rajbhasha and Legal Service
S. No. | Subjects | Maximum Marks |
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1 | Test of Reasoning | 20 Marks |
2 | English Language | 40 Marks |
3 | Computer Knowledge | 20 Marks |
4 | General Awareness | 20 Marks |
5 | Quantitative Aptitude | 20 Marks |
6 | Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) | 40 Marks |
7 | Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) | 40 Marks |
Total Marks | 200 Marks |
In the Main exam, the Paper-1 is same for all three posts RDBS, Rajbhasha and Legal Service, but the Paper-2 is different according to the stream
S. No. | Subjects | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | Paper I (Descriptive Test) | 100 Marks | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
2 | Paper II- MCQFor General Stream- Economic & Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) For other streams- according to specialised discipline in RDBS | 100 Marks | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
Total | 200 Marks | 3 Hours |
Note: Paper-2 will be according to specialised discipline in RDBS
S. No. | Subjects | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1. | Paper I (Descriptive Test) | 100 Marks | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
2. | Paper II- MCQProficiency in Hindi including Translation from English to Hindi and Vice versa | 100 Marks | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
Total | 200 Marks | 3 Hours |
S. No. | Subjects | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1. | Paper I (Descriptive Test) | 100 Marks | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
2 | Paper II- MCQInterpretation of various Laws viz., Banking, Negotiable Instruments, Company, Industrial and Cooperative Laws, Cyber laws, Commerce/Property transactions, Rural non-life insurance, direct financing, staff matters and good experience in drafting various types of documents. | 100 Marks | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
Total | 200 Marks | 3 Hours |
As per the notification there is no sectional timing in NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam. There will be sectional and overall cut offs for both Phase-I and Phase-II.
Interview Process
Candidates selected in the Mains exam will appear in the third and final round of the Interview. This round will be of 25 marks. As mentioned in the notification the calling ratio for the interview round will be 1:5
The following is the Syllabus for the Prelims Examination, Phase-I of NABARD 2020 recruitment for the posts of Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) / Rajbhasha Service / Legal Service in Grade ‘A’.
A | B |
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i) Test of Reasoning – 20 marks | Alphanumeric Series, Order and Ranking, Direction Sense, Alphabet Test, Data Sufficiency, Inequalities, Seating Arrangement, Puzzle, Syllogism, Blood Relations, Input Output, Coding Decoding, Logical Reasoning |
ii) English Language – 40 marks | Cloze test, Fillers, Spotting the errors, Para Jumbles, New pattern questions, Idioms and phrases, Word Rearrangement, Column Based questions, Sentence improvement, Paragraph Completion, Grammar, Reading Comprehension |
iii) Computer Knowledge –20 marks | History of Computers, Basics of computers, basic definitions, hardware and software, internet, computer security and cyber security, abbreviations, input and output devices |
iv) General Awareness – 20 marks | Current Affairs: Sports, National, International, Appointments, Schemes, Awards, Summits, Agreements,Committee, Obituaries, Business, Defense, Economy, Books and Authors, State News, Important Days, Science and Technology, Reports and Ranking, Miscellaneous, Banking/Economy Current AffairsBanking/ Financial Awareness, Static Awareness |
v) Quantitative Aptitude – 20 marks | Mensuration, Partnership, Average, Ages, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Speed Time Distance, Boat & Stream, Trains, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Number System, Mixture & Allegation, Pipes & Cistern, Probability, Permutation & Combination, Data Interpretation, Quantity Based, Data Sufficiency, Simplification, Approximation, Quadratic Inequalities, Number Series, Caselet |
vi) Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) – 40 marks | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
vii) Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) – 40 marks | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Paper-I- (Common for Grade ‘A’ – RDBS, Rajbhasha and Legal)
General English: (Descriptive – writing skills – online through key board). This will be a test of descriptive paper on General English comprising Essay, Précis writing, Comprehension and Business/Office Correspondence.
Paper-II (MCQ) – RDBS
A | B |
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General | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
General Agriculture | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Agriculture Engineering | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Food/Dairy Processing | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Land Development-Soil Science | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Environmental Engg/Sciences | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Agriculture marketing/Agri.Business Management | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Geo Informatics | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Agricultural Economics/Economics | Click Here to Download Syllabus PDF |
Information Technology | will be uploaded soon |
The following is the fees structure for various posts and category for NABARD Grade A Recruitment 2020:
Application fees for RDBS/ Rajbhasha/ Legal Services:
Category | Application Fee | Intimation charges etc. | Total |
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General/ OBC | Rs 650 | Rs 150 | Rs 800 |
SC/ ST/ PWBD | Nil | Rs 150 | Rs 150 |
Category | Application Fee | Intimation charges etc. | Total |
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SC/ ST | NIL | 100/- | 100/- |
All others | 650 | 100/- | 750/- |
*Exclusive of applicable GST
NABARD recruits Development Assistants at regular intervals through an online evaluation process known as NABARD Development Assistant. In 2019, 91 vacancies were released.
Minimum Age -: 18 Years (as on 01-09-2019)
Maximum Age -: 35 Years (as on 01-09-2019)
A candidate requires a Bachelor’s degree in any disclipline with aggregate of 50% of marks. The result of the candidate should have declared before 01.09.2019. Passing marks 40% is set for the reserved category (SC/ST/OBC/PWBD).
A candidate require Hindi or English as a elective subject or main subject in graduation with minimum of 50% of aggregate marks. There is a relexation in marks for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD. There aggregate is fixed at passing marks.
Preliminary stage is objective in nature and carries a total of 100 marks and 60 minutes time duration.
Sr. No. | Subject | No. of Questions | Maximun marks | Duration |
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1 | Qunatitative Aptitude | 30 | 30 | |
2 | Reasoning Ability | 30 | 30 | |
3 | English Language | 40 | 40 | |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Mains examination of NABARD Development Assistant consist of 5 subjects and is objective in nature. It carries 200 marks in total.
Sr. No. | Subjects | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 30 | |
2 | Reasoning Ability | 30 | 30 | |
3 | General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
4 | Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | |
5 | English Language | Essay, precis writing, Report/ Letter writing | 50 | 30 minutes |
Total | 200 | 120 minutes |
Preliminary Examination is conducted online and is objective in nature. The pattern is as follow:
Sr.No. | Subjects | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | Reasoning Ability | 30 | 30 | |
2 | Hindi Knowledge (Professional) | 30 | 30 | |
3 | English Language | 40 | 40 | |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Mains examination is also conducted online and is objective in nature except the english language section which is descriptive in nature. It is total of 120 minutes duartion out of which 90 minutes are fixed for objective paper and 30 minutes are fixed for descriptive paper of english language. The pattern is as follows:
Sr.No. | Subjects | No. of questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | Reasoning Ability | 20 | 20 | |
2 | Hindi Knowledge (Professional) | 50 | 50 | |
3 | General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
4 | Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | |
5 | English Language | Essay, Precis writing, Letter/Report writing | 50 | 30 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 120 minutes |
NABARD recruits Grade ‘B’ Manager thorugh a common evaluation process. NABARD Grade ‘B’ Manager recruitment was held in the year 2019 for the recruitment of 87 posts.
Manager (RDBS) – General: Educational Qualification
Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/ST/ PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate or Post Graduate degree with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate from a recognized university or Ph.D.
Manager in Grade ‘B’
(RDBS)Phase I – Preliminary Examination (Online Exam)Objective Type: MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)
i) Test of Reasoning – 20 marks
ii) English Language – 40 marks
iii) Computer Knowledge –20 marks
iv) General Awareness – 20 marks
v) Quantitative Aptitude – 20 marks
vi) Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) –40 marks
vii) Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) – 40 marks
Duration: 120 Minutes Composite Time – Total 200 marksPhase II – Main Examination will be online and will be a mix of MCQ and descriptive
patternPaper – I (Writing skills online through key board) General English: (Descriptive)
Duration: 1 ½ hrs – 100 Mark
The analytical and drafting ability of the candidate shall be assessed from the Descriptive
English paper through essay writing, comprehension, report writing, paragraph writing &
Letter writing.
Paper–II (MCQ) Economic and Social Issues and Agri. and Rural Development (with focus
on Rural India) for General Posts
Duration: 1 ½ hrs. – 100 Mark
Paper–III (MCQ) Development Economics, Statistics, Finance & Management
Duration: 1 ½ hrs. – 100 Mark
Phase III – Interview
Applicants qualifying in the Phase-II Examination and securing sufficiently high rank in merit
shall be short-listed for interview.
Marks for Interview : 40 Marks
Q1: How many types of exams are conducted by NABARD?
ANSWER: The 4 major exams conducted by NABARD are:
Q2: How many notifications have been rolled out by NABARD in 2020 (As on 4th Feb)?
ANSWER: Two official notifications have been rolled out (as on 4th feb)
Q3: What is eligibility criteria of NABARD Exams?
ANSWER: The eligibility criteria of NABARD exams varies from post to post.
Q3: From Where can I get latest job notifications regarding NABARD?
ANSWER: You can view latest job notifications regarding banking, insurance & NABARD from
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