NABARD Selection Process
- Prelims
- Mains
- Interview
NABARD Prelims Exam Pattern
| Part I | Exam Duration | ||
| S. No | Name of Subject | Maximum Marks | 2 Hours (120 Minutes) |
| 01. | Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | |
| 02. | Computer Knowledge | 20 | |
| 03. | General Awareness | 20 | |
| 04. | Test of Reasoning | 40 | |
| 05. | English Language | 40 | |
| Part II | |||
| 06. | Economic & Social Issues | 25 | |
| 07. | Agriculuture & Rural Development | 25 | |
| Total | 200 |
NABARD Mains Exam Pattern
| S. No | Paper | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 01. | Paper I | 100 | 1 hr 30 min. |
| 02. | Paper II | 100 | 1 hr 30 min. |
| 03. | Paper III (Only for Mangers) | 100 | 1 hr 30 min. |
NABARD Grade A Syllabus – NABARD Asst Manager Syllabus
Section I: NABARD Economics Syllabus
- Money and Banking.
- Economics of Development and Planning.
- International Economics.
- Macro Economics.
- Micro Economics.
Section II: National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development Syllabi – Agriculture Economics
- Basic principles of Farm Management.
- Role of Agriculture in Economic Development.
- Factor Market – Land Market, Labour Market, including wages and capital Market.
- Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Prices and Terms of Trade.
- Rural Credit Structure – Formal and Informal, Capital Formation in Agriculture.
- Development Programmes including Poverty Alleviation and Rural Employment.
- Agricultural Policy and Planning.
Section III – NABARD 2017 Syllabus Elementry Statistics for Economics
- Measures of central tendency and dispersion- correlation, regression, Time-series analysis and index number
- Theory of Probability, Sampling theory, Sampling Design and its application.
- Statistical Inference and Estimation, Statistical Tools and their Application in Economic Analysis and Input – Output Analysis.
NABARD Manager Grade B Syllabus
Paper I
NABARD English Syllabus
- Essay.
- Phrase writing.
- Comprehension and Business/Office Correspondence.
Paper II
- Section I –Economics & Social Issues Syllabus:
- Section II – Agriculture
- Soil and Water Conservation.
- Water Resource.
- Farm and Agri Engineering.
- Plantation & Horticulture.
- Animal Husbandry.
- Fisheries.
- Forestry.
- Agricultural extensions.
- Ecology and Climate Change.
- Rural Development
- The concept of Rural Area.
- Rural population in India.
- Panchayati Raj Institutions.
- Rural Credit System.
Part III
- Development Economics.
- Statistics.
- Finance.
- Management.
- Leadership.
- Human Resource Development.
- Communication.