NABARD Grade B Syllabus 2023: Highlights, Dates, Papperwise Syllabus

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development will post job openings for Grade B officials in the near future. Anyone holding a bachelor’s degree in any subject from a recognised university and a minimum of 60% will be eligible to take the exam. Candidates must be at least 21 years old and not older than 35 years old to apply for the examination. To secure the best outcomes, candidates applying for the exam must be up to date on the material and exam pattern. To be considered for the position of NABARD Grade B officer, applicants must complete three phases. The NABARD Grade B detailed syllabus and exam format are listed below.

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NABARD Grade B Prelims Exam Pattern

The NABARD Prelims Exam will be used to recruit officers for all positions. This will be a form of online test that is objective. Let’s take a closer look at the NABARD Prelims Exam Pattern:

Phase	Type	Sections	Maximum Marks	No. of Questions	Time
I	Objective	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	200	120 minutes

NABARD Grade B Mains Exam Pattern

There will be three papers here, two of which will be descriptive and one of which will be objective. The following is the exam pattern for the NABARD Grade B Mains exam.

Phase	Paper	Subject	Type	Marks	Time
II	1	General English	Descriptive	100	1.30 hrs
	2	Economic and Social Issues and Agri. and Rural Development (with a focus on Rural India)	Objective & Descriptive	100	1.30 hrs
	3	Development Economics, Statistics, Finance & Management	Objective & Descriptive	100	1.30 hrs
TOTAL MARKS:				300	4.30 hrs

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NABARD Grade B Prelims Syllabus

The themes and sub-topics that regularly appear in the NABARD Grade-B Prelims test are as follows:

General Awareness

• Sports
• Current Affairs (National and International)
• Books and Authors
• Countries and Capitals
• Budget
• Science- Inventions & Discoveries
• International and National Organizations
• Awards & Honours
• Important days

English

• Synonyms
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Reading Comprehension
• Idioms & Phrases
• Error Spotting
• Passages

Quantitative Aptitude

• Mensuration
• Average
• Speed, Distance and Time
• Data Sufficiency
• Inequalities
• Number Series
• Profit and Loss
• SI & CI
• HCF & LCM
• Ratio & Proportion
• Problems on Age
• Data Interpretation
• Approximation and Simplification
• Probability, Permutation and Combination
• Time & Work

Reasoning

• Data Sufficiency
• Alpha-Numeric symbol series
• Order and Ranking
• Puzzles
• Syllogisms
• Blood Relations
• Coding-Decoding
• Machine Input-Output
• Direction
• Seating Arrangement
• Number and System Conversions
• Logical Reasoning
• Inequalities

Computer Knowledge

• Computer Languages
• DBMS
• Basic Hardware & Software
• Networking
• History of Computer
• MS Office
• Virus & Hacking
• Devices

Economic and Social Issues

• IMF &World Bank
• Population Policy in India
• Regional imbalance in India’s industrial development
• Agricultural Performance
• Non-institutional and institutional agencies in rural credit
• Agriculture- Characteristics/ Status
• Measurement of Poverty
• Population Trends
• Population Growth & Economic Development
• Multiculturalism
• Industrial and Labor Policy
• Industrial Performance
• Role of International Funding Institution
• Economic Underdevelopment
• Issues in Food Security in India
• Globalisation
• Privatisation
• Structural and Institutional Features
• Economic Reforms in India
• Nature of Indian Economy
• WTO
• Globalisation of Economy
• Regional Economic Cooperation
• Poverty alleviation and employment generation in India
• Inflation
• Reforms in Banking/Financial sector
• Positive discrimination in the favour of the underprivileged
• Social Justice
• Technical and Institutional changes in agriculture
• Rural banking and financial institutions in India
• Opening up the Indian Economy

Agriculture and Rural Development

• Farm and Agri Engineering: Farm Machinery and Power, Sources of power on the farm- human, animal, mechanical, electrical, wind, solar and biomass, biofuels, water harvesting structures, farm ponds, watershed management, Agro-Processing, Controlled and modified storage, perishable food storage, godowns, bins, and grain silos.
• Problems of dry land – Seed production, seed processing, seed village
• Present Scenario of Indian Agriculture and Allied activities; recent trends, major challenges in agriculture measures to enhance the viability of agriculture. Factors of Production in agriculture; Agricultural Finance and Marketing; Impact of Globalization on Indian Agriculture and issues of Food Security; Concept and Types of Farm Management.
• Animal Husbandry: Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy, Animal husbandry methods in India, common terms pertaining to different species of livestock, Utility classification of breeds of cattle. Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification, and utility.
• Ecology and Climate Change: Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, their sustainable management, and conservation. Causes of climate change, GreenHouse Gases (GHG), major GHG emitting countries, climate analysis, distinguish between adaptation and mitigation, climate change impact on agriculture and rural livelihood, carbon credit, IPCC, UNFCCC, CoP meetings, funding mechanisms for climate change projects, initiatives by Govt of India, NAPCC, SAPCC, INDC.
• Agriculture Extensions: Its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programmes, Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra’s (KVK) in the dissemination of Agricultural technologies.
• Organic farming
• Agriculture: definition, meaning, and its branches
• Soil and Water Conservation: Major soil types, soil fertility, fertilizers, soil erosion, soil conservation, watershed management
• Forestry: Basic concepts of Forest and Forestry. Principles of silviculture, forest mensuration, forest management, and forest economics. Concepts of social forestry, agroforestry, and joint forest management. Forest policy and legislation in India, India State of Forest Report 2017. Recent developments under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
• Factors affecting crop production
• Water Resource: Irrigation Management: types of irrigation, sources of irrigation, crop-water requirement, command area development, water conservation techniques, micro-irrigation, irrigation pumps, major, medium, and minor irrigation.
• Agro Climatic Zones
• Introduction to the poultry industry in India (past, present, and future status), Common terms pertaining to poultry production and management. Concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socio-economic conditions of farmers in India. Complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry production with that of agricultural farming.
• Ecology and Climate Change: Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, their sustainable management, and conservation. Causes of climate change, GreenHouse Gases (GHG), major GHG emitting countries, climate analysis, the distinction between adaptation and mitigation, climate change impact on agriculture and rural livelihood, carbon credit, IPCC, UNFCCC, CoP meetings, funding mechanisms for climate change projects, initiatives by Govt of India, NAPCC, SAPCC, INDC.
• Precision Farming
• Plantation & Horticulture: Definition, meaning, and its branches. Agronomic practices and production technology of various plantation and horticulture crops. Post-harvest management, value and supply chain management of Plantation and Horticulture crops.
• Definition, Meaning and its branches
• Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory
• Agronomy: definition, meaning, and scope of agronomy
• Fisheries: Fisheries resources, management and exploitation – freshwater, brackish water, and marine; Aquaculture- Inland and marine; biotechnology; post-harvest technology. Importance of fisheries in India. Common terms pertaining to fish production.
• Cropping Systems: Definition and types of cropping systems.

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NABARD Grade B Mains Syllabus

NABARD Grade-B Mains Paper I

• Report Writing
• Letter Writing
• English (Writing Skill)
• Informal Letter
• Paragraph Writing
• Comprehension
• Essay Writing
• Formal Letter

NABARD Grade-B Mains Paper II

• Industrial and Labor Policy;
• Regional Imbalance in India’s Industrial Development;
• Reforms in the Banking/ Financial sector;
• Agricultural performance;
• Regional Economic Cooperation;
• Population Policy in India;
• IMF & World Bank;
• Agriculture – Characteristics / Status;
• Role of International Funding Institution;
• Economic underdevelopment;
• The globalisation of the Economy;
• Globalisation;
• Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged
• Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit;
• Multiculturalism;
• Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India;
• Economic Reforms in India;
• Measurement of Poverty;
• Technical and Institutional changes in Indian Agriculture;
• Issues in Food Security in India;
• Social Justice;
• Structural and Institutional features;
• Privatisation;
• Nature of Indian Economy;
• Economic and Social Issues with Focus on Rural India-
• Inflation;
• Industrial performance;
• WTO;
• Opening up the Indian Economy;
• Population Trends;
• Population Growth and Economic Development;
• Rural banking and financial institutions in India

Agriculture and Rural Development with focus on Rural India-

• Water Resource: Irrigation Management: types of irrigation, sources of irrigation, crop-water requirement, command area development, water conservation techniques, micro-irrigation, irrigation pumps, major, medium, and minor irrigation;
• Classification of field crops;
• Factors affecting crop production;
• Precision Farming;
• Agro Climatic Zones;
• Cropping Systems: Definition and types of cropping systems;
• Farm and Agri Engineering: Farm Machinery and Power, Sources of power on the farm- human, animal, mechanical, electrical, wind, solar and biomass, biofuels, water harvesting structures, farm ponds, watershed management, Agro-Processing, Controlled and modified storage, perishable food storage, godowns, bins, and grain silos;
• Agriculture: definition, meaning, and its branches;
• Soil and Water Conservation: Major soil types, soil fertility, fertilizers, soil erosion, soil conservation, watershed management;
• Animal Husbandry: Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy, Animal husbandry methods in India, common terms pertaining to different species of livestock, Utility classification of breeds of cattle. Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification and utility;
• Organic farming;
• Agronomy: definition, meaning, and scope of agronomy;
• Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory;
• Problems of dry land – Seed production, seed processing, seed village;
• Plantation & Horticulture: Definition, meaning, and its branches. Agronomic practices and production technology of various plantation and horticulture crops. Post-harvest management, value and supply chain management of Plantation and Horticulture crops

Introduction to the poultry industry in India (past, present and future status), Common terms pertaining to poultry production and management. Concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socio-economic conditions of farmers in India. Complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry production with that of agricultural farming.

• Agriculture Extensions: Its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programs, Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra’s (KVK) in the dissemination of Agricultural technologies;
• Ecology and Climate Change: Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, their sustainable management, and conservation. Causes of climate change, GreenHouse Gases (GHG), major GHG emitting countries, climate analysis, the distinction between adaptation and mitigation, climate change impact on agriculture and rural livelihood, carbon credit, IPCC, UNFCCC, CoP meetings, funding mechanisms for climate change projects, initiatives by Govt of India, NAPCC, SAPCC, INDC
• Forestry: Basic concepts of Forest and Forestry. Principles of silviculture, forest mensuration, forest management, and forest economics. Concepts of social forestry, agroforestry, and joint forest management. Forest policy and legislation in India, India State of Forest Report 2015. Recent developments under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change;
• Fisheries: Fisheries resources, management and exploitation – freshwater, brackish water, and marine; Aquaculture- Inland and marine; biotechnology; post-harvest technology. Importance of fisheries in India. Common terms pertaining to fish production

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