NABARD Development Assistant 2016 Exam : Exam Pattern

Dear Friends,

As you all know that NABARD has released the official notification for the recruitment of personal for the post of Development Assistant & Development Assistant (Hindi). There are total 85 vacancies are out for this post across various states/UT. But candidates can apply from any one state/UT only.

Date of Online Exam – The online exam to be held on November or December. Exact dates of examination would be announced separately on NABARD’s website.

Exam Pattern (Development Assistant) :

The selection process will involve two phases viz. Preliminary and Main Exam. Both the exams will be held online. The details of the exams are as under :

PRELIMINARY EXAM

Name of the Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Duration
Test of English Language	40	40	60 Minutes
Test of Numerical Ability	30	30
Test of Reasoning	30	30
TOTAL	100	100

There is no specific time limit for a particular section. Total time duration for attempting 100 questions is 60 minutes.

A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately. There will be negative marks for wrong answer. 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

The marks secured in the Phase I (Prelim Exam) will not be counted for the purpose of Final Selection. This is a qualifying round similar to SBI PO prelim exam.

MAINS EXAM

Name of the Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Duration
Test of Reasoning	30	30	Composite time of 90 minutes for Objective Tests and 30 minutes for Descriptive Test
Quantitative Aptitude	30	30
General Awareness (with special reference to agriculture, rural development and banking)	50	50
Computer Knowledge	40	40
Test of English Language (Descriptive)	Essay, Precis, Report / Letter Writing	50
TOTAL		200

There is no specific time limit for a particular section. Total time duration for attempting 150 questions is 90 minutes. After attempting objective exam, there will be a descriptive exam of 50 marks.

A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately. There will be negative marks for wrong answer. 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Final selection will be on the basis of candidate’s performance in the online Main examination in the order of merit. The decision of the Bank in this regard will be final.