NABARD Development Assistant Exam Pattern 2018

Hello Friends,

National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development has released the recruitment notification for Assistants 2018. A total of 70 vacancies were released.

Before appearing for any exam, it is important to know its pattern. You get an idea what to prepare and which section has the maximum weightage.

The selection process will involve two phases viz. Preliminary and Main Exam, both online, as under:

Exam Structure for Preliminary Exam:

Sr. No.	Name of the Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Duration
1.	Test of English Language	40	40	Composite Time of 60 Minutes
2.	Test of Numerical Ability	30	30
3.	Test of Reasoning	30	30
	Total	100	100

Candidate is required to qualify the cutoff in all sections individually as well as overall cutoff to make it for the Mains examination. English sections is of 40 Marks and has 40 Questions so it needs to be given a careful attention.

Exam Structure for Mains Exam:

Sr. No.	Name of the Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1.	Test of Reasoning	30	30	Composite time of 90 Minutes for Objective Tests and 30 Minutes for Descriptive Tests
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	30	30
3.	General Awareness (with special reference to agriculture, rural development and Banking)	50	50
4.	Computer Knowledge	40	40
5.	Test of English Language (Descriptive)	Essy, Precis, Report, Letter Writing	50
	Total		200

There are 5 sections in the Mains examination: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, Computer Knowledge and English Language. Only such candidates who score the cut off marks or above in the Main Examination will be shortlisted for selection. There is no interview hence Mains Exam is the final challenge in this exam.

English Language will be Descriptive in this exam. No objective English will be asked in the exam so you need to work upon your writing skills.

Preeti Singh