NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) Free Mock Test
NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) (NABARD Grade A) is part of India's Government Exams category, covering 9 topics. Kamiyab provides a free NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) Full Mock test — questions matched to the official exam pattern with real timing, instant scoring, and per-question explanations. Eligibility: Graduate. Aligned to the current 2026 official syllabus.
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About NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager — Rural Development Banking Service / RDBS)
NABARD Grade A — officially the Assistant Manager (Rural Development Banking Service) — is the entry-level officer recruitment for the apex rural development bank of India. NABARD was established under the NABARD Act, 1981 (passed by Parliament in December 1981, commenced on 12 July 1982) following the recommendations of the CRAFICARD Committee (Sivaraman Committee, 1979). It absorbed the functions of the erstwhile Agricultural Credit Department, Rural Planning and Credit Cell of the RBI, and the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC). NABARD's authorised capital under Section 4 of the Act has been progressively expanded — from the initial Rs 100 crore at inception to Rs 17,080 crore today — and its paid-up capital is wholly held by the Government of India after the 2018 buyout of RBI's residual stake.
Grade A officers join one of two career streams. General (RDBS — Rural Development Banking Service) officers handle the core institutional development, refinance, supervision and developmental project work that defines NABARD's mandate. Specialist Grade A officers — recruited against named disciplines such as Statistics, Finance, Legal, Computer/IT, Civil/Electrical Engineering, Forestry, Food Processing, Geo-informatics, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Environmental Engineering — are deployed against specific technical roles inside Departments of Supervision, Refinance, Economic Analysis & Research and Project Appraisal. Both streams follow the same exam structure (Phase I + Phase II + Interview) but with discipline-specific Paper II in Phase II for Specialists. Starting basic pay is Rs 44,500 per month in the scale Rs 44,500-89,150, with gross emoluments at metro postings reaching approximately Rs 1,00,000 per month inclusive of DA, HRA, grade allowance, special allowance and other admissible perquisites.
The recruitment is conducted in three sequential stages — Phase I Preliminary (objective, qualifying), Phase II Mains (objective + descriptive, merit-counting) and Personal Interview. Vacancies for Grade A are notified annually, typically between July and August, with Phase I held in August-September, Phase II in October-November and interviews in January-March. NABARD recruitment is run entirely in-house through ibpsonline.ibps.in for the application portal, with NABARD's careers page (nabard.org) hosting the official notification, syllabus PDF and result updates. Cutoffs and vacancies are sectional, category-wise and stream-wise — General stream vacancies dominate but specialist streams routinely have 5-20 vacancies per discipline.
Conducted by: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), headquartered in Mumbai. NABARD was established on 12 July 1982 under the NABARD Act, 1981 as the apex development bank for agriculture and rural India, and conducts its own recruitment for Grade A officers across the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) — General stream and Specialist streams (Statistics, Finance, Computer/IT, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Forestry, Food Processing, Geo-informatics, Plantation & Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Environmental Engineering and Company Secretary).
Eligibility
- RDBS Grade A — General (Assistant Manager)Age: 21 to 30 years as on a cut-off date specified in the notification (typically 1 July of the exam year). Age relaxation: SC/ST +5 years, OBC (non-creamy layer) +3 years, PwBD +10 years over and above category relaxation, Ex-servicemen as per Government of India rules. EWS candidates get NO age relaxation.
- RDBS Grade A — Specialist streamsAge: 21 to 30 years for most specialist disciplines; for streams such as Forestry, Environmental Engineering, Geo-informatics and some technical streams the upper limit may extend by 2-5 years per notification. Standard category relaxations apply (SC/ST +5, OBC +3, PwBD +10).
Exam Pattern
Stage-by-stage breakdown of the recruitment process.
Phase I — Preliminary Examination (qualifying, online objective)
- Questions
- 200 multiple-choice questions across all 8 sections combined (sectional question counts: Reasoning 20, English 30, Computer Knowledge 20, General Awareness 20, Quantitative Aptitude 20, Decision Making 10, ESI 40, ARD 40)
- Marks
- 200 marks (1 mark per question)
- Duration
- 120 minutes composite (no separate sectional timing)
Phase II — Mains (merit-counting): Paper I + Paper II
- Questions
- Paper I — descriptive English questions (essay 40 marks + precis 20 marks + reading comprehension 20 marks + business/office correspondence 20 marks, indicative weights). Paper II — an Objective/MCQ section of 30 questions (50 marks) followed by a Descriptive section of 6 questions of which roughly 4 are to be attempted (50 marks), all on ESI and ARD topics.
- Marks
- 200 marks total across Phase II (Paper I 100 + Paper II 100)
- Duration
- Paper I — 90 minutes; Paper II — 120 minutes (30 minutes objective + 90 minutes descriptive). Both papers are conducted on the same day or adjacent days.
Phase III — Personal Interview
- Questions
- Conversational — typically 25-40 minutes with a 4-6 member panel chaired by senior NABARD officer or external expert
- Marks
- 50 marks
- Duration
- 25-40 minutes per candidate
Syllabus
5 sections, 51 topics in total.
- Economic & Social Issues (Phase I + Phase II — rural focus)11 topics
- Agriculture & Rural Development (Phase I + Phase II — high weight)15 topics
- NABARD-Specific Knowledge (Phase I GA + Phase II + Interview)9 topics
- Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, English, Computer Knowledge (Phase I)6 topics
- Specialist Discipline Papers (Phase II Paper I & II for Specialist streams)10 topics
Preparation Strategy
Subject-wise strategy, a study plan and the books aspirants rely on for NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager — Rural Development Banking Service / RDBS).
Read the preparation guideRecent Changes to Know
- RDBS recruitment has stabilised into a stream split: General + Specialist disciplines (Statistics, Finance, Legal, IT, Civil/Electrical Engineering, Forestry, Food Processing, Geo-informatics, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Environmental Engineering, Company Secretary). Specialist streams use the same Phase I but discipline-specific Paper I/II in Phase II. Always read the year's notification for the specialist papers offered that cycle.
- Phase II structure was revised from earlier cycles to its current Paper I (English descriptive, 100 marks, 90 minutes for General) + Paper II (mixed for General — a 30-question / 50-mark / 30-minute objective section plus a ~4-of-6 / 50-mark / 90-minute descriptive section on ESI+ARD; discipline-specific for Specialist) format. Total Phase II marks: 200, conducted online.
- NABARD's supervisory mandate over cooperative banks was reinforced by the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act 2020 — which brought all cooperative banks under RBI's direct ambit while retaining NABARD's existing inspection role for StCBs/DCCBs/RRBs. Expect ESI/ARD descriptive prompts and interview questions on the StCB/DCCB/PACS structure, governance reforms in cooperatives, and the Sahakar-se-Samriddhi vision under Ministry of Cooperation (formed 2021).
- The microfinance regulatory framework was overhauled in March 2022 — RBI introduced a uniform MFI regulatory framework with a single household-level indebtedness cap (now FOIR-based, replacing earlier two-loan / Rs 1.25 lakh caps) and harmonised pricing norms across NBFC-MFIs, banks, SFBs and NBFCs. Candidates should know this is now common ground for NABARD ESI/ARD prompts on financial inclusion.
- NABFIS (NABARD All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey) replaced earlier rural credit surveys — its first release (2016-17 reference period) and second release update have become standard interview reference points on rural household indebtedness, financial inclusion penetration and consumption-investment patterns.
Important Dates
- Notification
- NABARD Grade A notification is typically released in July or August on nabard.org (Career Notices section) and ibpsonline.ibps.in for the application portal. The application window runs for approximately 3 weeks. Specialist stream vacancies are announced together with General in the same notification cycle.
- Exam
- Phase I Preliminary: August-September. Phase II Mains: October-November. Personal Interview: January-March of the following year. Some years see a delay of 6-10 weeks across all stages depending on NABARD's recruitment calendar and IBPS centre availability.
- Results
- Phase I result: roughly 2-4 weeks after Phase I exam. Phase II result: roughly 6-8 weeks after Phase II exam. Final result with stream allocation: typically March-April following the recruitment cycle.
All dates can shift by 4-10 weeks based on NABARD's annual calendar and operational considerations. Always verify against the official Career Notices page at nabard.org and the IBPS application portal for current-cycle status, admit card releases and result updates.
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NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) mock test — frequently asked questions
What is the NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) eligibility?
Bachelor's degree in any discipline with minimum 60% marks (55% for SC/ST/PwBD) in aggregate from a recognised university, OR Post-Graduate degree with minimum 55% (50% for SC/ST/PwBD), OR PhD from a recognised Indian university. CA / CS / ICWA / CFA professional qualifications are accepted in lieu. Final-year/result-awaited candidates are NOT permitted for General stream. Age: 21 to 30 years as on a cut-off date specified in the notification (typically 1 July of the exam year). Age relaxation: SC/ST +5 years, OBC (non-creamy layer) +3 years, PwBD +10 years over and above category relaxation, Ex-servicemen as per Government of India rules. EWS candidates get NO age relaxation. Nationality: Citizen of India, OR subject of Nepal/Bhutan, OR Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1 January 1962 with intent to settle permanently, OR person of Indian origin migrated from specified countries with intent to permanently settle in India. Candidates other than Indian citizens require an eligibility certificate from the Government of India..
What is the NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) exam pattern?
Phase I — Preliminary Examination (qualifying, online objective) covers Reasoning · English Language · Computer Knowledge · General Awareness · Quantitative Aptitude · Decision Making · Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) · Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) — 8 sections in total. 200 multiple-choice questions across all 8 sections combined (sectional question counts: Reasoning 20, English 30, Computer Knowledge 20, General Awareness 20, Quantitative Aptitude 20, Decision Making 10, ESI 40, ARD 40) questions for 200 marks (1 mark per question) marks, with negative marking of 1/4 mark deducted per wrong answer (0.25 marks per wrong question).
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