National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) conducted online examination for the recruitment of Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (RDBS) across the country on 25th February, 2020.
There were 200 questions, which had to be answered in 120 minutes. There were seven sections: Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Economic & Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development.
All the other sections, except the English Language section, were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options and was of 1 mark each. There was a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer.
Section | Total Questions | Max. Marks | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Approximate Time Taken |
Reasoning | 20 | 20 | Easy-Moderate | 14 -16 | 20 minutes |
English Language | 40 | 40 | Easy-Moderate | 30 - 32 | 25 minutes |
Computer Knowledge | 20 | 20 | Easy | 15-17 | 10 minutes |
General Awareness | 20 | 20 | Easy | 10-12 | 10 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 20 | Easy-Moderate | 15 – 17 | 20 minutes |
Economic and Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) | 40 | 40 | Moderate | 18-20 | 18 minutes |
Agriculture and Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) | 40 | 40 | Moderate | 18 -20 | 17 minutes |
Total | 200 | 200 | Easy- Moderate | 120 - 130 | 120 minutes |
Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement –8 People /Colors) | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities | 2 | Easy |
Data Sufficiency | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
There were questions on Linear Seating Arrangement, Circular Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation, Mathematical Inequalities and Coding-Decoding. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (Based on Rural Areas post retirement.) | 8 | Moderate |
Reading Comprehension (Based on Economy and Business) | 7 | Moderate |
Fill in the blanks – 3 FIB and one word | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Spot the Error | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Phrase/word replacement | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
This section contained questions on topics such as Reading Comprehension, Phrase Replacement, Spot the Error and Fill in the blanks. The topics of Reading Comprehension passage were Rural Areas Post Retirement, and Economy & Business. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
All the questions were based on basics of computer. There were questions on Application Software, SPAM and Email, Input Output device, LAN, Internet, Virus based, etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
There were questions primarily based on current affairs of recent months- December, January, and February. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Table) | 6 | Moderate |
Number Series – Missing number based | 4 | Easy |
Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Mixture and Alligation | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Partnership | 1 | Easy |
Mensuration | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Time and work | 1 | Easy |
Profit, Loss and Discount | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
There were questions on Data Interpretation (Table), Number Series, Quadratic Equations, Mixture and Alligation, Partnership, Mensuration, Time and work, Profit, Loss and Discount etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Most of the questions in this section were based on Rural India, GDP and Budget 2020. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Most of the questions in the section were based on Current Affairs, Recent Schemes, and from Rural India. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
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