National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) conducted online examination for the recruitment of Assistant Manager (RDBS) in Grade ‘B’ across the country on 6th August, 2017.
There were 200 questions, which had to be answered in 120 minutes. There were seven sections, divided into two parts.
Part I: Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness
Part II: 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 |
Possible Attempts |
Possible Score |
Approximate Time Taken |
|
Economic and Social Issues |
40 |
40 |
Moderate |
25 -30 |
23 - 30 |
18 minutes |
|
Agriculture and Rural Development |
40 |
40 |
Moderate |
22 - 27 |
22 - 25 |
18 minutes |
|
Reasoning |
20 |
20 |
Easy |
13 -15 |
14 - 16 |
15 minutes |
|
English Language |
40 |
40 |
Easy - Moderate |
32 - 35 |
31-33 |
30 minutes |
|
Computer Knowledge |
20 |
20 |
Easy - Moderate |
15-17 |
13 -16 |
10 minutes |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
20 |
20 |
Easy - Moderate |
12 - 15 |
12 -15 |
17 minutes |
|
General Awareness |
20 |
20 |
Moderate |
11-15 |
11-13 |
12 minutes |
|
Total |
200 |
200 |
Moderate |
|
120 - 128 |
120 minutes |
Most of the questions in this section were based on Banking and Insurance, Government Committees, Economic Policies, Budget, Social Issues, Crop insurance, Aids to farmers, and. This section was of easy to moderate difficulty level. An overall attempt of 23 to 30 questions can be considered a good attempt.
Most of the questions in the section were based on the Agrigulture and Animal Husbandry. Questions were based on Types of Seeds for particular seasons, Soil types, Irrigation, Names of Crop Varieties, Poultry, etc. An overall attempt of 20 to 25 questions can be considered as a good attempt.
This section primarily saw moderate level of questions. A student should have attempted at least 15 questions. The questions were not time consuming. There were questions on Circular and Parallel Sitting arrangement, Syllogism, Inference, Direction, Linear Arrangement, etc.
Detailed break up of questions is as follows:
|
Topic |
No. of Questions |
|
Circular Arrangement (Easy to Moderate) |
4 |
|
Parallel Arrangements (Easy to Moderate) |
5 |
|
Increasing order Arrangement (Easy) |
3 |
|
Syllogism (Moderate) |
3 |
|
Statement Inference (Easy to Moderate) |
1 |
|
Miscellaneous (Case study) |
1 |
|
Direction (Easy) |
3 |
This section contained questions on topics such as Fill in the blanks, Reading Comprehension, Phrase Replacement, and two types of Error Spotting. An overall attempt of 33 questions can be considered to be a good attempt.
The detailed breakup is as follows:
|
Topic |
No. of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Para jumble |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Error Spotting (2 errors) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Reading Comprehension (2 passages) |
12 |
Moderate |
|
Phrase Replacement |
8 |
Easy to Moderate |
|
Error Spotting (1 error) |
5 |
Easy |
|
Fill in the blanks (2 blanks) |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
All the questions were based on basics of computer like internet, Virus, Antivirus, Biometrics, Business Software, etc. A major chunk of questions were on Business Software. This section was of east to moderate difficulty level and an attempt of 16 questions can be consider as a good attempt.
Overall, this section was of moderate difficulty level. A major chunk of the questions were from DI – table and line graph. There were other questions based on Data Sufficiency, Partnership, Time and Work, Probability, Mixture and Alligation, Series and Percentage. The questions of DI (Table) were calculative in nature. The questions on Data Sufficiency and Probability were moderate to difficult. A well prepared student would have easily attempted around 15 questions in this section.
|
Topic |
Difficulty Level |
No. of Questions |
|
Data Interpretation – Line Graph |
Easy to Moderate |
5 |
|
Data Interpretation – Table |
Moderate |
4 |
|
Mixture and Alligation |
Easy |
1 |
|
Data Sufficiency |
Moderate to Difficult |
3 |
|
Percentages |
Moderate |
1 |
|
Series |
Easy to Moderate |
3 |
|
Probability |
Difficult |
1 |
|
Partnership |
Easy |
1 |
|
Time and Work |
Moderate |
1 |
This section comprised questions of moderate difficulty level primarily based on current affairs. There were 15 questions from Current world affairs of the past three months. Candidates who have kept themselves abreast with current affairs of the past three to four months would have easily answered most of the questions in this section. Some other questions were on Geography, History, etc.
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