NABARD Development Assistant Exam Syllabus and pattern

NABARD Development Assistant Exam Syllabus

NABARD, one of the most reputed Public-Sector bank, has announced vacancies for the post of Development Assistant. The online registration starts from 14th September 2019 and will go on till 2nd October 2019. This is a very competitive exam, so a lot of people will be applying for the post, and NABARD has announced only 91 vacancies in total. So, your preparation must be up to the mark! Here, in this blog, we would provide you the NABARD Development Assistant Exam Syllabus so that you can kick start your preparation with Oliveboard.

NABARD Development Assistant Examination Pattern

The selection process will be based on Online Exam to be conducted in two phases :

I – Preliminary
II – Main Exam

Preliminary Exam  Pattern:

1. English Language
2. Numerical Ability
3. Reasoning Ability

Syllabus of Prelims Exam:

English Language:

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze Test
3. Error Spotting
4. Sentence Improvement
5. Fillers
6. Para Jumbles
7. Odd One Out
8. Correct Usage
9. Paragraph Completion
10. Vocabulary based questions
11. Synonyms/ Antonyms
12. Idioms and Phrases
13. One Word Substitution
14. Word/Phrase Replacement

Reasoning Ability:

1. Syllogisms
2. Seating Arrangement 
3. Inequalities 
4. Machine Input-Output 
5. Comparison
6. Data Sufficiency 
7. Blood Relation
8. Puzzles – Box based, Floor
9. Calendar
10. Day/Months based
11. Scheduling
12. Directions and Distances
13. Ordering and Ranking
14. Coding and Decoding
15. Coded Inequalities
16. Statement and Conclusion/Course of Action
17. Miscellaneous

Numerical Ability:

1. Data Interpretation (Charts and Graphs: Line Graph, Bar Graph, Pie Chart; Tabular; Caselet; Mixed DI)
2. Simplification/Approximation
3. Mensuration
4. Mixture and Allegations
5. Quadratic Equation
6. Number Series
7. Miscellaneous Questions (Time, Average, Percentage, Ratio Proportion, Age, Probability, Simple and Compound Interest, Permutation and Combination, Profit and Loss)

NABARD Development Assistant Exam Syllabus: Main Examination Pattern

In main exam, you will have below sections:

1. Reasoning Ability- 30
2. Quantitative Aptitude-30
3. General Awareness - 50
4. Computer Knowledge - 40
5. English Language - 50

Reasoning Ability:

1. Syllogisms
2. Seating Arrangements
3. Puzzles
4. Inequalities
5. Blood Relation
6. Coding-Decoding
7. Scheduling
8. Direction Sense
9. Verbal Reasoning
10. Machine Input Output
11. Comparison
12. Order & Ranking
13. Data Sufficiency
14. Miscellaneous

Quantitative Aptitude:

1. Simplification/ Approximation
2. Number Series
3. Simple & Compound Interest
4. Quadratic Equations
5. Profit, Loss & Discount
6. Mixture & Allegations
7. Averages
8. Ratio & Proportion
9. Probability
10. Data Interpretation
11. Data Sufficiency
12. Percentages
13. Speed, Time & Distance

General Awareness (with special reference to Agriculture, Rural Development and Banking):

1. Current Affairs for last 6 months – Download Free BOLT
2. Questions from Banking & Finance
3. New Appointments, Awards & Honours
4. Static GK 
5. Topics like Agriculture & Rural Development, Soil & Water Conversation, Water Resources, Farm and Agri-Engineering,  Plantation & Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Forestry, Agriculture Extensions, Ecology and Climate Change, Rural banking and financial institutions in India, Scenario of Indian Agriculture, Genetically Modified Crops, etc.

Computer Knowledge:

1. History of Computers
2. Internet
3. Hardware
4. Software
5. Database Management System
6. MS Office (Word/ Excel/ Powerpoint)
7. Computer Virus
8. Network Security
9. File Extensions
10. Important Shortcuts and Abbreviations

English Language (Descriptive):

1. Essay Writing
2. Precis
3. Report / Letter Writing

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