NABARD

GRADE A
OFFICER
Previous Years
Questions 2019

ESI & ARD Questions

Phase II
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Previous years questions have their own prominence when it comes to understanding the
types of questions asked in the exam. Previous years questions give a detailed overview of
what areas of syllabus an aspirant need to focus upon for preparation for the upcoming
examinations. It also gives a brief understanding of what percentage of the questions were
static in nature (subject knowledge) and what percentage of questions were asked from
current affairs.
Keeping the above points in mind and with the intention to help NABARD Grade A aspirants,
we have compiled NABARD Grade A 2019 Phase 2 Questions asked in the Economics & Social
Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development Papers. We have also given the answers to
those questions.

NABARD Grade A Previous Years Questions and Answers

NABARD Grade A 2019 – ESI & ARD Phase II Paper

Economics & Social Issues Questions

Q.1. Who headed the High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) for boosting India’s share in
Exports?
Answer: Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla

Q.2. The High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) was constituted by which Union Ministry?
Answer: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q.3. The target to double the export to over USD 1000 Billion is by which year?
Answer: 2025

Q.4. Name the campaign to create awareness and promote tribal arts and crafts as well as
aid in socioeconomic welfare of over 700 Indian tribes.
Answer: Go tribal campaign

Q.5. The above-mentioned campaign was launched in association with…………...?

Answer: Amazon Global
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Q.6. The above-mentioned campaign was launched for the tribes of …………….?
Answer: India

Q.7. What are Elephant Bonds?

Answer: A 25-year sovereign bonds in which people declaring undisclosed income will be
bound to invest 50%

Q.8. Name the scheme to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of
rural India in identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for
accelerating sustainable growth.
Answer: Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

Q.9. Which organization releases the ASER Report?

Answer: Non-Profit Organization Pratham

Q.10. Which of the following State has the highest performance in reading? (ASER Report)
Answer: Himachal Pradesh

Q.11. What percentage of children (age 6-14) not enrolled in school has fallen below 3% for
the first time and stands at …... in 2018?
Answer: 2.8%

Q.12. The All India figure for children in Class ……… who are able to do at least subtraction
has not changed much from 2016 and is 28.1% in 2018.
Answer: Class 3rd

Q.13. Name a plan aims at making agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative
and climate resilient by promoting location specific integrated /composite farming systems,
Soil and moisture conservation measures, Comprehensive soil health management,
Efficient water management practices and mainstreaming rain-fed technologies etc.
Answer: National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
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Q.14. Which of the following is a component of NMSA?

Answer: Nutrient Management

Q.15. What does INDCs stands for?

Answer: Intended Nationally Determined Contributions

Q.16. National Health Policy related question: Kerala has invested in basic education, ____,
& primary care
Answer: Social Security

Q.17. Which of the following is not true about Health care PPP model?
Answer: Youth of OBC can be provided jobs under CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility).

Q.18. Who is the Chairman of National Education Policy 2019?

Answer: Dr K. Kasturirangan

Q.19. What is the Curricular and Pedagogical Structure based on Cognitive and Socio-
emotional developmental stages of children proposed in Draft National Education Policy?
Answer: 5+3+3+4

Q.20. Which of the following is true about apex body which will be responsible for
developing, articulating, implementing, evaluating, and revising the vision of education in
the country on a continuous and sustained basis in draft National Education Policy?
Answer: Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog

• The Prime Minister of India will be the Chairperson of the RSA.

• The Union Minister for Education (UME) will be the Vice Chairperson of the RSA.
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Q.21. Name the plan for promoting an understanding of climate change and establishing
linkage between adaptation and mitigation consistent with the national priority for
achieving sustainable development.
Answer: National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)

Q. 22. Which of the following sector/sectors will be relaxed for FDI as per the Union Budget
2019-20?
Answer: FDI in Aviation, Media (animation, AVGC) and Insurance Sectors (All of the above)

Q.23. As per Budget 2019-20, FDI in Insurance Intermediaries has been increased from 49%
to …………?
Answer: 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will be permitted for the Insurance
Intermediaries.

Q.24. What is India’s FDI Inflow as per Budget 2019-20, with 6% growth as compared to last
year?
Answer: USD 64.375 Billion

Q. 25. As per Budget 2019-20, Central Government will start raising external debt because?
Answer: India’s Sovereign External Debt to GDP is among the lowest globally at less than 5%.

Q.26. As per Budget 2019-20, what will be the impact of Government’s plan to start raising
external debt?
Answer: Beneficial impact on demand situation for the government securities in domestic
market.
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Agriculture & Rural Development Questions

Q. 1. Which is the highest milk yielding indigenous breed of cow per lactation?
Answer: Shahiwal

Q. 2. What is Blue Revolution about?

Answer: Fish Production

Q. 3. What is the per capita availability of milk gram per day in 2017-18 in the country has
increased to …………?
Answer: 375

Q. 4. The scheme of National SC-ST Hub, being implemented by NSIC on behalf of the which
Ministry?
Answer: Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Q. 5. What Certificate is issued for the breeder seed by the producing breeder?
Answer: Golden Yellow colour certificate

Q. 6. Which crop has a higher seed replacement rate?

Answer: Wheat

Q. 7. As per the Index of Crop Diversification 2014-15, which State recorded the most
crop diversification in the country?
Answer: Karnataka

Q. 8. As per the Economic Survey 2017-18, what percentage of area is rainfed area in India?
Answer: 52%
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Q. 9. What is small and marginal farmer’s land holding?

Answer: Less than 2 hectares

Q. 10. What is the contribution of agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
Answer: 16.1%

Q. 11. Which of the following is a macro nutrient?

Answer: Potassium

Q. 12. Name the scheme to refinance collateral-free loans given by the lenders to small
borrowers?
Answer: PMMY (Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana)

Q. 13. What is the overdraft limit to Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) account
which shall be considered as Priority sector lending target?
Answer: Rs. 10,000

Q. 14. Which central government ministry implemented the PM-SYM (Pradhan Mantri
Shram Yogi Mandhan)?
Answer: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Q. 15. When is the Panchayat Raj Day celebrated?

Answer: 24th April

Q. 16. What percentage of additional interest subvention is given on prompt repayment of

loan to farmers?
Answer: 3%

Q. 17. In NRETP, what does T stands for?

Answer: Transformation (National Rural Economic Transformation Project)
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Q. 18. As per Agriculture census, the Small-Medium and Medium Operation holding in 2015-
16 have operated area of?
Answer: 43.61%

Q. 19. What is the number of ODF (open defecation free) villages as on date?
Answer: 618

Q. 20. Which committee decides Scale of loan under KCC?

Answer: District Level Technical Committee

Q. 21. Under which scheme LED bulbs are provided to domestic consumers with a target to
replace 77 crore incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs?
Answer: Ujala Scheme

Q.22. Which scheme offers the utilization of barren land by farmers to generate solar energy
and sell it to grid in the rural areas?
Answer: KUSUM

Q.23. To which of the following sectors Ujjwala Yojana has been expanded to?
Answer: The scheme has been expanded to cover all SC/ST households, beneficiaries of
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), PMAY (Gramin), forest dwellers, most backward classes (MBC),
Tea and Ex-Tea Garden Tribes, people residing in Islands and rivers etc. in addition to SECC
identified households.

Q. 24. Which of the following schemes is/are under MoRD (Ministry of Rural Development)?
Answer: Mission Antyodya, DDU-GKY, SAGY (Correct Answer: All of these)

Q.25. The Government of India has decided to extend the pension benefit to about three
crore retail traders & small shopkeepers whose annual turnover is less than ……. under a
new Scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Karam Yogi Mandhan Scheme?
Answer: 1.5 crore
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Q.26. The cow with Basic colours skin are white with dark red or chocolate-brown patches
or
sometimes black or purely red, horns are peculiarly curved, giving a ‘half-moon’
appearance?
Answer: Gir

Q.27. What is the Gestation Period for a cow?

Answer: 280 Days

Q.28. To produce 1 litre of milk the equivalent of approximately …... litres of blood has to
pass through the udder?
Answer: 400

Q. 29. What is the Dehorn time for calf after birth?

Answer: 7-10 days

Q.30. The amount of soil moisture or water content held in the soil after excess water has
drained away and the rate of downward movement decreases the …………….?
Answer: Field Capacity

Q.31. Which one is the Draught Breed of Cattle?

Answer: Khillari

Q.32. Coconut is propagated through ……………. raised from selected seed-nuts.

Answer: Seedlings

Q.33. As per the Mind the Gap Report, what percentage of women are earning less than
INR 10,000?
Answer: 92%
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Q.34. On an average, what percentage of women are paid less wages than men, a recent
report by the International Labour Organization (ILO)?
Answer: 34%

Q.35. How much time organic production takes?

Answer: 3 years

Q.36. What is White Revolution about?

Answer: Milk Production
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