NABARD Grade A

Syllabus 2021
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NABARD Grade A Prelims Syllabus 2021

Let's have a look at the detailed syllabus of the NABARD Grade-A 2021 Exam for the
Preliminary as well as the Main phase separately.
Name of Topics asked
Section
Reasoning • Puzzles & Seating arrangement
Ability • Syllogism
• Data sufficiency
• Statement based questions (Verbal reasoning)
• Inequality
• Miscellaneous Questions
• Input-Output
• Blood relations
• Coding-Decoding
Quantitative • Data Interpretations
Aptitude • Quadratic Equations
• Number Series
• Simplification/ Approximation
• Data Sufficiency
• Arithmetic Questions
• Quantity Comparisons
• Mathematical Inequalities
English • Reading Comprehension
Language • Cloze test
• Sentence improvement
• Spotting the errors
• Fill in the blanks
• Sentence rearrangement
• Para Jumbles
• New pattern questions
General • The questions in this test will be from Current Affairs and Banking and
Awareness Economy, Insurance.
• In current affairs, questions can be asked from recent appointments,
awards, and honors, sports, new schemes, national and international news,
latest developments in science and technology.
Computer • This section covers topics from various topics like Networking, Input-
Knowledge output devices, DBMS, MS Office, Internet, History of computers &
generations, Shortcuts.

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NABARD Grade A Mains Syllabus 2021

Phase 2 of the NABARD Grade A Exam consists of the following:
1. Online Descriptive Test - Paper-I
2. Online Objective Test - Paper-II
Let's discuss the syllabus of these papers in detail:

NABARD Grade A Mains Syllabus: Paper I – English Writing

• Thispaper is descriptive in nature.
• Thispaper consists of questions based on Essay, Précis writing, comprehension, and
Business/Office Correspondence.
• The objective of the paper is to assess the writing skills including expressions and
understanding of the topic.
• Paper I is common for Grade ‘A’ – RDBS, Rajbhasha, and Legal
NABARD Grade A Mains Syllabus: Paper II – Economic and Social
Issues
(a) Economic & Social Issues:
Topic Name Syllabus Detail
Nature of Indian Economy • Structural and Institutional features
• Economic Underdevelopment
• Opening up the Indian Economy
• Globalization
• Economic Reforms in India
• Privatization.
Inflation • Trends in Inflation & their Impact on National Economy
and Individual Income.
Poverty Alleviation and • Rural and Urban
Employment Generation in India • Measurement of Poverty
• Poverty Alleviation Programmes of the Government.
Population Trends • Population Growth and Economic Development
• Population Policy in India.
Agriculture • Characteristics / Status
• Technical and Institutional changes in Indian
Agriculture
• Agricultural performance
• Issues in Food Security in India
• Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural
credit.
Industry • Industrial and Labour Policy
• Industrial performance
• Regional Imbalance in India's Industrial Development
• Public Sector Enterprises.

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Rural banking and financial • Reforms in the Banking/ Financial sector.

institutions in India
Globalization of Economy • Role of International Funding Institutions
• IMF & World Bank
• WTO
• Regional Economic Co-operation.
Social Structure in India • Multiculturalism
• Demographic trends
• Urbanization and Migration
• Gender Issues Joint family system
• Social Infrastructure
• Education
• Health and Environment.
Education • Status & System of Education
• Socio-Economic Problems associated with Illiteracy
• Educational relevance and educational wastage
• Educational Policy for India.
Social Justice • Problems of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
• Socio-economic programmes for scheduled castes and
scheduled tribes and other backward classes.
Positive Discrimination in favor • Social Movements
of the underprivileged • Indian Political Systems
• Human Development
(b) Agriculture & Rural Development:
Topic Name Details
Agriculture • Definition, meaning, and its branches
• Agronomy: Definition, meaning, and scope of agronomy.
• Classification of field crops.
• Factors affecting crop production
• Agro Climatic Zones
• Cropping Systems: Definition and types of cropping systems.
• Problems of dry land - Seed production, seed processing, seed
village
• Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory
• Precision Farming
• System of Crop Intensification
• Organic farming

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Soil and Water • Major soil types

Conservation • Soil fertility
• Fertilizers
• Soil erosion
• Soil conservation
• Watershed management
Water Resource • Irrigation Management
• Types of irrigation
• Sources of irrigation
• Crop-water requirement
• Command area development
• Water conservation techniques
• Micro-irrigation
• Irrigation pumps
• Major, medium, and minor irrigation.
Farm and Agri • Farm Machinery and Power
Engineering • Sources of power on the farm- human, animal, mechanical,
electrical, wind, solar and biomass, biofuels
• Water harvesting structures
• Farm Ponds
• Agro-Processing
• Controlled and modified storage, perishable food storage,
godowns, bins, and grain silos.
Plantation & Horticulture • Definition, meaning, and its branches
• Agronomic practices and production technology of various
plantation and horticulture crops
• Post-harvest management, value and supply chain
management of Plantation and Horticulture crops.
Animal Husbandry • Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy
• Animal husbandry methods in India
• Common terms pertaining to different species of livestock
• Utility classification of breeds of cattle.
• Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification,
and utility.
• Introduction to the poultry industry in India (past, present, and
future status)
• Common terms pertaining to poultry production and
management
• The concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socio-
economic conditions of farmers in India
• Complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry
production with that of agricultural farming.

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Fisheries • Fisheries resources

• Management and exploitation - freshwater, brackish water, and
marine
• Aquaculture- Inland and marine
• Biotechnology
• Post-harvest technology
• Importance of fisheries in India
• Common terms pertaining to fish production.
Forestry • Basic concepts of Forest and Forestry
• Principles of silviculture, forest mensuration, forest
management, and forest economics
• Concepts of social forestry, agroforestry, joint forest
management
• Forest policy and legislation in India, India State of Forest
Report 2015
• Recent developments under the Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change.
Agriculture Extensions • Its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension
programmes
• Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra's (KVK) in the dissemination of
Agricultural technologies.
Ecology and Climate • Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources,
Change sustainable management, and conservation
• Causes of climate change, Green House Gases (GHG), major
GHG emitting countries, climate analysis
• Distinguish between adaptation and mitigation
• Climate change impact on agriculture and rural livelihoods
• Carbon credit
• IPCC, UNFCCC, CoP meetings
• Funding mechanisms for climate change projects
• Initiatives by Govt of India, NAPCC, SAPCC, INDC.
Present Scenario of • Recent trends
Indian Agriculture and • Major challenges in agriculture measures to enhance
Allied activities • Viability of agriculture
Factors of Production in agriculture
• Agricultural Finance and Marketing
• Impact of Globalization on Indian Agriculture and issues of
Food Security
• Concept and Types of Farm Management.

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(c) Rural Development:

Topic Details
Rural • Concept of Rural Area
Development • Structure of the Indian Rural Economy
• Importance and role of the rural sector in India
• Economic, Social and Demographic Characteristics of the Indian rural
economy
• Causes of Rural Backwardness.
• Rural population in India
• Occupational structure
• Farmers, Agricultural Laborers, Artisans, Handicrafts, Traders, Forest
dwellers/tribes, and others in rural India
• Trends of change in rural population and rural workforce
• Problems and conditions of rural labour
• Issues and challenges in Hand-looms
• Panchayati Raj Institutions – Functions and Working.
• MGNREGA, NRLM – Aajeevika, Rural Drinking water Programmes,
Swachh Bharat, Rural Housing, PURA, and other rural development
programs.