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NABARD Grade A Agriculture and Rural Development

NABARD Grade A Agriculture and Rural Development Prelim Exam

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NABARD Grade A 2020 - Preliminary Examination, conducted in online Mode, has: a duration of 2 hours, a total of 200 questions, a maximum score of 200 marks, and consists of 7 sections, namely - Reasoning Ability, English Language, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Economic & Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development. There is a Negative marking in NABARD Grade A Preliminary exam and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates must clear the cut-off in all the sections to qualify for the NABARD Grade A Main exam.

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S.No Name of Test Number of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1 Reasoning 20 20 120 Minutes
2 English Language 40 40
3 Computer Knowledge 20 20
4 General Awareness 20 20
5 Quantitative Aptitude 20 20
6 Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) 40 40
7 Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India) 40 40
Total 200 200
The NABARD Grade A Agriculture and Rural Development section in Prelims, has a total of 40 questions with a maximum of 40 marks. Below mentioned are the different categories of expected questions in the NABARD Grade A Agriculture and Rural Development Section of NABARD Grade A Preliminary Exam.

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NABARD Grade A Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India): Most of the questions in this section are based on below topics
S.No. Topics
1 Central Government policies for agriculture and rural development


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1. Head Quarters of Indian Council of Agriculture Research is located in which of the following cities?
    A. Mumbai B. Bengaluru C. Hyderabad D. New Delhi
Answer: Option D
2. Government of India has recently approved the National Health Protection Scheme also called as Ayushman Bharat by earmarking how much budgetary support for the scheme for 2018-19 and 2019-20?
    A. Rs160 Billion B. Rs 225 Billion C. Rs 435 Billion D. Rs 57 Billion E. Rs 198 Billion
Answer: Option A
3. Which of the following Countries has recently hosted the AgraME Expo an influential Trade exhibition that has providing opportunities for Farming and veterinary Professionals?
    A. UAE B. Australia C. India D. UK
Answer: Option A
4. The government of India will be launching which of the following schemes for managing and converting cattle dung and solid waste into use Bio-gas and Bio-CNG?
    A. Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana B. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana C. Integrated Rural Development Programme D. GOBAR-DHAN Yojana
Answer: Option D
5. Who is the present Union Minister of Minister of Rural Development, Panchayat Raj & Mines- Government of India (as on 22-03-2018)?
    A. Narendra Singh Tomar B. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi C. Nitin Gadkari D. Radha Mohan Singh
Answer: Option A
6. Mr. Anant Kumar - Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Parliamentary affairs has recently announced setting up of a Plastic Park at an outlay of Rs120 Crore in which of the following states that is expected to generate employment (Direct and In-direct) for 36000 People in the State?
    A. Andhra Pradesh B. Meghalaya C. Jharkhand D. Rajasthan
Answer: Option C
7. Which of the following is the correct abbreviation of NCDC?
    A. New Community Development Company B. Notional Credit Development Community C. National Cooperative Development Corporation D. New Cattle and Dairy Corporation
Answer: Option C
8. Ministry of Agriculture in its second revised estimate of Food Grain production in the Country this year has estimated Food Grain Output at?
    A. 277.49 Million Tonnes B. 275.11 Million Tonnes C. 237.63 Million Tonnes D. 250 Million Tonnes
Answer: Option A
9. Northeast India’s first regional center for agriculture in tie up with which of the following Countries has been recently launched in Mizoram?
    A. UK B. Australia C. Israel D. USA
Answer: Option C
10. Ministry of Agriculture and Family Welfare has recently signed an MoU with which of the following Ministries to conduct skill development training Programmes to be conducted at Krishi Vignan Kendra?
    A. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports B. Ministry of Labour and Employment C. Ministry of Women and Child Development D. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Answer: Option D

NABARD Grade A – Related Information
NABARD Grade A – General Awareness - Study Guide
NABARD Grade A – Reasoning Ability - Study Guide
NABARD Grade A – English Language - Study Guide
NABARD Grade A – Computer Knowledge - Study Guide
NABARD Grade A – Quantitative Aptitude - Study Guide


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