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NABARD Grade A Previous Year Question Papers

NABARD Recruitment to the post of Assistant Manager in Grade 'A' (RDBS/Legal/Protocol & Security Service)

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)No papers yetVerified 4 Oct 2026
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About NABARD Grade A

NABARD recruits Assistant Managers in Grade 'A' for its Rural Development Banking Service (general and specialist disciplines), Legal Service and Protocol & Security Service. RDBS and Legal candidates go through an online preliminary exam, an online main exam, a psychometric test and an interview, and are ranked on main exam and interview marks; Protocol & Security candidates take a single online exam and an interview. Advertisement No. 05/Grade A/2025-26 offered 91 posts, with the preliminary exam on 20 December 2025 and the main exam on 25 January 2026.

Eligibility (summary)

Grade A 2025 (RDBS/Legal): age between 21 and 30 years as on 01.11.2025, with category relaxations. RDBS General: Bachelor's degree in any subject with at least 60% marks (55% for SC/ST/PwBD), or a post graduate degree/MBA/PGDM with at least 55% (50%), or CA/CS/CMA/ICWA or Ph.D; specialist disciplines and Legal need discipline-specific degrees. Read the latest notification for exact age limits, relaxations and qualifications.

Stages & subjects

  1. 1

    Phase I: Preliminary Examination

    Online objective test of 200 marks; shortlisting for the main exam is on the merit section only

  2. 2

    Phase II: Main Examination

    Paper I General English (descriptive) and Paper II with objective and descriptive parts

  3. 3

    Phase III: Psychometric Test

    Mandatory MCQ-based test of 90 minutes for candidates shortlisted from the main exam

  4. 4

    Interview

    Interview of 50 marks, in Hindi or English

Test of ReasoningEnglish LanguageComputer KnowledgeQuantitative AptitudeDecision MakingGeneral AwarenessEconomic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India)Agriculture & Rural Development (with emphasis on Rural India)General English (descriptive)Stream-specific paper (specialist disciplines and Legal)

Exam pattern

Summarised from the official notification. Patterns change; confirm in the latest notice.

StagePattern
Phase I: Preliminary ExaminationRDBS and Legal: 200 objective questions, 200 marks, composite time of 120 minutes. Qualifying section: Test of Reasoning (20 Q), English Language (30 Q), Computer Knowledge (20 Q), Quantitative Aptitude (20 Q), Decision Making (10 Q). Merit section: General Awareness (20 Q), Economic & Social Issues with focus on Rural India (40 Q), Agriculture & Rural Development with emphasis on Rural India (40 Q); one mark per question. Shortlisting for the main exam is on merit-section marks; 1/4th of the question's marks deducted per wrong answerAdvertisement No. 05/Grade A/2025-26 (Grade A 2025) · source
Phase II: Main ExaminationPaper I General English: online descriptive, 3 questions, 100 marks, 90 minutes. Paper II (Economic & Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development for generalists; stream-specific paper for specialists and Legal): objective part of 30 questions, 50 marks, 30 minutes, plus a descriptive part in which 4 of 6 questions are attempted (2 of 15 marks and 2 of 10 marks), 50 marks, 90 minutes. 1/4th negative marking on objective questions; cut-offs apply to each test and to the totalAdvertisement No. 05/Grade A/2025-26 (Grade A 2025) · source
Phase III: Psychometric TestMCQ based, 90 minutes; mandatory, and only candidates who appear in it are shortlisted for the interviewAdvertisement No. 05/Grade A/2025-26 (Grade A 2025) · source
InterviewInterview of 50 marks; final selection and ranking for RDBS and Legal are based on Phase II main examination and interview marks taken together; calling ratio for interview is a maximum of 1:3Advertisement No. 05/Grade A/2025-26 (Grade A 2025) · source

Preparing with NABARD Grade A papers

  • Practise each stage separately: Phase I: Preliminary Examination, Phase II: Main Examination, Phase III: Psychometric Test, Interview.
  • Re-check the syllabus in the latest notification before relying on older papers.

FAQs

Where can I download NABARD Grade A previous year papers?

We have not published NABARD Grade A papers yet. Check the official website (nabard.org) for any papers the authority has released.

Who conducts NABARD Grade A?

NABARD Grade A is conducted by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Notifications, dates and results are published on its official website.

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