This blog article presents you with an in-depth analysis of the Exam Pattern and than points you to the sources of Sample papers and Prep Books for the NABARD Asst. Manager Exam 2015.
NABARD has scheduled NABARD Asst. Manager Exam 2015 for recruitment of 128 Assistant Manager positions in its Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS). The Phase-I Online exam would be held in February/March 2015. This blog post is dedicated to provide you the prep materials for the NABARD Exam. It at first begins with a discussion on the pattern/format of exam and than leads you to the Sample papers and Prep/Guide Books that you can use to prepare for NABARD Asst. Manager Exam 2015.
In another blog post of mine titled: NABARD Asst. Manager 2015 Exam Syllabus you would find the syllabus for this exam. With this, let us know the pattern of examination of NABARD.
In another blog post of mine titled: NABARD Asst. Manager 2015 Exam Syllabus you would find the syllabus for this exam. With this, let us know the pattern of examination of NABARD.
NABARD Exam 2015 Pattern/Format:
You can find the NABARD Exam pattern for Asst. Managers in the table below:
While the Phase-1 (i.e. Prelims) exam is common for all the posts, Pattern of Phase-II given above is for Asst. Manager (RDBS) and Manager (RDBS).
For AM (Rajbhasha) & AM (Legal Service), the Paper-I of Phase-2 is same as above. But in Paper-II instead of Socio-Economic issues, proficiency in Hindi (Descriptive) and proficiency in Law (Descriptive) would be asked for same 100 marks for same duration of 3 hours.
As you can see above, Stage-1 consists of two written exams – Prelims in Phase-1 & Mains in Phase-II. The mark you score in Prelims is for screening purpose only – just to select you for Mains exam. The marks would not be counted for further purpose. If you rank sufficiently high in Mains, you would be called for Interview. The marks you score in Mains exam (i.e. out of 200 total) and the interview would be used for preparing the merit list.
Syllabus for NABARD Exam:
You can find the detailed Syllabus of NABARD exam in my blog post: NABARD Asst. Manager 2015 Exam Syllabus.
NABARD Exam Sample/Model Papers:
As you could find out from the NABARD exam pattern above, there are two written exams – Prelims & Mains. The Prelims exam very closely resembles to the Bank PO (Probationary Officers) exams conducted by IBPS and hence you could use the sample papers of IBPS CWE (PO) for NABARD AM (RDBS) exams.
Prep/Guide Books for NABARD Exam:
As stated above, NABARD exam for AM (RDBS) positions is very similar to Bank PO exams you can use the following books as Prep/Guide Books for NABARD Exam.
These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts up to 49%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds RS. 500/=. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:
Guide books:
Comprehensive Guide to IBPS-CWE Bank PO; Author/Publisher: Disha Publication.
List Price: Rs.560/=; Offer Price:Rs. 283/=; Discount: Rs. 277/= (49%)
Success Master IBPS CWE PO Exam by Author/Publisher: Arihant
List Price: Rs. 510/=; Offer Price: Rs. 347/=; Discount: Rs. 163/= (31%)
SBI & Associate Banks PO Exam Guide (Hindi) by R. Gupta Publisher: RPH
Comprehensive Guide to IBPS-CWE Bank PO; Author/Publisher: Disha Publication.
List Price: Rs.560/=; Offer Price:Rs. 283/=; Discount: Rs. 277/= (49%)
Success Master IBPS CWE PO Exam by Author/Publisher: Arihant
List Price: Rs. 510/=; Offer Price: Rs. 347/=; Discount: Rs. 163/= (31%)
SBI & Associate Banks PO Exam Guide (Hindi) by R. Gupta Publisher: RPH
List Price: Rs. 435/=; Offer Price: Rs. 374/=; Discount: Rs. 61/= (14%)
Book for Bank PO Previous years solved papers:
Previous Papers IBPS: Common Written Exams for Bank PO/MT with Detailed Solutions; Author: K. Kundan; Publisher: B.S.C.
List Price: Rs. 380; Offer Price: Rs. 266; Discount: Rs. 114 (30%)
Prep Books for specific test-sections:
Buy the book according to the area of your weakness:
A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal
A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal
List Price: Rs.800/=; Offer Price: Rs.520/=; Discount: Rs. 280/= (36%)
Lucents General Knowledge; Author: Sanjeev Kumar; Publisher: Lucent
List Price: Rs.180/=; Offer Price: Rs.129/=; Discount: Rs. 51/= (28%)
Lucents General Knowledge; Author: Sanjeev Kumar; Publisher: Lucent
List Price: Rs.180/=; Offer Price: Rs.129/=; Discount: Rs. 51/= (28%)
TMH Objective English For Competitive Examinations By Hari Prasad
List Price: Rs.435/=; Offer Price: Rs.390/=; Discount: Rs. 45 (10%)
Text Book of Quickest Mathematics: Quantitative Aptitude & Numerical Ability Useful for all Competitive Exams by Kiran Prakashan
List Price: Rs. 425/=; Offer Price: Rs. 300/=; Discount: Rs. 125/= (29%)
Objective Computer Knowledge & Literacy Publisher: Kiran Prakashan
Price: Rs. 95
Prep Books for NABARD Descriptive General English paper (Phase-2, Paper-I):
Descriptive General English; Author: Richa Sharma , S P Baksh; Publisher: Arihant
List Price: Rs. 285/=; Offer Price: Rs. 200/=; Discount: Rs. 85/= (29%)
Objective Computer Knowledge & Literacy Publisher: Kiran Prakashan
Price: Rs. 95
Prep Books for NABARD Descriptive General English paper (Phase-2, Paper-I):
Descriptive General English; Author: Richa Sharma , S P Baksh; Publisher: Arihant
List Price: Rs. 285/=; Offer Price: Rs. 200/=; Discount: Rs. 85/= (29%)
NABARD Interview Questions:
The NABARD interview for rural development banking service (RDBS) is bound to have questions on rural banking in India.
Also, questions would naturally be asked about how much you know about NABARD as an organisation. Please go this About us page of NABARD.
For general questions that would be asked in NABARD interview, this blog has an exhaustive article titled: Interview for Jobs. Please go through the same.
Hope with above study materials on NABARD exam – the sample papers & books you can appear confidently in the exams. I would try to locate more resources and would post the same here as soon as I spot them. So keep visiting this blog!
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