NABARD Grade B 2021 Exam Analysis
The much-awaited NABARD Grade B exam was held on September 17, 2021. For those who wish to prepare for the next NABARD Grade B examination, we are sharing the detailed exam analysis with you. Overall the exam can be considered moderate – difficult. Let’s look into the detailed exam analysis for each of the subjects.
Quantitative Aptitude
This section contained 20 questions for 20 marks. The overall level of difficulty was easy-moderate. One could easily manage to score 9-10 marks in this section.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Number Series | 5 | Easy-moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation | 5 (Pie Chart) | Moderate |
| Arithmetic | 5 (Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Speed, Time & Distance) | Easy-moderate |
Reasoning
The Reasoning section also contained 20 questions carrying 20 marks. The questions in this section can also be classified as easy-moderate. 10 questions could be answered conveniently in this section.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles | 4 (Floor + Food) | Moderate – difficult |
| Seating Arrangement | 4 (Linear arrangement) | Moderate – difficult |
| Inequalities | 2 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 4(New format) + 1(Old pattern) | Easy-moderate |
| Blood Relation | 2 | |
| Word formation | 1 | |
| Statement Assumption | 1 |
English Language
This section consisted of 30 questions from various topics. Each of the types of these questions had varied difficulty levels. Therefore we can classify this section within easy-moderate.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate – difficult |
| Words Swap | 5 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | Easy-moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 4 | Easy-moderate |
Decision Making
The Decision-making section was the new addition this time which was dreaded by most of the aspirants. There were 10 questions. Being an unpredictable section, the questions were tough. The questions were concept-based & theoretical. There were no ‘situational’ questions as was expected by most of the candidates. Therefore very few questions could be answered in this section. The overall difficulty level for this section can be considered as difficult.
Agriculture & Rural Development (ARD)
The ARD section formed the major section having 40 questions for 40 marks. The questions can be considered moderate. The questions were quite different from last year.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Horticulture | 2-3 | Moderate |
| Cropping System | 2-3 | |
| Irrigation | 1 | |
| Erosion | 1 | |
| Animal Husbandry | ||
Current Related |
Some of the questions that appeared in the NABARD Grade B ARD section were from the following topics:
- Relay intercropping
- Saltation – Erosion
- Mango plantation
- Drip Irrigation
- Cow Milk yielding + Draught breed
- Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
- Operation Green
- No. of mega food parks
- Agri export zones
- National handloom report
- PM Avas Yojana
- 4th Food Grain Estimation
Economic & Social Issues (ESI) & General Awareness
The ESI section formed another major portion of the paper, comprising 40 questions. The GA section had 20 questions. Let’s look at the questions that appeared in both ESI & GA sections altogether. There were a variety of questions that were different from what appeared in the previous NABARD Grade B exam. Also, the questions were not one-liners but a bit lengthy ones. The overall level of difficulty for both these sections can be considered as moderate-difficult.
- Current Affairs
- RBI & Bank reports
- Schemes
- Budget
- Books & Authors
- GDP Related
Some of the questions that appeared in the ESI section were from the following topics:
- PM Cares Fund
- ‘Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana’ (PMASBY)
- What does ‘I’ stand for in ‘ASIM’
- Prediction Report for NPA
- Last Quarter GDP
- Payment Bank Limit
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
- Jal Jeevan Mission
Computer Awareness
The computer awareness section covered 20 questions carrying 20 marks. The section contained a variety of questions within the difficulty level of easy to moderate.
| Topic | Level |
| Shortcuts | Easy-moderate |
| Abbreviations | |
| MS Office | |
| Operating system | |
| Web Related |
To get a detailed explanation with respect to the NABARD Grade B exam analysis, you should have a look at the following video where Mr. Kailash shares the complete exam analysis with proper explanations & insight into all the questions that appeared in the exam.
Those who are planning to write the NABARD Grade B exam next year will find this exam analysis quite helpful. You can prepare your strategy on the basis of this NABARD Grade B exam analysis which will provide you with real-time knowledge of the kind of questions that appeared in the exam and thus gather an idea about what and how you need to prepare to score well in the exam.
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