NABARD Exam Analysis 2019 – Manager Grade B Review

NABARD Manager Grade B Prelims Exam has conducted its online examination today, and the first shift is over now. This article will give you the opportunity to analyze the NABARD Manager 2019 exam and question asked in the Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India), Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India). After critical analysis and review given by candidates who have appeared for the first shift, we would say that this year’s NABARD Manager Prelims Shift-1 examination was of an Easy to Moderate level.

The Online Examination constituted of an objective test which had seven sections namely Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India), Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India). The objective test had a composite time of 120 minutes for all seven sections.

Subjects	Good Attempts
Test of Reasoning	15-18
English Language	27-31
Computer Knowledge	17-18
General Awareness	14-17
Quantitative Aptitude	13-16
Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India)	22-28
Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India)	20-27
Overall	136-151

Reasoning (Easy)

There were 2 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

Circular Seating Arrangement (8 people)
Unknown number of people puzzle (north facing)

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	10	Moderate
Blood Relation	02	Easy
Order & Ranking (based on Age)	04	Easy
Inequalities	04	Easy
Total	20	Easy

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)

There was 2 sets of Data Interpretation questions. The DIs were based on:

Line Graph (count of cats & dogs)
Caselet ( based on Train timings)

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	10	Moderate
Quadratic Equation	05	Easy
Boat and Stream	01	Moderate
SI/CI	01	Moderate
Profit Loss	01	Easy
Speed & Distance	01	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous	01	Moderate
Total	20	Moderate

English Language ( Easy – Moderate)

The level of this section was moderate in comparison with the rest of the examination. There was 1 set of Reading Comprehension and they also included 4 vocabulary based questions of synonyms and antonyms. Reading Comprehension was based on Food Processing Industries.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	10	Moderate
Cloze Test	07	Easy-Moderate
Error Detection	05	Easy
Single Fillers	04	Easy
Sentence Improvement	05	Easy-Moderate
Parajumbles	05	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	04	Easy-Moderate
Total	40	Easy – Moderate

Computer Knowledge (Easy)

The questions asked in Computer Knowledge were easy. Some of the topics are as follows:
Internet

URL.
Networking.
Operating System.
Protocol related to Email.
Input/output device.
Secondary memory.
Software.

General Awareness (Moderate)

Overall the section was Moderate. Current affairs of last 5-6 months dominated. Some of the questions asked are as follows:

Social Justice Minister.
ICC chief (one of the committees).
World Bank Business Report.
Author of Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India.
President of Malawi.

Economic & Social Issues (Moerate)

Overall the section was of moderate level. About 20-25 questions were asked from central & state government schemes. Some of the questions/topics are as follows: