General Awareness is among the king subjects along with ARD and ESI in NABARD Grade A Prelims. All these three subjects carry 50% weightage (100 marks) in the exam. General Awareness comes with 20 marks/20 questions. The scores of GA add up to the merit for prelims. Still, you may feel difficult to make up in ARD and ESI. On the other hand, you have 20 marks on your hand. A little effort in getting through the GA current affairs and static GK topics can help you to fetch full marks. Without wasting time, start preparing for GA to increase your chances of qualifying for the prelims cut-off.
Candidates knowledge is tested on 8 subjects: Test of Reasoning, English Language, Decision Making, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, ESI and ARD. The merit list is prepared considering the scores of ESI, ARD, and General Scores. These three subjects hold 50% weightage i.e. 100 marks.
| Section | No. Of Questions | Marks |
| Test of Reasoning | 20 | 20 |
| English Language | 30 | 30 |
| Decision Making | 10 | 10 |
| Computer Knowledge | 20 | 20 |
| General Awareness | 20 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 20 |
| Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) | 40 | 40 |
| Agriculture & Rural Development (with Emphasis on Rural India) | 40 | 40 |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
The general Awareness section consists of Static and Current Affairs covering financial news, government schemes, and information related to the Indian economy.
GA section in prelims carries 20 marks weightage out of 200 marks. Check out the preparation tips must follow to boost your General Awareness preparations.
Keep yourself updated with the latest events covering banking and financial news by reading newspapers and monthly online compilation materials. Read newspapers The Hindu and Business Standard.
Check and solve the previous year’s papers to understand the questions and trends asked in the General Awareness section.
Start preparing for General Awareness then, make proper notes covering static and current affairs of the last six months to the examination.
Practice current affairs, static GK and banking awareness by solving online quizzes and puzzles to check the level of your knowledge.
Follow the video content from reliable online courses. Revise government schemes through the Schemes Chronicle series available on PM’s YouTube channel PracticeMock Regulatory. A free and reliable online resource to cover all schemes.
Solve sectional and then, full-length mock tests to test your performance and knowledge in the General Awareness section and overall for prelims. Work on your weak areas to improve your scores in the preliminary examination.
NABARD Grade A 2023 notification can be updated online anytime soon on its official website. Candidates without wasting time start covering General Awareness topics to score full marks. So that, you can make up the merit scores in the preliminary examination. As expected prelims may be in September/October 2023 hardly a month left. Keep preparing to chase your dream to get into NABARD as a Grade A officer.
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