Analysis of NABARD Officers exam

Below is a review of NABARD Officers exam from our academic experts. This is a section-wise analysis and you can see the questions asked in GA section at the end of this post.

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Overall Analysis:
Overall, the exam was easy to moderate. A good number of attempts in the exam were 130-140.

Quantitative Aptitude:
Overall, the Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate to difficult and a good number of attempts in this section were 18-25. Topics from which the questions were asked:

• Profit Loss, Time, Speed & Distance, Mixture, Age, Geometry: 11
• Series: 6
• Speed Calculation:6
• Data Interpretation: 21
• Quadratic Equations: 6

Reasoning:
Overall, the Reasoning section was easy to moderate. A good number of attempts in the exam were 25-30. Topics from which the questions were asked:

• Syllogisms:6
• Seating Arrangement:6
• Data Sufficiency:2
• Input – Output:6
• Puzzles:20
• Inequality:6 
• Logical Reasoning :4

English and Computer Knowledge:
Overall, the English section was easy and a well prepared candidate could attempt 20-25 questions. Topics from which the questions were asked:

• Reading Comprehension:5
• Cloze Test:10
• Spotting the errors :5
• Sentence Correction :5
• Fill in the blanks :5

Overall, the CK section was easy and a well prepared candidate could attempt 20-25 questions. The main areas from which questions were asked were: MS word, networking, input output devices, virus, Acronyms like ASCII, ISDN, etc.

General Awareness:
Overall, the GA section was moderate and a well prepared candidate could attempt 28-33 questions. 

• Who is the chairman of 7th pay commission? – Ashok Kumar Mathur
• State with highest GDP? – Maharashtra
• Per capita milk production highest in which state? – Punjab
• SWIFT started in? – Brussels
• Head of Expenditure Management committee? – Bimal Jalan
• Name the Foreign secretary of India? – S Jaishankar 
• Headquarters of UNICEF? – New York City
• World Cup 2015 venue ? – Australia & New Zealand
• Contactless card was recently launched by which bank? – ICICI Bank
• Baba Ramdev was recently appointed as brand ambassador by which state? – Haryana
• Samsung belongs to which country? – South Korea
• Tagline of Vistara airlines? – ‘Fly the new Feeling’
• Paulina Vega who was crowned Miss Universe recently is from which country? – Colombia
• Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2015 was hosted by? – Gujarat
• Who will sign on the new one rupee notes? – Finance Secretary
• Minimum capital required for small bank? – Rs.100 crore
• Name of scheme for direct benefit transfer? – PAHAL
• Rate at which banks borrow money from RBI? – Repo Rate
• Name of bank account for “beti bachao beti padhao”? – Sukanya Samriddhi
• New censor board chairperson :- Pahlaj Nihalani
• No of teams in cricket world cup 2015 :- 14
• Indian scheme to get registered in Guinness Book of World Record –  Jan Dhan Yojana
• Only Indian to score century against Pakistan in WC – Virat Kohli