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English Language for NABARD Development Assistant

NABARD Development Assistant sets 70 English Language questions for 70 marks across 2 stages, so it is worth planning your preparation around the topics below.

70 questions70 marks7 topics

How to approach English Language in NABARD Development Assistant

Reading comprehension and the cloze test decide this section, and both reward reading widely more than memorising rules. Build a daily reading habit, learn to spot the grammatical error patterns that recur, and treat vocabulary as something absorbed in context rather than crammed from a list.

Weightage in the paper

How much English Language is worth in each NABARD Development Assistant stage, from the official pattern.

StageQuestionsMarksTimeShare
Preliminary Examination4040—33%
Main Examination3030—20%

English Language syllabus for NABARD Development Assistant

Every topic in the official syllabus. The linked ones open a set of solved questions you can practise straight away.

Sample English Language questions with solutions

Written to the NABARD Development Assistant pattern, with the answer key and the method behind it — a look at how the section is actually set before you drill the full topic sets.

Antonyms · solved example

Choose the word that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to: TRANSPARENT

  • opaqueCorrect
  • migratory
  • clear
  • jagged
  • ceramic

Solution

"transparent" means easily seen through or understood. The word most nearly opposite in meaning is "opaque".

Reading comprehension · solved example

The rapid growth of app-based work has given millions of people a flexible way to earn, letting them choose when and how much they work. Yet this flexibility often comes without the protections that traditional employment carries, such as paid leave, health cover and a guaranteed minimum wage. Policymakers now face a difficult question: how to extend basic protections to gig workers without removing the flexibility that makes such work attractive in the first place. Some countries have begun to create a new legal category that sits between employee and independent contractor, though no single model has yet proved a clear success.

What can be inferred about the new legal category some countries have created?

  • It has clearly solved the problem everywhere.
  • It is an attempt still without a proven, clearly successful model.Correct
  • It abolishes the idea of independent contractors.
  • It applies only to traditional employees.
  • It has been rejected by every country.

Solution

The passage says a new category sits between employee and contractor but 'no single model has yet proved a clear success'. That supports option B. A overstates success, E overstates rejection, and C and D misread what the category does.

Reading comprehension · solved example

For decades, growth in national income was treated as an unquestioned good, a single number by which the health of a society could be judged. That faith has begun to erode. Gross domestic product counts the cost of cleaning up a disaster but not the value of a forest left standing; it rises when traffic jams burn more fuel, and stays silent on whether the fruits of growth reach the many or the few. Alternatives have been proposed, from measures of well-being to indices that dock points for inequality and environmental damage. None has yet dethroned GDP, partly because its very crudeness makes it simple to compare across countries. The deeper difficulty is that any measure encodes a judgement about what matters, and on that, societies do not agree.

What do the proposed alternatives do?

  • Replace all statistics
  • Measure traffic only
  • Ignore inequality
  • Only count fuel
  • Dock points for inequality and environmental damageCorrect

Solution

Alternatives dock points for inequality and environmental harm.

Synonyms · solved example

Choose the word that is most nearly the SAME in meaning as: SCARCITY

  • gravity
  • surplus
  • shortageCorrect
  • texture
  • melody

Solution

"scarcity" means shortage of something. The word most nearly similar in meaning is "shortage".

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English Language shows up in every NABARD Development Assistant mock test, in the same interface, with sectional locking and negative marking.

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Frequently asked questions

How many English Language questions are asked in NABARD Development Assistant?

NABARD Development Assistant 2026-27 cycle sets 70 English Language questions for 70 marks, split across 40 in the Preliminary Examination and 30 in the Main Examination.

Is there negative marking for English Language in NABARD Development Assistant?

Yes. NABARD Development Assistant deducts one fourth of a mark for each wrong answer, English Language included, so unsure guesses cost you. One fourth of the marks assigned to a question is deducted for a wrong answer.

Which English Language topics matter most for NABARD Development Assistant?

The NABARD Development Assistant syllabus lists Reading comprehension, Cloze test, Para jumbles, Error spotting and sentence correction, Fill in the blanks, Vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms and more. Weight your revision towards the ones you are weakest on and confirm the emphasis against the paper analysis for recent cycles.

How can I practise English Language for NABARD Development Assistant free?

Every English Language question on this site is free and written to the exam pattern. Use the topic drills for instant-feedback practice, the daily quiz to keep the section warm, and the NABARD Development Assistant mock tests to sit it under a real clock with negative marking.