Banking | NABARD Grade A
NABARD Grade A sets 134 General Awareness questions for 200 marks across 5 stages, so it is worth planning your preparation around the topics below.
This is the most scoring section per minute because there is nothing to work out — you either know it or you do not. Banking and current affairs of the last six months dominate, so a steady daily habit beats last-minute cramming, and static facts (polity, history, geography) fill the rest.
How much General Awareness is worth in each NABARD Grade A stage, from the official pattern.
| Stage | Questions | Marks | Time | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase I: Preliminary Examination | 20 | 20 | — | 10% |
| Phase I: Preliminary Examination | 40 | 40 | — | 20% |
| Phase I: Preliminary Examination | 40 | 40 | — | 20% |
| Phase II: Main Examination (Paper II, ESI and ARD) | 30 | 50 | 30 min | 88% |
| Phase II: Main Examination (Paper II, ESI and ARD) | 4 | 50 | 1 hr 30 min | 12% |
Every topic in the official syllabus. The linked ones open a set of solved questions you can practise straight away.
Written to the NABARD Grade A 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.
Poverty and development · solved example
Which measure, published by NITI Aayog, captures deprivation across health, education and standard of living?
Solution
NITI Aayog publishes the National Multidimensional Poverty Index, which combines indicators of health, education and standard of living rather than income alone.
Demography · solved example
The term 'demographic dividend' refers to:
Solution
A demographic dividend is the economic growth potential that comes when the working-age population is large relative to dependants, provided that workforce is productively employed.
International indices · solved example
Which body publishes the Human Development Index (HDI)?
Solution
The Human Development Index is published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its Human Development Report, combining life expectancy, education and income.
Agricultural revolutions · solved example
'Operation Flood', which made India one of the world's largest milk producers, is associated with which revolution?
Solution
Operation Flood was the dairy development programme behind the White Revolution, which turned India into a leading milk producer. The Blue Revolution refers to fisheries and the Yellow to oilseeds.
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Untimed drills with the method shown after every question — the step between learning a topic and sitting it under a clock.
General Awareness shows up in every NABARD Grade A mock test, in the same interface, with sectional locking and negative marking.
NABARD Grade A 2026 cycle (notification awaited) sets 134 General Awareness questions for 200 marks, split across 20 in the Phase I: Preliminary Examination and 40 in the Phase I: Preliminary Examination and 40 in the Phase I: Preliminary Examination and 30 in the Phase II: Main Examination (Paper II, ESI and ARD) and 4 in the Phase II: Main Examination (Paper II, ESI and ARD).
Yes. NABARD Grade A deducts one fourth of a mark for each wrong answer, General Awareness included, so unsure guesses cost you. One fourth of a mark is deducted for each wrong answer.
The NABARD Grade A syllabus lists Economic and Social Issues: growth and development, poverty and unemployment, Indian economy and planning, Agriculture and Rural Development: cropping patterns, irrigation, rural credit and cooperatives, NABARD's role, refinance and development schemes, Government schemes for agriculture and the rural economy, Banking and financial awareness with a rural focus, Current affairs of national and international importance. Weight your revision towards the ones you are weakest on and confirm the emphasis against the paper analysis for recent cycles.
Every General Awareness 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 Grade A mock tests to sit it under a real clock with negative marking.