NABARD Grade B Syllabus 2024 | Exam Pattern PDF Download (Phase: I,II)

1. 📖General English

Paper I - Descriptive English

I. Essay Writing:

• Writing an essay on a given topic (approximately 250-300 words)

II. Comprehension:

• Reading a passage and answering questions to test understanding and analysis of the text

III. Report Writing:

• Writing a report based on a given scenario or situation (approximately 150-200 words)

IV. Paragraph Writing:

• Writing a paragraph on a given topic or theme (approximately 100-150 words)

V. Letter Writing:

• Writing a formal or informal letter on a given topic or scenario (approximately 150-200 words)

1. 📖Economic and Social Issues

Economic & Social Issues:

1. Economic underdevelopment
2. Opening up the Indian Economy
3. Globalisation
4. Economic Reforms in India
5. Privatisation
6. Inflation
7. Trends in Inflation & their Impact on National Economy and Individual Income
8. Employment Generation in India - Rural and Urban
9. Measurement of Poverty
10. Poverty Alleviation Programmes of the Government
11. Population Trends
12. Population Growth and Economic Development
13. Population Policy in India
14. Agriculture - Characteristics / Status
15. Technical and Institutional changes in Indian Agriculture
16. Agricultural performance
17. Issues in Food Security in India
18. Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit
19. Industry - Industrial and Labour Policy
20. Industrial performance
21. Regional Imbalance in India's Industrial Development
22. Public Sector Enterprises
23. Rural banking and financial institutions in India
24. Reforms in Banking/ Financial sector
25. Globalisation of Economy
26. Role of International Funding Institutions - IMF & World Bank - WTO
27. Regional Economic Co-operation
28. Social Structure in India
29. Multiculturalism
30. Demographic trends
31. Urbanisation and Migration
32. Gender Issues Joint family system
33. Social Infrastructure - Education - Health and Environment
34. Education - Status & System of Education
35. Socio-Economic Problems associated with Illiteracy
36. Educational relevance and educational wastage
37. Educational Policy for India
38. Social Justice: Problems of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
39. Socio-economic programmes for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and other backward classes
40. Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged
41. Social Movements
42. Indian Political Systems
43. Human Development
44. Current Economic & Social Issues.

1. 📖Development Economics, Statistics, Finance and Management

Development Economics:

1. Measures of development
2. Economic Development Models
3. Role of subsidies
4. Importance of savings and investment
5. Importance of agriculture
6. Terms of trade in agriculture
7. Development issues in India – Post 2015 Agenda.

Statistics:

1. Basic statistical concepts
2. Summarizing of data
3. Frequency distribution
4. Measures of Central Tendency
5. Relative dispersion
6. Elementary Probability
7. Relative Frequency Approach
8. Sampling
9. Axiomatic Approach
10. Analysis of frequency distribution
11. Correlation
12. Regression
13. Sampling Methods
14. Time Series Analysis.

Finance:

1. Financial system in India
2. Regulation of Banks & Financial Institutions
3. Banking and financial Institutions in India
4. Financial system- features, characteristics and issues
5. Micro finance, its significance and importance
6. Union Budget
7. Project finance- Assessment and Sources for block capital, working capital
8. Infrastructure financing- Risk Management in Banking Sector
9. Sources of capital, instruments and methods, salient features
10. Development finance- scope and needs of development finance
11. Concept of project cycle management
12. Private and Social Cost Benefit significance of development finance
13. Financial Inclusion – Use of Technology
14. Public Private Partnership.

Management:

1. Management: its nature and scope
2. The Management Processes: Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing and Controlling
3. The Role of a Manager in an Organisation

Leadership:

1. The Tasks of a Leader
2. Leadership Styles
3. Leadership Theories
4. A successful Leader versus an effective Leader

Human Resource Development:

1. Concept of HRD
2. Goals of HRD
3. Performance Appraisal- Potential appraisal and development
4. Performance Counselling- Career Planning
5. Training and Development- Rewards- Employee Welfare
6. Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation
7. How Managers Motivate
8. Concept of Morale
9. Factors determining morale
10. Role of Incentives in Building up Morale

Communication:

1. Steps in the Communication Process
2. Communication Channels
3. Oral versus Written Communication
4. Verbal versus non-verbal Communication
5. Upward, downward and lateral communication
6. Barriers to Communication
7. Role of Information Technology

Corporate Governance:

1. Factors affecting Corporate Governance
2. Mechanisms of Corporate Governance.