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NABARD Development Assistant Examination 2016: Last Minute Exam Preparation Tips

NABARD Development Assistant Last minute tips

Hello People,

NABARD has released notifications for the post of Development Assistants and is conducting the examination of NABARD Development Assistant 2016. The opening date of application was 30th August 2016 and date of closing of submission of application was 20th September 2016. The tentative dates of the examination are 10th of November and December 2016.

The examination will be conducted to recruit candidates for 85 number of ‘Development Assistant” posts. The selection procedure is through a ‘Prelims examination’ followed by a ‘Mains examination’ and both of them will be conducted online.

The application fee structure for different categories are as follows:

Category

Application Fee

General and OBC

450

SC/ ST

50


 

NABARD Development Assistant 2016: Preliminary Exam Pattern

The Preliminary examination of NABARD Development Assistant 2016 comprises of three sections:

Sections

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

English Language

30

30

Numerical Ability

40

40

Reasoning

30

30


The total time duration to attempt 100 questions is of 1 hour i.e. 60 minutes. The marks obtained in the prelims examination will be considered for the final selection.

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NABARD Development Assistant 2016: Section wise exam Preparation Tips

Reasoning:

  • This is the trickiest of all sections which seeks your understanding as far its logic is considered.
  • You need to read the question carefully and understand the question before answering.
  • Learn formulae and shortcut tricks which will help you to come up with the correct solutions in less amount of time.
  • Given below is the list of important topics. Please prepare questions specifically from the following topics:
  1. Number Series.
  2. Directions.
  3. Non-Verbal Series.
  4. Alphabet Series.
  5. Decision Making.
  6. Coding-Decoding.
  7. Analogy.
  8. Clocks & Calendars.
  9. Number Ranking.
  10. Arrangements.
  11. Arithmetical Reasoning.
  12. Mirror Images.
  13. Blood Relations.
  14. Cubes and Dice.
  15. Embedded Figures etc.
  • Follow some standard books like R.D. Sharma. The book has a great collection of questions from all the important topics.

English Language:

  • English language is one of the most vital sections of every other competitive examination & needs practice to master it.
  • Try to clear grammar basics from any standard book like “Wren and Martin”. 
  • For time taking questions like reading comprehension, read the questions first and find out the answers in the passage.
  • Given below is the list of important topics. Please prepare questions specifically from the following topics:
  1. Verb.
  2. Error Correction.
  3. Tenses.
  4. Fill in the Blanks.
  5. Sentence Rearrangement.
  6. Vocabulary.
  7. Articles.
  8. Grammar.
  9. Unseen Passages.
  10. Synonyms.
  11. Comprehension.
  12. Cloze Test.
  13. Idioms & Phrases.
  14. Antonyms etc.
  15. Cubes and Dice.
  16. Embedded Figures etc.
  • Follow some standard books like “Wren and Martin”, “Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis” etc. These books have a huge collection of questions from all the important topics.

Numerical Ability:

  • If you are not good at your maths skills, this can be the time taking section of all. Do more practice.
  • Pick up two topics daily and practice questions from them. Practice from previous year papers and mock tests.
  • Try to solve the easy questions first in the examination followed by tough questions. 
  • Learn short cut tricks to solve questions. These tricks will increase your accuracy and make you solve questions even faster.
  • Given below is the list of important topics. Please prepare questions specifically from the following topics:
  1. Number System.
  2. Profit and Loss.
  3. Decimal & Fractions.
  4. Ratio and Proportions.
  5. Simplification.
  6. Problems on Ages.
  7. Percentages.
  8. HCF & LCM.
  9. Average.
  10. Mixtures & Allegations.
  11. Simple & Compound Interest.
  12. Time and Work.
  13. Time & Ratio.
  14. Time and Distance.
  15. Data Interpretation etc.
  • Follow some standard books like “R. D. Sharma”. You will get to practice ample of questions from all the important topics from this text book.

We hope that your preparation is going well for the examination. Follow our website for significant posts and job notifications. Good Luck!

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