Economic and Social Issues (ESI) & Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) are two of the most important subjects in the syllabus of NABARD Grade A and many of the aspirants have requested NABARD study material for ESI and ARD. For your assistance, we have created this blog to help you out with the complete ESI & ARD Preparation Guide for NABARD Grade A.
ESI & ARD each have 40 marks weightage in Phase 1 and a combined 100 marks weightage in Phase 2. Out of the 100 marks, 50 marks are allotted to ESI & ARD Objective Questions and 50 marks are allotted to ESI & ARD Descriptive Questions, so it becomes extremely important to have a detailed strategy or the ESI & ARD Preparation Guide.
You will have two parts: Static & Current Affairs . As per the past year’s trends, it is observed that in some years, the paper was tilted more toward static questions, while in other years, the paper was tilted more toward current affairs questions.
To be able to clear the sectional cut-off , you need to be good in both static portions as well as current affairs related to ESI & ARD.
If you are not confident with your preparations yet, we would suggest picking up these chapters in the first place and covering the basics of them.
Important Chapters for Economic & Social Issues (ESI)
| Important Chapters | Important Chapters |
| Measurement of Growth & National Income | Rural Banking & financial institutions in India |
| Inflation & Monetary Policy | International funding institutions |
| Fiscal Policy | Urbanization & Migration |
| Balance of Payments (BoP) | Health & Education |
| Economic Reforms in India | Indian Political Systems (Very Basic) |
| Poverty Alleviation & Employment Generation in India | Human Development |
| Industrial & Labour Policy | Ecology & Climate Change |
Important Chapters for Agriculture & Rural Development (ARD)
| Important Chapters | Important Chapters |
| Agronomy including Crops | Poultry |
| Irrigation | Soil Science |
| Agricultural Engineering | Horticulture |
| Animal Husbandry | Less Important Chapters: Fisheries & Forestry |
For the Preparation for the Phase 2 Descriptive Paper, For the first few weeks, make sure your ESI & ARD concepts are clear and you have covered all the basic chapters.
Firstly, understand that the preparation required for Phase 1 & 2 is the same. More weightage will be given to current affairs. Here is your 8-step guide curated by Riti Maám to ace the Agriculture and Rural Development section for both Phase-I & II.
Step-1 – Start your prep by building your basics. Begin with the chapters such as Agronomy, Soil Conservation, etc.
Step-2 – Solve all the Topic tests related to these two chapters and make sure you revise them at least twice.
Step-3 – Move on to the other chapters: A. Agricultural Engineering, B. Irrigation & Water Management, C. Horticulture, D. Fisheries, E. Forestry.
Step-4 – Keep in mind that while preparing for the ARD chapters, you will have to also memorize important data points. Questions are asked from both Static Concepts as well as Facts.
Step-5 – Solve all the Topic wise tests and revise the chapters given in Step III again.
Step-6 – Now, move on to the Model Descriptive Q&A. Go through these answers at least twice.
Step-7 – You are now ready to attempt the Descriptive Answers – Practice at least 5 Descriptive Answers in a Week. Do not write them, type them.
Step-8 – Go through the remaining chapters given in the syllabus. Keep revising using recorded Video Lectures, Study Notes, Topic Tests, Model Q&A & Mock Tests.
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