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NABARD Grade A Cut off 2024 will be released tentatively in Oct 2024. The date for the NABARD Grade A Prelims exam is set for Sep 1, 2024. Applicants can check the cut off lists for NABARD from the official website: nabard.org. The expected NABARD cut-off 2024 for General Category is 123, for SC reserved category is 116, for ST reserved category is 111, and for OBC reserved category stands at 120. These expected values have been created based on the cut-off data for previous years' exams.
The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) is the sole authority for setting the NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2024. NABARD takes into account the number of candidates that attempted the exam and how difficult the exam pattern was. These factors play an important role in setting the NABARD Grade A Cut Off for General and Reserved Category.
Also Read: NABARD Grade A 2024 Syllabus
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2024
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2024 is yet to be released by the conducting authority since the Preliminary examinations have not taken place. However, for candidates' ease of access, the expected NABARD Grade A cut off scores have been mentioned below in a table.
NABARD Grade A Prelims Expected Cut off 2024
NABARD Grade A prelims cut off is based on 200 marks. The sectional and overall cut offs are used to select candidates for the mains test. The prelims test is a qualifying exam. The expected cut off for NABARD Grade A prelims in for the General category is 56-60 marks.
NABARD Grade A expected cut off is determined by the exam's difficulty level.
| Discipline | SC/ST | OBC/EWS | UR |
| Fisheries |
|
- | 22.75 |
| General |
|
|
41.75 |
| Forestry | - | OBC: 19.25 | 27.75 |
| Agriculture Engineering | ST: 17.75 |
|
32.25 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | SC: 28.00 | EWS: 30.50 | 39.50 |
| Plantation/Horticulture | SC: 16.00 | - | 36.75 |
| Civil Engineering | - |
|
17.00 |
| Environmental Engg/Science |
SC: 9.00 |
|
21.00 |
| Finance |
SC: 9.25 |
|
14.75 |
| Computer/IT |
SC: 7.25 |
|
14.50 |
| Development Management | SC: 16.50 | EWS: 19.00 | 19.00 |
| AM (Rajbjasha) | SC/ST: 16.00 | OBC: 10.75 | 16.00 |
NABARD Grade A Mains 2024 Expected Cut off
Candidates can only qualify for the final round of personal interviews once they have cleared the NABARD cut off scores. The expected NABARD Grade A cut off 2024 has been shown in the table below based on the previous year's data.
| Discipline | SC | ST | OBC |
| General | 113-118 | 108-113 | 117-122 |
| Animal Husbandry/Dairy Technology | -- | 108-113 | 122-127 |
| Economics & Agricultural Economic | 99-112 | 102-107 | 102-107 |
| Environment | 112-115 | 112-117 | 122-127 |
| Food Processing | 104-109 | -- | 93-98 |
| Forestry | -- | 118-123 | 117-122 |
| Finance | 115-120 | 102-107 | 104-109 |
| Land Development - Soil Science | 91-96 | -- | 97-101 |
| Plantation & Horticulture | -- | -- | 93-98 |
The expected Grade A Cut off scores are ascertained based on the previous year's data trends, the count of applicants, and the difficulty level of the paper.
| Discipline | EWS | UR | HI | LD | MD |
| General | 115-120 | 124-129 | 98-103 | 108-113 | 103-108 |
| Animal Husbandry/Dairy Technology | 112-117 | 125-130 | |||
| Economics & Agricultural Economic | 98-103 | 113-118 | |||
| Environment | -- | 130-135 | |||
| Food Processing | -- | 118-123 | |||
| Forestry | -- | 128-133 | |||
| Finance | 129-133 | 131-135 | |||
| Land Development - Soil Science | -- | 105-110 | |||
| Plantation & Horticulture | -- | 103-108 |
NABARD Grade A 2024 Cut Off Dates
Applicants must qualify for the NABARD Cut off 2024 by scoring equal to or above the category cut off to proceed to the next selection round. Only NABARD can conduct the exam and publish the NABARD Grade A cut-off 2024. Candidates can view the cut off marks for their category on the official website of NABARD at nabard.org.
Candidates must stay ahead of the following important dates pertaining to the NABARD Prelims and Mains Cut off as highlighted below:
| NABARD Grade A Exam Events | NABARD Grade A Exam Date |
| NABARD Grade A Prelim Exam Date 2024 | Sep 1, 2024 |
| NABARD Grade A Prelim Result Date 2024 | Last week of Sep 2024 |
| NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Date 2024 | Oct, 2024 |
| NABARD Grade A Mains Result Date 2024 | Nov, 2024 |
Also Read: NABARD Grade A Exam Date 2024
NABARD Grade A Previous Year Cut Off
The official website is a great source for reviewing the NABARD Grade A Cut off scores for the previous year. Certain factors that influence these cut off values are the number of candidates, how hard the question paper was, etc.
Applicants can review the tables below to gain an insight into last year's Cut Off NABARD Grade A.
NABARD Grade A Prelim Cut off 2022
The cutoff details for the year 2022 is shared below for the candidate's reference.
| Category | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| Fisheries | -- | 16.50 | -- | -- | 22.75 |
| General | 33.25 | 30.75 | 37.75 | 29.25 | 41.75 |
| Forestry | -- | -- | 19.25 | -- | 27.75 |
| Agriculture Engineering | -- | 17.75 | 10.00 | 27.25 | 32.25 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 28.00 | -- | -- | 30.50 | 39.50 |
| Plantation/Horticulture | 16.00 | -- | -- | -- | 36.75 |
| Civil Engineering | -- | -- | 13.75 | -- | 17.00 |
| Environmental Engg/Science | 9.00 | -- | 11.50 | -- | 21.00 |
| Finance | 9.25 | -- | 8.50 | -- | 14.75 |
| Computer/IT | 7.25 | -- | 8.00 | -- | 14.50 |
| Development Management | 16.50 | -- | -- | -- | 19.00 |
| AM (Rajbhasha) | 16.00 | 16.00 | 10.75 | -- | 16.00 |
NABARD Grade A Mains Cut off 2022
AFter claering the Phase 1, the candidates were qualified for the Phase 2 exam. The cutoff marks for the NABARD Grade A Phase 2 cutoff marks is as follows.
| Category | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| Fisheries | -- | 90.25 | -- | -- | 116.75 |
| General | 120.00 | 119.25 | 124.50 | 121.50 | 130.50 |
| Forestry | -- | -- | 120.25 | -- | 131.00 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 114.00 | -- | -- | 105.75 | 120.75 |
| Plantation/Horticulture | 106.00 | -- | -- | -- | 118.25 |
| Civil Engineering | -- | -- | 106.75 | -- | 122.25 |
| Environmental Engg/Science | 126.50 | -- | 125.50 | -- | 138.50 |
| Finance | 93.75 | -- | 96.50 | 94.50 | 121.25 |
| Computer/IT | 109.75 | -- | 108.75 | 110.25 | 121.25 |
| Development Management | 102.00 | ||||
| AM (Rajbhasha) | -- | 84.50 | 91.50 | -- | 91.50 |
NABAD Grade A Final Cutoff 2022
The final cutoff list for the year 2022 is tabulated below.
| Category | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS |
| Fisheries | 170.75 | -- | 153.50 | -- | -- |
| General | 171.50 | 160.00 | 156.00 | 167.50 | 165.75 |
| Forestry | 173.00 | -- | -- | 164.75 | -- |
| Agriculture Engineering | 160.75 | -- | 156.25 | 169.00 | 167.25 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 167.25 | 149.00 | -- | -- | 164.75 |
| Plantation/Horticulture | 162.25 | 144.00 | -- | -- | -- |
| Civil Engineering | 163.25 | -- | -- | 152.25 | -- |
| Environmental Engg/Science | 183.75 | 174.75 | -- | 167.50 | -- |
| Finance | 158.25 | 138.25 | -- | 139.50 | 121.75 |
| Computer/IT | 161.00 | 150.50 | -- | 150.00 | 149.00 |
| Development Management | 160.25 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| AM (Rajbhasha) | 137.25 | 128.5 | 114.50 | 157.00 | -- |
NABARD Grade A Prelim Cut off 2020
The cutoff data for 2020 exa is shared in the table below. Candidates are advised to go through this for their category and this will help them analyze the expected cutoff for the upcoming exam.
| Discipline | Category | PWBD | |||||||
| AM (RDBS) | SC | ST | OB | EWS | UR | Category-B | Category- C | Category-A | Category- E |
| General | 98.5 | 92 | 104 | 95.75 | 118.5 | 51 | - | 77.75 | 31.00 |
| General Agriculture | -- | 62.25 | 82.25 | 61.75 | 99.5 | ||||
| Agriculture Engineering | 62.5 | -- | 82.25 | -- | 96.5 | ||||
| Food/Dairy Processing | -- | 33.25 | 71 | -- | 87.75 | ||||
| Land Development- Soil Science | 70.5 | 33.5 | -- | -- | 88.25 | ||||
| Environmental Engineering/Sciences | 49.5 | 22.25 | 48.75 | -- | 82 | ||||
| Agriculture Marketing/Agri Business | -- | -- | 56.25 | -- | 71 | ||||
| Geo Informatics | -- | -- | 26.5 | -- | 45.75 | ||||
| Agriculture Economics/Economics | 55.5 | -- | 72.25 | 31 | 93.75 | ||||
| Information Technology | 74.5 | 50.75 | 69.25 | 34.75 | 94.25 | ||||
| Chartered Accountant | 37 | 36.50 | 37.75 | 44.25 | 57.5 | ||||
| Company Secretary | 50.25 | -- | 47.25 | -- | 50.25 | ||||
| Finance | 31.75 | 32.75 | 25.75 | 35.25 | 65.6 | ||||
| Human Resource Management | -- | -- | 27.5 | -- | 66.25 | ||||
| Statistics | -- | -- | 33.25 | -- | 61.5 | ||||
| AM (Rajbhasha) | 23.75 | 25 | -- | -- | 34.25 | ||||
| AM (Legal) | 36.75 | 28.5 | -- | -- | 84.50 | ||||
NABARD Grade A Mains Cut Off 2020
NABARD Grade A Mains Cut Off is the last stage in a candidate's journey to reach the final round of personal interviews. Tabulated below are important NABARD Grade A Previous Year Cut Off with categories and sub-categories.
| Discipline | Category | PWBD | |||||||
| AM (RDBS) | SC | ST | OB | EWS | UR | Category-B | Category- C | Category-A | Category- E |
| General | 116.75 | 115.25 | 117 | 117 | 126 | 91 | - | 110 | NA |
| General Agriculture | -- | 100 | 112 | 103.5 | 117.75 | ||||
| Agriculture Engineering | 101 | -- | 108.5 | -- | 125.25 | ||||
| Food/Dairy Processing | -- | 84.5 | 106.25 | -- | 119.5 | ||||
| Land Development- Soil Science | 107 | 82 | -- | -- | 117.5 | ||||
| Environmental Engineering/Sciences | 107.25 | 101.5 | 114.75 | -- | 24.751 | ||||
| Agriculture Marketing/Agri-Business | -- | -- | 105 | -- | 110 | ||||
| Geo Informatics | -- | -- | 93 | -- | 103 | ||||
| Agriculture Economics/Economics | 291 | -- | 137 | 123.251 | 145.75 | ||||
| Information Technology | 102.5 | 100.5 | 97.25 | 93.75 | 113.75 | ||||
| Chartered Accountant | 97.25 | -- | 99.25 | -- | 119.5 | ||||
| Company Secretary | 109.5 | 102.25 | 103.25 | 100.75 | 122.5 | ||||
| Finance | 31.75 | 32.75 | 25.75 | 35.25 | 65.6 | ||||
| Human Resource Management | -- | -- | 116.25 | 105 | 139.25 | ||||
| Statistics | -- | -- | 108.25 | -- | 122 | ||||
| AM (Rajbhasha) | 119.75 | 98.75 | -- | -- | 131.5 | ||||
| AM (Legal) | 114 | 89.75 | -- | -- | 121.5 | ||||
NABARD Grade A Prelims Cut Off 2019
The table below highlights the NABARD Grade A Cut Off marks for 2019 for the Preliminary Exams.
| Discipline | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | HI | LD | MD |
| General | 109.5 | 100.5 | 117 | 111 | 129 | 65.25 | 92.25 | 43.75 |
| Animal Husbandry/Dairy Technology | -- | 31.5 | 60.25 | -- | 62.75 | -- | -- | -- |
| Economics & Agricultural Economics | 66 | 66.5 | 75 | 74.25 | 74.25 | 101.24 | -- | -- |
| Environment | 48.5 | 33.5 | 70.25 | -- | 94 | -- | -- | -- |
| Food Processing | 41.25 | -- | 67.75 | -- | 88.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Forestry | -- | 47.25 | 55.25 | -- | 79.25 | -- | -- | -- |
| Finance | 53 | 24 | 35.25 | 62 | 94.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Land Development - Soil Science | -- | -- | 93 | -- | 102.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Plantation & Horticulture | -- | -- | 59 | -- | 69.25 | -- | -- | -- |
NABARD Grade A Mains Cut Off 2019
For the candidate's ease, the NABARD Grade A Mains Cut Off for 2019 has been highlighted in the table below. The cut off scores for NABARD Mains exam will also differ on the basis of the reservation category.
| Discipline | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | HI | LD | MD |
| General | 115.5 | 111.75 | 120.75 | 118.5 | 127.5 | 101 | 111 | 105.25 |
| Animal Husbandry/Dairy Technology | -- | 111 | 125.5 | 115 | 128.25 | |||
| Economics & Agricultural Economics | 100 | 105.75 | 105.75 | 101 | 116 | |||
| Environment | 113.75 | 115.25 | 125.5 | -- | 132.5 | |||
| Food Processing | 107.5 | -- | 96.25 | -- | 121.25 | |||
| Forestry | -- | 121 | 120.5 | -- | 131.5 | |||
| Finance | 118 | 105.25 | 103.75 | 132 | 133.75 | |||
| Land Development - Soil Science | 94 | -- | 100.5 | -- | 108.25 | |||
| Plantation & Horticulture | -- | -- | 96.75 | -- | 106.25 |
NABARD Grade A Cut off Factors 2024
Candidates will only be processed for further selection rounds if they have scored equal to or above the stipulated NABARD Grade A 2024 Cut Off marks. Mentioned below are some important elements that influence the Grade A Cut Off NABARD:
- Number of applicants attempting the exam
- How was the exam
- Previous Years' Cut off marks
- Number of applicants qualifying for the exams
- Vacancy to-candidate ratio.
How to Check NABARD Grade A Cut off 2024?
The following steps are incumbent for reviewing the NABARD Grade A Final Cut Off 2024. These scores vary from one category to another and can be checked by observing these steps:
- Step 1: Go to NABARD Official Website: nabard.org.
- Step 2: Click on the "Career Notices" Tab on the homepage.
- Step 3: Search for relevant exams using the Exam Year or Exam Name filter.
- Step 4: Click on the "Print" icon.
- Step 5: The Cut off results will flash on the screen. The applicant may take a note or save the PDF for future use.
NABARD Grade A Answer Key 2024
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development will soon be published once the Preliminary examinations have taken place on Oct 16, 2024. Candidates can access the official website to review any NABARD Grade A Answer Key 2024 PDF links for download. Candidates may also challenge any answer if they notice any discrepancy.
Candidates need to pay a minimal fee against the questions they object to for the NABARD Grade A Answer Key 2024.
NABARD Grade A Result 2024
Applicants can expect the NABARD Grade A results for Prelims to be published tentatively in Sep 2024. Nabard Grade A result for Mains will be released on Nov 2024. The result for NABARD Grade A result 2024 can be accessed on the official website of NABARD at nabard.gov.in. Applicants do not need any login credentials, such as name or roll number, to access these results.
Also Read: NABARD Grade A 2024 Recruitment
What After achieving NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2024?
Candidates who have aced the competitive exam by clearing NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2024 shall be handed an eligibility certificate and their official scorecard. Applicants who have fared the NABARD Result 2024 will be open to apply for administrative and managerial jobs in the banking sector in the State and Central Government.
Some interesting areas of work that qualified candidates can look at are listed below for clarity:
- Assistant Manager
- Manager
- Assistant General Manage
- Director
- Executive Director
- Chief General Manager
FAQs on NABARD Grade A Cut Off
Q: NABARD Grade A exam is conducted for how many marks?
A: NABARD Grade A exam is conducted for a total of 250 marks. NABARD Grade A exam has 3 parts: Prelims, Mains, and Interview. Prelims and Mains is conducted for 200 marks whereas Interview is conducted for 50 marks.
Q: What are the NABARD Grade A Prelim Exam cut-offs for the General Category?
A: Candidates can expect the following cut-offs for NABARD Grade A Prelims General Category Exam General:124-129, SC: 113-118, ST: 108-11, OBC: 117-122, EWS: 115-120
Q: How to check the NABARD Grade A Prelim Cut-offs?
A: Applicants can login to the official NABARD website: nabard.org to access the Grade A Prelims Cut Offs once they have been published.
Q: NABARD Grade A cutoff is determined by which factors?
A: NABARD Grade A cutoff is determined by analysing a few factors. Factors such as Number of Vacancies, total marks, number of candidates appeared for the examination, difficulty level, were used to determine the NABARD Grade A cutoff.
Q: On what basis the NABARD Grade A final cutoff is prepared?
A: NABARD Grade A final cutoff is prepared by analysing the marks of Mains and Interview. Also the final cutoff is determined by using normalisation policy.
