SEBI Grade A Exam 2024 Highlights:
- Exam Conducting Body: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- Exam Name: SEBI Grade A 2024
- Mode of Exam: Online
- Selection Process:
- Phase-I: Online Examination
- Phase II: Online Examination
- Phase-III: Interview Round
- Official Website: SEBI Official Website
- Total Vacancies: 95 Assistant Manager Posts
SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2024:
Phase 1:
- Papers: Two papers of 100 marks each
- Duration:
- Paper 1: 60 minutes
- Paper 2: 40 minutes for each section
- Sections Covered:
- Paper 1: General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Test of Reasoning
- Paper 2: Subject-specific for different streams
- Aggregate Cut-off: 40%
- Negative Marking: 1/4th mark deduction
Phase 2:
- Papers: Two papers of 100 marks each
- Duration:
- Paper 1: 60 minutes
- Paper 2: 40 minutes for each section
- Sections Covered:
- Paper 1: English (Descriptive Test)
- Paper 2: Subject-specific for different streams
- Aggregate Cut-off: 50%
- Negative Marking: 1/4th mark deduction for Paper 2
Subject-wise Breakdown for the Phase 1 and 2:
- Paper 1:
- Streams: All Streams
- Subjects: General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Test of Reasoning
- Paper 2:
- General Stream:
- Subjects: Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, Economics
- Legal, Information Technology & Official Language Stream:
- Subjects: Specialized subjects related to the stream
- Research Stream:
- Subjects: Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, Commerce
- Information Technology (Phase 2 only):
- Subjects: Coding Test (Languages: C++/JAVA/Python)
- General Stream:
Candidates are advised to refer to the official SEBI website for any updates or changes in the syllabus or exam pattern.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 for Phase-1
SEBI Grade A Syllabus Phase I for Paper I will be common for all the candidates and to get shortlisted for Phase-2 & interview round, the candidate must have to qualify the 1st stage for which the SEBI Grade A Syllabus has been discussed in the below section of this article.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Paper-1
Paper, I will have four sections: English Language, Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and General Awareness (including Financial Awareness). Go through the topics to be covered for SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Phase-1 as mentioned below.
English Language
The topics to be prepared for the English language are as follows-
- Error Spotting
- Column-based Fillers and Sentence Connectors
- Paragraph Completion
- Sentence Rearrangement
- Comprehension
- Fill in the Blanks
- Passages
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Active and Passive Voice
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Idioms & Phrases etc.
Reasoning Ability
To analyse the candidates’ knowledge for reasoning topics, the questions will be as per the topics listed below.
- Puzzles
- Seating Arrangements
- Direction Sense
- Blood Relations
- Syllogisms
- Inequalities
- Order and Ranking
- Coding-Decoding
- Machine Input-Output
- Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
- Data Sufficiency
- Number System and Conversions
- Logical Reasoning etc.
Quantitative Aptitude
The candidates must go through the complete list of topics that are to be covered for the mathematical section.
- Data Interpretation
- Inequalities
- Number Series
- Approximation and Simplification
- Data Sufficiency
- HCF and LCM
- Inequality (Quadratic & Quantity based)
- Profit and Loss
- Time and work & Pipe and cistern
- Permutation, Combination & Probability
- Problem on Ages
- Work and Time
- Speed Distance and Time
- Mensuration
- Average, Ratio and Proportion, etc.
General Awareness
The candidates must be aware of the general knowledge and current issues happening around them as there will be questions in Paper-1 from this section.
- Current Affairs
- Financial Awareness
- Current Affairs – National & International
- Budget
- Awards and Honours
- Important Financial & Economic News
- Important Days
- International & National Organizations
- Sports
- Books and Authors
- Science – Inventions & Discoveries
- Countries & Capitals etc
SEBI Grade A Syllabus- Subject-wise
Check the subject-wise topics to be prepared for the SEBI Grade A 2024 Exam from the below section and boost up by revising each topic till the time you are confident about your preparation.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Commerce & Accountancy
- Accounting as a financial information system
- Accounting Standards with specific reference to Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transactions, and Investments.
- Cash Flow Statement, Fund flow statement, Financial statement analysis; Ratio analysis
- Accounting for Share Capital Transactions including Bonus Shares, and Right Shares.
- Employees Stock Option and Buy-Back of Securities.
- Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Management
- Management:-its nature and scope; The Management Processes. Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing, and Controlling.
- The Role of a Manager in an Organization. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader.
- Leadership Styles;-Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader.
- Human Resource Development:-Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD
- Motivation, Morale, and Incentives:-Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
- Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication; Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and lateral communication; Barriers to Communication, Role of Information Technology.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Finance
Financial System:- Role and Functions of Regulatory bodies in the Financial Sector.
Financial Markets:- Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.
General topics:-
- Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures, and Swap
- Recent Developments in the Financial Sector
- Financial Inclusion- use of technology
- Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
- Direct and Indirect taxes;-Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act(FRBM),
- Inflation:-Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI-components, and trends
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Costing
- Overview of Cost and Management Accounting- Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting, Objectives and Scope of Cost and Management Accounting.
- Methods of Costing- Single Output/ Unit Costing, Job Costing, Batch Costing, Contract Costing, Process/ Operation Costing, Costing of Service Sectors.
- Basics of Cost Control and Analysis- (a) Standard Costing, (b) Marginal Costing, (c) Budget, and Budgetary Control.
- Lean System and Innovation – Introduction to Lean System, Just-in-Time (JIT), Kaizen Costing, 5 Ss, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Cellular Manufacturing/ One-Piece Flow Production Systems, Six Sigma (SS), Introduction to Process Innovation and Business Process Re-engineering(BPR)
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Companies Act
The Companies Act, 2013- Specific reference to Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter VIII, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, and Chapter XXVII.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Economics
- Demand and Supply, Market Structures, National Income:- Concepts and Measurement, Classical Vs Keynesian Approach Determination of output and employment, Consumption Function, Investment Function, Multiplier and Accelerator, Demand and Supply for Money, IS-LM, Inflation and Phillips Curve, Business Cycles
- Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Inflation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Non-banking Financial Institutions.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus- Stream Wise
The syllabus for each of the specialized streams – Legal, Information Technology, Engineering: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Research Streams, the Official Language Stream is given below. Choose the stream you have applied for and begin with your preparation.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Legal Stream
The candidates preparing for SEBI Grade A in Legal Stream must know the complete Phase-I & Phase-II Syllabus that has been mentioned below-
Phase I | Phase II |
Constitution of India Law of Contracts Criminal Law Law of Evidence Code of Civil Procedure Administrative Law and Principles of Natural Justice Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes Important Latin terms and maxims Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Act Arbitration and Conciliation Act Transfer of Property Act Companies Act, 2013 Securities Laws – SEBI Act | Constotution of India – Law of Contracts Criminal Law Law of Evidence Code of Civil Procedure Administrative Law and Principles of Natural Justice Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes Important Latin terms and maxims Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Act Arbitration and Conciliation Act Transfer of Property Act,1882 Corporate Law- Companies Act, 2013, Ltd. Liability Partnership Act 2008, Insolvency & Bankruptcy code Securities Laws – SEBI Act Taxation |
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Information Technology
To know the complete SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 for Information Technology subject refer to the Phase-1 & Phase-2 syllabus depicted below.
Phase 1 IT Stream
- Database Concepts
- SQL Queries
- Programming Concepts (Java/C C++ )
- Data Analytics Languages (Python / R)
- Algorithms for problem-solving
- Networking Concepts
- Information & Cyber Security Concepts
- Data warehousing
- Shell Programming
Phase 2 IT Stream
Topic | Concept | Language to test concepts | Weightage |
Algorithms | Sorting, Searching, Greedy Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Backtracking, Divide and Conquer, Pattern Searching | C++/JAVA/Python | 40 |
Data Structure | Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, Binary Tree, Indexing, Binary Search Tree, Heap, Hashing, Matrix | C++/JAVA/Python | 40 |
String Manipulation | Length, Substring, Regex, Search | C++/JAVA/Python | 20 |
Total | 100 |
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Research Stream
The candidates preparing for the SEBI Grade A Officer post for Research Stream must be prepared as per the syllabus released by SEBI officially. The topics to be covered as mentioned below.
Economics:
- Demand and Supply
- Market Structures
- National Income
- Determination of output and employment
- Investment Function
- Multiplier and Accelerator
- Demand and Supply for Money
- IS-LM, Inflation and Phillips Curve
- Business Cycles
- Inflation
- Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- Non-banking Financial Institutions
Public Economics:
- Public Goods
- Tax & Non-Tax Revenue
- Direct & Indirect Taxes
- Progressive and Non-Progressive Taxation
- Incidence and Effects of Taxation
- Public expenditure
- Public Debt
- Public Budget
- Budget Multiplier
Statistics and Econometrics:
- Measures of Central tendency & dispersions
- Correlation
- Sampling methods
- Sampling Distribution
- Statistical Inferences
- Hypothesis testing
- Regression Analysis
International Economics:
- Balance of Payments
- Foreign Exchange Markets
- Role of International Financial Institutions: BIS, IOSCO, IMF & World Bank
Financial Markets:
- Asymmetric Information
- Market Model
- Market Efficiency
- Primary Market
- Secondary Market
- Commodity Markets
- Mutual Funds
- Stock Exchanges
- Depositories
- Clearing Corporations
- Credit Rating Agencies
- Corporate Debt Market
- Forwards, Futures, Options, Hedging,
- Speculation and Arbitrage