SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024
SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024: The official SEBI Grade A 2024 Notification is out on 10th June 2024 for 97 Assistant Manager Posts to recruit for the post of Grade A Officer (General, Legal, Information Technology (IT), Research and Official Language). Knowing SEBI Grade A Syllabus & Exam Pattern allows students to get an early-mover advantage to prepare for Phase 1 and 2 exams. Check the syllabus topics and begin preparing for SEBI Phase 1 and 2 exams. Before applying for the SEBI Grade A 2024 exam, candidates are advised to check the important details of the SEBI Grade A exam which is mentioned below in this table.
SEBI Grade A Exam 2024 Overview | |
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 |
Marking Scheme | 1 Mark |
Negative Marking | ¼th mark |
Official website | www.sebi.gov.in/ |
Apply Online | Click Here |
SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 Overview
The SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2024 is for Phase 1 and 2 online exams. There are three stages of the SEBI Grade A : Paper 1 (Prelims), Paper 2 (Mains), and an Interview. SEBI Exam patterns should be comprehended by aspirants to prepare for the exam efficiently. The selection process as notified in the short notification by SEBI consists of :
Phase 1 – Online Exam (Objective):
Phase 2 – Online Exam (Objective + Descriptive):
Phase 3 – Interview:
SEBI Grade A Phase 1 Exam Pattern 2024
SEBI Grade A Phase 1 exam consisting of two papers of 100 marks each. The question pattern is Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ) -based format.
Paper | Streams/Subjects | Maximum Marks | Duration | Cut off |
Paper 1 | All Streams:-
Multiple choice questions on the subjects viz. General Awareness (including questions related to the Financial Sector of easy to moderate difficulty level), English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Test of Reasoning. |
100 | 60 minutes | 30% |
Paper 2 | General Stream:-
Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, and Economics. |
100 | 40 minutes | 40% |
Legal, Information Technology, Engineering Stream (Civil & Electrical), Official Language stream:
Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ-s) on Specialized subject-related to stream |
100 | 40 minutes | 40% | |
Research Stream:-
Multiple choice Questions(MCQ-s) on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce |
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Aggregate Cut-off | 40% |
Note:
- Negative Marking: 1/4th for both papers in Phase 1.
- Marks secured in Phase 1 will not be counted in final selection.
- There will be a minimum cut-off percentage criterion in both Paper 1 and Paper 2 of Phase 1.
- The cut-off for Paper 1 is a minimum of 30%, while for Paper 2, it was a minimum of 40%.
- Candidates must score a separate cut-off in each paper to qualify for Phase 2.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 – Phase 1
The SEBI Grade A Syllabus have a wide range of topics on which questions are based. It is recommended that candidates have a look at the previous year’s papers and know about the weightage of each topic. It is very important to have a good understanding of the SEBI Grade A syllabus in order to qualify for each stage of the recruitment process. Phase 1 of the SEBI Grade A exam comprises two papers – Paper 1 and Paper 2. The paper 1 of Phase 1 remains same for all the streams. Check the important topics from the SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 for all streams here.
Section | Topics |
General Awareness | Monetary Policies, Banking and Financial Awareness, Economic Terms, Current Affairs, Static GK, Financial and Economic News, Government Schemes. Agreement & Deals, Banking Terms- rates & processes, National Institutions etc. |
English | Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Passage Making, Error Spotting, Jumble Words, Sentence Framing, Fill in the blanks |
Quantitative Aptitude | Simplification and approximation, Number Series, Quadratic Equation, Number System / HCF & LCM, Ratio and Proportion, Average, Partnership, Ages, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Time, Speed & Distance, Problems on Trains, Boat and Stream, Time & Work / Pipes and Cisterns, Simple and Compound Interest, Mixture & Allegations, Permutation and Combination, Probability, Data Interpretation (DI), Caselet DI and Data Sufficiency |
Reasoning | Puzzles, Seating Arrangement- Circular, Square & Linear, Data Sufficiency, Directions and Distance, Coding Decoding, Blood relations, Inequality, Syllogism, Machine input and output, Verbal Reasoning, Ordering and Ranking, Arrangement and Pattern, Scheduling, Distance and Direction, Ranking |
SEBI Grade A Paper 2 Syllabus: Phase 1 and Phase 2 (General)
The Papet 2 included in the SEBI Grade A Syllabus for General Stream are Commerce & Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act & Economics. Also note that the syllabus for paper 2 of both the phases remains same. Here is the detailed syllabus for SEBI Grade A Paper 2 for Phase 1 and Phase 2, as per the 2024 syllabus:
Section | Topics |
Commerce & Accountancy |
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Management |
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Finance |
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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 –
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Companies Act | The Companies Act, 2013 – Specific reference to Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter VIII, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII and Chapter XXVII. |
Economics | Demand and Supply, Market Structures, National Income: Concepts and Measurement, Classical & 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 Legal Stream Syllabus 2024
There is slight difference in the SEBI Grade A Legal Stream Syllabus for Paper 2 of both the phases, so in the below table you will find the SEBI Grade A Detailed Syllabus for Legal Stream of paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II.
SEBI Grade A Legal Stream Syllabus (Paper 2 of Phase I)
- Constitution of India – Preamble, Part I, Part III, Part IV, Part IVA, Part V, Part VI, Part VIII, Part IXA, Part IXB, Part XI.
- Contract Law –
- Indian Contract Act, 1872;
- Sale of Goods Act, 1930;
- Indian Partnership Act, 1932;
- Specific Relief Act, 1963
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VII, Schedule I)
- Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V)
- Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Part I)
- The Limitation Act, 1963
- Administrative Law
- Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes
- Important Latin terms and maxims
- Important Latin terms and maxims
SEBI Grade A Legal Stream Syllabus (Paper 2 of Phase II)
- Criminal Law –
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VA, Chapter VI, Chapter IX, Chapter XVII, Chapter XXI, Chapter XXII, Chapter XXIII);
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Law of Evidence – Indian Evidence Act, 1872
- Corporate Laws –
- Companies Act, 2013;
- Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008;
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Part I, Part II)
- Securities Laws –
- Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956;
- Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992;
- Depositories Act, 1996;
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties) Rules, 1995;
- Securities Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2000;
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003;
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011;
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015;
- Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018;
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018.
SEBI Grade A IT Syllabus 2024
The SEBI Grade A IT Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I has been given below:
Topic | Details |
Database Concepts | ER‐model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, Integrity constraints, normal forms. File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control. |
SQL Queries | Select, view, truncate, delete, update, alter, Inner join, different types of outer joins,, use of aggregate functions, Union, intersection, except, in and exist clauses, nested queries |
Programming Concepts (Java /C C++ ) | Program control (iteration, recursion, Functions), Scope of variables, Binding of variables & functions, Parameter passing, Functional and Logic Programming, OOPS Concepts, Inheritance, Class and object, Constructors, Functions, Exception Handling |
Data Analytics Languages (Python / R) | Regex, Slicing, Data reshaping, Dataframes, Dictionaries and Sets, File Management, Classes and Functions, Data Mining, Lists, Importing and exporting data, charts and graphs |
Algorithms for problem solving | Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; hashing, Sorting, Searching; Design techniques (Greedy, Dynamic Programming, Divide-and-conquer) |
Networking Concepts | ISO/OSI stack, LAN Technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), TCP/UDP, IP, Basic concepts of switches, gateways, and routers, Application layer protocols (DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP), Firewalls |
Information & Cyber Security Concepts | Cyber Attacks, Software Development Security, Network security, Authentication, CIA – Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability, Network Audit, Systems Audit |
Data warehousing | Data Extraction, Data Cleaning, Data Transformation, Data Loading, Metadata, Data Cube, Data Mart, Data Models, |
Shell Programming | Shell Scripting Basics, Shell Variables, Shell Script Arguments, If Statement, Loop, Return, Basic UNIX commands |
The SEBI Grade A IT Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase II has been given below:
Topic | Concept |
Algorithms | Sorting, Searching, Greedy Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Backtracking, Divide and Conquer, Pattern Searching |
Data Structure | Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, Binary Tree, Indexing, Binary Search Tree, Heap, Hashing, Matrix |
String Manipulation | Length, Substring, Regex, Search |
Object Oriented Programming |
Abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism, Inheritance |
SEBI Grade A Research Stream Syllabus 2024
The SEBI Grade A Research Stream Syllabus for paper 2 of both the phases is common. The syllabus has been mentioned in the table below:
Subjects | SEBI Grade A Research Stream Syllabus |
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 and 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 |
SEBI Grade A Engineering Electrical Stream Syllabus 2024
The syllabus of Paper 2 of Phase 1 & 2 is common in this stream.
Topics | SEBI Grade A Engineering Electrical Stream Syllabus |
Electrical Materials | Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, insulating materials, magnetic materials – basics, properties and applications; ferrities, ferro-magnetic materials and components; basics of solid state physics, conductors; Photo-conductivity; Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors. |
Electric Circuits and Fields | Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal steady state analysis, basic filter concepts, two-port networks, three phase circuits, Magnetically coupled circuits, Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws; inductance, dielectrics, capacitance; Maxwell’s equations. |
Electrical and Electronic Measurements: | Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Bridges and potentiometers; moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor, instrument transformers, digital voltmeters and multi-meters, phase, time and frequency measurement, Q-meters, oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders, error analysis, Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems. |
Computer Fundamentals | Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central Processing Unit, I/O and Memory Organisation; peripheral devices, data representation and programming, basics of Operating system and networking, virtual memory, file systems; Elements of programming languages, typical examples. |
Basic Electronics Engineering | Basics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics, Junction and field effect transistors (BJT, FET and MOSFETS), different types of transistor amplifiers, equivalent circuits and frequency response; oscillators and other circuits, feedback amplifiers. |
Analog and Digital Electronics | Operational amplifiers – characteristics and applications, combinational and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, multi-vibrators, sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters, basics of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters; Microprocessor basics- interfaces and applications, basics of linear integrated circuits; Analog communication basics, Modulation and de modulation, noise and bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal to noise ratio, digital communication basics, sampling, quantizing, coding, frequency and time domain multiplexing, power line carrier communication systems. |
Systems and Signal Processing | Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling operations, linear, time-invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Z transforms, Discrete Fourier transform, FFT, linear convolution, discrete cosine transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation. |
Control Systems | Principles of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, steadystate errors, transforms and their applications; Routh-hurwitz criterion, Nyquist techniques, Bode plots, root loci, lag, lead and lead-lag compensation, stability analysis, transient and frequency response analysis, state space model, state transition matrix, controllability and observability, linear state variable feedback, PID and industrial controllers. |
Electrical Machines | Single phase transformers, three phase transformers – connections, parallel operation, auto-transformer, energy conversion principles, DC machines – types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors, Induction motors – principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control, Synchronous machines – performance, regulation, parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications, servo and stepper motors. |
Power Systems | Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable performance, insulation, corona and radio interference, power factor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis, principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection; Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main distribution systems, Matrix representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, fundamentals of power economics. |
Power Electronics and Drives | Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs – static characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge converters – fully controlled and half controlled, principles of choppers and inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives, DC-DC switched mode converters, DC-AC switched mode converters, resonant converters, high frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies. |
SEBI Grade A Official Language Stream Syllabus 2024
Check the SEBI Grade A Official Language Syllabus for paper 2 of both phases:
- भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीति (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India) से सम्बन्धी प्रश्न
- हिंदी से अंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्यांश / वाक्य / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
- अंग्रेजी से हिंदी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्यांश / वाक्य / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
- हिंदी से हिंदी – विधिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
- अंग्रेजी से हिंदी – विधिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
- हिंदी से अंग्रेजी – प्रशाशनिक / बैंकिंग / पूँजी बाजार सम्बन्धी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)
- अंग्रेजी से हिंदी – प्रशाशनिक / बैंकिंग / पूँजी बाजार सम्बन्धी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)
- अनुवाद – शब्दों, वाक्यों, वाक्यांशों, और पैराग्राफ का अंग्रेज़ी से हिंदी और हिंदी से अंग्रेज़ी मे अनुवाद
SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2024 – Phase 2
SEBI Grade A Phase 2 online screening examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each. In SEBI Grade A Phase 2, there are two papers, Separate time limit is provided for Paper 1 and Paper 2 in the Phase 2 online paper. You can check the SEBI Grade A 2024 exam pattern for Phase 2 in the table below.
Paper | Subject | Maximum Marks | Duration | Cut-off | Weightage |
Paper 1 | All streams:
English (Descriptive Test) to test the drafting skills |
100 | 60 minutes | 30% | 1/3rd |
Paper 2 | General Stream:
Multiple-choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, and Economics. |
100 | 90 minutes | 40% | 2/3rd |
Legal & Official Language Stream:
Multiple choice questions on Specialized subjects related to the stream. |
100 | 60 minutes | 40% | 2/3rd | |
Research Stream:
Multiple choice questions on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce |
100 | 60 minutes | 40% | 2/3rd | |
Information Technology Stream:
Coding Test (Languages: C++/JAVA/Python) |
100 | 210 Minutes | 40% | 2/3rd | |
Research Stream:
Descriptive exam to test practical in depth knowledge and drafting skills in economics,financial markets and statistics. (Answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard. Candidates opting to type the answers in Hindi, may type with the help of either: (i) Inscript or (ii) Remington (GAIL) keyboards layout) |
100 | 120 Minutes | 40% | 2/3rd | |
Official Language Stream: 1.
एक साधारण पैरा (150 शब्दों का) – अंग्रेजी से |
100 | 90 minutes | 40% | 2/3rd | |
Engineering (Electrical) Stream:
Multiple Choice Questions on Specialized subject related to stream. |
100 | 40 minutes | 40% | 2/3rd | |
Aggregate Cut Off | 50% |
Note:
- Paper 2 will be conducted in various shifts for those who applied for multiple streams.
- Negative Marking will be 1/4th for Paper 2 in Phase 2.
- Question Papers will be in Hindi & English except for the English section.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 – Phase 2
Phase 2 is the second stage of the SEBI Grade A 2024 exam. It comprises two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 is common for all streams, while Paper 2 is specific to each stream. Please note that the full syllabus for Paper 2 has been given above already to help you prepare. In Paper 1 of SEBI Grade A Phase 2, you will have to showcase your writing skills. This part will be held in English language only. You will be assessed on the basis of precise writing, essay writing and reading comprehension.
Section | Topics |
English Writing Skills | Precis Writing/ Essay Writing/ Reading Comprehension |
SEBI Grade A 2024 Interview
The final round of the SEBI Grade A selection process is the Interview round. Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview after qualifying for Phase 1 and 2 exams. The shortlisted candidates can pick out the preferred language for the interview round, either Hindi or English. The weightage of marks obtained in Phase II will be 85%, while marks obtained in the interview shall be given a weightage of 15% of the final result.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 Preparation Tips
A well-planned strategy is very important to complete SEBI Grade A Syllabus, as it is huge. Additionally, a basic understanding of the chapters is also required to ace this exam successfully. To prepare SEBI Grade A Syllabus, you may follow the below general tips for conceptual clarity.
- Study the entire syllabus and keep in mind that you have to cover all the chapters while preparing.
- Make a study plan and follow it to complete SEBI Grade A Syllabus in a planned way.
- Practice previous year’s questions and work on your mistakes so that they should not be repeated further.
- Attempt online test series to check your knowledge and understanding of the SEBI Grade A Syllabus