SEBI Grade A 2022-23: Exam Pattern and Syllabus

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) 2023 notification for the post of SEBI Grade A Officer (Assistant Manager) is expected in December 2022 or January 2023. The notification is expected to reveal a total number of 100 to 120 vacancies for the posts of General Stream, Legal Stream, Research Stream among others. Therefore, it is better to start your preparation from today and start practicing exam-like questions from latest SEBI Grade A 2023 Mock Tests.

Today we’ll take a look at all the topics that make up the SEBI Garde A 2022-23 exam!

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SEBI Grade A 2023 Exam Overview

Here are the complete details of the SEBI Grade A 2023 exam followed by the 2022 exam: 

1. SEBI Grade A Recruitment Notification 2023

Read on to know all the important details given in SEBI Grade A 2023 Notification. All the important dates, online application form, eligibility criteria, application fees, selection process, exam pattern, etc have been given for your reference.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2022

SEBI Grade A Officer Exam comprises three phases that are described in detail below.

• Phase I: On-line screening examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each
• Phase II: On-line examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each
• Phase III: Interview

SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2022

As you have acquainted yourself with the SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern, Now we have the detailed SEBI grade A Syllabus for both phases.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus – Phase I – Paper I

SEBI Grade A Syllabus Phase I For Paper I will be common for all the candidates. This will have MCQs of 100 marks. Paper, I will have four sections:

1. English Language
2. Reasoning Ability
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. General Awareness (including Financial Awareness)

1. English Language

• 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.

2. Reasoning Ability

• Puzzles
• Seating Arrangements
• Direction Sense
• Order and Ranking
• Coding-Decoding
• Syllogisms
• Inequalities
• Machine Input-Output
• Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
• Blood Relations
• Data Sufficiency
• Number System and Conversions
• Logical Reasoning etc.

3. Quantitative Aptitude

• Data Interpretation
• Inequalities
• Number Series
• Approximation and Simplification
• Inequality (Quadratic & Quantity based)
• Profit and Loss
• Speed Distance and Time
• Mensuration
• Data Sufficiency
• Work and Time
• Time and work & Pipe and cistern
• Permutation, Combination & Probability
• HCF and LCM
• Problem on Ages
• Average, Ratio and Proportion, etc.

4. General Awareness

The GA section will consist of contemporary events of national & international importance. The general awareness section of SEBI Grade A will revolve around the following aspects.

• Current Affairs
• Financial Awareness
• Current Affairs – National & International
• Important Financial & Economic News
• Important Days
• Budget
• Awards and Honours
• Countries & Capitals etc.
• International & National Organizations
• Sports
• Books and Authors
• Science – Inventions & Discoveries

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Paper 2 Phase I & Phase II – General Stream

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Paper 2 will be common for Phase I & Phase II. The questions will be MCQ’s type of 100 marks for General Stream. The topics for SEBI Grade A Paper II Syllabus for the General stream are given below.

A. Commerce & Accountancy

a) Accounting as a financial information system.
b) Accounting Standards with specific reference to Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transactions, and Investments.
c) Cash Flow Statement, Fund flow statement, Financial statement analysis and Ratio analysis.
d) Accounting for Share Capital Transactions including Bonus Shares, and Right Shares.
e) Employees Stock Option and Buy-Back of Securities.
f) Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts.

B. Management

a) Management: its nature and scope; The Management Processes; Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing and Controlling;
b) The Role of a Manager in an Organization. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader;
c) Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader.
d) Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD;
e) Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
f) 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.

C. Finance

1) Financial System

a) Role and Functions of Regulatory bodies in the Financial Sector.

2) Financial Markets

a) Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.

3) General Topics

a) Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap
b) Recent Developments in the Financial Sector
c) Financial Inclusion- use of technology
d) Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
e) Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM),
f) Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI – components and trends.

D. Costing

1. Overview of Cost and Management Accounting – Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting, Objectives and Scope of Cost and Management Accounting.
2. Methods of Costing – Single Output/ Unit Costing, Job Costing, Batch Costing, Contract Costing, Process/ Operation Costing, Costing of Service Sectors.
3. Basics of Cost Control and Analysis – (i) Standard Costing, (ii) Marginal Costing, (iii) Budget and Budgetary Control.
4. Lean System and Innovation:-
a) Introduction to Lean System
b) Just-in-Time (JIT)
c) Kaizen Costing

d) 5 Ss
e) Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
f) Cellular Manufacturing/ One-Piece Flow Production Systems
g) Six Sigma (SS)
h) Introduction to Process Innovation and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR).

E. Companies Act

The Companies Act, 2013 – Specific reference to Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter VIII, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII and Chapter XXVII.

F. Economics

a) 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
b) Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Inflation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Non-banking Financial Institutions.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus For Phase I & II – Stream Wise

The syllabus for Phase I and Phase II for SEBI Grade A Officer will be common. This paper will be of 100 marks. There will be aggregate cut-off as well as paper wise cut off. The syllabus will be based on the  Specialized Subject chosen by the candidate. The subjects for the specialized is given below. i.e.

1. Legal
2. Information Technology
3. Engineering: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering
4. Research Streams
5. Official Language Stream

Syllabus for Specialized Streams

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Paper 2 – Legal Stream

Syllabus for Information Technology  Paper 2

Phase 1 IT Stream

1. Database Concepts
2. SQL Queries
3. Programming Concepts (Java/C C++ )
4. Data Analytics Languages (Python / R)
5. Networking Concepts
6. Information & Cyber Security Concepts
7. Data warehousing
8. Algorithms for problem-solving
9. Shell Programming

Phase 2 IT Stream

Syllabus for Research Stream

1. 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.
2. 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
3. Statistics and Econometrics: Measures of Central tendency & dispersions, Correlation, Sampling methods, Sampling Distribution, Statistical Inferences, Hypothesis testing, Regression Analysis.
4. International Economics: Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Role of International Financial Institutions: BIS, IOSCO, IMF & World Bank
5. 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.

Syllabus for Official Language

1. भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीति से सम्बंधित प्रश्न  (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India)
2. हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्यांश/ वाक्य / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
3. अंग्रेजी से तिन्दी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्यांश / वाक्य / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
4. हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी – विधिक  शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
5. अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी – विधिक  शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
6. हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी – प्रशासनिक/ बैंकिंग/ पूंजी बाज़ार संबंधी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)
7. अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी – प्रशासनिक/ बैंकिंग/ पूंजी बाज़ार संबंधी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)

SEBI Grade A Syllabus For Phase II – Paper I

Paper 1 is common for all the candidates appearing for the SEBI Grade A Phase II Exam. It will be an English Descriptive Test to test of 100 marks with a total time duration of 60 minutes. It will be a test of writing/drafting skills of the candidates.

English Writing Skill Syllabus

The paper on English assesses the writing skills of the candidates, including expression and understanding of the topic including precis writing/ essay writing/ comprehension.

Interview

The candidates who will be successful in Phase I and Phase II of SEBI Grade A Officer Recruitment will become eligible to appear in the Interview. Candidates equaling 3 times the number of vacancies shall be shortlisted, in order of merit, for Phase III i.e., the Interview. The shortlisted candidates can opt for the interview either in 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%.

Thus, the selection will be made on the marks secured in Phase II and Interview for the final selection for the candidates as a SEBI Grade A Officer.

How to clear SEBI Grade A Officer’s exam 2022-23 in first attempt?

Those who think of cracking the SEBI Grade A Officer’s exam 2022-23 must start their preparation and try to cover every topic from the syllabus. Make a study plan, stick to it dedicatedly and give as many SEBI Grade A 2022 Mock Tests. Revise thoroughly and make sure you are scoring well while taking SEBI Grade A 2022 Mock Tests, as they may reveal your actual results. Keep studying, keep revising, and keep giving Mock Tests to mentally prepare yourself to deal will all the sections of the exam successfully. SEBI Grade A 2022 Mocks help you in going through the mistakes and self-evaluation through analysis and stop you from repeating those mistakes. In addition, it will train you to complete the exam within the time limit of the exam.

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