SEBI Grade A Phase I Section-wise Exam Preparation Strategy

SEBI has released its official notification for the posts of SEBI Grade A Assistant Manager position in the month of January 2022. The Phase I exam is scheduled on 20^th Feb 2022 which is approaching soon. Don’t have a laid back attitude when it comes to SEBI Grade A Phase I exam preparation. Its important to ace the SEBI Grade A Phase I examination in the very first attempt and thus we are here with a quick SEBI Grade A Phase I section wise exam preparation strategy. 

SEBI Grade A 2020 – Phase I & Phase II Exam Dates Released

Activity	Date
Phase I – Online Examination	20th February 2022
Phase II – Online Examination*	20th March 2022

* Paper 2 of Phase II of Information Technology Stream shall be held separately on April 03, 2022 for which separate call letters shall be issued to candidates.

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SEBI Grade A Phase I Exam Pattern

Paper	Streams/ Subjects	Maximum Marks	Duration	Cut off
Paper 1	All Streams: Multiple choice questions on the subjects viz. General Awareness (including some questions related to 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 on Specialized subject related to stream.	100	40 minutes	40%
Research Stream:- Multiple choice questions on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance and Commerce.
Aggregate Cut off			40%

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SEBI Grade A Phase I Syllabus

English Language	Test of Reasoning
Cloze Test	Alpha-numeric/ Alphabetical Series
Correct Usage	Analogy
Error Spotting	Analytical Reasoning
Fillers – Single, Double	Blood Relations
Idioms and Phrases	Coded Inequalities
Odd One Out	Coding and Decoding
One Word Substitution	Data Sufficiency
Para	Directions and Distances
Jumbles
Paragraph Completion	Double Line-up
Reading Comprehension	Inequality
Sentence Improvement	Input Output
Synonyms/ Antonyms	Order and Ranking/Direction
Vocabulary based questions	Puzzles – Box based, Floor, Calendar, Day/Months based, etc.
Word/Phrase Replacement	Scheduling
	Seating Arrangement– Linear, Circular, Facing Inside/Outside, Mixed
	Statement and Conclusion
	Statement-Course of Action
	Syllogism

Quantitative Aptitude	General/Financial Awareness
Age Problems	International Organisations’ HQ/ President/ Chairman/ Secretary General
Average	Country in news, with its capital, important rivers, President and PM.
Boats and Stream	National Parks
Clock and Calendar Problems	Wildlife Sanctuaries
Data Interpretation – Charts and Graphs: Line Graph, Bar Graph, Pie Chart; Tabular; Caselet; Mixed DI	Atomic, Nuclear, Thermal Plants
Data Sufficiency	Important Dams
Decimal and Fractions	Dance Forms
Indices and  Surds	Ministers and their Constituencies
Ministers and their Portfolios
LCM and H.C.F	Current Affairs (last 6 months)
Mensuration	Indian Financial System
Mixture and Allegations	History and Structure of Indian Banking
Number Series	Indian Economy
Number System	Regulatory bodies- RBI, SEBI, IRDA, PFRDA, FSDC, FMC
Partnership	History/Functions/Roles of RBI
Percentage	Budget Basics
Permutation and Combination	Current Union Budget
Pipes and Cisterns	International Organisations/ Financial Institutions
Probability	Indian Constitution
Profit, Loss and Discount	Government Schemes
Quadratic Equations	Monetary and Credit Policies
Simple and Compound Interest	Concepts like BASEL
Simplification & Approximation	Micro Finance
	Base Rate
	Negotiable Instruments
	Credit Rating Agencies
	Financial Inclusions
	Teaser Rates
	GAAR
	Priority Sector Lending
	Abbreviations
	Important Dates
	Current Bank Rates
	UNO
	Marketing
	Awards & Honours Sports
	Sports personalities

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SEBI Grade A Paper II Syllabus (For General Stream)

Commerce & Accountancy:	Management:
Accounting as a financial information system;	Management: its nature and scope; The Management Processes; Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing and controlling; The Role of a Manager in an Organization.
Accounting Standards with specific reference to Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transactions, Investments.	Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader; Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader.
Cash Flow Statement, Fund flow statement, Financial statement analysis; Ratio analysis;	Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD; Performance Appraisal – Potential appraisal and development – Feedback and Performance Counselling – Career Planning – Training and Development – Rewards – Employee Welfare. Motivation, Morale, and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
Accounting for Share Capital Transactions including Bonus Shares, Right Shares.	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.
Employees Stock Option and Buy-Back of Securities.	Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance.
Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts.

Finance and Management	Costing
(a) Financial System:	Overview of Cost and Management Accounting – Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting, Objectives and Scope of Cost and Management Accounting.
Money Market, Capital Market	Methods of Costing – Single Output/ Unit Costing, Job Costing, Batch Costing, Contract Costing, Process/ Operation Costing, Costing of Service Sectors.
Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy, Banking System in India, Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc.	Basics of Cost Control and Analysis – (i) Standard Costing, (ii) Marginal Costing, (iii) Budget and Budgetary Control.
SEBI – functions and role	Lean System and Innovation:-
Prevention of Money Laundering	a) Introduction to Lean System
Know Your Client Framework	b) Just-in-Time (JIT)
b) Financial Markets:	c) Kaizen Costing
Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.	d) 5 Ss
(c) General Topics:	e) Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Risk Management in Financial Sector Page 21 of 25	f) Cellular Manufacturing/ One-Piece Flow Production Systems
Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures, and Swap	g) Six Sigma (SS)
Changing Landscape of Financial sector	h) Introduction to Process Innovation and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR).
Recent Developments in the Financial Sector, Portfolio Investment, Public Sector Reforms, Disinvestments
Financial Inclusion- use of technology
Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
Corporate Governance in the Financial Sector, the role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector
The Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Thirteenth Finance Commission and 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.

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

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SEBI Grade A Phase I Exam Preparation Tips

When it comes to Phase I there are 4 sections including Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, English, General Awareness (including some questions related to the financial sector). Though, we don’t have the marks distribution of all the sections so, it gets all the more important to plan the preparation strategy intelligently. Let’s look at the section-wise SEBI Grade A Phase I exam preparation strategy below:

General Awareness

It is usually a high scoring section and mentioned below are the tips that will help you to boost your exam preparation.

• Make a practice to read current affairs on a daily basis. It is important to stay updated.
• We at PracticeMock publish monthly current affairs and weekly current affairs PDF which are free to download.
• Aspirants should have a clear understanding and knowledge of any current news related to SEBI. Ensure that you as a candidate should be aware of all Government schemes, policies, ranking and development in Financial sectors.

Quantitative Aptitude

This is one section in which you need to have clear basics. It is very crucial to practice quant questions on a regular basis in order to improve upon both your speed and accuracy.

• Listing of your strong and weak topics is important and do lots of practice of questions related to topics in which you find yourself to be weak. Taking a free mock test of SEBI Grade A will help you analyze your strong and weak sections very well.
• Quantitative Aptitude is all about practice. Practice as many questions and as many mock tests as possible.
• Some important topics include: Profit & Loss, DI, Quadratic Equation, Number Series, Time & Distance, SI & CI, Time & Work etc.

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Reasoning Ability

This section is one in which there is no set rule or pattern to be followed in order to answer any question. You can develop your own shortcut methods and thus, aspirants are required to practice this to the fullest. In order to cover each category of questions practice mock tests along with implementing the points below in your strategy.

• Puzzles are the most important topics when it comes to reasoning ability section. Around 2 to 3 puzzles are usually asked in the exam and thus, these are to be prepared extremely well. make sure to solve as many questions and types of puzzles as possible to cover each category of questions including seating arrangement, linear arrangement, floor based puzzles, month wise puzzle etc.
• Direction & Distance, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Inequality, Alpha-numeric are few important topics that cannot be ignored.

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English Language

Last but not the least, English language section is something that should not be taken lightly no matter how good you are at it. As far as the strategy for this particular section goes, checkout few below mentioned points:

• Brush up basic grammar rules.
• Enhance your vocabulary by reading newspapers daily and making your own vocabulary notes along with their meanings.
• Practice attempting english quizzes on PracticeMock app and keep a birdseye view on the basic errors.
• Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test and Para Jumbles are quite important. Practice these questions and mock tests.

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This brings us to the end of this article and we advice the aspirants to start working upon the same right away as the syllabus is quite vast and it may take time for the candidates to prepare.