SEBI’s notification for Grade A Officer was revealed recently. There is no change in the exam pattern this year. While Phase I has MCQs 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, Paper 2 has different topics depending on the stream for which you have applied. The streams are General, Legal, Information Technology, Research & Official Language. To help you with your preparation, we have come up with this article where we will put light on the syllabus of the SEBI Grade A 2022 Phase I syllabus.

SEBI Grade A Phase I- 30 Days Study Plan

Phase I is scheduled to be on February 20, 2022, which is exactly 1 month away. If you are planning to start your preparation, there is no better time than now. Take a Free Mock Test of SEBI Grade A 2022 Phase I and see which areas are you able to score well and which areas still need improvement. Start working on your weak areas now to ensure that you score really well in the actual exam. Also, keep taking Mock Tests at different intervals to ensure that your preparation is going on the right track. Let’s now have a look at the SEBI Grade A Phase I Exam Pattern.

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%
Paper 2	Legal,   Information   Technology & Official Language stream: Multiple choice questions on Specialized subject related to stream.	100	40 minutes	40%
Paper 2	Research Stream:- Multiple choice questions on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance and Commerce.	100	40 minutes	40%
	Aggregate Cut off			40%

Note:

• There shall be negative marking (1/4th of marks assigned to the question) for the Paper 1 and Paper 2 in Phase I.
• There shall be a cut-off of minimum 30% for Paper 1 (no sectional cut-off shall be there) and a cut-off of minimum 40% for Paper 2 in Phase I.
• Candidates would need to secure separate cut-off in each paper as mentioned at (ii) above as well as aggregate cut-off marks of 40% in Phase I exam to be shortlisted for Phase II. Marks obtained in Phase I shall be used only for shortlisting the candidates for Phase II examination process and will not be counted for the final selection of the candidates.
• Subject to the criteria mentioned at (iii) above, all the candidates who clear Phase I shall be shortlisted for Phase II. List of candidates shortlisted for Phase II will be made available on SEBI website.

SEBI Grade A Notes for SEBI Exam Preparation- Download Free PDFs

Here is the syllabus of the SEBI Grade A Phase I exam. Have a look at it and see which topic you are not comfortable with. Start putting more time on those topics where your performance needs to improve.

SEBI Grade A Phase I Syllabus

SEBI Grade A Phase I Paper 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

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.

SEBI Grade A Paper II Syllabus (For Legal, Information Technology, Official Language Stream)

Legal Stream

Constitution of India – Preamble, Part I, Part III, Part IV, Part IVA, Part V, Part VI, Part VIII, Part IXA, Part IXB, Part XI.

Law of Contracts – Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Chapters I to VI), Specific Relief Act, 1963.

Criminal Law – Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VA, VI, IX, XVII); Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Law of Evidence – Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Part I, Part II.

Administrative Law and Principles of Natural Justice.

Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes

Important Latin terms and maxims

Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Act, 2019

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Part I

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V.

Companies Act, 2013 – Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Chapter XV, Chapter XVI.

Securities Laws – SEBI Act, 1992, SC(R) Act, 1956, Depositories Act, 1996.

Information Technology Stream

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

Official Language Stream

1. भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीति (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India) से सम्बंधित प्रश्न

2. हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्यांश / वाक्य / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]

3. अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी 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 बाजार संबंधित शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology) 7. अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी – प्रशासनिक / बैंकिंग / पूंजी बाजार संबंधित शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)

SEBI Grade A Paper II Syllabus (For Research Stream)

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.

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