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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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