SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021

The SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2201 will be discussed in this article by Kopykitab. This exam is conducted in the three phases such as:-  

• Phase-I: it is an online screening test. It consists of two papers for 100 marks each  
• Phase-II: this section is also an online exam and it also consists of two papers 100 marks each  
• Phase-III: this is the interview phase of the exam.  

The syllabus in all the phases is quite different from each other and the syllabus for the Mains Exam which is Phase-II is tough. The candidates are required to look over these details for the SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021:-  

1. They must clear the screening test for the second phase of the Examination.  
2. The candidates Qualifying in the screening test will give the next phase of the Online Examination.  
3. Based on these two Phase-I and Phase-II the candidates will be selected for the final phase of the Interview round.  
4. Paper-I is descriptive and Paper-II is objective.  

SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021

The syllabus for the SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 is quite different from the other government exams. The exam consists of three phases which are Phase-I, Phase-II, and Interview.

The Candidates can see that the general Stream syllabus for both the phases such as Phase-I and Phase-II is the same. But the other syllabus is different. All the question papers will be available in both Hindi and English except for the test English.

The detailed information about the Phase-I and Phase-II exam is explained below.  

SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 | Prelims Phase-I Paper-I Syllabus  

General Awareness:-  

• Current affairs  
• Budget  
• Awards and Honours  
• Important Days  
• Sports 
• Books and Authors  
• Science- Inventions and Discoveries  
• Countries and Capitals  
• Important Financial and Economic News  

English Language:-  

• Error spotting  
• Sentence Rearrangement  
• Fill in the blanks  
• Synonyms  
• Idioms and Phrases  

Quantitative Aptitude:-  

• Data interpretation  
• Inequalities  
• Number Series  
• Data Sufficiency  
• SI and CI  
• Problem on Ages  
• Work and Time  
• Mensuration  
• Speed Distance and Time  
• Profit and Loss  

Reasoning:-  

• Puzzles  
• Seating Arrangements 
• Direction sense  
• Blood rations  
• Syllogisms  
• Order and Ranking  
• Coding and Decoding  
• Inequalities  
• Data Sufficiency  
• Logic Reasoning  

SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 | Prelims Phase-I Paper-2  

General Stream:- 

• Current affairs  
• Budget  
• Awards and Honours  
• Important Days  
• Sports 
• Books and Authors  
• Science- Inventions and Discoveries  
• Countries and Capitals  
• Important Financial and Economic News
  

Commerce and Accountancy:  

• Accountancy as a financial information system  
• Accounting Standards with specific reference to Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transaction, Investment.  
• Cash flow statement, Fund flow statement, Ratio Analysis  
• Employees stock options  
• Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts.  

Management:-  

• Nature and Scope  
• Leadership  
• Human Resource Development  
• Communication  
• Corporate Governance  

Finance and Management:  

Financial System:-  

• Money Market and Capital Market  
• SEBI  
• Preventions of Money Laundering  
• Know your Client Framework  

Financial markets:-  

• Primary market  
• Secondary market  
• Functions  
• Instruments  
• Recent Developments  

General Topics:-  

• Risk management  
• Basics of Derivatives  
• Changing Landscape of the financial Sector  
• Financial Inclusion  
• Corporate Governance  
• The Union Budget  

Costing:-  

• Methods  
• Lean system and innovation  
• Basics of cost control and analysis  

Companies Act  

• The companies act 2013: Chapter III, IV, VIII, X, XI, XII, XXVII.  

Economics:-  

• Demand and Supply  
• Market structure  
• National Income  
• Concepts and Measurement  
• Balance of Payments,  
• Foreign Exchange Market  
• Inflation  
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy  

Syllabus For Legal Stream:-  

• Constitution of India  
• Law of Contracts  
• Criminal Law  
• Law of Evidence  
• Code of Civil Procedure  
• Administrative Law and Principles of Natural Justice  
• Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statuses  
• Important Latin terms and maxims  
• Securities Laws  
• Transfer of Property Act  

Syllabus for Information Technology:-  

• Database Concepts  
• SQL Queries  
• Programming Concepts  
• Data analysis language  
• Algorithms for Problem-solving  
• Networking concepts  
• Information and cybersecurity concepts  
• Data warehousing  
• Shell programming 

Syllabus for Civil Engineering Stream:-  

• Building Materials  
• Solid Mechanics  
• Structural Analysis  
• Design of Steel Structures  
• Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures  
• Construction Practice, Planning, and Management  
• The flow of Fluids, Hydraulic Machines, and Hydro Power  
• Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering  
• Environmental Engineering  
• Geothermal Engineering and Foundation Engineering  
• Surveying and Geology  
• Transportation Engineering  

Syllabus for Electrical Engineering Stream:-  

• Electrical Materials  
• Electric Circuits and Fields  
• Electrical and Electronic Measurements  
• Computer Fundamentals  
• Basic Electronics Engineering  
• Analog and Digital Electronics  
• Systems and Signal Processing  
• Control System  
• Electrical Machines  
• Power System  
• Power Electronics and Drives  

Syllabus for Research Stream:-  

• Economics  
• Public Economics  
• Statistics and Econometrics  
• International Economics  

Syllabus for Official Language  

• Official Language Policy of the Government of India  
• हिंदी से अंग्रेजी अनुवाद ( लीगल टर्मिनोलॉजी/ प्रशासन/ बैंकिंग/ कैप्टल मार्केट टर्मिनोलॉजी)  
• अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी अनुवाद (प्रशशन/ कैपिटल मार्केट टर्मिनिलॉजी/बैंकिंग)  

SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 | Phase-II Paper-I Syllabus  

English Writing Skills Syllabus:-  

The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including expression and understanding of the topic including precise writing/ essay writing/ comprehension  

SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 | Phase-II Paper-II Syllabus  

General Stream:-  

• This is common for both phase and phase under paper 2.  

Syllabus for Legal Stream:-  

• Constitution of India  
• Law of contracts  
• Criminal Law  

Syllabus for Engineering Stream, Research, and Official Language  

This is common for both Phase-II and Phase-I.  

SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 | Exam Pattern Phase I  

In this section, the candidates will get to know about the SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2201 for Phase-I.  

Paper	Stream/  Subject	Maximum Marks	Duration	Cut off
PAPER-I	All streams: MC on the subjects   General awareness   English, language   Quantitative Aptitude   Test of Reasoning	100	60 minutes	30%
PAPER-II	General Stream: MCQ on subjects   Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, and Economics	100	40 minutes	40%
	Legal, Information Technology, Engineering Stream ( Civil, and Electrical), Official Language	100	40 minutes	40%
	Research Stream: Multiple Choice Questions on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce
Aggregate Cut Off				40%

SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 | Exam Pattern Phase II  

Paper	Topics	Maximum Marks	Duration	Cut off
Paper-I	All streams: English Descriptive to test the drafting skills	100	0 minutes	30%
Paper-II	Legal, Engineering Stream (Civil and Electrical) and Official Language Stream: MCQ on Specialised subject Related to the stream	100	40 minutes	40%
	Research Stream: MCQ on Subjects such as Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce
Aggregate Cut Off				40%

SEBI Grade A Marking Scheme Phase I  

In this section, the candidates will get information about the SEBI Grade A Marking Scheme for Phase-I.  

• There Shall be a negative marking of 1/4th of the mark assigned to the question for every incorrect answer. 
• There shall be a cut off of a minimum of 30% for Paper-I  
• Candidates have to secure separate cud offs in each paper  

SEBI Grade A Marking Scheme Phase II  

The marking scheme for the SEBI Grade A Phase-II exam will be:-  

• There Shall be a negative marking of 1/4th of the mark assigned to the question for every incorrect answer. 
• There shall be a cut-off of a minimum of 30% for Paper-I and a cut-off of a minimum of 40% for Paper-II in Phase II.  
• Candidates have to secure separate cud offs in each paper  

SEBI Grade A Interview 2021  

The Candidates who will clear the Phase-I and Phase-II exam are eligible for Phase-III which is an interview. These Candidates equalling 3 times the number of vacancies shall be shortlisted, in order of merit for interview.

The selection will be made on the marks secured in phase-II and interview for the final selection of the Candidate.  

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