SEBI Grade A Study Plan For SEBI Grade A Phase 1 Exam In 45 Days

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SEBI Grade A Study Plan For 45 Days

The SEBI Grade A Phase 1 Computer-Based Examination is scheduled to be held on 27th July 2024. Candidates preparing for the SEBI Grade A 2024 Examination have only 45 days remaining for the Phase 1 exam. Following a proper study plan that covers all topics, includes revision, and allows time for mock tests will help candidates successfully clear their SEBI Grade A 2024 Phase 1 Exam within this period. In this blog, we will provide a detailed 45-day SEBI Grade A study plan, provide last-minute tips, and more.

SEBI Grade A Exam Dates 2024

It is extremely important to know exam dates so that you have an idea on how many days are left for your preparation, revision and attempting mock tests. Check out the important SEBI Grade A Dates in the table below.

Event	Exam Date
SEBI Grade A Phase 1 Exam Date (Prelims)	27th July 2024
SEBI Grade A Phase 2 Exam Date (Mains)	31st August 2024 (For all streams except for the Paper 2 of IT stream) 14th September 2024 (Paper 2 of IT Stream)
SEBI Grade A Phase 3 Exam Date (Interview)	To be Updated

SEBI Grade A Phase 1 Exam Pattern 2024

Phase I is the online screening examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each. The Paper 1 is for 100 marks to be attempted in 60 minutes and the cut off is 30%. For Paper 2, the maximum marks is 100, the duration is 40 minutes and the cut off is 40%. The aggregate cut off for both the papers will be 40%.

Paper	Stream/Subjects	Maximum Marks	Duration	Cut Off
Paper 1	All Streams: MCQs on subjects viz. GA (including some questions related to Financial Sector), English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning.	100	60 minutes	30%
Paper 2	General Stream: MCQs on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act & Economics. Legal Stream, Research Stream, Engineering (Electrical) Stream, Official Language Stream and Information Technology Stream: Multiple choice questions on Specialized subject related to stream	100	40 minutes	40%

SEBI Grade A Study Plan For The Next 45 Days

The SEBI Grade A 45-day study plan has been further divided into 7 weeks. Check out the week wise and day wise study plan for SEBI exam below:

SEBI Grade A 45 Day Study Plan For Week 1

Days	Morning Shift-1	Morning Shift-2	Evening Shift-1	Evening Shift-2 ( Make change according to needs)
Day 1	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Objectives, Characteristics, Nature of Management, Management Thoughts	Introduction to Accountancy, Theory Base of Accounting, Recording Transactions & Trail Balance	Syllogism & Reverse Syllogism
Day 2	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Management Functions and Roles, NUDGE Theory, Types of Organisational Structure, Span of Organisational Management	Bills of Exchange Part 1 & 2	English Answer writing Practice, Number Series
Day 3	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Features of Organisational Behaviour, OB as science, Determinants of Organisational Behaviour, Challenges	Introduction to accounting standards, Accounting for Depreciation	English Answer writing Practice, Coding-Decoding, Analogy
Day 4	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Determinants of Organisational Behaviour, Challenges	Accounting for Inventories, Revenue Recognition	English Answer writing Practice, Time & Work
Day 5	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Determinants of personality, Development of personality (Freudian, Erikson, Chris Argyris’)	Accounting for Fixed Assets, Accounting for Foreign Exchange Transactions & investments	English Answer writing Practice, Time & Work
Day 6	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Development of personality (OCEAN model, Self concept theory, Socialization theory)	Cash Flow Statement Part 1 & 2	Pipes and Cisterns
Day 7	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Concept of Reinforcement	Fund Flow Statement Part 1 & 2	Time, Speed and Distance

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SEBI Grade A 45 Day Study Plan For Week 2

Days	Morning Shift-1	Morning Shift-2	Evening Shift-1	Evening Shift-2 (Make changes according to needs)
Day 8	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Nature, Importance, Pepetual process, factors affecting perception	Ratio Analysis Part 1&2	English Answer writing Practice, Seating Arrangement
Day 9	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Perpetual errors, Perpetual defence, Process and Importance	Accounting for Share Capital	English Answer writing Practice, Blood Relations
Day 10	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Characteristics, Importance, Manager vs leader, formal & Informal leaderStyles of leadership, Theories	Employees Stock Option and BuyBack of Securities	Age and Average
Day 11	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Authority, Power & Communication, Ethics	Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts	Age and Average
Day 12	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Emotional Intelligence & Interpersonnel Relationship	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test
Day 13	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test
Day 14	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test

SEBI Grade A 45 Day Study Plan For Week 3

Days	Morning Shift-1	Morning Shift-2	Evening Shift-1	Evening Shift-2 ( Make change according to needs)
Day 15	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Evolution & Structure Banking System in India	Accounting for Share Capital	Blood Relations, English Answer writing Practice
Day 16	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Regulatory bodies	Employees Stock Option and Buy Back of Securities	Age and Average
Day 17	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Recent Developments in Global Financial System	Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts	English Answer writing Practice, Direction
Day 18	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Role of Information Technology in Banking and Finance	Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting	English Answer writing Practice, Partnership
Day 19	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Non-Banking System	Cost Concepts and Classification, Cost Objects	Partnership
Day 20	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Financial Markets – Evolution of Money Market, Capital Market, Stock Indices, Mutual Funds “Debt Market – Government Securities, Corporate bonds”	Cost Centers, and Cost Units, Methods of Costing- Part 1	English Answer writing Practice
Day 21	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Financial Markets – Bond : Bond Yield, Risks associated, Derivatives Market,	Methods of Costing Part 2	English Answer writing Practice

SEBI Grade A 45 Day Study Plan For Week 4

Days	Morning Shift-1	Morning Shift-2	Evening Shift-1	Evening Shift-2 ( Make change according to needs)
Day 22	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Financial Markets – Commodity market, External Commercial Borrowings, Foreign Currency Exchangeable bonds, Foreign exchange market	Introduction to Cost Control and Analysis	Inequalities
Day 23	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Financial Markets – Reforms in Financial Market Credit rating agencies, Credit bureau	Standard Costing	English Answer writing Practice, Statements & Conclusions
Day 24	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Capital Markets	Marginal Costing	English Answer writing Practice, Statements & Conclusions
Day 25	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Direct and Indirect taxes	Budgeting and Budgetary Control Part 1	Profit, Loss and Discount
Day 26	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Financial Risk Management	Budgeting and Budgetary Control Part 2	Profit, Loss and Discount, English Answer writing Practice
Day 27	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test
Day 28	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test	Revision, Questions Practice & Mock Test

SEBI Grade A 45 Day Study Plan For Week 5

Days	Morning Shift-1	Morning Shift-2	Evening Shift-1	Evening Shift-2 ( Make change according to needs)
Day 29	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Financial Inclusion & Alternate Source of finance	Introduction to Lean System	Number System
Day 30	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Corporate Governance, Inflation	Just-in-Time (JIT) Inventory Management, Kaizen Costing	English Answer writing Practice, Ratio & Proportion
Day 31	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Primary and Secondary Markets -Forex, Money, Bond, Equity	5S Methodology, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)	English Answer writing Practice, Ratio & Proportion
Day 32	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Primary and Secondary Markets -Forward, Futures and Swap	Cellular Manufacturing and One-Piece Flow Production Systems	Mixture and Alligations
Day 33	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Demand and Supply, Market Structures	Six Sigma (SS) Methodology	English Answer writing Practice
Day 34	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	National Income: Concepts and Measurement	Introduction to Process Innovation Part 1 & 2	Simple Interest and Compound Interest
Day 35	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Classical Approach, Keynesian Approach	Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)	Simple Interest and Compound Interest

SEBI Grade A 45 Day Study Plan For Week 6

Days	Morning Shift-1	Morning Shift-2	Evening Shift-1	Evening Shift-2 ( Make change according to needs)
Day 36	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Consumption Function, Investment Function	Introduction to Company Law, Prospectus and Allotment of Securities Part 1	English Answer writing Practice, Permutation and Combination
Day 37	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Multiplier and Accelerator, Demand and Supply for Money	Prospectus and Allotment of Securities Part 2, Share Capital and Debentures Part 1	English Answer writing Practice, Permutation and Combination
Day 38	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	IS – LM, Inflation and Phillips Curve	Share Capital and Debentures Part 2 & 3	Probability & Data Interpretation
Day 39	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Business Cycles, Balance of Payments	Declaration and Payment of Dividend	English Answer writing Practice, Probability
Day 40	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Foreign Exchange Markets Part 1 & 2	Audit and Auditors	Mensuration
Day 41	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	Monetary Policy, Non-banking Financial Institutions	Appointment and Qualifications of Directors	Simplification and Approximation
Day 42	GA (PIB, FCA)+ Current Affairs Magazine + YT Lectures	National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal	Meeting of Boards and its Powers	Data Interpretation

SEBI Grade A 45 Day Study Plan For Week 7

Days	Morning Shift-1	Morning Shift-2	Evening Shift-1	Evening Shift-2
Day 43	Revision	Revision	Revision	Revision
Day 44	Revision	Revision	Revision	Revision
Day 45	Revision	Revision	Revision	Revision

SEBI Grade A Study Plan – Last Minute Tips

Revise Key Topics: Focus on revising the most important topics and high-weightage sections. Go through your notes and highlight key points.
Practice Previous Papers: Solve past year question papers and mock tests. This will help you understand the exam pattern and time management.
Current Affairs: Quickly review the latest current affairs, especially related to finance, economy, and regulatory bodies. Websites like PIB, The Hindu, and economic magazines can be very helpful.
Concept Clarity: Make sure you understand fundamental concepts, especially in subjects like Economics, Finance, Management, and Law. Don’t just memorize; understand the reasoning behind them.
Brush Up on Technical Terms: Revisit important technical terms and definitions related to the securities market, as these are often tested.
General Knowledge: Ensure you’re updated with general knowledge, especially financial news, recent mergers, acquisitions, new regulations, and major economic events.
Time Management: Practice managing your time efficiently. Allocate specific time slots for each section during your mock tests to simulate real exam conditions.
Quick Revision Notes: Create or use existing quick revision notes for last-minute cramming. Flashcards can also be handy for this purpose.
Stay Calm and Positive: Stress can hamper your performance. Stay calm, confident, and positive. Ensure you get adequate rest before the exam day.
Healthy Routine: Maintain a healthy routine. Eat well, sleep properly, and take short breaks during your study sessions to keep your mind fresh.

SEBI Grade A Study Plan For 45 Days – FAQs

Q1. Is the SEBI Grade A study plan suitable for beginners?

Yes, the SEBI Grade A study plan is structured to accommodate learners at all levels, including beginners, by gradually building foundational knowledge and skills.

Q2. What subjects does the study plan cover?

The study plan covers all subjects tested in the SEBI exam, including Commerce & Accountancy, Finance, Costing, Management, etc.

Q3. Can I modify the study plan according to my schedule?

Yes, the study plan is flexible, allowing modifications to suit personal schedules and learning preferences while ensuring comprehensive coverage of topics.

Q4. What should I do if I fall behind the schedule outlined in the plan?

If you fall behind schedule, try to catch up by adjusting study hours or redistributing topics. Consistency is key, so aim to stay on track as much as possible.

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