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SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024

SEBI Grade A Syllabus has been updated in the detailed official notification for the following categories; General, Legal, Information Technology (IT), Engineering (Electrical), Research & Official Language. The most important thing to do in the first place is to get to know the complete SEBI Grade A Syllabus when it comes to preparation and the syllabus in this blog have been updated from the SEBI Grade A Notification 2024. The exam pattern of SEBI is quite different from other exams. Hence, it becomes more important to understand it first.

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SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2024

Let us have a look at the latest SEBI Grade A exam pattern below:

SEBI Grade A exam pattern

We will discuss every phase and paper in detail below. So read along to know about the latest SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern.

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SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2024 – Phase I

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%.

PaperStream/SubjectsMaximum MarksDurationCut Off
Paper 1All Streams: MCQs on subjects viz. GA (including some questions related to Financial Sector), English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning.10060 minutes30%
Paper 2General 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 Exam Pattern for Phase 1

Important Note:

  • Negative Marking: 1/4th for both papers in Phase 1.
  • Marks secured in Phase 1 will not be counted in final selection.

SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2024 – Phase II

The Phase II will be further divided into two papers of 100 marks each. The detailed SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern has been mentioned below. The Paper 1 have 1/3rd weightage and Paper 2 have 2/3rd weightage. The aggregate cut off for both the papers will be 50%.

PaperStream/SubjectsMaximum MarksDurationCut Off
Paper 1All Streams: English (Descriptive Test) to test the drafting skills. 10060 minutes30%
Paper 2General Stream: Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies
Act and Economics.
 100 90 minutes   40%
Paper 2Legal Stream:
70 Multiple choice questions of one mark each
on Specialized subject related to stream

3 Descriptive Questions of 10 marks each on Specialized subject related to stream
100120 minutes (60 minutes each)40%
Paper 2Information Technology Stream: Coding
Test (Languages: C++/JAVA/Python)
100210 minutes40%
Paper 2Research Stream:
Descriptive exam to test practical in depth
knowledge and drafting skills in economics, financial markets and statistics.
100120 minutes40%
Paper 2Official Language Stream:
एक साधारण पैरा (150 शब्दों का) – अंग्रेजी से
हिन्दी अनुवाद (20 marks)
एक साधारण पैरा (150 शब्दों का) – हिन्दी से
अंग्रेजी अनुवाद (20 marks)
एक तकनीकी या ववधधक (legal or technical)
पैरा – अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी अनुवाद (20 marks)
एक तकनीकी या ववधधक (legal or technical)
पैरा – हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी अनुवाद (20 marks)
कायाालय में प्रयोग िोने वाली हिप्पणणयााँ
(notings) – (5 हिप्पणणयााँ) – अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी
अनुवाद (5 marks)
कायाालय में प्रयोग िोने वाली हिप्पणणयााँ
(notings) – (5 हिप्पणणयााँ) हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी
अनुवाद (5 marks)
छोिे-छोिे वाक्य (sentences) – अंग्रेजी से
हिन्दी अनुवाद (5 marks)
छोिे-छोिे वाक्य (sentences) – हिन्दी से
अंग्रेजी अनुवाद (5 marks)
10090 minutes40%
Paper 2Engineering (Electrical) Stream: Multiple
choice questions on Specialized subject
related to stream
10040 minutes40%
SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern for Phase 2

Important Points:

  • Paper 2 will be conducted in various shifts for those who applied for multiple streams.
  • Negative Marking will be 1/4th for Paper 2 in Phase 2.
  • Question Papers will be in Hindi & English except for the English section.

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SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2024 – Interview

The weightage of Interview for final selection of SEBI Grade A will be 15% and the rest will be of Phase II. For Interview, the candidates can either opt Hindi or English.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus PDF 2024

To help you out, we have combined the detailed syllabus in the form of a PDF File which you can download from the link given in the blog. The SEBI Grade A Syllabus & Exam Pattern has been released for 2024. We have updated it here.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 – Phase 1 Paper 1

The paper 1 of Phase 1 remains same for all the streams. Check the important topics from the SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2024 for all streams here.

SectionImportant Topics from SEBI Grade A Syllabus
Quantitative Aptitude1. Data Interpretation (Percentage, Ratios),
2. Quadratic Equations,
3. Wrong Number Series & Missing Number Series
4. Problems on Ages, CI, Mensuration, Simplification, Partnerships
Reasoning1. Direction Sense,
2. Blood Relations,
3. Syllogisms,
4. Miscellaneous topics (Alphabetical Series), Inequality
English1. Reading Comprehension,
2. Cloze Test,
3. Find the error (A/B/C type, correct the highlighted part),
4. Jumbled sentences
General Awareness (including some questions on the Financial Sector)1. Current Affairs Topics like Sports, Awards, Summits & Conferences
2. Static GK: Headquarters for example financial awareness

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SEBI Grade A General Stream Syllabus 2024

The subjects included in the SEBI Grade A Syllabus for General Stream are Commerce & Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act & Economics. Also note that the syllabus for paper 2 of both the phases remains same.

SubjectSEBI Grade A General Stream Syllabus
SEBI Grade A Commerce & Accountancy Syllabusa) Accounting as a financial information system;
b) Accounting Standards with specific reference to Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transactions, Investments.
c) Cash Flow Statement, Fund flow statement, Financial statement analysis; Ratio analysis;
d) Accounting for Share Capital Transactions including Bonus Shares, Right Shares.
e) Employees Stock Option and Buy-Back of Securities.
f) Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts.
SEBI Grade A Management Syllabusa) Management: its nature and scope; The Management Processes; Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing and Controlling;
b) The Role of a Manager in an Organization. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader;
c) Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader.
d) Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD;
e) Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
f) 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
SEBI Grade A Finance Syllabus1) Financial System
Role and Functions of Regulatory bodies in Financial Sector.
2) Financial Markets
Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc), functions, instruments, recent developments.
3) General Topics
a) Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap
b) Recent Developments in the Financial Sector
c) Financial Inclusion- use of technology
d) Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
e) Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal
Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM),
f) Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI – components and
trends.
SEBI Grade A Costing Syllabus1) Overview of Cost and Management Accounting – Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting, Objectives and Scope of Cost and Management Accounting.
2) Methods of Costing – Single Output/ Unit Costing, Job Costing, Batch Costing, Contract Costing, Process/ Operation Costing, Costing of Service Sectors.
3) Basics of Cost Control and Analysis – (i) Standard Costing, (ii) Marginal Costing, (iii) Budget and Budgetary Control.
4) Lean System and Innovation:-
a) Introduction to Lean System
b) Just-in-Time (JIT)
c) Kaizen Costing
d) 5 Ss
e) Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
f) Cellular Manufacturing/ One-Piece Flow Production Systems
g) Six Sigma (SS)
h) Introduction to Process Innovation and Business Process Re -engineering (BPR)
SEBI Grade A Companies Act SyllabusThe Companies Act, 2013 – Specific reference to Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter VIII, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII and Chapter XXVII
SEBI Grade A Economics Syllabusa) 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
b) Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Inflation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Non-banking Financial Institutions.

SEBI Grade A English Descriptive Syllabus 2024 (Paper 1 of Phase II)

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

SEBI Grade A Legal Stream Syllabus 2024

There is slight difference in the SEBI Grade A Legal Stream Syllabus for Paper 2 of both the phases, so in the below table you will find the SEBI Grade A Detailed Syllabus for Legal Stream of paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II.

SEBI Grade A Legal Stream Syllabus (Paper 2 of Phase I)
Constitution of India – Preamble, Part I, Part III, Part IV, Part IVA, Part V, Part VI, Part VIII, Part IXA, Part IXB, Part XI.
Contract Law –
o Indian Contract Act, 1872;
o Sale of Goods Act, 1930;
o Indian Partnership Act, 1932;
o Specific Relief Act, 1963
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VII,
Schedule I)
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V)
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Part I)
The Limitation Act, 1963
Administrative Law
Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes
Important Latin terms and maxims
Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Act, 2019
SEBI Grade A Legal Stream Syllabus (Paper 2 of Phase II)
Criminal Law –
o Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter
V, Chapter VA, Chapter VI, Chapter IX, Chapter XVII, Chapter XXI, Chapter XXII,
Chapter XXIII);
o Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Law of Evidence – Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Corporate Laws –
o Companies Act, 2013;
o Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008;
o Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Part I, Part II)
Securities Laws –
o Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956;
o Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992;
o Depositories Act, 1996;
o Securities and Exchange Board of India (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and
Imposing Penalties) Rules, 1995;
o Securities Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2000;
o Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair
Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003;
o Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and
Takeovers) Regulations, 2011;
o Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading)
Regulations, 2015;
o Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations)
Regulations, 2018;
o Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants)
Regulations, 2018.

SEBI Grade A IT Syllabus 2024

The SEBI Grade A IT Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I has been given below:

TopicDetails
Database ConceptsER‐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 QueriesSelect, 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 solvingTree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; hashing, Sorting, Searching; Design techniques (Greedy, Dynamic Programming, Divide-and-conquer)
Networking ConceptsISO/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 ConceptsCyber Attacks,   Software    Development   Security, Network security, Authentication, CIA – Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability, Network Audit, Systems Audit
Data warehousingData Extraction, Data Cleaning, Data Transformation, Data Loading, Metadata, Data Cube, Data Mart, Data Models,
Shell ProgrammingShell Scripting Basics, Shell Variables, Shell Script Arguments, If Statement, Loop, Return, Basic UNIX commands

The SEBI Grade A IT Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase II has been given below:

TopicConcept
AlgorithmsSorting, Searching, Greedy Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Backtracking, Divide and Conquer, Pattern Searching
Data StructureArray, Linked List, Stack, Queue, Binary Tree, Indexing, Binary Search Tree, Heap, Hashing, Matrix
String ManipulationLength, Substring, Regex, Search
Object Oriented
Programming
Abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism,
Inheritance

SEBI Grade A Research Stream Syllabus 2024

The SEBI Grade A Research Stream Syllabus for paper 2 of both the phases is common. The syllabus has been mentioned in the table below:

SubjectsSEBI Grade A Research Stream Syllabus
EconomicsDemand 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 EconomicsPublic 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 EconometricsMeasures of Central tendency & dispersions, Correlation, Sampling methods, Sampling Distribution, Statistical Inferences, Hypothesis testing, Regression Analysis.
International EconomicsBalance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Role of International Financial Institutions: BIS, IOSCO, IMF & World Bank
Financial MarketsAsymmetric 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

SEBI Grade A Engineering Electrical Stream Syllabus 2024

The syllabus of Paper 2 of Phase 1 & 2 is common in this stream.

TopicsSEBI Grade A Engineering Electrical Stream Syllabus
Electrical MaterialsElectrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, insulating materials, magnetic materials – basics, properties and applications; ferrities, ferro-magnetic materials and components; basics of solid state physics, conductors; Photo-conductivity; Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors.
Electric Circuits and FieldsCircuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal steady state analysis, basic filter concepts, two-port networks, three phase circuits, Magnetically coupled circuits, Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws; inductance, dielectrics, capacitance; Maxwell’s equations.
Electrical and Electronic Measurements:Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards;
Bridges and potentiometers; moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor, instrument transformers, digital voltmeters and multi-meters, phase, time and frequency measurement, Q-meters, oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders, error analysis, Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems.
Computer FundamentalsNumber systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central Processing Unit, I/O and Memory Organisation; peripheral devices, data representation and programming,
basics of Operating system and networking, virtual memory, file systems; Elements of programming languages, typical examples.
Basic Electronics EngineeringBasics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics, Junction and field effect transistors (BJT, FET and MOSFETS), different types of transistor amplifiers, equivalent circuits and frequency response; oscillators and other circuits, feedback amplifiers.
Analog and Digital ElectronicsOperational amplifiers – characteristics and applications, combinational and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, multi-vibrators, sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters, basics
of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters; Microprocessor basics- interfaces and applications, basics of linear integrated circuits; Analog communication basics, Modulation and de modulation, noise and bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal to noise ratio, digital communication basics, sampling, quantizing, coding, frequency and time domain multiplexing, power line carrier communication systems.
Systems and Signal ProcessingRepresentation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling operations, linear, time-invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Z transforms, Discrete Fourier transform, FFT, linear convolution, discrete cosine transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation.
Control SystemsPrinciples of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, steadystate errors, transforms and their applications; Routh-hurwitz criterion, Nyquist techniques, Bode plots, root loci,
lag, lead and lead-lag compensation, stability analysis, transient and frequency response analysis, state space model, state transition matrix, controllability and observability, linear state variable feedback, PID and industrial controllers.
Electrical MachinesSingle phase transformers, three phase transformers – connections, parallel operation, auto-transformer, energy conversion principles, DC machines – types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors, Induction motors – principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control, Synchronous machines – performance, regulation, parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications, servo and stepper motors.
Power SystemsBasic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable performance, insulation, corona and radio interference, power factor correction,
symmetrical components, fault analysis, principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection; Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main distribution systems, Matrix representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, fundamentals of power economics.
Power Electronics and DrivesSemiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs – static characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge
converters – fully controlled and half controlled, principles of choppers and inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives, DC-DC switched mode converters, DC-AC switched mode converters, resonant converters, high frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies.

SEBI Grade A Official Language Stream Syllabus 2024

Check out the table below to know the SEBI Grade A Official Language Syllabus for paper 2 of both phases:

SEBI Grade A Official Language Stream Syllabus 2024
भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीतत (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India) से संबंतित प्रश्न
Hindi to English अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
English to Hindi अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
Hindi to English – वतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
English to Hindi – वतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
English to Hindi प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार संबंिी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)
Hindi to English प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार संबंिी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)
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SEBI Grade A Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2024 – FAQs

Q1. What is the SEBI Grade A Syllabus for 2024?

The SEBI Grade A Syllabus includes various subjects according to the streams. The subjects are Quants, Reasoning, English, GA, Commerce, Finance, etc.

Q2. What are the specialized subjects for SEBI Grade A 2024 based on the stream?

The specialized subjects vary based on the stream chosen by the candidate. For example, streams like General, Legal, Information Technology, etc., have different specialized subjects in the SEBI Grade A 2024 exam.

Q3. Is there a negative marking in the SEBI Grade A exam?

Yes, there is a penalty for wrong answers in the SEBI Grade A exam. For every incorrect answer, 1/4th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty.

Q4. Is the Phase 1 syllabus common for all streams?

Yes, the syllabus of subjects like General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning is common for all streams.

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