The SEBI Grade A Officer exam leads to a distinguished profession in India’s financial regulatory scene. To succeed in this difficult exam, a complete comprehension of the syllabus is required. This guide will allow you to view and download the official SEBI Grade A Syllabus for 2024, providing you with a road map for your test preparation trip.
The detailed SEBI Grade A syllabus for Paper 1 consists of various subjects and topics which are given below.
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for General Awareness
Topics
National News: MoUs, summits, and major events related to India.
Books and Authors
International: Summits and conferences held abroad.
Chief Ministers and Cabinet Ministers
Financial & Economics News
National Parks and Sanctuaries
Financial Awareness: RBI and SEBI Notification and Regulations
Airport Locations, Stadiums
Defense: Military exercises, drills, and major updates related to the defense sector of India
Organizations’ Headquarters
Days in News: Major events or days, along with its date and theme
Banks’ Headquarters and Taglines
Persons in News: Obituaries, appointments, retirements
Power Plants in India
Sports: Major tournaments and its winners
Indian Dance Forms
Science, Technology, and Space
Countries Capitals and their Currencies
Awards and honors
Important Days
Environment
Reports and Government Schemes
Banking, Economy related news
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for General English
Topics
Grammar
Comprehension Ability
Error Spotting
Comprehension passage
Sentence Improvement
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude
Topics
Ratio and Proportion
Questions on Series and Quadratic equation
Percentage
Mathematical Inequalities
Profit and Loss
Number Series
Simple and Compound Interest
Data Interpretation
Questions on Average and Age
Simplification/Approximation
Time and Work
Quantity Comparisons
Pipes and Cistern
Data Sufficiency
Time and Distance
Mixture and Allegation
Partnership
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Reasoning Ability
Topics
Alphanumeric series
Blood Relation
Coding and Decoding
Puzzles and Seating arrangement
Syllogism
Input-Output
Direction Sense
Critical Reasoning
Inequality
Questions Based on Data Sufficiency
Ranking and Order
SEBI Grade A Syllabus- Paper 2
The detailed SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Paper 2 consists of various subjects and topics, which are given below:
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Commerce & Accountancy
Topics
Accounting as a financial information system.
Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts.
Accounting Standards with specific reference to Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transactions, Investments.
Introduction to Accountancy
Cash Flow Statement, Fund flow statement, Financial statement analysis; Ratio analysis.
Theory Base of Accounting
Accounting for Share Capital Transactions including Bonus Shares and right Shares.
Recording Transaction Part 1
Employees Stock Option and Buyback of Securities.
Recording Transaction Part 2
Trial Balance and Bills of Exchange
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Management
Topics
Management: Its nature and scope; The Management Processes. Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing, and Controlling.
Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD
The Role of a Manager in an Organization. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader.
Motivation, Morale, and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining Morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
Leadership Styles: Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader.
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 Syllabus for Finance
Topics
Financial System: Role and Functions of Regulatory bodies in the Financial Sector.
Financial Inclusion- use of technology
Financial Markets: Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, and recent developments.
Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures, and Swap
Direct and Indirect taxes;-Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act(FRBM),
Recent Developments in the Financial Sector
Inflation:-Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI-components, and trends
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Costing
Topics
Overview of Cost and Management Accounting: Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting, Objectives and Scope of Cost and Management Accounting.
Basics of Cost Control and Analysis- (a) Standard Costing, (b) Marginal Costing, (c) Budget, and Budgetary Control.
Methods of Costing: Single Output/ Unit Costing, Job Costing, Batch Costing, Contract Costing, Process/ Operation Costing, and Costing of Service Sectors.
Lean System and Innovation – Introduction to Lean System, Just-in-Time (JIT), Kaizen Costing, 5 Ss, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Cellular Manufacturing/ One-Piece Flow Production Systems, Six Sigma (SS), Introduction to Process Innovation and Business Process Re-engineering(BPR)
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Companies Act
Topics
The Companies Act, 2013- Specific reference to Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter VIII,
Chapter XIII Companies Act: Remuneration of Managerial Personnel
Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, and Chapter XXVII
Chapter I of Companies Act: Basics of Companies Act
Chapter IX Companies Act: Accounts of Company
SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Economics
Topics
Demand and Supply, Market Structures, National Income: Concepts and Measurement, Classical Vs 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 Exam Pattern
SEBI Grade A 2024 Exam will consist of two papers: Paper I and Paper II. Both papers will include multiple choice questions (MCQs). Paper 1 will be the same for all streams, whereas Paper 2’s exam pattern will differ depending on the discipline. Both papers will have 100 points.
SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2024
Paper
Stream/ Subjects
Max. Marks
Duration
Cut Off
Paper I
All Streams: Multiple choice questions on the subjects viz. General Awareness (including some questions related to the Financial Sector of easy to moderate difficulty level), English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Test of Reasoning.
100
60 minutes
30%
Paper-II
General Stream: Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, and Economics
100
40 minutes
40%
Legal, Information Technology, & Official Language stream: Multiple choice questions on Specialized subjects related to the stream
100
40 minutes
40%
Research Stream:– Multiple choice questions on subjects of Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce.
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