SEBI Grade A Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2024, Download Here!

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.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus- Paper 1

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 2024

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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