SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2022 – Download PDF for Phase I, II

SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2022 – Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) conducts SEBI Grade A exam every year for recruitment to different branches of SEBI for the post of Assistant manager. This is a nationwide exam and conducted in three phases- Phase-1, Phase-2 and Interview. The SEBI Grade A syllabus for the online exam is notified by SEBI for different streams at the official website, sebi.gov.in. The SEBI exam syllabus is available for phase -I and phase -II examination. Aspirants cvan download SEBI Grade A syllabus 2022 pdf easily through this article. Candidates should follow the syllabus to prepare effectively for the exam. The syllabus for different streams is different as per the post applied by the candidates. Stick to the article to get all information about SEBI Grade A exam syllabus 2022 and exam pattern .

SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2022

SEBI Grade A Officers syllabus is different for different streams. The exam is conducted in two phases- Phase-1 and Phase-2. Through asyllabusif SEBI Grade A Recruitmemt 2022 candidates can prepare better and develop a study strategy. The following is the list of specialized subjects which candidates can apply for:

Syllabus for Paper-I

The paper on English shall be presented in such a way as to test the writing skills including the subject’s language and comprehension, including detailed writing / essay writing / comprehension.

Syllabus for Paper-II

The syllabus for paper -II for all streams is as follows:

Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in General Stream (Common Syllabus for both phases)

Commerce & Accountancy

 a) 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.

Management 

a) 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. 

Finance

1) Financial System

a) Role and Functions of Regulatory bodies in the Financial Sector.

2) Financial Markets

a) 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.

Costing 

1. 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).

Companies Act 

The Companies Act, 2013 – Specific reference to Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter VIII, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII and Chapter XXVII.

Economics 

a) 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.

Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in Specialized Subject

Legal Stream- Phase 1

• Constitution of India – Preamble, Part I, Part III, Part IV, Part IVA, Part V, Part VI, Part VIII, Part IXA, Part IXB, Part XI.
• Law of Contracts – Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Chapters I to VI), Specific Relief Act, 1963.
• Criminal Law – Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VA, VI, IX, XVII); Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 
• Law of Evidence – Indian Evidence Act, 1872
• Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Part I, Part II.
• Administrative Law and Principles of Natural Justice
• Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes
• Important Latin terms and maxims
• Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Act, 2019
• Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Part I
• Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V
• Companies Act, 2013 – Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Chapter XV, Chapter XVI.
• Securities Laws – SEBI Act, 1992, SC(R) Act, 1956, Depositories Act, 1996

Legal Stream- Phase 2

• Constitution of India – Preamble, Part I, Part III, Part IV, Part IVA, Part V, Part VI, Part VIII, Part IXA, Part IXB, Part XI, Part XII, Part XIII, Part XIV, Part XIVA, Part XX
• Law of Contracts – Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Chapters VIII to X), Indian Partnership Act, 1932, Specific Relief Act, 1963
• Criminal Law – Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VA, VI, IX, XVII, XXI, XXII, XXIII); Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
• Law of Evidence – Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
• Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VII, Schedule I.
• Administrative Law and Principles of Natural Justice
• Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes 
• Important Latin terms and maxims 
• Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Act, 2019
• Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Part I, Part III, Part IV.
• Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V.
• Law of Trusts – Parties to a Trust Deed and Duties of Trustees. 
• Corporate Law – Companies Act, 2013 (Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Chapter XV, Chapter XVI, Chapter XXVII, Chapter XXVIII, Chapter XXIX); Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Part I, Part II) 
• Taxation – General principles, Capital Gains Tax, Securities Transaction Tax
• Securities Laws – SEBI Act, 1992, SC(R) Act, 1956, Depositories Act, 1996

Information Technology Stream- Phase 1

• Database Concepts-ER‐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 Queries-Select, 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 solving-Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; hashing, Sorting, Searching; Design techniques (Greedy, Dynamic Programming, Divide-and-conquer)
• Networking Concepts-ISO/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 Concepts-Cyber Attacks, Software Development Security, Network security, Authentication, CIA – Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability, Network Audit, Systems Audit
• Data warehousing-Data Extraction, Data Cleaning, Data Transformation, Data Loading, Metadata, Data Cube, Data Mart, Data Models,
• Shell Programming-Shell Scripting Basics, Shell Variables, Shell Script Arguments, If Statement, Loop, Return, Basic UNIX commands

Information Technology Stream- Phase 2

• Algorithms-Sorting, Searching, Greedy Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Backtracking, Divide and Conquer, Pattern Searching
• Data Structure-Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, Binary Tree, Indexing, Binary Search Tree, Heap, Hashing, Matrix
• String Manipulation-Length, Substring, Regex, Search

Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in Research Stream (Common for both phases)

1. Economics: Demand 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. 

2. Public Economics: Public Goods, Tax & Non-Tax Revenue, Direct & Indirect Taxes, Progressive and nonProgressive Taxation, Incidence and Effects of Taxation, Public expenditure , Public Debt, Public Budget and Budget Multiplier.

3. Statistics and Econometrics: Measures of Central tendency & dispersions, Correlation, Sampling methods, Sampling Distribution, Statistical Inferences, Hypothesis testing, Regression Analysis. 

4. International Economics: Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Role of International Financial Institutions: BIS, IOSCO, IMF & World Bank. 

5. Financial Markets: Asymmetric Information, Market Model, Market Efficiency, Primary Market, Secondary Market, Commodity Markets, Mutual Funds, Stock Exchanges, Depositories, Clearing Corporations, Credit

Official Language Stream-Paper 2 of Phase I 

1. भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीतत (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India) सेसंबंतित प्रश्न 

2. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences] 

3. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences] 

4. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी – तवतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology) 

5. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी – तवतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology) 

6. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी – प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology) 

7. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी – प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology) 

English Writing Skills-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.

Hit the links given below to get SEBI Grade A 2022 syllabus PDF for all streams.

Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II	PDF Links
General Stream	Click here
Legal Stream	Click here
Information Technology Stream	Click here
Engineering Stream – Civil	Click here
Engineering Stream – Electrical	Click here
Research Stream	Click here
Official Language Stream	Click here

SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2022

SEBI Grade A is conducted in two phases-Phase 1, Phase 2 and Interview. Both phases consist of two exams of 100 marks each. The exam pattern of exams for both the phases is discussed below:

Phase I On-Line Examination

Exam Type	Paper 1- MCQ based Paper 2- MCQ based
Exam Mode	Paper 1- Online Paper 2- Online
Total Marks	Paper 1- 100 Paper 2- 100
Negative Marking	Paper 1- -0.25 per wrong answer Paper 2- -0.25 per wrong answer

Paper	Sections/Stream	Total Marks	Total Duration
Paper 1	All Streams-General Awareness (some questions from Financial Sector), English Language, Quantitative AptitudeTest of Reasoning.	100	60 mins
Paper 2	General Stream-MCQs on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act and Economics	100	40 mins
	Legal, Information Technology, Engineering Stream,(Civil & Electrical), Official Language stream-MCQs on specialized subjects related to the stream. Research Stream-MCQs on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance and Commerce	100	40 mins

Phase II On-Line Examination

Candidates qualifying Phase-1 have to go through Phase-2. The exam pattern of exams for Phase-2 is given below:

Exam Type	Paper 1- Descriptive Paper 2- MCQ based
Exam Mode	Paper 1- Online Paper 2- Online
Total Marks	Paper 1- 100 Paper 2- 100
Negative Marking	Paper 1- Not Applicable Paper 2-  -0.25 per wrong answer

Paper	Sections/Stream	Total Marks	Total Duration
Paper 1	All Streams– Descriptive test in English to test Drafting Skills	100	60 mins
Paper 2	General Stream-MCQs on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act and Economics	100	40 mins
	Legal, Information Technology, Engineering Stream,(Civil & Electrical), Official Language stream-MCQs on specialized subjects related to the stream. Research Stream-MCQs on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance and Commerce	100	40 mins
	Information Technology Stream: Coding Test (Languages: C++/JAVA/Python)	100	180 mins

Books Recommended for SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2022

Books are important resources for the preparation of the examination. Below are some important books which helps candidates for the preparation of SEBI Grade A exam.

Book’s Name	Buy from the link here
SEBI Officer Grade A Exam General Stream Paper-2 MCQ	Click here
SEBI Officer Grade A Exam Securities Market Awareness	Click here
Paper-2 General Stream Study Material	Click here
Electrical Engineering Stream Phase I Exam	Click here
SEBI OFFICER GRADE A GENERAL STREAM EXAM	Click here
SEBI Officer Grade A Information Technology Phase I Exam	Click here

About SEBI Grade A

SEBI Grade A exam is conducted by Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) for recruitment of eligible candidates to the post of Assistant manager in different branches of SEBI. The exam is conducted in two phases followed by an interview. The exam is conducted on a nationwide scale annually. Candidates with a graduation degree in relevant stream and age upto 30 Years(relaxation for reserved category) can apply for the exam. Candidates need to select the stream they are applying for. After clearing phase-1 candidates are qualified for phase-2. Phase-2 score is used for shortlisting for an interview. Final merit list is released based on the combined score of phase-2 and interview.

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