SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2025 & Exam Pattern (Phase 1 & 2) for All Stream

• General Awareness(Questions Related To the Financial Sector
• English Language
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Test of Reasoning

• Commerce
• Accountancy
• Management
• Finance
• Costing
• Companies Act
• Economics

Aggregate Cut off

40%

• Commerce
• Accountancy
• Management
• Finance
• Costing
• Companies Act
• Economics

Aggregate Cut off

50%

Reading comprehension, Single fillers, Double fillers, Sentence based errors, Spelling errors, Cloze test, Error detection, Sentence improvement, Word swap, Word rearrangement, Word usage, Column based, Idioms and phrases, Connectors, Para-jumble, Sentence rearrangement, Coherent paragraph, Theme based questions, Word replacement

• Seating Arrangements – Circle/ Square/ Triangle/ Linear/  Uncertain number of persons
• Puzzles – Category/ Comparison/ Designation/ Box/ Box/ Day/ Month/ Year
• Inequalities – Direct and indirect
• Syllogism – Only a few
• Data Sufficiency – 2 statements
• Blood Relations – Normal Blood Relation
• Coding Decoding – Chinese coding
• Order and Ranking
• Alpha/numeric/symbol Series
• Distance and Direction
• Miscellaneous – Odd one out, Word pair, Number pair, Number operation, Word operation

Quantitative Aptitude

• Approximation: BODMAS, Square & Cube, Square & cube root, Indices, fraction, percentage etc.
• Number Series: Missing Number series, Wrong number series, double-pattern number series, Statement and variable-based number series etc.
• Inequality: Quadratic equation, Two or Three Quantity comparison, Statement based Quadratic equation etc.
• Arithmetic: (Simple arithmetic questions, Variable based arithmetic questions, Filler based arithmetic questions, Multiple statements based arithmetic questions and Multiple options-based arithmetic): Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Number System, HCF and LCM, Algebra-based arithmetic questions, Average, Age, Partnership, Mixture and Alligation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Time and Work & Wages, Pipe and Cistern, Profit and Loss & Discount, Speed
  Time Distance, Boat And stream, Train, Mensuration 2D and 3D, Probability and Permutation and combination, etc.
• Data Interpretation (DI): The following type of data interpretation can be asked in the exam.
  (i) Table Data Interpretation: Simple table DI, Missing Table DI, Variable based table DI with including notes below, etc.
  (ii) Pie chart Data Interpretation: Percentage and Degree distribution-based pie chart DI, Missing pie chart DI including notes below and Variable pie chart DI including notes below, etc.
  (iii) Line chart Data Interpretation: Single and Multiple line chart DI, Line chart DI with variable and including notes below, etc.
  (iv) Bar chart Data Interpretation: Single and Multiple bar chart DI, Bar chart DI with variable and including notes below, etc.
  (v) Mixed chart Data Interpretation: Including multiple charts and information (Pie + (Table, Line + Table, Bar + Table, Pie + Caselet) including notes below, etc.
  (vi) Caselet: Table-based caselet, Venn diagram-based caselet, Arithmetic and Filler-based caselet including notes below, etc.
  (vii) Radar Data Interpretation: trigonal, Pentagonal, Hexagonal etc.
  (viii) Arithmetic topic-wise Data Interpretation: DI asked on Arithmetic topics i.e., Time and work, Profit and Loss, probability, Simple and compound interest etc. on various charts.
• Data Sufficiency: Two Statement data Sufficiency.

National Current Affairs, International Current Affairs, State Current Affairs, Sports News, Central Government Schemes, Books & Authors, Recent Circulars from RBI & SEBI, Summits & Conferences, Science & Technology News, Banking & Insurance News, Static GK, Ranks/Reports/Indexes, Business & Economy Related News, Important Days, Important Appointments, Important Awards & Honours, Union Budget 2024-25, Current Static, Apps & Portals, Static Insurance, Committees/Councils, International Loans, Abbreviations

• Accounting as a financial information system
• Accounting Standards with specific reference to Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue, Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transactions, Investments
• Cash Flow Statement, Fund flow statement, Financial statement analysis, Ratio analysis
• Accounting for Share Capital Transactions including Bonus Shares, Right Shares.
• Employees Stock Option and Buy-Back of Securities.
• Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts

• Management: Its nature and scope; The Management Processes; Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing and Controlling
• The Role of a Manager in an Organization. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader
• Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader.
• Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD;
• Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
• 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.

• Financial System: Role and Functions of Regulatory bodies in Financial Sector.
• Financial Markets: Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.
• General Topics: Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap, Recent Developments in the Financial Sector, Financial Inclusion- use of technology, Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership, Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM), Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI – components and trends.

• Overview of Cost and Management Accounting – Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting, Objectives and Scope of Cost and Management Accounting.
• Methods of Costing – Single Output/ Unit Costing, Job Costing, Batch Costing, Contract Costing, Process/ Operation Costing, Costing of Service Sectors.
• Basics of Cost Control and Analysis – (i) Standard Costing, (ii) Marginal Costing, (iii) Budget and Budgetary Control.
• 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).

• 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
• Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Inflation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Non-banking Financial Institutions.

• General Awareness(Questions Related To the Financial Sector
• English Language
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Test of Reasoning

Aggregate Cut off

40%

• 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 –Indian Contract Act, 1872; Sale of Goods Act, 1930; Indian Partnership Act, 1932; 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

• Criminal Law –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); Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
• Law of Evidence – Indian Evidence Act, 1872
• Corporate Laws –Companies Act, 2013; Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Part I, Part II).
• Securities Laws – Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956; Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992; Depositories Act, 1996; Securities and Exchange Board of India (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and
  Imposing Penalties) Rules, 1995; Securities Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2000; Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003; Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011; Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading)
  Regulations, 2015; Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018; Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018.

• General Awareness(Questions Related To the Financial Sector
• English Langauge
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Test of Reasoning

Aggregate Cut off

40%

• General Awareness(Questions Related To the Financial Sector
• English Language
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Test of Reasoning

Aggregate Cut off

40%

Same as that mentioned above for the General Stream

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.