SEBI Grade A Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025

SEBI ग्रेड A परीक्षा 2025.भारतीय सिक्युरिटीज आणि एक्स्चेंज बोर्ड (SEBI) ग्रेड A पदांसाठी परीक्षा आयोजित करते. 2025 मध्ये ग्रेड A पद मिळवू इच्छिणाऱ्या इच्छुक उमेदवारांनी तयारी सुरू करावी. उमेदवारांनी SEBI ग्रेड A चा अद्ययावत अभ्यासक्रम आणि परीक्षेची रचना नीट समजून घेतली पाहिजे. तुमच्या तयारीला मदत करण्यासाठी, आम्ही SEBI ग्रेड A अभ्यासक्रम 2025 आणि परीक्षेच्या स्वरूपाची माहिती प्रदान करत आहोत.

जर तुम्ही SEBI ग्रेड A 2025 परीक्षेच्या तयारीची सुरुवात करत असाल, तर या लेखात नमूद केलेला कोणताही विषय वगळू नका. परीक्षेत उत्तम गुण मिळवण्यासाठी उमेदवारांनी सविस्तर अभ्यासक्रमानुसार तयारी करणे आवश्यक आहे.

Being familiar with the SEBI Grade A Syllabus & Exam Pattern is the most essential step for any aspirant, to begin with, their preparation. Before proceeding to the SEBI Grade A Syllabus for each subject, let's have a look at the highlights for the SEBI Grade A Exam 2025 below table :

SEBI Grade A Selection Process 2025

SEBI ग्रेड A साठी निवड प्रक्रिया तीन टप्प्यांमध्ये होते – टप्पा 1, टप्पा 2 आणि मुलाखत.

टप्पा 1: SEBI ग्रेड A टप्पा 1 ही प्राथमिक परीक्षा आहे, जी बहुपर्यायी प्रश्नांच्या स्वरूपात असते. ही परीक्षा ऑनलाइन पद्धतीने घेतली जाते आणि त्यात दोन पेपर असतात, प्रत्येकी 100 गुणांचे.

टप्पा 2: टप्पा 2 मधील ऑनलाइन परीक्षेत दोन पेपर असतात. प्रत्येक पेपर 100 गुणांचा असतो. या परीक्षेत वस्तुनिष्ठ तसेच वर्णनात्मक प्रश्नांचा समावेश असतो.

टप्पा 3: अंतिम टप्पा म्हणजे मुलाखत, ज्या वेळी उमेदवाराच्या व्यक्तिमत्त्वाचे मूल्यमापन केले जाते. उमेदवार इंग्रजी किंवा हिंदीपैकी कोणत्याही भाषेत मुलाखत देऊ शकतात.

SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern 2025

The selection of the candidate will be done through 2 online examinations followed by an interview round. Phase-1 is a screening test and the marks scored in this stage will not be considered for final selection. The final merit list for SEBI Grade A 2025 will be prepared based on marks scored in mains & interview round. SEBI Grade A Syllabus consists of two online papers for which the complete exam pattern is as follows-

SEBI Grade A Exam Pattern [Phase 1]

• An online examination which has two papers each paper carries one hundred (100) marks
• Paper 1 will consist of 60 minutes (1 hours) duration and the same for all the streams.
• Paper 2 will consist of Multiple-Choice Questions, the duration of each section is 40 minutes.
• The Aggregate Cut-off to be scored is 40%.
• There shall be a negative marking of ¼th mark for both Paper 1 & 2.

SEBI Grade A Phase-2 Exam Pattern

• An online examination will be conducted in the form of two papers each of 100 marks in total. 
• Paper-1 will be descriptive in nature and time duration for paper 1 is 60 minutes (1 hour).
• Paper-2 will be Multiple-Choice Questions and each section shall be of 40 minutes. 
• The Aggregate Cut-off to be scored is 50%. 
• There will be negative marking of ¼ for the paper 2 in phase II.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2025 for Phase-1

For SEBI Grade A Phase I for Paper-1, syllabus will remain common for all the candidates who want to appear for the examination and those candidates who clear the Phase-1 will be eligible to sit for Phase-2 & interview. SEBI Grade A 2025 Syllabus for Paper-1 has been discussed in the of this article.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Paper-1

Paper-1 will have four sections: English Language, Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and Knowledge of Current Events and Financial awareness. Go through the topics to be covered for SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Phase-1 as mentioned below. 

English Language

The English Language section for SEBI Grade A Phase-1 includes topics like Error Spotting, Column based Fillers and Sentence Connectors, Paragraph Completion, Sentence Rearrangement, Comprehension, Fill in the Blanks, Passages, Synonyms and Antonyms, Active and Passive Voice, Direct and Indirect Speech, Idioms & Phrases etc.

• Error Spotting
• Column based Fillers and Sentence Connectors
• Paragraph Completion
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Comprehension
• Fill in the Blanks
• Passages
• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Active and Passive Voice
• Direct and Indirect Speech
• Idioms & Phrases etc.

Reasoning Ability

To analyze the candidates' knowledge for reasoning topics, the questions will be as per the topics listed below. 

• Puzzles
• Seating Arrangements
• Direction Sense
• Blood Relations
• Syllogisms
• Inequalities
• Order and Ranking
• Coding-Decoding
• Machine Input-Output
• Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
• Data Sufficiency
• Number System and Conversions
• Logical Reasoning etc.

Quantitative Aptitude

The candidates must go through the complete list of topics that are to be covered for mathematical section. 

• Data Interpretation
• Inequalities
• Number Series
• Approximation and Simplification
• Data Sufficiency
• HCF and LCM
• Inequality (Quadratic & Quantity based)
• Profit and Loss
• Time and work & Pipe and cistern
• Permutation, Combination & Probability
• Problem on Ages
• Work and Time
• Speed Distance and Time
• Mensuration
• Average, Ratio and Proportion, etc.

General Awareness

The candidates should also familiarize themselves with general knowledge and current events which happens around them since there will be questions in Paper-1 from this part . 

• Current Affairs
• Financial Awareness
• Current Affairs – National & International
• Budget
• Awards and Honours
• Important Financial & Economic News
• Important Days
• International & National Organizations
• Sports
• Books and Authors
• Science – Inventions & Discoveries
• Countries & Capitals etc

SEBI Grade A Syllabus- Subject wise

From the below section, make yourself sure about the given subject-wise topics to be prepared for SEBI Grade A 2025 Exam and revise all the questions till you develop the confidence in you. 

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Commerce & Accountancy

• 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.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Management

• 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

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Finance

Financial System:- Role and Functions of Regulatory bodies in the 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.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Costing

• 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- (a) Standard Costing, (b) Marginal Costing, (c) Budget, and Budgetary Control.

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Companies Act

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

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Economics

• 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 Syllabus- Stream Wise

The syllabus for each of the specialized streams - Legal, Information Technology, Engineering: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Research Streams, Official Language Stream is given below. Choose the stream you have applied for and begin with your preparation. 

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Legal Stream

The candidates preparing for SEBI Grade A in Legal Stream must know the complete Phase-I & Phase-II Syllabus that has been mentioned below-

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Information Technology

To know the complete SEBI Grade A Syllabus 2025 for Information Technology subject refer to the Phase-1 & Phase-2 syllabus depicted below. 

Phase 1 IT Stream

• Database Concepts
• SQL Queries
• Programming Concepts (Java/C C++ )
• Data Analytics Languages (Python / R)
• Algorithms for problem-solving
• Networking Concepts
• Information & Cyber Security Concepts
• Data warehousing
• Shell Programming

Phase 2 IT Stream

SEBI Grade A Syllabus for Research Stream

The candidates preparing for the SEBI Grade A Officer post for Research Stream must be prepared as per the syllabus released by SEBI officially. The topics to be covered as mentioned below.

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

Public Economics: 

• Public Goods
• Tax & Non-Tax Revenue
• Direct & Indirect Taxes
• Progressive and Non-Progressive Taxation
• Incidence and Effects of Taxation
• Public expenditure
• Public Debt
• Public Budget
• Budget Multiplier

Statistics and Econometrics: 

• Measures of Central tendency & dispersions
• Correlation
• Sampling methods
• Sampling Distribution
• Statistical Inferences
• Hypothesis testing
• Regression Analysis

International Economics: 

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

Financial Markets: 

• Asymmetric 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 Syllabus for Official Language

The SEBI Grade A Syllabus for the Official Language has been listed below. 

• भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीति से सम्बंधित प्रश्न  (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India)
• हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्यांश/ वाक्य / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
• अंग्रेजी से तिन्दी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्यांश / वाक्य / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
• हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी – विधिक  शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
• अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी – विधिक  शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
• हिन्दी से अंग्रेजी – प्रशासनिक/ बैंकिंग/ पूंजी बाज़ार संबंधी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)
• अंग्रेजी से हिन्दी – प्रशासनिक/ बैंकिंग/ पूंजी बाज़ार संबंधी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology)