SEBI Grade A Exam 2023 Syllabus

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

• 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, and recent developments.
• General topics:-
  • Financial Inclusion- use of technology
  • Recent Developments in the Financial Sector
  • 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),
  • Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
  • Inflation:-Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI-components, and trends

• 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.

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

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

• 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.
• Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V.
• 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

• Algorithms
  • Sorting, Searching, Greedy
  • Algorithms, Dynamic Programming,
  • Backtracking, Divide and Conquer,
  • Pattern Searching

Language used to test concepts- C++/JAVA/Python

• Data Structure
  • Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue,
  • Binary Tree, Indexing, Binary Search
  • Tree, Heap, Hashing, Matrix

Language used to test concepts- C++/JAVA/Python

• String Manipulation
  • Length, Substring, Regex, Search

Language used to test concepts- C++/JAVA/Python

• Public Economics: Tax & Non-Tax Revenue, Progressive and non- Progressive Taxation, Direct & Indirect Taxes, Public expenditure, Budget, etc.
• Statistics and Econometrics: Sampling methods, Sampling Distribution, Correlation, Statistical Inferences, Regression, and many more.
• Economics: Investment Function, Market Structures, Multiplier and Accelerator, Demand and Supply, Inflation and Phillips Curve, etc.
• Financial Markets: Market Efficiency, Market Model, Mutual Funds, Stock Exchanges, Depositories, Credit Rating Agencies, Forwards, Futures, Corporate Debt Market.Options and Many more.
• International Economics: Foreign Exchange Markets,  Balance of Payments, Role of BIS, IOSCO, IMF & World, etc.

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