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SEBI Grade A 2022 Recruitment (IT Officer) – Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Important Dates

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SEBI Grade A – Information Technology Officer: The Securities and Exchange Board of India or SEBI is a statutory regulatory body established on the 12th of April, 1992. It monitors and regulates the Indian capital and securities market while ensuring to protect the interests of the investors, formulating regulations and guidelines. And it is offering a remarkable career opportunity for all the tech graduates for the particular posts – Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager).

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The notification for the same has been released on the official website and you can scroll down the article to know everything about the SEBI Recruitment of Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) – Information Technology Stream 2022.

Activity

Important Dates

On-Line Application and Payment of fee On-Line January 05, 2022, to January 24, 2022
Availability of Call Letters on the SEBI website (for On-Line Examinations) Will be intimated by E-mail/SMS
Phase I On-Line Examination February 20, 2022
Phase II On-Line Examination except Paper 2 of Information Technology Stream) March 20, 2022
Paper 2 of Phase II of Information Technology Stream April 03, 2022
Phase III Interview Dates will be intimated

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria that you need to satisfy to apply for the SEBI exam 2022 is provided below:

  • Age Limit: The maximum age should not be more than 30 years.
  • Educational Qualifications: 

Stream 

Number of Post 

Qualification

Information Technology 

14

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical / Electronics / 
Electronics And Communication /

Information Technology / Computer Science) OR 
Masters in Computers Application OR Bachelor’s 

Degree in any discipline with a postgraduate qualification 
(minimum 2 years duration) in Computers / Information Technology.

You can also check additional details such as age relaxation, etc. from the official website.

Mode of Selection

Mode of selection shall be a three-stage process i.e. Phase I (on-line screening examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each), Phase II (on-line examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each), and Phase III (Interview).

Phase I On-Line Examination

An online screening examination consisting of two papers (Multiple Choice questions of 100 marks each) will be held on February 20, 2022. The exam will consist of:

Paper Streams/ Subjects

Maximum

Marks

Duration

Cut off

Paper 1

All Streams: Multiple choice questions on the subjects viz. 

General Awareness (including some questions related to 
Financial Sector of easy to moderate difficulty level), 

English Language,

Quantitative Aptitude, 

and Test of Reasoning

100

60 minutes

30%

Paper 2 Multiple choice questions on Specialized subjects. 100 40 minutes 40%

Aggregate Cut off

 40%

  1. There shall be negative marking (1/4th of marks assigned to the question) for Paper 1 and Paper 2 in Phase I.
  2. There shall be a cut-off of a minimum of 30% for Paper 1 (no sectional cut-off shall be there) and a cut-off of a minimum of 40% for Paper 2 in Phase I.
  3. Candidates would need to secure separate cut-off in each paper as mentioned at (2) above as well as aggregate cut-off marks of 40% in the Phase I exam to be shortlisted for Phase II. Marks obtained in Phase I shall be used only for shortlisting the candidates for the Phase-II examination process and will not be counted for the final selection of the candidates.
  4. Subject to the criteria mentioned in (3) above, all the candidates who clear Phase I shall be shortlisted for Phase II. A list of candidates shortlisted for Phase II will be made available on the SEBI website.

Phase II On-Line Examination:

An online examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each. Paper 2 of the Information Technology Stream will be held on April 03, 2022. The papers shall be as follows:

Paper Streams/ Subjects

Maximum

Marks

Duration

Cut off

Weightage
Paper 1 All streams: English (Descriptive Test) to test the drafting skills 100

60 Minutes

30%

1/3rd
Paper 2 General Stream: Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act subjects, and Economics. 100

40 Minutes

40%

2/3rd

Legal, and Official Language stream: Multiple choice questions on Specialized subjects related to the stream.

Research Stream: Multiple choice questions on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce.

 100

40 Minutes

40% 2/3rd
Information Technology Stream: Coding Test (Languages: C++/JAVA/Python) 100

180 Minutes

40%

2/3rd

Aggregate Cut off

50%

Paper 2 of Phase II of Information Technology Stream shall be held separately on April 03, 2022, for which separate call letters shall be issued to candidates. There shall be no negative marking in Paper 2 Phase II in the IT stream.

Interview

Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. The weightage of marks obtained in Phase II will be 85%, while marks obtained in the interview shall be given a weightage of 15%.

Syllabus

For Phase I Information Technology:

S. No.

Topics

Sub Topics

Weightage

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.

10

2.

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

10

3.

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

30

4.

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

10

5.

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)

10

6.

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

10

7.

Information & Cyber Security Concepts

Cyber Attacks, Software Development Security, Network Security, Authentication, CIA – Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability, Network Audit, Systems Audit

10

8.

Data warehousing

Data Extraction, Data Cleaning, Data Transformation, Data Loading, Metadata, Data Cube, Data Mart, Data Models

5

9.

ShellProgramming

Shell Scripting Basics, Shell Variables, Shell Script Arguments, If Statement, Loop, Return, Basic UNIX commands

5

Total

100

For Phase II Information Technology:

S. No.

Topic

Concept

Language to test concepts

Weightage

1.

Algorithms

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

C++/JAVA/Python

40

2.

Data Structure

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

C++/JAVA/Python

40

3.

String Manipulation

Length, Substring, Regex, Search

C++/JAVA/Python

20

Total

100

How to Apply?

Candidates are required to apply On-Line through the official website www.sebi.gov.in from January 05, 2022, to January 24, 2022, and no other mode of application will be accepted. Candidates need not submit the system-generated printout of the ON-LINE application to SEBI’s office.

For More Detailed Information Regarding Guidelines/Procedures For:

  • Application Registration
  • Payment of Fees
  • Uploading of Photograph
  • Uploading of Signature, Left Thumb Impression, and Handwriting Declaration

Please visit the official SEBI website | Notification.



Last Updated : 11 Mar, 2024
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