SEBI Grade A Legal Officer: Syllabus and Study Material

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SEBI has recently released the 2022 recruitment notification for SEBI Grade A Legal Officer (Assistant Manager).

Important Dates

Activity	Important Dates (SEBI reserves the right to make any change in these dates)
On-Line Application and Payment of fee On-Line	January 05, 2022, to January 24, 2022
Availability of Call Letters on SEBI website (for On-Line Examinations)	Will be intimated by email/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

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Note- Phase I is of qualifying nature while the final selection will be made on the marks secured by the candidate in Phase II and the interview.

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	Legal Stream: Legal (detailed syllabus discussed below)	100	40 minutes	40%
Aggregate Cut off				40%

You need a minimum of 30% in paper I and 40% in paper II along and 40 % in aggregate to qualify for the next phase.

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%	33.33%
Paper 2	Legal Stream: LEGAL (detailed syllabus discussed below)	100	40 minutes	40%	66.67%
Aggregate Cut off				40%

FINAL stage: INTERVIEW

Those candidates who would successfully qualify would be a call for Interviews. Candidates also have an option to choose their choice of language (Hindi or English) for the interview.

Final selection :

The final selection will be made on the basis of marks obtained in both Phase II and the interview.
(Weightage)

General Awareness	Reasoning	English	Quantitative Aptitude
Banking Reforms	Coding & Decoding	Reading Comprehensions	Data Interpretation
Regulatory Bodies in India- NABARD, SEBI, etc.	Syllogism	Para Jumbles	Data Sufficiency
International Banking	Machine Input Output	Para Completion	Number Series
Important RBI Circulars	Puzzles	Vocabulary	Time and Work
Financial Terms	Seating Arrangements	Error Spotting	Time and Distance
Banking Terms	Direction Sense Test	Sentence Improvement	Simple and Compound Interest
Latest Acts related to Banking	Blood Relations	Cloze test	Ratio and Proportion
Priority Sector Lending	Problems based on Ages		Averages
NPA - latest news	Rankings		Mixture and Allegation
SARFAESI Act	Data Sufficiency		Pipes and Cisterns
RBI Monetary Policy	Statement and Conclusions		Problems based on trains
Capital & Money Market Instrument	Statement and Assumptions		Percentages
Commercial Banks, NBFCs, HFC - Latest news	Statement and Arguments		Partnership
Mergers and Acquisitions in Banking Companies			Clocks
Credit Rating and Agencies			Permutation and Combinations
Payment Options- NEFT, RTGS, Bharat Bill payment, etc.			Probability
RBI’s circulars			Profit, Loss, and Discount
			Elements of Algebra
			Quadratic Equations

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 – IPC, 1860 (Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VA, VI, IX, XVII);
CrPC, 1973.
Law of Evidence – Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
CPC, 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.

English (Descriptive Test)

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 – IPC, 1860 (Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VA, VI, IX, XVII, XXI, XXII, XXIII); CrPC, 1973.
Law of Evidence – Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
CPC, 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, II, III, IV, V, VII, Chapter VIII, IX, Chapter X, XI, XII, XIII, XV, XVI, XXVII, XXVIII, r XXIX); Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008; IBC, 2016 (Part I, Part II)
Taxation law
Securities Laws – SEBI Act, 1992, SC(R) Act, 1956, Depositories Act, 1996.

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