SEBI Grade A 2018 - Exam Analysis

Ideal Attempts

Section	Ideal Attempt
Quantitative Aptitude	28-30
General Awareness	22-25
Reasoning Ability	22-23
Security market awareness	28-30
English	30-32
	130-140

Quantitative Aptitude

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	20	Easy
Missing Number Series	5	Easy
Approximation	5	Easy
Miscellaneous	10	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate

Reasoning Ability

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	17	Moderate
Coding Decoding	5	Easy
Blood Relation	1	Easy
Direction Sense	3	Easy
Inequality	5	Easy
Syllogism	5	Easy
Logical Reasoning	4	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate

English Language

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
2 Reading Comprehension Passages	17	Moderate
Cloze Test	5	Easy
Sentence Completion	5	Moderate
Vocabulary Based Questions	3	Moderate-Difficult
Error Spotting Questions	5	Easy-Moderate
Total	40	Moderate

Security Market Awareness Questions

Limit for Retail investor as per SEBI ICDR law ?What is the Listing agreement ?
Time limit for Certificate of deposit?
Foreign currency exchangeable bonds (4 questions)
ADR
Laws related to securities market
Functions of depository
Duties of depositories
LODR (3 questions)
Securities and exchange board of india act, 1992
History of Securities Act
Chairman of Finance commission
Revenue expenditure
Unpublished price sensitive information
Types of money market securities
Powers of SAT (Securities appellate tribunal)
Minimum investment by Anchor investor
Demutualization YTM
Financial instruments issued by Government
Service sector contributes what %age of GDP
SEC - Number of rural illiterate
1 question from merger

General Awareness Questions Asked in SEBI Grade A Exam 2018

Question no. 1

Which country topped Human Capital Index 2018 released by World Bank?
Ans: Singapore (India’s rank 115)

Question no. 2

Which state topped Ease of Living Index rankings under AMRUT (Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation).
Ans:Andhra Pradesh

Question no. 3

The third edition of JIMEX Exercise was held between Indian and
Ans:Japan

Question no. 4

India and Russia’s bilateral summit was held in
Ans:New Delhi

Question no. 5

Delhi government a twin city agreement with which country for cooperation in the fields of education, healthcare, sports, tourism, transport and environment for a period of three years.
Ans:Russia (Moscow)

Question no. 6

Which Indian airport won the Earth’s champion award?
Ans:Cochin International Airport (is the world’s first solar power airport)

Question no. 7

Moon Jae-in who visited India recently is the president of
Ans:South Korea

Question no. 8

Dushanbe is the capital city of
Ans:Tajikistan

Question no. 9

Kanha Tiger Reserve is in
Ans:Madhya Pradesh

Question no. 10

DY Patil Stadium is located in
Ans:Navi Mumbai

Question no. 11

Capital of Meghalaya
Ans:Shillong

Question no. 12

Nobel Prize for Economics
Ans:William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer

Question no. 13

Who won the girls’ title in the IBSF World Under-16 Snooker Championship?Ans:India’s Keerthana Pandian

Question no. 14

According to Census 2011, what is the literacy percentage in India?
Ans:74.04%

Question no. 15

Which state won National Tourism Awards for the best state for comprehensive development of tourism?
Ans:Andhra Pradesh

Question no. 16

Nasik is located on which river-bank
Ans:Godavari

Question no. 17

The 2018 Jaipur Literature Festival was organised in
Ans:Jaipur

Question no. 18

Which movie is chosen for foreign language in Academy Awards 2019
Ans:Village Rockstars (Assamese)

Question no. 19

PhonePe is owned by
Ans:Flipkart

Question no. 20

Which App recorded 137 million UPI transactions in September 2018?
Ans:PayTm

Question no. 21

Indra Jātrā, most commonly known as Yenyā is the biggest religious street festival in
Ans:Kathmandu (Nepal)

Question no. 22

AIBA Women's World Championships is being organised in
Ans:New Delhi

Question no. 23

India for Humanity initiative is launched for
Ans:Physically disabled

Question no. 24

Global Skill Centre is located in
Ans:Bhopal

Question no. 25

Swachh Gramin Survey was conducted by
Ans:Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Question no. 26

Theme of International Girl Child Day 2018
Ans:2018 theme: With Her: A Skilled GirlForce

Question no. 27

November 12 is observed as
Ans:World Pneumonia Day

Question no. 28

Forbes Rich List 2018 is topped by which Indian
Ans:Mukesh Ambani

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