5 Month - Study Plan

for SEBI Gr A
 How Should one Plan Preparation for SEBI ?

Phase 2 Prep Phase 1 Prep

Paper 2
Management
Paper 1 Finance Paper 1
Company Law QRE and GA
Descriptive English Accounts
Economics
Costing
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Working Candidates need to devote 5 hours on average per day

1. 4 hours on weekdays ( 5*5 hours = 25 Hours)

2. 8 hours on Weekends (2* 8 hours = 16 Hours)

Total = Approx. 40 Hours

Plan is based on
1. Art of doing limited things
2. Continuous Revision
3. Balanced Approach (One Numerical and One Non-Numerical)
4. Regular Tests
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First 13 Next 17 Days

Management – 4 hours/day Costing – 4 hours/day

Descriptive English – 1 hour per day Descriptive English – 1 hour per day
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Topic Day Topic Day

Motivation Part 1 & 2 1 and 2 HRD Part 1 11
Communication 3 HRD Part 2 12
Leadership Part 1 4 Revision All topics 13
Leadership Part 2 5
Revision 6 To Speed up, you can read notes and not
watch Videos
GM Part 1 7
GM Part 2 & 3 8
GM Part 4 9
Revision 10
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Remember , Management is the easiest Portion of Your Syllabus and Most

Scoring

Do not leave anything except Communication Models in Communication

chapter

Read very thoroughly as they can ask question even from trivial information

Application is the key as sometimes questions can be tricky. Focus on

Keywords
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Topic Day Topic Day

Overview of Cost and 14 Process or Operations Costing (Tough) 22
Management Accounting
Sets the
base Joint and By Product Costing 23
Material Cost and Labor Cost 15
Service Costing or Operating Costing 24
Overhead Cost 16
Revision 25
Revision 17
Marginal Costing 26
Activity Based Costing Leave for now. Do Later
Standard Costing 27
Output or Unit Costing 18
Job Costing and Batch 19 Budget and Budgetary Control 28
Costing Lean System and Innovation 28
Contract Costing 20 Whole Revision 29 and 30
Revision 21
Trick is to leave lengthy Numerical in Videos
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Numerical needs to be done side by side. Marginal Costing and Standard Costing and
Process Costing, Budget and Budgetary Control are very important chapters for Numerical

Lean System and innovation is plain theoretical topic and is very scoring
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1. Learn the technicalities of writing an essay, precis and comprehension

2. Read Editorials from One Financial and one Non-Financial Newspaper
3. Write (Type) in notepad whatever you read after 3 days in your own words either as an
Essay or Precis
4. Write with in time limit and word limit
I. Essay - 20-25 minutes and 300 words
II. Precis – 20 minutes and 170 words

4. Check your grammatical mistakes using Grammarly.com

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1. Give Mock Test after a gap of minimum 7 days. You can give sectional tests on Weekends or
on the day of revision after revising the chapters

2. Analyze your Mock test – the following can be causes of wrong attempts
1. Silly Mistakes
2. Erased from Permanent Memory
3. Conceptual Mistake

The first 2 shall be avoided completely

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Now we will discuss schedule for next 35 Days

First 21 Days Last 14 Days

Finance – 4 hours/day Company Law – 4 hours/day

Revise – (Management and Costing and DE) - 1 hour per Day

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Skip Videos of chapters highlighted in yellow, Read

only Notes

Topic Sets the Day Topic Day

Time value of Money base 31 Financial Inclusion Using Technology (Basic Theory) 40

Bonds 32 Alternate Sources of Finance, PPP (Basic Theory) 41

Forex Markets 42
Basics of Derivatives – Futures and 33
Forwards Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, RBI Functions (very Imp.) 43 and 44
Not in Syllab
Basics of Derivatives – Options 34 Revision 45
but related
Changing Landscape in Banking Sector 46
Revision 35
Financial Institutions NABARD SIDBI EXIM, NHB and SEBI (Basic Theory) 46
Primary and Secondary Markets - Equity 36
Markets (very Imp.) Banking and Financial System In India 47
Primary and Secondary Markets – 37 Direct and Indirect Taxes and GST 48
Debt Markets (very Imp.) 49
FRBM, Finance Commission
Equity Valuation Leave for now Covered In
Mutual Funds 38 Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Ratios Accounts
Not in Syllab
but related 50 and 51
Revision 39
Whole Revision
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Instruments such as T-bills, Commercial Bills, CDs – very important in Primary and
Secondary Markets

Keep reading current affairs of Finance related to SEBI and RBI Notifications

Numerical (Bonds, Derivatives, Equity)

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Topic Day Topic Day

Chapter XII (Section 173-183) Companies Act - Meeting of Board 60
Chapter III Companies Act - Prospect and 52
of Directors
Allotment of Shares
Chapter XII (Section 184-195) Companies Act - Meeting of 61
Chapter IV Companies Act - Share Capital 53 Board of Directors
and Debenture Chapter XXVII Companies Act - NCLT and NCLAT 62
Chapter VIII Companies Act - Declaration 54
Revision 63
and Payment of Dividend
Chapter IX Companies Act - Accounts of Company Leave
Chapter X Companies Act - Audit and 55
Auditors Chapter XIII Companies Act - Remuneration of Managerial Leave
Personnel
Revision 56 and 57
Chapter I of Companies Act - Basics of Companies Act Leave
Chapter XI (Section 149 - 160) Companies Act 58
- Appointment of Auditors Whole Revision Not in Syllabus but 64 and
related 65
Chapter XI (Section 161 - 172) Companies 59
Act - Appointment of Auditors
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Which section of the Companies Act gives power to SEBI to issue of

Fact based -> Number of Days, Years, Penalty capital and transfer of shares?
Amounts, Important Section Numbers (a) Section 24
(b) Section 47
Definitions -> such as Definition of relative, (c) Section 144
definition of Private Company and many others (d) Section 182
(e) Section 8
Section Numbers – Important Section numbers
is required

Concept Based -> Power Hierarchy, Approvals,

Major responsibilities of different entities
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The Auditor can be removed before expiry of his term by which of

the following
Fact based -> Number of Days, Years, Penalty (a) Board of Directors
Amounts, Important Section Numbers (b) Shareholders
(c) Central Government
(d) SEBI
Definitions -> such as Definition of relative,
definition of Private Company and many others (e) NONE OF THE ABOVE

Reduction of share capital can be done with the approval of

Section Numbers – Important Section numbers _________
is required (a) SEBI
(b) Board of Directors
Concept Based -> Power Hierarchy, Major (c) Central Government
responsibilities of different entities
(d) Special Resolution
(e) None of the above
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Now we will discuss Next 45 Days Plan

First 26 Days Last 20 Days

Accounts – 4 hours/day Economics – 4 hours/day

Revise – (Finance and Company Law) - 1 hour per Day

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Topic Day Topic Day

Sets the Base 78
Introduction to Accountancy 66 Accounting for Buyback for Shares
Theory Base of Accounting 67 Revision 79

Recording Transaction Part 1 68 Introduction to Accounting Standards 80

Recording Transaction Part 2 Leave Accounting standard for Inventory 81

Accounting standard for Revenue Recognition 82
Trial Balance and Bills of Exchange 69
Accounting standard for Foreign Transactions 83
Bills of Exchange 70
Accounting std. for Property, Plant and Equipment (Very Imp.) 84
Revision 71
Accounting standard for Investment 85
Income Statement and Balance Sheet 72
Revision 86
Cash Flow, Ratio Analysis 73 and 74
Final Company Accounts 87 and 88
Accounting for Share Capital (Tough) 75 and 76 Financial Statement Analysis and Fund Flow Statement 89
Accounting for Bonus Shares and Rights issue 77 Accounting and Financial Information System 89
Accounting for ESOPs (Cover only Basics) Leave Whole Revision 90 and 91
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Profit on Forfeiture shares after reissue is

Basic Debit and Credit entry can be asked in case of Account for transferred to _____________
Share Capital, Buyback, Rights issue and Bonus Shares 1. General Reserve
2. Debenture Redemption Reserve
Numerical are must for Accounts. Focus on Basic Numerical
3. Securities Premium Reserve

Logical Subject. Need to learn with Patience 4. Capital Reserve

5. None of the above
IND AS not Important
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Topic Day Topic Day

104
Demand and Supply, Elasticity of Demand 92 Inflation
Theory of Consumer Behaviour, Production 93 Business Cycle 105
Function, Cost Analysis, Revenue of Firm (basics) Balance of Payment 106
Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic 94 and 95 Foreign Exchange Markets 107
Competition and Oligopoly
Monetary Policy 108
National Income 96 Fiscal Policy 109
Revision Tough 97 NBFC 110
Classical & Keynesian Approach 98
Whole Revision 111 and 112
Consumption Function, Investment Function, 99 and 100
Multiplier and Accelerator
Demand and Supply for Money 101 Do not Read too Deep
Focus on Concepts
IS – LM 102
Revision 103
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Topics are tough but questions were easy to moderate

Do not leave any chapter.

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Now we will discuss the last mile of Prep

Non-Working Candidates shall not have any problem

Working Candidates can Plan one among quant and

Reasoning on Fridays, Sat and Sundays

Practice lot of sectional Tests and Mock Test

Cover from basics -> Shortcuts are not useful in this exam
Quant Reasoning GA English
GA – 3 months must , stick to this
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1. Do Revision of 3 to 4 chapters every day. Revision is more than just looking through again
2. Give one FLTs every Sunday.. Subscribe to as many FLTs as you can
3. Analyze the test properly
4. After revising for one month – Give FLTs as they are your actual test
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Other Important Points

1. Do Previous Year Questions after each chapter

2. Go through syllabus again and again to understand the scope better