SEBI Grade A exam Previous Year Cut-off

With the SEBI Grade A Notification for this year released and the recruitment cycle ended, aspirants for this highly-sought after position are eager to know everything they can. Before starting your SEBI Grade A exam preparation for 2025, it is very important to get all the facts about this year’s exam details. Once you do that, you can analyze all the exam details like cut-offs to amp up your exam preparations. While new candidates to competitive exams may wonder why cutoffs are important, others would know that if you know everything about the cutoffs, it gives candidates a rough idea on what you can expect.  

In contrast, a situation where a low SEBI Grade A cut-off would indicate that the level was difficult, a high cut-off would suggest that the level was simpler to understand. It is absolutely important that you study and are able to understand SEBI Grade A question papers to prepare for the 2025 SEBI Grade A exams. This should be done in addition to your exam preparation so that you have a good understanding of what is expected of you. Check out all the SEBI Grade A cut-offs for the previous years below. 

SEBI Grade A 2022 Final Cut-offs

Before digging deep into the SEBI Grade A Past Cutoff trends or even the SEBI Legal Grade A Legal Previous Year Cutoff, try understanding the exam and its structure. To do this, you need to start by checking out the number of applicants who have appeared for the exam and cleared it. Doing this will give you an idea of what kind of competition you can expect for the exam. That, in turn, will help you restructure your exam preparation and understand all exam aspects better.

SEBI Grade A 2023 Legal Cut off

SEBI Recruitment of Officer Grade ‘A’ (Assistant Manager) Legal Stream 2023 Results of Phase II exam held on September 17, 2023

Legal StreamSCSTOBC (NCL)EWSURPwBD (B & LV)*PwBD (ID, MD, etc.)*/th>
Number of Vacancies 3 2 7 2 11
Candidates required forPhase III (Three timesthe vacancies) 9 6 21 6 33
Number of candidates shortlisted for Phase III(Interview) 11** 6 21 6 33
Minimum aggregate marks obtained byshortlisted candidates 59.5 56.84 61.66 61.16 65.5 53.33 52.83

*Earmarked from Unreserved Category. **The last three candidates have obtained the same minimum aggregate marks; hence, they all have been shortlisted.

Cut-offs applied on Papers

ALL CATEGORIES PAPER 1 (100) PAPER 2 (70+30) Total Weighted Score (TWS) (100)
30 (30%) 40 (40%) 50 (50%)
Weightage 1/3rd 2/3rd
Criteria as mentioned in the Advertisement: Candidates needs to secure separate cut-off in each paper as well as aggregate cut-off marks of 50% in Phase II exam (weightage of 1/3rd for Paper 1 and 2/3rd for Paper 2) to be shortlisted for Phase III. Subject to the same, candidates equaling three (03) times the number of vacancies were shortlisted for Phase III, in order of merit.

Minimum marks secured by the last selected candidate category-wise -

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (B & LV)PwBD (ID, MD, etc.) /th>
69.61 64.01 62.33 63.70 61.83 50.33 No candidate selected

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SEBI Grade A 2022 Phase 2 Cut off

StreamCategory
SCSTOBC(NCL)EWSURPwBD (ID & MD)PwBD (VI)PwBD (HI)PwBD (LD)
General 55.67 53.00 58.00 59.33 62.34 56.00* 55.00 52.33* 57.00
Legal 64.00 52.00 63.67 66.34 67.67 # 55.00 - -
Information Technology # # # # 50.00* - # # -
Research 62.34 - 62.33 - 64.33 - - @ -
Official Language - - 75.33$ - 75.33 - - 71.67* -
# No Candidates qualified
- No Vacancy
$ Cut off kept at par with UR category
@ No candidate appeared

SEBI Grade A 2022 - Minimum marks obtained by selected candidates (Stream Wise)

General Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (VI)PwBD (HI)PwBD (LD)PwBD (ID & MD)
64.82 57.58 59.00 57.32 55.87 58.75 58.85 60.58 54.60

Legal Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (VI)PwBD (ID & MD)
69.08 63.82 63.64 65.22 58.64 57.25 No candidate qualified

Information Technology Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (VI)PwBD (HI)
55.78 No candidate qualified

Research Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (HI)
71.24 68.39 No vacancy 66.39 No vacancy No candidate qualified

Official Language Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (HI)
78.03 77.80 No vacancy 72.72

SEBI Grade A 2020 Final Cut-offs

Before digging deep into  the SEBI Grade A Past Cutoff Trends or even the SEBI Legal Grade A Legal Previous Year Cutoff, try understanding the exam and its structure. To do this, you need to start by check out the number of applicants who have appeared for the exam and cleared it. Doing this will give you an idea of what kind of competition you can expect for the exam. That, in turn, will help you restructure your exam preparation and understand all exam aspects better. 

General Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (AU)PwBD (VI)PwBD (HI)
69.24 62.26 59.58 59.58 54.88 52.65 61.13 52.05

Legal Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (VI)
71.07 59.80 61.79 58.07 43.10 59.48

Information Technology Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (VI)PwBD (HI)
84.67 65.20 80.00 66.06 No candidate qualified

Engineering Stream - Civil

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (HI)
No vacancy 66.28 No vacancy No candidate qualified

Engineering Stream – Electrical

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (HI)
69.82 62.52 No vacancy 57.42 No vacancy No candidate qualified

Research Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (HI)
69.67 No candidate qualified No vacancy 52.76 No candidate qualified

Official Language Stream

UnreservedOBC (NCL)EWSSCSTPwBD (HI)
66.57 No vacancy No candidate qualified

Phase 2- Paper 2 Cut-off: Stream and Category-Wise

StreamSCSTOBC (NCL)EWSURPwBD (AU)PwBD (VI)PwBD (HI)PwBD (LD/MD/OD)
General 57.66 51.67 60.00 57.17 66.00 49.00* 57.17 47.83* -
Legal 52.66 45* 54.66 59.33 68.33 - 62.33* - -
Information Technology 50.10* # 45.34* 66.67 79.33 - @ @ -
Engineering (Civil) 57.66 - - - - - - # -
Engineering (Electrical) 54.67 - 64.00$ - 64.00 - - # -
Research - 42.67 60.66 - 66.33 - - # -
Official Language - - - - 60.67 - - # -

SEBI Grade A 2018: Phase 2 Cut-Off 

SEBI Officer Grade A Phase 2 exam was held on December 16, 2018. Cut off for the same is provided below.

Stream   SCSTOBC (NCL)URPwBD

(HH)

PwBD

(LD/AU/MD/OD)

PwBD

(VH)

General Number of Vacancies 11 1 23 49 - 1 -
Candidates required for Phase 3 (Three times the vacancies) 33 3 69 147 - 3 -
Number of candidates shortlisted for Phase 3 33 3 74 152 - # -
Minimum aggregate marks obtained by shortlisted candidates 173.00 163.50 181.50 192 - # -
Legal Number of Vacancies 2 - 4 12 - - 1
Candidates required for Phase 3 (Three times the vacancies) 6 - 12 36 - - 3
Number of candidates shortlisted for Phase 3 # - # 2 (All shortlisted) - - #
Minimum aggregate marks obtained by shortlisted candidates # - # 166.50 - - #
  Number of Vacancies 1 1 2 4 1 - 1
Information Technology Candidates required for Phase 3 (Three times the vacancies) 3 3 6 12 3 - 3
Number of candidates shortlisted for Phase 3 # # # 6 (All shortlisted) # - #
Minimum aggregate marks obtained by shortlisted candidates # # # 155.50 # - #
Civil Engineering Number of Vacancies 1 - 1 3 1 - -
Candidates required for Phase 3 (Three times the vacancies) 3 - 3 9 3 - -
Number of candidates shortlisted for Phase 3 # - 1 (All shortlisted) 3 (All shortlisted) # - -
Minimum aggregate marks obtained by shortlisted candidates # - 161.00 176.00 # - -
Electrical Engineering Number of Vacancies 1 - - 4 1 - -
Candidates required for Phase 3 (Three times the vacancies) 3 - - 12 3 - -
Number of candidates shortlisted for Phase 3 # - - 1 (All shortlisted) # - -
Minimum aggregate marks obtained by shortlisted candidates # - - 167.00 # - -

SEBI Grade A 2018: Phase 1 Cut-Off : Category-wise

The cut-off for the 2018 Phase 1 exam for General and Legal/I.T/ Engineering streams is provided in the table below.

StreamSCSTOBC (NCL)URPwBD (HH)PwBD (LD/AU/MD/OD)PwBD(VH)
General 90 103.5 110 119.25 102.25
Legal 102.25 107.5 101.25
Information Technology 97.5 123.25 96 95.75
Civil Engineering 102.5 105.75 105
Electrical Engineering 96.5 99.25

Sectional Cut-off

SEBI Grade A exam also has a sectional cut-off besides having an overall cut-off. Refer to the below table for the cut-off for each section.

All Streams and across all CategoriesGeneral AwarenessEnglish LanguageQuantitative AptitudeTest of ReasoningAwareness about Securities Market
. 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0

Cut-Off 2018: Applied on Papers

Each Paper in SEBI Grade A Phase 2 exam has a different cutoff which is mentioned in the table given below.

All Streams and across all CategoriesPaper IPaper 2Paper 3
  40.00 40.00 40.00

SEBI Grade A Exam Analysis

The SEBI Recruitment exam has been one of the most important and awaited exams of all time, so it should be ensured that you are aware of all information related to the examination along with its level. To get a fair idea about the SEBI Grade A exam level, you should go through the SEBI Grade A Free Mock Tests to help you in sketching an effective preparation plan. Refer to the video below for the analysis of the SEBI Grade A exam paper from previous year. 

Previous Year Paper

When you have start working with ixamBee’s SEBI Grade A Previous Year Paper it’s a blessing in disguise. That’s because these papers give you the chance to identify topicsyou have difficulty with. You get the chance to work on these problem areas in real time. Also, practicing with previous year papers also gives you the chance to strengthen your best areas as well. With SEBI’s previous year papers and mock tests, you have the chance to understand the difficulty level of the questions. You can also make your preparations accordingly. That’s why you need to practice to improve your speed and accuracy.