Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) releases the SEBI Grade A Cut Off at the official website https://www.sebi.gov.in/ separately for each stage and for General Stream, Legal Stream, Information Technology, Research Stream, and Official Language Stream. Knowing the cut-off marks helps candidates to understand the difficulty level of the exam conducted by SEBI. Check the stream-wise and category-wise Cut-Off marks for previous years' exams from the article below.
SEBI Grade A Cut Off 2025
The SEBI Grade A 2025 Notification has been released on 8th October 2025 for 110 Assistant Manager posts in the General Stream, Legal Stream, Information Technology, Engineering Stream, Research Stream, and Official Language Streams. SEBI Grade A Cut Off 2025 will be released for phase 1 and phase 2 separately. The cut off marks will be released separately for all categories and all streams. Till then time, candidates can refer to the previous year's cut off marks.
SEBI Grade A Previous Year Cut Off
SEBI Grade A Previous years’ cut off helps in predicting the trends of the cut off for the present year or upcoming year. SEBI Grade A Cut Off marks for previous years were released along with the result announcement. The candidates can check the SEBI Grade A Phase 1 and Phase 2 Previous Year's Cut off from the below tables.
SEBI Grade A Notification 2025 Out for 110 Vacancies - Click to Check
SEI Grade A Cut Off 2024
The phase 1 exam was qualifying, sothe SEBI Grade A Phase 1 Cut Off was not released. SEBI Grade A Phase 2 & Final Cut Off marks were officially released and the same can be checked from here.
SEBI Grade A Phase 2 Cut Off 2024
| SEBI Grade A Phase-2 Cut Off 2024 | ||||||||
| Stream | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD(LV) | PwBD(OH) | PwBD (D & HH) |
| General | 66.5 | 62.5 | 63.83 | 62.5 | 64.5 | 54 | 57 | -- |
| Legal | 71.33 | 67.84 | 68.5 | 65.5 | -- | -- | -- | 58.17 |
| Information Technology | 83 | 82 | 81 | 79.67 | 63 | -- | -- | -- |
| Research Stream | 56 | -- | -- | 53.67 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Official Language Stream | 52 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Engineering (Electrical) | 57.17 | -- | -- | -- | 51.84 | -- | -- | -- |
SEBI Grade A Phase 2 Cut Off 2024
| SEBI Grade A Final Cut Off 2024 | ||||||||
| Stream | UR | OBC | EWS | SC | ST | PwBD(LV) | PwBD(OH) | PwBD (D & HH) |
| General | 69.30 | 65.75 | 64.72 | 62.87 | 62.42 | 55.05 | 59.55 | -- |
| Legal | 71.70 | 67.93 | 68.73 | 68.25 | -- | 62.61 | -- | -- |
| Information Technology | 81.40 | 80.55 | 78.70 | 79.70 | 80.97 | -- | -- | -- |
| Research Stream | 64.72 | -- | -- | 59.62 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Official Language Stream | 60.13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Engineering (Electrical) | 58.67 | -- | -- | -- | 54.56 | -- | -- | -- |
SEBI Grade A Cut Off 2022
SEBI Grade A Cut Off is the minimum aggregate marks scored by the shortlisted candidates. SEBI Grade A cut-off marks are calculated according to the number of vacancies, difficulty level of exam, previous year cut off trends.
SEBI Grade A Phase-1 Cut Off 2022
| SEBI Grade A Phase-1 Cut Off 2022 (Minimum Marks) | ||||||||
| Stream | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD(VI) | PwBD(HI) | PwBD(LD) |
| General | 64.82 | 57.58 | 59 | 57.32 | 55.87 | 58.75 | 58.85 | 60.58 |
| Legal | 69.08 | 63.82 | 63.64 | 65.22 | 58.64 | 57.25 | -- | -- |
| Information Technology | 55.78 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Research Stream | 71.24 | 68.39 | -- | 66.39 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Official Language Stream | 78.03 | 77.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 72.72 | -- |
SEBI Grade A Phase-2 Cut Off 2022
| SEBI Grade A Phase-2 Cut Off 2022 | |||||||||
| Stream | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD(VI) | PwBD(ID & MD) | PwBD(HI) | PwBD(LD) |
| General | 62.34 | 59.33 | 58 | 55.67 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 52.33 | 57 |
| Legal | 67.67 | 66.34 | 63.67 | 64 | 52 | 55 | -- | -- | -- |
| Information Technology | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Research Stream | 64.33 | -- | -- | 62.34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Official Language Stream | 75.33 | -- | 75.33 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 71.67 | -- |
SEBI Grade A Cut Off 2020
SEBI Grade A Cut Off for Phase 1 and Phase 2 Exams was as declared by the officials are as follows-
SEBI Grade A Phase 1 Cut Off 2020
| All Streams & Categories | Paper 1 (Out of 100) | Paper 2 (Out of 100) | Aggregrate Cut Off (Out of 200) |
| 30 | 40 | 80 |
SEBI Grade A Phase 2 Cut Off 2020
| SEBI Grade A Phase-2 Cut Off 2020 | ||||||||
| Stream | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD(AU) | PwBD(VI) | PwBD(HI) |
| General | 66 | 57.17 | 60 | 57.66 | 51.67 | 49 | 57.17 | 47.83 |
| Legal | 68.33 | 59.33 | 54.66 | 52.66 | 45 | -- | 62.33 | -- |
| Information Technology | 79.33 | 66.67 | 45.34 | 50.10 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Civil Engineering | -- | -- | -- | 57.66 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Electrical Engineering | 64 | -- | 64 | 54.67 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Research Stream | 66.33 | -- | 60.66 | -- | 42.67 | -- | -- | -- |
| Official Language Stream | 60.67 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
SEBI Grade A Final Cut Off 2020
| SEBI Grade A Phase-2 Cut Off 2020 | ||||||||
| Stream | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD(AU) | PwBD(VI) | PwBD(HI) |
| General | 69.24 | 59.58 | 62.26 | 59.58 | 54.88 | 52.65 | 61.13 | 52.05 |
| Legal | 71.07 | 61.79 | 59.80 | 58.07 | 43.10 | -- | 59.48 | -- |
| Information Technology | 84.67 | 80.00 | 65.20 | 66.06 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Civil Engineering | -- | -- | -- | 66.28 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Electrical Engineering | 69.82 | -- | 62.52 | 57.42 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Research Stream | 69.67 | -- | -- | -- | 52.76 | -- | -- | -- |
| Official Language Stream | 66.57 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
SEBI Grade A Cut Off 2018
Check the SEBI Grade A Cut Off 2018 for Phase-1 & Phase-2 Exam as released by SEBI from the below tabular data.
| SEBI Grade A Phase-1 Cut Off 2018 | |||||
| Stream | UR | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD(AU) |
| General | 119.25 | 110 | 90 | 103.5 | 102.25 |
| Legal | 101.25 | 107.5 | 102.25 | -- | -- |
| Information Technology | 95.75 | 96 | 97.5 | 123.25 | -- |
| Civil Engineering | 105 | 105.75 | 102.25 | -- | -- |
| Electrical Engineering | 99.25 | -- | 96.5 | -- | -- |
| SEBI Grade A Phase-2 Cut Off 2018 | ||||
| Stream | UR/EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
| General | 119.25 | 110 | 90 | 103.5 |
| Legal | 101.25 | 107.5 | 102.25 | - |
| IT | 97.75 | 96 | 95.5 | 95 |
| Civil Engineering | 105 | 105.75 | 102.5 | - |
| Electrical Engineering | 99.23 | - | 96.5 | - |
Factors Affecting SEBI Grade A Cut Off
The cut-off marks can differ each year for the SEBI Grade A with respect to a lot of factors that are known to affect the cut-off every year. The recruitment board sets cutoffs keeping all these factors in mind. They are as follows:
Number of Vacancies: More the vacancy less will be the cut-off and less the vacancy more will be the cut-off
Number of applicants: If the number of candidates applied is more, the cut-offs can be more and there can be more competitive.
The Difficulty Level of the paper: If the paper is difficult, the cut off might decrease and if the paper is not so difficult the cut off might be more.
SEBI Grade A Minimum Qualifying Marks
As announced by SEBI, each paper hold minimum qualifying marks which has to be secured by the candidates to get selected for next phase of selection process.
| SEBI Grade A Phase-1 Minimum Qualifying Marks | ||
| Paper | Sections | Cut Off |
| Paper I | General Awareness, Reasoning, Aptitude, English Language. | 30% |
| Paper II | General Stream: Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act and Economics. | 40% |
| Legal, Information Technology, Engineering Stream (Civil & Electrical), Official Language stream: Multiple choice questions on Specialized subject related to stream. | ||
| Research Stream:- Multiple choice questions on subjects Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance and Commerce. | ||
| Aggregate Cut Off | 40% | |
| SEBI Grade A Phase-2 Minimum Qualifying Marks | |||
| Paper | Streams/Subjects | Cut off | Weightage |
| Paper 1 | All streams:-English (Descriptive Test) to test the drafting skills | 30% | 1/3rd |
| Paper 2 | General Stream:-Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, and Economics. | 40% | 2/3rd |
| Legal, Engineering Stream (Civil & Electrical) and Official Language stream: Specialized subject-related to stream | 40% | 2/3rd | |
| Research Stream:-Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce | |||
| Information Technology Stream: Coding Test (Languages: C++/JAVA/Python) | 40% | 2/3rd | |
| Aggregate Cut Off | 50% | ||
