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 2026
The SEBI Grade A Exam 110 Assistant Manager posts in the General Stream, Legal Stream, Information Technology, Engineering Stream, Research Stream, and Official Language Streams is scheduled for 10th January 2026. SEBI Grade A Cut Off 2026 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.
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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% | ||
