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Costing Sectional Test 1

SEBI Grade A · Securities and Exchange Board of India: Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager), General Stream

Syllabus-checked original practice

Mapped to the official Phase II: Paper 2 (General Stream) syllabus and answer-checked on 27 August 2026.

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Before you begin

  1. 1This sectional test contains 14 original Costing questions.
  2. 2Each wrong answer deducts marks using the scoring rule shown above. Unattempted questions score zero.
  3. 3You can mark a question for review and come back to it later using the question palette.
  4. 4The timer starts as soon as you click "Start test" and the test auto-submits when time runs out.
  5. 5You can review your answers and explanations for every question immediately after submitting.

About this SEBI Grade A Costing sectional test

This sectional test isolates Costing from the SEBI Grade A Phase II: Paper 2 (General Stream) pattern, so you can drill it on its own instead of only meeting it inside the full mock. It draws 14 original practice questions across 14 distinct topics, syllabus-checked the same as our full mocks.

Topics covered

Activity-Based Costing

1 question

Budgetary Control

1 question

Equivalent Units of Production

1 question

Job Costing vs Process Costing

1 question

Key Factor Analysis

1 question

Labour Cost Variance

1 question

Labour Efficiency Variance

1 question

Make or Buy Decisions

1 question

Material Cost Variance

1 question

Process Costing (Abnormal Loss)

1 question

Process Costing (Normal Loss)

1 question

Sales Variance

1 question

Variance Analysis

1 question

Zero-Based Budgeting

1 question

Scoring and result analysis

Correct answers earn 1 mark and wrong answers deduct 0.25 marks. Unattempted questions score zero. This section's 14 questions are difficulty-tagged: 14 hard. After submitting, you receive topic-wise accuracy, time spent, answer explanations, and source links.

Frequently asked questions

Is this an official SEBI Grade A question paper?

No. It's an independent practice test with original Costing questions, mapped to the official SEBI Grade A Phase II: Paper 2 (General Stream) syllabus and answer-checked on 27 August 2026.

How many questions are in this Costing sectional test, and how long is it?

14 questions in 13 minutes.

Which topics does this test focus on?

It spans 14 topics, with the heaviest coverage on Activity-Based Costing, Budgetary Control, and Equivalent Units of Production.

Is there negative marking in this test?

Yes. Each wrong answer deducts 0.25 marks, and each correct answer earns 1 mark. Unattempted questions score zero.