SEBI Grade A Phase-2 (Descriptive English) is not about how much you know — it is about how precisely you deliver under pressure.
With Phase-2 scheduled on 21 February 2026, aspirants are entering the most crucial phase of preparation. This final 21-day window can make or break ranks, especially in a paper where marks fluctuate sharply due to avoidable mistakes.
This post lays down a toppers-tested, examiner-aligned 21-day master plan for the Descriptive English paper — Essay (30 marks), Precis (30 marks) and Reading Comprehension (40 marks).
🔍 First, Understand the Reality of SEBI Phase-2
Before planning the last 21 days, aspirants must internalise three hard truths:
- SEBI Descriptive English is not subjective
- Marks are lost more due to structure, relevance and compression errors than language
- In the final month, revision + refinement > fresh content
Toppers don’t write more.
They write better, tighter and exam-aligned answers.
📊 Paper Structure & Mark Weightage
| Component | Marks | Nature |
|---|---|---|
| Essay | 30 | Analytical + structured |
| Precis | 30 | Technical + accuracy-driven |
| Reading Comprehension | 40 | Logic + inference |
| Total | 100 | Rank-deciding |
🗓️ THE LAST 21 DAYS MASTER PLAN (EXACTLY HOW TOPPERS EXECUTE)
🔵 DAYS 1–7: FOUNDATION & CORRECTION PHASE
Objective: Eliminate repeated mistakes and stabilise scores.
✍️ Essay (30 Marks)
- Revise 10–12 evergreen SEBI-relevant themes
(ESG, governance, financial inclusion, digital finance, regulation, climate finance) - Focus ONLY on:
- Introductions (contextual, not generic)
- Logical paragraph flow
- Balanced conclusions (policy + way forward)
- Write 2 essays this week — no more.
👉 Key rule:
Stop chasing new topics. SEBI rewards depth, not novelty.
🧠 Precis (30 Marks)
This is the highest ROI area in the paper.
- Revise:
- Title writing rules
- Length discipline (±2%)
- Fidelity to original meaning
- Practice 3–4 high-quality precis passages, not daily writing.
- Analyse:
- Where distortion happened
- Where redundancy remained
👉 Key rule:
One corrected precis > five unchecked precis.
📖 Comprehension (40 Marks)
- Focus on:
- Tone detection
- Inference vs assumption
- Answer framing in SEBI language
- Practice 2 RC sets with deep post-analysis.
👉 Key rule:
Most marks are lost due to over-interpretation, not lack of understanding.
🔵 DAYS 8–14: EXAM SIMULATION & POLISHING PHASE
Objective: Align answers with examiner expectations.
✍️ Essay
- Write 1–2 full-length essays
- Time yourself strictly
- Focus on:
- Relevance over examples
- Clean paragraph transitions
- Avoiding opinionated language
👉 Toppers don’t “impress”; they answer precisely.
🧠 Precis
- Attempt 2 SEBI-level precis
- Re-check:
- Title neutrality
- Logical compression
- No external inference
👉 Precis marks fluctuate heavily — discipline controls this volatility.
📖 Comprehension
- Attempt 2 full RC sections
- Analyse why an answer deserved:
- 6 vs 8 marks
- Partial vs full credit
👉 Examiner looks for clarity + directness, not verbosity.
🔵 DAYS 15–18: CONSOLIDATION PHASE
Objective: Lock strategy, not experiment.
- No new formats
- No random mock overload
- Revise:
- Essay frameworks
- Precis checklist
- RC answering patterns
- Rewrite previously evaluated weak answers
👉 This phase is about internalising feedback, not attempting more tests.
🔵 DAYS 19–21: FINAL CALM & CONFIDENCE PHASE
Objective: Enter exam hall mentally settled.
What TO DO
- Revise introductions & conclusions
- Re-read best evaluated answers
- Sleep well
- Maintain writing rhythm
What NOT TO DO
- No new mocks
- No YouTube “last minute tricks”
- No comparison with others
👉 Calm minds score better in descriptive papers.
🚫 COMMON LAST-21-DAY MISTAKES (AVOID THESE)
- Writing too many mocks without analysis
- Ignoring precis thinking it is “easy”
- Overloading essays with examples
- Practising RC without examiner-oriented feedback
🎯 FINAL WORD FROM BANK WHIZZ
SEBI Phase-2 does not reward hard work alone —
it rewards structured thinking, examiner alignment and disciplined writing.
If your preparation is solid, the last 21 days are about fine-tuning, not panic.
One evaluated answer can improve the next five.
One corrected mistake can save 10 marks.
🔔 Call to Action (Soft & Trust-Driven)
If you are already writing mocks, ensure that:
- Your essays are examiner-aligned
- Your precis is technically accurate
- Your RC answers are mark-optimised
📌 At Bank Whizz, evaluations focus on:
- SEBI examiner expectations
- Mark-wise feedback
- Precision correction — not generic comments
👉 Use this final window wisely. The difference between selection and rejection is often just a few marks.