The NISM Series VI Depository Operations certification is intended for staff of depository participants and anyone handling demat account operations. Like other NISM examinations it is offered on a rolling basis at test centres across India, so your exam date is the slot you book rather than a fixed national date.
Depository operations is a procedural exam and it examines process detail closely. The workbook covers the depository system and the roles of NSDL and CDSL, account opening and the types of demat accounts, dematerialisation and rematerialisation, settlement and pledge, transmission and nomination, and the compliance obligations of a depository participant.
Set 1 of this series is free and runs on the real exam pattern, with an explanation on every answer and a unit wise score report so you can see which chapters of the workbook still need another pass.
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Treat this as a rules exam rather than a concepts exam. Timelines, document requirements and the exact sequence of each process are what get tested, so learning the steps in order matters more than understanding why the system is designed that way.
The method that works across every NISM exam is the same. Read the official workbook once properly, then move to practice questions early and use them as your main study tool. NISM questions are drawn tightly from the workbook and repeat structural patterns, so familiarity with how questions are phrased is worth more than additional reading. Check whether your series applies negative marking before you decide how freely to guess.