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CA CPT - Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test commonly known as CA CPT Examination is conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for admitting aspiring students to the Chartered Accountancy course. The institute conducts the Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test (CA CPT) twice a year (June and December), in all the major cities throughout India.
This 200 marks, an objective type multiple choice questions, test is divided into two sessions of 2 Hr. duration each is conducted in two modes by the institute i.e.,
Paper Pencil Mode: Paper Pencil Mode of Examination is conducted in the morning session and evening sessions with each carrying two parts.
Online Registration Mode: For the Online Registration Mode of Examination, the students have to fill out an examination form Online, and then, this examination is held at various centers across India.
Session–I (Two Sections - Two hours - 100 Marks)
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Sections |
Section A | Section B |
| Subjects |
Fundamentals of Accounting |
Mercantile Laws |
| Marks |
60 |
40 |
Session–II (Two Sections - Two hours - 100 Marks)
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Sections |
Section C | Section D |
| Subjects |
General Economics |
Quantitative Aptitude |
| Marks |
50 |
50 |
Imp: Common Proficiency Test will be an objective type multiple choice questions based examination. Candidates will be allowed to opt for the Hindi medium Question Paper Booklet for answering the questions. Detailed information will be found given in the Information Brochure.
The aspirants who want to take the CA CPT Exam should have basic knowledge of the fundamentals of Accounting, mercantile law, general economics, and quantitative aptitude. Topics in each subject are given below.
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CA CPT Syllabus of Accounting |
CA CPT Syllabus of Mercantile Law |
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Theoretical Framework, Bank Reconciliation Statement, Accounting Process, Introduction to Company Accounts, Partnership Accounts, Accounting for Special Transactions, Preparation of Final Accounts for Sole Proprietors, Depreciation Accounting, Inventories. |
The Indian Contract Act 1872, The Sale of Goods Act, 1930, and the India Partnership Act, 1932. |
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CA CPT Syllabus of General Economics |
CA CPT Syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude |
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Economic Reforms in India, Select aspects of Indian Economy, Indian Economy – A Profile, Price Determination in Different Markets, Theory of Production and Cost, Theory of Demand and Supply, Micro Economics. |
Sampling Theory, Theoretical Distributions, Probability and Expected Value by Mathematical Expectation, Correlation, and Regression, Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, Statistical description of data, Basic concepts of Differential and Integral Calculus, Limits and Continuity - Intuitive Approach, Sets, Functions and Relations, Sequence and Series – Arithmetic and geometric progressions, Basic concepts of Permutations and Combinations, Simple and Compound Interest including annuity - Applications, Inequalities, Equations, Ratio and proportion, Indices, Logarithms. |
Interested candidates can register with the Board of Studies on submission of the prescribed filled-in form. The form can also be downloaded from the website i.e., www.icai.org.
Candidates can adopt any of the ONLINE or OFFLINE modes for the CPT Exam application.
For Off-Line Mode
Applications for admission to the Common Proficiency Test are required to be made in the relevant prescribed form as contained in the Information Brochure, which may be obtained from:
The Additional Secretary (Examinations)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICAI Bhawan, Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi – 110 002
Note: Since the cost of the Information brochure containing the Common Proficiency Test application form includes the examination fee, no separate fee is required to be remitted at the time of submitting the filled-in application form.
Common Proficiency Test application forms duly filled in may be sent so as to reach the Additional Secretary (Examinations) in New Delhi no later than the prescribed date.
For Online Mode
The candidates who fill up the examination application form online at http://icaiexam.icai.org and remit the fee online by using either VISA or MASTER Credit/Debit Card shall not be charged Rs. 500/- (i.e., cost of application form fee) in order to popularize filling-in of application form online.
For CA CPT Course
The registration and tuition fee is Rs. 6000/- which is to be paid at the time of submitting the fully filled-in application form for registration.
For CA CPT Exam
A student has to follow the examination notification to be issued by the Examination Department of the ICAI and apply in the prescribed form along with the examination fee of Rs. 1000/-. The examination department will announce the examination centers and issue admission cards.
CA CPT Exam is held twice a year in the months of June and December.
There are a total of 164 Examination Centres in India. Some of them are as follows:
The Council reserves the right to withdraw any center at any stage without assigning any reason. So visit the official website or see the official notification for the complete list of Examination centers in a particular year.
