OVERVIEW ON CA CPT 2017

CA CPT is an high level online competition exam which was conducted every year by "The Institute of Charted Accountants of India". The mode of this examination will be in Paper Pencil Mode Examination . This Common Proficiency Test will be held on Sunday, 17th December 2017.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CA CPT 2017

A candidate shall be eligible to appear in Common Proficiency Test scheduled to be held in December, 2017, if he/she has:

• Either passed or appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination (10+2 examination) conducted by an examining body constituted by law in India or an examination recognized by the Central Government as equivalent thereto and has complied with such requirements as may be specified by the Council from time to time. (Click here for the list of examinations recognized as equivalent to Senior Secondary Examination); and
• Registered for/switched over to Common Proficiency Course with Board of Studies of ICAI on or before 30th June, 2017 and
• Revalidated his/her registration to Common Proficiency Course (as applicable):
  As decided by the Council, the registration to the Common Proficiency Course is valid for a period of 3 years and the student is required to revalidate the same from the concerned Regional Office on expiry of the said period. Further, in order to be eligible for the examination, the student must be having a valid Registration number on the date of application to the Examination. Accordingly, please ensure that your Registration for the Common Proficiency Course is valid as on date of filling Examination Application Form.

CA CPT 2017 APPLICATION DETAILS

Applications for admission to Common Proficiency Test (CPT) is required to apply online at http://icaiexam.icai.org from 4th October, 2017 to 25th October, 2017 (without late fees) and upto 1st November, 2017 with late fees of Rs. 600/-.

CA CPT APPLICATION FEES DETAILS

Center	Fees
India	Rs. 900/-
Kathmandu (Nepal)	Rs. 1800/-
Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai & Muscat	US $ 300/-

CA CPT 2017 EXAM PATTERN

Common Proficiency Test is an objective type multiple choice questions based examination.

Session	Sections	Marks	Time
Session I	Fundamentals of Accounting	60	120 Minutes
	Mercantile Laws	40
Session II	General Economics	50	120 Minutes
	Quantitative Aptitude	50
Total		200

Common Proficiency Test will be held on Sunday, 17th December, 2017 in two sessions as below:

First Session (i.e. Morning Session)	10.30 AM to 12.30 PM (IST) Section –A Fundamentals of Accounting Section –B Mercantile Laws
Second Session (i.e. Afternoon Session)	2.00 PM to 4.00 PM (IST) Section –C General Economics Section –D Quantitative Aptitude

MARKS SCHEME DETAILS

In order to pass the CPT (Examination), a candidate is required to secure, at one sitting, a minimum of 30 percent marks in each Section and a minimum of 50 percent marks in the aggregate of all Sections, subject to the principle of negative marking, being 1/4 Mark (one fourth) for each wrong answer.

CA CPT 2017 EXAM CENTERS

1	AGRA	2	AHMEDABAD	3	AHMEDNAGR
4	AJMER	5	AKOLA	6	ALAPPUZHA
7	ALIGARH	8	ALLAHABAD	9	ALWAR
10	AMBALA	11	AMRAVATI	12	AMRITSAR
13	ANAND	14	ANANTAPUR	15	ASANSOL
16	AURANGABAD	17	BADLAPUR	18	BANSWARA
19	BAREILLY	20	BATHINDA	21	BEAWAR
22	BELGAUM	23	BELLARY	24	BENGALURU
25	BERHAMPORE	26	BHAGALPUR	27	BHARATPUR
28	BHARUCH	29	BHAVNAGAR	30	BHILWARA
31	BHIWANI	32	BHOPAL	33	BHUBANESWAR
34	BHUJ	35	BIKANER	36	BILASPUR
37	BUNDI	38	CHANDIGARH	39	CHANDRAPUR
40	CHENNAI	41	CHITTORGARH	42	CHURU
43	COIMBATORE	44	CUTTACK	45	DEHRADUN
46	DELHI / NEW DELHI	47	DHANBAD	48	DHULE
49	DUNDLOD	50	DURG	51	DURGAPUR
52	ELURU	53	ERNAKULAM	54	ERODE
55	FARIDABAD	56	FATEHABAD	57	FIROZABAD
58	GANDHIDHAM	59	GANDHINAGAR	60	GHAZIABAD
61	GONDIA	62	GORAKHPUR	63	GUNTUR
64	GURGAON	65	GUWAHATI	66	GWALIOR
67	HALDWANI	68	HARIDWAR	69	HISAR
70	HUBLI	71	HYDERABAD	72	INDORE
73	JABALPUR	74	JAIPUR	75	JALANDHAR
76	JALGAON	77	JALNA	78	JAMMU
79	JAMNAGAR	80	JAMSHEDPUR	81	JHANSI
82	JHUNJHUNU	83	JODHPUR	84	JUNAGADH
85	KAITHAL	86	KAKINADA	87	KANNUR
88	KANPUR	89	KARIMNAGAR	90	KARNAL
91	KISHANGARH	92	KOLHAPUR	93	KOLKATA
94	KOLLAM	95	KOTA	96	KOTTAYAM
97	KOZHIKODE	98	KUMBAKONAM	99	KURNOOL
100	LATUR	101	LUCKNOW	102	LUDHIANA
103	MADURAI	104	MALAPPURAM	105	MANDSAUR
106	MANGALORE	107	MAPUSA(GOA)	108	MARGAO (GOA)
109	MATHURA	110	MEERUT	111	MORADABAD
112	MUMBAI	113	MUZAFFARNAGAR	114	MUZAFFARPUR
115	MYSORE	116	NAGPUR	117	NANDED
118	NASHIK	119	NAVIMUMBAI	120	NAVSARI
121	NEEMUCH	122	NELLORE	123	NIZAMABAD
124	NOIDA	125	ONGOLE	126	PALAKKAD
127	PALGHAR	128	PALIMARWAR	129	PANIPAT
130	PANVEL	131	PARBHANI	132	PATIALA
133	PATNA	134	PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD	135	PONDICHERRY
136	PUNE	137	RAIPUR	138	RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM
139	RAJKOT	140	RANCHI	141	RATLAM
142	RATNAGIRI	143	REWARI	144	ROHTAK
145	ROURKELA	146	SAHARANPUR	147	SALEM
148	SAMBALPUR	149	SANGLI	150	SANGRUR
151	SATARA	152	SATNA	153	SHIMLA
154	SHIMOGA	155	SIKAR	156	SILIGURI
157	SIROHI	158	SIRSA	159	SIVAKASI
160	SOLAPUR	161	SONEPAT	162	SRI GANGANAGAR
163	SRINAGAR	164	SURAT	165	SURENDRANAGAR
166	THANE	167	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM	168	THRISSUR
169	TINSUKIA	170	TIRUCHIRAPALLI	171	TIRUNELVELI
172	TIRUPATI	173	TIRUPUR	174	TUTICORIN
175	UDAIPUR	176	UDUPI	177	UJJAIN
178	VADODARA	179	VAPI	180	VARANASI
181	VASAI	182	VELLORE	183	VIJAYAWADA
184	VISAKHAPATNAM	185	WARANGAL	186	YAMUNANAGAR
187	YAVATMAL

PLACES OF EXAMINATION CENTRES OVERSEAS:

1. ABU DHABI
2. DOHA
3. DUBAI
4. KATHMANDU
5. MUSCAT

CA CPT 2017 EXAM SYLLABUS

PAPER -1: FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING
1	Theoretical Framework
2	Accounting Process
3	Bank Reconciliation Statement
4	Inventories
5	Depreciation Accounting
6	Preparation of Final Accounts for Sole Proprietors
7	Accounting for Special Transactions
8	Partnership Accounts
9	Introduction to Company Accounts

PAPER-2: MERCANTILE LAWS
1	The Indian Contract Act, 1872
2	The Sale of Goods Act, 1930
3	The Indian Partnership Act, 1932

PAPER-3: GENERAL ECONOMICS
1	Introduction to Micro Economics
2	Theory of Demand and Supply
3	Theory of Production and Cost
4	Price Determination in Different Market
5	Indian Economy - A Profile
6	Select Aspects of Indian Economy
7	Economic Reforms in India
8	Money and Banking

PAPER 4: QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
1	Ratio and Proportion, Indices, Logarithms
2	Equations
3	Inequalities
4	Simple and Compound interest including Annuity - Applications
5	Basic Concepts of Permutations and Combinations
6	Sequence and Series - Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions
7	Sets, Functions and Relations
8	Limits and Continuity - Intuitive Approach
9	Basic concepts of Differential and Integral Calculus (excluding trigonometric functions)
10	Statistical description of data
11	Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
12	Correlation and Regression
13	Probability and Expected Value by Mathematical Expectation
14	Theoretical Distributions
15	Sampling Theory
16	Index Numbers