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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

1AGRA2AHMEDABAD3AHMEDNAGR
4AJMER5AKOLA6ALAPPUZHA
7ALIGARH8ALLAHABAD9ALWAR
10AMBALA11AMRAVATI12AMRITSAR
13ANAND14ANANTAPUR15ASANSOL
16AURANGABAD17BADLAPUR18BANSWARA
19BAREILLY20BATHINDA21BEAWAR
22BELGAUM23BELLARY24BENGALURU
25BERHAMPORE26BHAGALPUR27BHARATPUR
28BHARUCH29BHAVNAGAR30BHILWARA
31BHIWANI32BHOPAL33BHUBANESWAR
34BHUJ35BIKANER36BILASPUR
37BUNDI38CHANDIGARH39CHANDRAPUR
40CHENNAI41CHITTORGARH42CHURU
43COIMBATORE44CUTTACK45DEHRADUN
46DELHI / NEW DELHI47DHANBAD48DHULE
49DUNDLOD50DURG51DURGAPUR
52ELURU53ERNAKULAM54ERODE
55FARIDABAD56FATEHABAD57FIROZABAD
58GANDHIDHAM59GANDHINAGAR60GHAZIABAD
61GONDIA62GORAKHPUR63GUNTUR
64GURGAON65GUWAHATI66GWALIOR
67HALDWANI68HARIDWAR69HISAR
70HUBLI71HYDERABAD72INDORE
73JABALPUR74JAIPUR75JALANDHAR
76JALGAON77JALNA78JAMMU
79JAMNAGAR80JAMSHEDPUR81JHANSI
82JHUNJHUNU83JODHPUR84JUNAGADH
85KAITHAL86KAKINADA87KANNUR
88KANPUR89KARIMNAGAR90KARNAL
91KISHANGARH92KOLHAPUR93KOLKATA
94KOLLAM95KOTA96KOTTAYAM
97KOZHIKODE98KUMBAKONAM99KURNOOL
100LATUR101LUCKNOW102LUDHIANA
103MADURAI104MALAPPURAM105MANDSAUR
106MANGALORE107MAPUSA(GOA)108MARGAO (GOA)
109MATHURA110MEERUT111MORADABAD
112MUMBAI113MUZAFFARNAGAR114MUZAFFARPUR
115MYSORE116NAGPUR117NANDED
118NASHIK119NAVIMUMBAI120NAVSARI
121NEEMUCH122NELLORE123NIZAMABAD
124NOIDA125ONGOLE126PALAKKAD
127PALGHAR128PALIMARWAR129PANIPAT
130PANVEL131PARBHANI132PATIALA
133PATNA134PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD135PONDICHERRY
136PUNE137RAIPUR138RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM
139RAJKOT140RANCHI141RATLAM
142RATNAGIRI143REWARI144ROHTAK
145ROURKELA146SAHARANPUR147SALEM
148SAMBALPUR149SANGLI150SANGRUR
151SATARA152SATNA153SHIMLA
154SHIMOGA155SIKAR156SILIGURI
157SIROHI158SIRSA159SIVAKASI
160SOLAPUR161SONEPAT162SRI GANGANAGAR
163SRINAGAR164SURAT165SURENDRANAGAR
166THANE167THIRUVANANTHAPURAM168THRISSUR
169TINSUKIA170TIRUCHIRAPALLI171TIRUNELVELI
172TIRUPATI173TIRUPUR174TUTICORIN
175UDAIPUR176UDUPI177UJJAIN
178VADODARA179VAPI180VARANASI
181VASAI182VELLORE183VIJAYAWADA
184VISAKHAPATNAM185WARANGAL186YAMUNANAGAR
187YAVATMAL

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
1The Indian Contract Act, 1872
2The Sale of Goods Act, 1930
3The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
PAPER-3: GENERAL ECONOMICS
1Introduction to Micro Economics
2Theory of Demand and Supply
3Theory of Production and Cost
4Price Determination in Different Market
5Indian Economy - A Profile
6Select Aspects of Indian Economy
7Economic Reforms in India
8Money and Banking
PAPER 4: QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
1Ratio and Proportion, Indices, Logarithms
2Equations
3Inequalities
4Simple and Compound interest including Annuity - Applications
5Basic Concepts of Permutations and Combinations
6Sequence and Series - Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions
7Sets, Functions and Relations
8Limits and Continuity - Intuitive Approach
9Basic concepts of Differential and Integral Calculus (excluding trigonometric functions)
10Statistical description of data
11Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
12Correlation and Regression
13Probability and Expected Value by Mathematical Expectation
14Theoretical Distributions
15Sampling Theory
16Index Numbers
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