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CA CPT Exams Overview

Exam Type: National Level

Format: Offline/PBT

Language: English,Hindi

The Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) conducts Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test, commonly known as CA CPT Exam, which is a gateway to get into the profession of Chartered Accountancy (CA).

The exam is conducted twice a year, in the months of June and December.

Latest Updates:

CA CPT 2016 Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility to take CA CPT:

• You must have passed 10+2 examination or equivalent from a recognised institution.
• You must be registered for the Common Proficiency Test with the Board of Studies of the Indian Chartered Accountancy of India (ICAI).
• Even if you have already registered for the Professional Course, you are eligible for appearing in this test.

CA CPT 2016 Application Details

Visit the official website of ICAI and register as a new user.

Fill up the registration details and click on the “Register” button.

Once the registration will be done, fill up the personal information in the form and click on the “Save Details” button.

After the registration, click on the “Apply Now” button and fill up the education details.

After reviewing all the filled in the information, save the form and make payment of exam fee and save the exam confirmation page as PDF.

Send the saved PDF file to the ICAI office on the address mentioned below:

The Deputy Secretary (Exams.), Examination Department
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
'ICAI Bhawan', Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi – 110 002

Application fees detail

Category	Exam Fee
Online Candidates	Rs. 1000/- (Exam + Application Form)
Offline Candidates	Rs. 500/- (Exam Fee Only)

Exam Pattern

CA CPT Exam Pattern

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

CA CPT 2016 Exam Centres

Exam Centres
Ahmedabad	Akola	Amravati	Anand	Aurangabad
Bharuch	Bhavnagar	Bhuj	Dhule	Gandhidham
Jalgaon	Jamnagar	Kolhapur	Latur	Mapusa (Goa)
Margao (Goa)	Mumbai	Nagpur	Nanded	Nashik
Navi Mumbai	Navasari	Panvel	Pimpri-Chinchwad	Pune
Rajkot	Sangli	Satara	Solapur	Surat
Surendranagar	Thane	Vadodara	Vapi	Vasai
Alappuzha	Anantapur	Belgaum	Bellary	Bengaluru
Chennai	Coimbatore	Eluru	Ernakulam	Erode
Guntur	Hubli	Hyderabad	Kakinada	Kannur
Karim Nagar	Kollam (Quilon)	Kottayam	Kozhikode	Kumbakonam
Kurnool	Madurai	Malappuram	Mangalore	Mysore
Nellore	Ongole	Palakkad	Pondicherry	Rajamahendravaram
Salem	Shimoga	Sivakasi	Thiruvananthapuram	Thrissur
Tiruchirapalli	Tirunelveli	Tirupati	Tuticorin	Udupi
Vellore	Vijayawada	Visakhapatnam	Warangal	Asansol
Berhampore	Bhubaneswar	Cuttack	Durgapur	Guwahati
Kolkata	Rourkela	Sambalpur	Siliguri	Tinsukia
Agra	Ajmer	Aligarh	Allahabad	Alwar
Bareilly	Beawar	Bhagalpur	Bharatpur	Bhilwara
Bhopal	Bikaner	Bilaspur	Bundi	Chittorgarh
Churu	Dehradun	Dhanbad	Dundlod	Durg
Firozabad	Ghaziabad	Gorakhpur	Gwalior	Indore
Jabalpur	Jaipur	Jamshedpur	Jhansi	Jhunjhunu
Jodhpur	Kanpur	Kishangarh	Kota	Lucknow
Mathura	Meerut	Moradabad	Muzaffarnagar	Neemuch
Noida	Pali-Marwar	Patna	Raipur	Ranchi
Ratlam	Saharanpur	Satna	Sikar	Sirohi
Sri Ganganagar	Udaipur	Ujjain	Varanasi	Ambala
Amritsar	Bathinda	Bhiwani	Chandigarh	Delhi / New Delhi
Faridabad	Fatehabad	Gurgaon	Hisar	Jalandhar
Jammu	Kaithal	Karnal	Ludhiana	Panipat
Patiala	Rewari	Rohtak	Sangrur	Shimla
Sirsa	Sonepat	Srinagar (J&K)	Yamunanagar

CA CPT 2016 Exam Syllabus

The CPT (Common Proficiency Test) is an objective type examination of 4 hours duration divided into 2 sessions of 2 hours each. The total marks for the test are 200.

SESSION–I (Two Sections– Two hours –100 Marks)

Section A: Fundamentals of Accounting (60 Marks)

Section B: Mercantile Laws (40 Marks)

SESSION–II (Two Sections–Two hours–100 Marks)

Section C: General Economics (50 Marks) (buy Economics Class 12 CD)

Section D: Quantitative Aptitude (50 Marks)

There are multiple choice questions with negative marking for incorrect answers. To clear the CPT, a student has to obtain a total of 50% marks in all the papers together.

The admission requirements for the second level of the course i.e. PCC (Professional Competency Course) require that the student should have qualified in the CPT. This level is thus the entry level for all the students including graduates.

CA CPT 2016 Contact Details

The Deputy Secretary (Exams)

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

ICAI Bhawan, Indraprastha Marg

New Delhi 110 002

1800 419 2929, 0120-3054 851, 0120-3054 852

0120-3054 853, 0120-3054 854, 0120-3054 835

0120-4953 751, 0120-4953 752, 0120-4953 753

Email: cpt_exam@icai.in