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2. What is CPT Exam
• The Common Proficiency Test (CPT) is the first
level of Chartered Accountancy examinations
in India or in other words, CPT is a first step
towards becoming a Chartered Accountant.
The exam is conducted by the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) twice a
year in the months of June and December.
• The CPT Exam will be held in 147 cities spread
across India, as well as at 4 other overseas
places as follows: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain,
Doha and Kathmandu.

3. CPT Examination Important
Dates
• Information Brochure and Hard copy of Application form can
be collected from 4 April, 2014 till 25 April, 2014 from ICAI
Bhawan, Delhi
• Last Date to Apply: 24 April, 2014
• Exam Date: CA CPT for June 2014 will be held on 22 June,
2014 (Sunday).
• Examination Schedule:
• Session- I is to be held in Morning from 10.30 AM to 12.30 PM
• Section - Fundamentals of Accounting
Section - B Mercantile Laws
• Session - II is to be held in Afternoon from 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM
• Section - C General Economics
Section - D Quantitative Aptitude

4. CPT Exam Pattern
• CPT is an objective type test with having
0.25 negative marking criterions for every
wrong answer.
• The Maximum Marks that CPT holds is 200
marks.
• The test contains two sessions, each of 2
hours duration.
• The break of one and half hour between
the two test sessions is provided.

5. CPT Applying Mode:
• Offline mode will charge Rs. 500 extra as
cost of application form
• Online mode at http://icaiexam.icai.org will
not charge any extra cost of application
form
• Examination fee to be charged extra from
both candidates, weather applying
through Online or Offline mode.

6. Eligibility for Appearing in CPT
Exam:
• A student who is registered for Common
Proficiency Test can appear in the CPT Exam,
after s/he has appeared in Senior Secondary
Examination (10+2 examination) conducted by
a recognized examining body.
• Note: The Candidates are permitted to opt the
Hindi medium Question Paper Booklet for
answering the questions in OMR Sheet.
• To know the detailed information related to
CPT examination read the Brochure.
• To get qualify in CPT exam, the candidate must
obtain a minimum of 30% marks in each
subject.

7. CPT Exam Syllabus:
• The CPT exam tests the Candidate’s
knowledge in four subjects i.e., Accounting,
Mercantile Laws, General Economics and
Quantitative Aptitude.
• Session I (100 Marks) – 2 Hours
• Section A: Fundamentals of Accounting - 60
Marks
• Section B: Mercantile Laws - 40 Marks
• Session II (100 Marks) – 2 Hours
• Section C: General Economics - 50 Marks
• Section D: Quantitative Aptitude – 50 Marks

8. Expert Tips to crack CPT 2014
• The CPT exam requires you to qualify the exam by
securing minimum 30 % in each session/subject hence do
not get anxious or nervous about attaining a high rank in
CPT, as that will not be counted.
• The candidate must maintain least marks to be qualified
for further CA exams which are to score Minimum
of 50% marks in the aggregate of all the sections/subjects.
• Be cautious if you find a particular question to be veryvery easy, since a trick might be behind that question to
trap the inattentive candidate.
• Read National dailies, General Knowledge affairs related
to Indian economy, Law & Business news etc to help you
score more marks.
• Do not skip Theory part in Accounts subjects.
• You can score full in Mercantile law related questions, as
there are only 3 laws in the syllabus. Make sure to cram all
the 3 by Practicing, writing the Mercantile laws point-wise
to test your understanding.
• Choose best cpt exam books and definitely solve
previous year’s exam papers to get an idea of the CPT
paper and to test your strength and weakness along side.

9. Expert Tips to crack CPT 2014
• Any serious student would know that learning basics
and understanding fundamentals must be the
Priority, followed by practicing all sections to retain
the learnt information. If the foundation is strong, the
further problems would seem easy to be solved.
• The second focus must be on practicing as much as
possible, which will lead the candidate to not only
gain confidence but will also help to attempt
answers correctly in a stipulated time-frame during
the examination.
• It is always advised to leave a few chapters which
require a lot of understanding time and the students
are weak at. It is rather better to be proficient in
those chapters which you are confident at doing.
This trick will fetch more marks than wasting time on
the chapters you do not have a strong hand at.

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