Common Proficiency Test (CA CPT) 2012 2013, Chartered Accountancy Entrance Test Guide and FAQ

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What is the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) ?

It is an entry level test for Chartered Accountancy Course. It is a test of four subjects i.e. Accounting, Mercantile Laws, General Economics and Quantitative Aptitude. This test is of 200 marks. This test is divided into two sessions of two hours each

• A Simplified Entry to the Chartered Accountancy Course
• CPT will replace existing Professional Education (Course-I) which requires 10-month study period followed by an exhaustive theoretical examination.
• CPT is an objective type test to be held every February, May, August and November. This will reduce long waiting for entry to the chartered accountancy education and training.

Common Proficiency Test will be an objective type multiple choice based examination. Candidates will be allowed to opt for Hindi medium Question Paper Booklet for answering the questions. Detailed information will be found given in the Information brochure.

Common Proficiency Test (CPT) is open only to those students who are already registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the said course and fulfill the requisite eligibility conditions.

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What is the fees for registration? How to register for CPT? Should there be any study package? What is the eligibility for appearing in the examination? How to make application for appearing in the examination? What is qualifying marks?
What is the next step after passing CPT? What is the transition scheme for existing students of Professional Education (Course-I)? Can they join CPT?

Common Proficiency Test 2012 (Paper-Pencil Mode)

No.13-CA (Exam)/CPT/June/2012: In pursuance of Regulation 22 of the Chartered Accountants
Regulations, 1988, the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is pleased to notify that the Common Proficiency Test (Paper- Pencil Mode) will be held on 17th June, 2012, Sunday in two sessions as below, at the following centres provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each centre

First session (morning session) 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (IST)

Section A-Fundamentals of Accounting

Section B-Mercantile Laws

Second session (afternoon session) 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. (IST)

Section C-General Economics

Section D-Quantitative Aptitude

Examination centres (in India)

Agra, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Ajmer, Akola, Alappuzha, Aligarh, Allahabad, Alwar, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Anand, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bathinda, Beawar, Belgaum, Bellary, Berhampore, Bhagalpur, Bharauch, Bhavnagar, Bhilwara, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bhuj, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi/New Delhi, Dhanbad, Dundlod, Durg, Ernakulam, Erode, Faridabad, Gandhidham, Ghaziabad, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hisar, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalgaon, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kishangarh, Kollam, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kumbakonam, Latur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Mumbai, Muzaffarnagar, Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Nellore, Noida, Palghat, Pali Marwar, Panipat, Panvel, Patna, Patiala, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajamahendravaram, Rajkot, Ranchi, Ratlam, Rewari, Rohtak, Rourkela, Saharanpur, Salem, Sambalpur, Sangli, Satara, Shimla, Sikar, Siliguri, Sirsa, Solapur, Sonepat, Sri Ganganagar, Surat, Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tinsukia, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupati, Tirupur, Tuticorin, Udaipur, Udupi, Ujjain, Vadodara, Vapi, Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Yamuna Nagar

Overseas centres: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain, Doha, Kathmandu

The council reserves the right to withdraw any centre at any stage without assigning any reason

Applications for admission to Common Proficiency Test is 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-110002 on payment of Rs 1000/- (Rs 500/- towards examination fee and Rs 500/- towards cost of application form and Information brochure) per application form

The fee for candidates opting for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha and Bahrain centres will be US $160 (US $ 150 towards examination fee and US $ 10 towards cost of application form and information brochure) or its equivalent Indian Currency

The fee for the candidates opting for Kathmandu centre are required to remit INR 1350/-(INR 850/- towards examination fee and INR 500/- towards the cost of application form and information brochure) or its equivalent foreign currency

Since the cost of information brochure containing 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

The information brochure containing Common Proficiency Test application form will also be available in the regional and branch offices of the Institute and can be obtained there from on cash payment on or from 04th April, 2012

Common Proficiency Test application forms duly filled in may be sent so as to reach the Additional
Secretary (Examinations) at New Delhi not later than 25th April, 2012

Applications received after 25th April, 2012 shall not be entertained under any circumstances applications duly filled in will be received by hand delivery at the offices of Institute at New Delhi and at the Decentralised Offices of the Institute at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune upto 25th April, 2012

Candidates residing in these cities are advised to take advantage of this facility

It may be noted that there is no provision for acceptance of application forms after 25th April, 2012 with late fee

The candidates who fill up the examination application form online at http://icaiexam.icai.org from
04th April, 2012 (10.00 hrs) to 25th April, 2012 (17.30 hrs) 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

Common Proficiency Test (CPT) is open only to those students who are already registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the said course on or before 04th April, 2012 and fulfill the requisite eligibility conditions

Question Paper Booklet Language: Common Proficiency Test will be an objective type multiple choice questions based examination

Candidates will be allowed to opt for Hindi medium question paper booklet for answering the questions

Detailed information will be found given in the information brochure

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(Set up under an Act of Parliament)
Post Box No-7112, ICAI Bhawan, Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi-110002

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