ICAI CA Foundation Exam 2021 (June ) Application Form, Eligibility, Exam Date, Syllabus, Admit Card

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the exam conducting authority has released the online notification of CA Foundation Exam 2021 (formerly known as CA Common Proficiency Test (CA CPT)) for June Session. ICAI will conduct CA Foundation Exam 2021 for June Session on 24th, 26th, 28th & 30th June 2021 in two sessions - morning from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, and afternoon session from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM.

ICAI CA Foundation Exam 2021 (June) Important Dates

Events

Dates

Notification Date

05 March 2021

Application Date Starts on

20th April to 04th June 2021

Last Date of Submission of Application Form is

04 June 2021

Exam Date CA CPT 2021

24th, 26th, 28th to 30th June 2021

Declaration of CA Foundation result

To be announced

Eligibility Criteria for ICAI CA Foundation Exam 2021

• A candidate has to fulfil the eligibility criteria of CA Foundation course in order to appear for CA Foundation 2021 Exam. The criteria is mentioned in the section below.

• Candidates must have passed class 12th examination from a recognized board to be eligible for CA Foundation 2021 Exam.

• Candidates must have registered for the CA Foundation course with the Board of Studies (Bos) before the last day of registration, or converted to Foundation Course with the Board of Studies of ICAI.

Exemption from Appearing in CPT

• Candidates who are graduate or postgraduate in Commerce having secured in aggregate a minimum of 55% of total marks or its equivalent grade in the exam conducted by any recognized University (including Open University) with certain subjects or;

• Graduates or Postgraduates other than those falling under the Commerce stream mentioned above having secured in aggregate a minimum of 60% of the total marks or its equivalent grade in the exam conducted by any recognized University (including Op

ICAI CA Foundation Exam 2021 Application Process

• The application form for CA Foundation June 2021 exam will be available online at icaiexam.icai.org from April 20, 2021.

• No offline application form will be released for the candidates. Online applications can be accessed by those who have successfully registered with BOS before the cut off date.

• In the examination form, candidates need to provide their basic information, select the test center, and pay the required amount of application fee.

Registration Fees

Test Center

Application Fee

For Indian Center

Rs. 1500

For Overseas Centre(s) - Excluding Kathmandu Centre

US$ 325

For Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre

INR 2200

Late fee charges for Centres in India and Kathmandu

Rs. 600

Late fee charges for Overseas Centres

US$ 10

Mode of Payment

Candidates need to pay the application fee by either of the following modes:

a)

Credit card

b)

Debit card

c)

Net banking

d)

BHIM UPI

e)

Rupay Card

Exam Pattern

Mode of the Exam

It is a pen-paper based test.

Duration

The exam is of 03 hours duration for Paper 1 & 2 and 02 hours duration for Paper 3 & 4.

Language

Candidates have the option to write answers in either English or Hindi language.

Total Marks

The exam is of a total of 400 marks.

Marking Scheme

There is no negative marking for incorrect answers marked in Paper 1 and 2. Whereas, for incorrect options marked in Paper 2 and 3, 1/3 marks are deducted.

Type of Questions

Paper 1 & 2 - Subjective/ Long Answer Questions
Paper 3 & 4 - Multiple Choice Questions

Medium of Exam

English or Hindi (Note that, Section B of Paper 2, i.e., Business Correspondence and Reporting will be conducted in English Medium only)

Mode of Exam

Offline

CA Foundation Papers

CA Foundation exam consists of four papers. The papers of the exam are listed below:

Papers

Sections

Paper 1

Principles And Practice Of Accounting (100 Marks)

Paper 2

Business Laws And Business Correspondence
a) Business Laws (60 Marks)
b) Business Correspondence And Reporting (40 Marks)

Paper 3

Business Mathematics, Logical Reasoning And Statistics
a) Business Mathematics (40 Marks)
b) Logical Reasoning(20 Marks)
c) Statistics (40 Marks)

Paper 4

Business Economics And Business & Commercial Knowledge
a) Business Economics (60 Marks)
b) Business and Commercial Knowledge (40 Marks)

Exam Timing of CA Foundation Exam 2021

The exam timing for CA Foundation Exam 2021 is as follows:

Name of the paper

Exam timings

Paper 1

02.00 PM to 05.00 PM

Paper 2

02.00 PM to 05.00 PM

Paper 3

02.00 PM to 04.00 PM

Paper 4

02.00 PM to 04.00 PM

Exam Centers

• ICAI Is going to conduct CA Foundation June 2021 exam in 207 test cities spread across India and at 05 (Five) overseas examination centres. Check the list of test cities from the table below.

Agra

Ahmedabad

Ahmednagar

Ajmer

Akola

Alappuzha

Aligarh

Allahabad

Alwar

Ambala

Amravati

Amritsar

Anand

Anantapur

Asansol

Aurangabad

Badlapur

Banswara

Bareilly

Bathinda

Beawar

Belgaum

Bellary

Bengaluru

Berhampore

Bhagalpur

Bharatpur

Bharuch

Bhavnagar

Bhilwara

Bhiwandi

Bhiwani

Bhopal

Bhubaneswar

Bhuj

Bikaner

Bilaspur

Bundi

Burhanpur

Chandigarh

Chandrapur

Chennai

Chhindwara

Chittorgarh

Churu

Coimbatore

Cuttack

Dehradun

Delhi

Dhanbad

Dhule

Durg

Durgapur

Eluru

Ernakulam

Erode

Faridabad

Fatehabad

Firozabad

Gandhidham

Gandhinagar

Ghaziabad

Gondia

Gorakhpur

Guntur

Gurgaon

Guwahati

Gwalior

Haldwani

Haridwar

HIsar

Hubli

Hyderabad

Ichalkaranji

Indore

Jabalpur

Jaipur

Jalandhar

Jalgaon

Jalna

Jammu

Jamnagar

Jamshedpur

Jhansi

Jhunjhunu

Jodhpur

Junagadh

Kaithal

Kakinada

Kannur

Kanpur

Karimnagar

Karnal

Kishangarh

Kolhapur

Kolkata

Kollam

Kota

Kottayam

Kozhikode

Kumbakonam

Kurnool

Latur

Lucknow

Ludhiana

Madurai

Malappuram

Mandsaur

Mangalore

Mapusa (Goa)

Margao (Goa)

Mathura

Meerut

Moradabad

Mumbai

Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarpur

Mysore

Nagpur

Nanded

Nashik

Navi Mumbai

Navsari

Neemuch

Nellore

Nizamabad

Noida

Ongole

Palakkad

Palghar

Parbhani

Pali Marwar

Panipat

Panvel

Patiala

Patna

Pune

Pimprl Chinchwad

Pondicherry

Raipur

Rajamahendravaram

Rajkot

Ranchi

Ratlam

Ratnagiri

Rewa

Rewari

Rohtal

Rourkela

Saharanpur

Salem

Sambalpur

Sangil

Sangrur

Satara

Satna

Shimla

Shimoga

Sikar

Siliguri

Sirohi

Sirsa

Sivakasi

Solapur

Sonepat

Sri Ganganagar

Srinagar

Surat

Surendranagar

Thane

Thiruvananthapuram

Thrissur

Tinsukia

Tiruchirapalli

Tirunelveli

Tirupati

Tirupur

Tuticorin

Udaipur

Udupi

Ujjain

Vadodara

Vapu

Varanasi

Vasai

Vellore

Vijayawada

Visakhapatnam

Warangal

Yamuna Nagar

Yavatmal

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Overseas Exam Center

Abu Dhabi

Doha

Dubai

Kathmandu

Muscat

CA Foundation 2021 Syllabus

• CA Foundation 2021 consists of 4 Papers.

Paper - 1

Principles & Practice of Accounting

a)

Theoretical Framework

b)

Accounting Process

c)

Bank Reconciliation Statement

d)

Inventories

e)

Introduction to Company Accounts

Paper - 2

Business Laws & Business Correspondence & Reporting

a)

Communication

b)

Sentence Types and Word Power

c)

Vocabulary Root Words, Synonyms, Antonyms, Prefixes, Suffixes), Phrasal verbs Collocations and Idioms

Paper -3

Business Mathematics, Logical Reasoning & Statistics

a)

Business Mathematics

b)

Time value of Money

c)

Logical Reasoning

d)

Statistics

e)

Theoretical Distributions

Paper - 4

Business Economics & Business & Commercial Knowledge Business Economics

a)

Introduction to Business Economics

b)

Business and Commercial Knowledge

c)

Government Policies for Business Growth

d)

Common Business Terminologies

CA Foundation Exam 2021 Admit Card

a)

CA Foundation 2021 admit card shall be available for download online at icaiexam.icai.org or through the direct link on this page. To download admit cards, candidates require their login id and password.

b)

Along with the print out of the CA Foundation Admit Card, you will also have to carry a valid ID proof on the day of the test

c)

No candidates shall be allowed to appear for the exam, if not carrying CA Foundation Admit Card 2021.

Result

a)

The CA Foundation 2021 result shall be announced in online mode only. Candidates will have to enter their roll number and registration number or PIN for downloading the CA Foundation 2021 result.

b)

Candidates will also get the option to check their CA Foundation result via SMS and mail. The CA Foundation 2021 result will contain the candidate’s paper-wise and overall score, and the passing status.

c)

CA Foundation 2021 result is declared, the ICAI shall also publish the Merit list. The candidates can check the merit list of the top 50th ranks of candidates through online mode only.