Notification
dated 5th July, 2013
No.13-CA (EXAM)/CPT/December/2013: 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 will be held on Sunday, 15th December, 2013 in two
sessions as below.
[This Common
Proficiency Test will be conducted as per provisions of Regulation 25 D (3) of the
Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 and the syllabus as published in the
pages 291-293 of the Journal ‘The Chartered Accountant’ August 2006 issue and
pages 12-13 of Chartered Accountants Students’ Newsletter August 2006 issue.]
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First Session
(i.e. Morning
Session)
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10.30 AM to
12.30 PM (IST)
Section - A
Fundamentals of Accounting
Section - B
Mercantile Laws
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Second Session
(i.e.
Afternoon Session)
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2.00 PM to
4.00 PM (IST)
Section - C
General Economics
Section - D
Quantitative Aptitude
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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 7th October, 2013.
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 28th
October, 2013. Applications received after 28th October, 2013
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 28th
October, 2013. 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 28th October, 2013 with late fee.
The
candidates who fill up the examination application form online at http://icaiexam.icai.org from
7th October, 2013 (10.00 hrs) to 28th October, 2013 (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).
The
aforesaid Common Proficiency Test (CPT) is open only to students registered
with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the Common Proficiency
Course on or before 1st October, 2013 and fulfill the requisite
eligibility conditions.
QUESTION
PAPER BOOKLET LANGUAGE:
Common
Proficiency Test is 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.
