Eligibility Criteria
1. Candidate should have completed their class 10th and 12th from a recognized board.
2. The last date for registration of CA CPT happens to a Bank holiday/Sunday/National Holiday/Gazetted Holiday then the next
working day will be last date for registration.
3. Students should have Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with at least 60% marks in any stream other than commerce.
4. Students must note that the examination department will announce the examination center in India notification and issue admit card.
CA CPT Exam Pattern 2021
1. CA CPT is a Pen and Paper based Test.
2. CA CPT mainly divided into four parts:
Part1:- Fundamental of Accounting and Mercantile Laws
Part2:- Mercantile Laws
Part3:- General Economics
Part4:- Quantitative Aptitude
3. This entrance test is objective type of 200 marks.
4. Time duration:- 4 Hours
5. Medium = English and Hindi
6. Negative Marking = 0.25
First Session of CA CPT
1. Section1-Fundamental of Accounting= 40Marks
2. Section2-Mercatile Laws= 60Marks
Second Session of CA CPT
1. Section3-General Economics= 50marks
2. Section4-Quantative Aptitude= 50Marks
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CA CPT Entrance exam Syllabus 2021
Section-A Fundamental Accounting
1. Inventories.
2.TheoreticalFramework
3. Bank Reconciliation Statement
4. Depreciation Accounting
5. Accounting for Special Transaction
6. Preparation for Final accounts for sole Proprietors
7. Introduction to Company Account
8. Partnership Accounts
Section-B Mercantile Laws
1. The Sales of Goods Act 1930
2. The Indian Contract Act 1872
3. The Indian Partnership Act 1932
Section-C General Economics
Indian Economy- A Profile
1. Nature of the Indian Economy
2. Role of Different Sectors- Agriculture, Industry, Services in the development of Indian economy, their problems and growth.
3. National Income of India:- Concept of National Income, Different Method of Measuring National Income, Growth of National Income,
Per Capita Income in various plans.
4. Basic Understanding of Tax System id India:- Direct and Indirect Taxation.
-Selects Aspects of Indian Economy:- Population, Unemployment, Poverty, Infrastructure, Inflation,
Budget and Fiscal deficit, Balance of Payment, External Debt.Economic Reforms in India, Money and Banking, Introduction to Micro Economics
Section D Quantitative Aptitude
Inequalities, Simple and Compound Interest, Equations, Basic Concepts of Permutations and Combination,
Sets, Functions, Relations, Ratio and Proportions, Indies, Logarithms, Sequence and Series- Arithmetic and Geometric progressions,
Limit and Continuity Intuitive Approach, Basic Concepts of Differential and Integral Calculus, Measurement of Central Tendency and Dispersion,
Statistical Description of data, Correlation and Regression, Theoretical Distribution, Probability, Sampling Theory, Index Number.
