CA CPT
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Updated On: 01 FEB 2018 11:34 PM
CA CPT 2018 - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) conducts Chartered Accountant - Common Proficiency Test (CA CPT) for candidates who wish to pursue a career in Chartered Accountancy. CA CPT 2018 exam for June month will be held on June 17, 2018. Only those candidates who are registered with ICAI for Common Proficiency Course (CPC) of Chartered Accountancy will be eligible to give CA CPT Exam to be held in the month of June 2018. The application form of CA CPT 2018 exam will be open from April 4 to April 26, 2018 (without late fee) and till May 3, 2018 (with late fee of INR 600/-).
LATEST - CA CPT June 2018 Notification has been released by ICAI.
CA CPT is an entry-level qualification test held twice a year- once in June and once in December. Candidates who will qualify CPT exam will be enrolled to IPCC (Intermediate Professional Competence Course) which would train them for next level of Chartered Accountancy course. Candidates can here complete details about CA CPT 2018 examination including important dates of exam, how to fill the application form, admit card, exam pattern, declaration of result, etc.
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Key features of CA Common Proficiency Test 2018
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CA CPT 2018: Overview
Exam Name - Chartered Accountants Common Proficiency Test
Exam Type - National Level
Conducting Body - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Exam Mode - Offline mode
Exam Level - Entry level national examination
Number of Exam Cities - 196 in India and 5 in Overseas
Medium of Exam - English / Hindi
Sections - Four (Fundamentals of Accounting, Mercantile Laws and General Economies, Quantitative Aptitude |
ICAI will conduct CA CPT 2018 for June session on June 17, 2018 (Sunday). Candidates who wish to appear for entry-level examination CA CPT 2018 can check below events of CA CPT June 2018 in table below –
Important Dates related to CA CPT June 2018 Session
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Events of CA CPT |
Important Dates |
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Online Application Form of CA CPT 2018 begins |
April 4, 2018 |
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Last date of filling CA CPT application form 2018 and making the payment (without late fee) |
April 26, 2018 |
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Last date of filling CA CPT application form 2018 and making the payment (with late fee) |
May 3, 2018 |
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Date of CA CPT Examination |
June 17, 2018 |
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Application Correction Window I (without fee) |
Third week of May 2018 (for one week) |
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Application Correction Window II (with fee) |
Fourth week of May 2018 |
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Admit Card |
First week of June 2018 |
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Result declaration |
By July 17, 2018 |
CA CPT Eligibility Criteria 2018
Candidates who plan to appear for CA CPT 2018 in June 2018, they should have already registered with ICAI in CPC course. Only registered candidates are eligible to apply for CA CPT 2018 June session examination. Following are the eligibility criteria of CA CPT 2018.
- Candidates must have passed their 10th and 12th level qualifying examination from a recognized board of education or equivalent examination,
- Candidates must have registered with ICAI for CPC course.
- Candidates who have completed bachelor or masters degree in commerce with at least 55% marks are exempted from appearing in CA CPT 2018,
- Candidates holding bachelor or masters degree in stream other than commerce must have obtained at least 60% marks in aggregate of all subjects,
- Candidates holding UG/PG degree from Open University are also exempted from appearing in the entry level test.
ICAI will commence application form of CA CPT 2018 from April 4, 2018, 10:00 am in online mode. Interested candidates will be able to apply for the exam till April 26, 2018 (without any late fee) and till May 3, 2018 (without a late fee of INR 600/-). ICAI will most likely open the application correction window to enable candidates to make changes to exam centres and medium of paper. The application fee of CA CPT 2018 is different for different exam centres. The application fee for CA CPT 2018 application form can be remitted online using (VISA/Master) Debit Card or Credit Card. The application fee for CA CPT exam for June 2018 session is as mentioned below -
CA CPT Application Fee 2018
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Category |
CPT Application fee |
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For Exam Centres in India only |
INR 1,000/- |
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For Exam Centres in Kathmandu (Nepal) |
INR 1,700/- |
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For Exam Centres in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai and Muscat |
$ 300 |
Candidates who will register and apply for CA CPT June 2018 examination will be issued admit card of CA CPT 2018 in online mode. The admit card of CA CPT 2018 will be released in the first week of June 2018 tentatively. Candidates will be able to obtain their CA CPT admit card 2018 by logging in their accounts through their registered id and password. CA CPT 2018 admit card will mention candidature details of the candidate including name, roll number, photograph and signature, exam centre, etc. It will also contain other important instructions for candidates. Candidates will be required to take a printout of CA CPT admit card 2018 and will be required to carry it with them to their allotted exam centre. In case of any discrepancy regarding admit card, candidates should contact ICAI Helpline desk.
CA CPT 2018 will be conducted on June 17, 2018, in two shifts i.e. first session From 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and the second session from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Exams for two subjects will be conducted in the first session and exam for other two subjects will be conducted in the second session after a break. CA CPT Exam comprises objective type questions of 200 marks. Candidates must note that there is a negative marking of 0.25 or one-fourth for every wrong answer. Four subjects whose test will be taken in two sessions of CA CPT exam are mentioned in table below -
CA CPT 2018 Exam Pattern
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CA CPT Exam |
Details |
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Exam Mode |
Pencil Paper |
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Test Medium |
English or Hindi |
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Shift |
Sections |
Marks |
Timings |
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First session of CA CPT |
Sec A - Fundamentals of Accounting |
40 |
10:30 am - 12:30 pm (two hours) |
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Sec B - Mercantile Laws |
60 |
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Second session of CA CPT |
Sec C - General Economics |
50 |
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (two hours) |
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Sec D - Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
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Total |
4 sections |
200 |
4 hours |
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ICAI will conduct CA CPT 2018 in as many as 201 Exam Centres across 196 test cities in India and five test cities abroad. Candidates could select exam centre of their choice for appearing in CA CPT 2018. Candidates could also change their choice of exam centre for CA CPT 2018June examination when the application correction window becomes available. The list of Exam Centres for CA CPT has been released by ICAI along with the official notification. Scroll down to check major test cities of CA CPT 2018 -
CA CPT 2018 Test Cities
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S.No. |
Exam City |
S.No. |
Exam City |
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1 |
Ahmedabad |
99 |
Durgapur |
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2 |
Ahmednagar |
100 |
Guwahati |
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3 |
Akola |
101 |
Kolkata |
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4 |
Amravati |
102 |
Rourkela |
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5 |
Anand |
103 |
Sambalpur |
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6 |
Aurangabad |
104 |
Siliguri |
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7 |
Badlapur |
105 |
Tinsukia |
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8 |
Bharuch |
106 |
Agra |
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9 |
Bhavnagar |
107 |
Ajmer |
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10 |
Bhiwandi |
108 |
Aligarh |
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11 |
Bhuj |
109 |
Allahabad |
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12 |
Chandrapur |
110 |
Alwar |
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13 |
Dhule |
111 |
Banswara |
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14 |
Gandhidham |
112 |
Bareilly |
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15 |
Gandhinagar |
113 |
Beawar |
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16 |
Gondia |
114 |
Bhagalpur |
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17 |
Ichalkaranji |
115 |
Bharatpur |
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18 |
Jalgaon |
116 |
Bhilwara |
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19 |
Jalna |
117 |
Bhopal |
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20 |
Jamnagar |
118 |
Bikaner |
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21 |
Junagadh |
119 |
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