ICAI Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test (CA CPT)

CommonProficiency Test CPT Exam for the year June2009, conducted in two modes:

• Paper Pencil Mode ofExamination - 28th June,2009

• Online Registration Mode ofExamination - 28th and 29th March, 2009and 25th and 26th April, 2009 and23rd and 24th May,2009

I. Common Proficiency Test(Paper- Pencil Mode):

1. The Common Proficiency Test(CPT) Paper-Pencil mode Examination will be held on 28thJune, 2009 in accordance with the revised scheme ofeducation, training and examination of the Chartered AccountancyCourse.

II. Common Proficiency Test (OnlineCPT):

Apartfrom the above, it is also hereby notified that theCouncil of theInstitute has decided to hold the Common Proficiency Test(CPT) Onlinefor the candidates who would be willing to take the TestOnline.

The Online CPT will be conducted on 28th and29th March, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai,Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur andPune Only, on 25th and 26th April, 2009atAhmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata,Mumbai,Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pune Vadodara, Chandigarh,Coimbatore,Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Raipur, Surat,Thiruvananthapuram,Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only, and on 23rd and24th May, 2009 atAhmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi,Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai,Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur , Pune , Vadodara,Chandigarh, Coimbatore,Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Raipur,Surat, Thiruvananthapuram,Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only.

Candidates intending to appearin Online CPT fromthe above cities will be required to fill upexamination form Online athttp://icaiexam.icai.org and option onceexercised shall be treated asfinal and no change to Paper-Pencil modeTest will be allowed at alater stage under anycircumstances.

The candidates intending to take the CPT Online Testshallbe required to fill in the Online examination application formwithrequisite fees and the facility for Online filling up ofexaminationform would be made available as indicated below :-

Date ofExamination	28th-29th March,2009	25th-26thApril, 2009	23rd-24th May,2009
Eligibility (registeredin CPT Course or before)	1st January, 2009	1st February,2009	1st March,2009
Commencement of onlineRegistration	20thFebruary, 2009 (From 10 :00hrs)	13th March,2009 (From 10 :00 hrs)	9th April, 2009 (From 10 :00hrs)
LastDate	12th March,2009 (upto 17:30 hrs)	3rd April, 2009 (upto 17:30hrs)	29th April,2009 (upto 17:30hrs)

* Or till the seats arefull.

In case the number ofcandidates opting for takingCPT Online in a particular city is morethan the availability of seatsfor Online Test in that particular city,such excess candidates shallbe allowed to appear Only in thePaper-Pencil mode Test to be held on28th June, 2009 from one of thecentres in the respective city optedfor by such candidates.

Itis also notified that due to the availability oflimited number of seatsfor online CPT, a candidate shall have to optfor either one of theonline CPT to be held in March/ April/ May, 2009or Paper- Pencil ModeTest to be held in June, 2009 depending on theconduct of Online CPT inthe said city opted and/or availability ofseats in the centreetc.

The decision of the Institute to admit a candidateto eitherOnline Test in March/ April/ May 2009 or Paper-Pencil ModeTest inJune-2009 is final and no correspondence for change of Test /Centreetc. will be entertained under any circumstances. The medium ofTest forOnline CPT would be Englishonly.

Eligibility requirements to appear in CA CPTDecember, 2009.

(a) A candidate shall beeligible to appear in Common Proficiency Test to be held on 14thDecember 2009, if he has:

(i)Either passed the SeniorSecondary Examination (10+2 examination) orits equivalent or must haveappeared in the Senior SecondaryExamination (10+2 examination) or itsequivalent of a recognizedInstitution, and

(ii) Registered for CPT Coursewith Board of Studies of ICAI on or before 6th October2009.

(b)A candidate who is already registered for ProfessionalEducation-ICourse with Board of Studies of ICAI and switched over toCPT course onor before 6th October 2009 will also be eligible to appearin DecemberCPT.

Requirement forPassing the Common ProficiencyTest

Acandidate shall ordinarily bedeclared to have passed the CommonProficiency Test if he obtains at onesitting a minimum of 50 percentmarks in the aggregate of all the foursubjects/sections comprised inCPT (Examination), subject to theprinciple of negative marking.

It is clarified that there isno requirement of securing minimum passing marks in a subject/sectionof CPT examination.

Therewill be negative markingfor each wrong answer. 1/4 (One Fourth) markwill be deducted for eachwrong answer. Please note that multipledarkened circles for a questionwill also be treated as wrong answer.

Anyfraction of mark inaggregate will be rounded off to the next fullmark. It is clarifiedthat there is no provision for improvement ofresult CPT examination inthe Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.

Therefore,such studentswho have once passed the CPT examination are not eligibletoapply/appear afresh/again in the CPTexamination.

Application Form for CPT Entrance Exam2009

Applicationsfor admission toCommon Proficiency Test is required to be made on therelevantprescribed form as contained in the Information Brochure,which may beobtained from the,

Additional Secretary (Examinations),
TheInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India,
ICAI Bhawan,
Indraprastha Marg,
New Delhi - 110002.

Onpayment of Rs. 600/- (Rs.500/- towards examination feeand Rs. 100/-towards cost of application form and Information brochure)perapplication form.

The fee for candidates optingfor Abu Dhabi, Duabiand Bahrain centres will be US $160 (US $ 150towards examination feeand US $ 10 towards cost of application form andinformation brochure)or its equivalent IndianCurrency.

Thefee for the candidates opting for Kathmandu (Nepal)centre are requiredto remit INR.950/- (INR 850/- towards examinationfee and INR 100/-towards the cost of application form and informationbrochure) or itsequivalent foreign Currency.

Since thecost ofInformation brochure containing Common Proficiency Testapplication formincludes the examination fee, no separate fee isrequired to be remittedat the time of submitting the filled inapplicationform.

The Informationbrochure containing Common Proficiency Testapplication form will alsobe available in the Regional and BranchOffices of the Institute andcan be obtained there from on cash paymenton or from 6th April,2009.

CommonProficiency Testapplication forms duly filled in may be sent so as toreach theAdditional Secretary (Examinations) at New Delhi not laterthan27th April, 2009.

Applications receivedafter 27th April, 2009shall not beentertained under any circumstances. Applications dulyfilled in will bereceived by hand delivery at the offices of Instituteat New Delhi andat the Decentralised Offices of the Institute atMumbai, Chennai,Kolkata, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad,Jaipur and Pune upto27th April, 2009.

Candidatesresiding inthese cities are advised to take advantage of thisfacility. It may benoted that there is no provision for acceptance ofapplication formsafter 27th April, 2009 with latefee.

Alternatively the candidate may fill up the examinationapplication form online at http://icaiexam.icai.org from 6thApril, 2009 (10:00 hrs) to 27th April,2009 ( 17:30hrs) and remit the fee online by usingcredit card, either VISA or Master Card.

CommonProficiency Test (CPT) isopen only to those students who are alreadyregistered with theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India for thesaid course on orbefore 1st April, 2009 and fulfill therequisite eligibility conditions.

Question Paper BookletLanguage:

CommonProficiency Test will bean objective type multiple choice questionsbased examination.Candidates will be allowed to opt for Hindi mediumQuestion PaperBooklet for answering the questions. Detailedinformation will be foundgiven in the Information brochure.