CA CPT June 2018: Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test

Chartered Accountant - Common Proficiency Test (CA CPT) is an entry-level qualification test conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for candidates who wish to pursue a career in Chartered Accountancy. The test is held twice a year- in June and in December.

However, it has been notified that CA CPT exam will not be held after June 2019 session. CA CPT 2019 June session will be the last session of CPT exam. This is in lieu of the introduction of new CA entry level exam, i.e. CA Foundation 2018, under revised scheme. After June 2019, CA Foundation will become the sole CA entry-level qualification examination. Until this period, both CA CPT and CA Foundation examinations will be conducted by ICAI.

CA CPT 2018 June session under the old scheme will be held on June 17, 2018. Candidates who are registered with ICAI for Common Proficiency Course (CPC) of Chartered Accountancy will only be eligible to appear for CA CPT exam to be held in June 2018.

CA CPT June 2018 Admission Dates

  • Start of Online Application process: April 4, 2018
  • Last date for filling of CA CPT Application form 2018 and payment of fees (without late fee): April 26, 2018
  • Last date of filling CA CPT Application form 2018 and payment of fees (with a late fee of Rs. 600): May 3, 2018
  • Application Correction Window I (without fee): Tentatively 1st week of May 2018 (for one week)
  • Application Correction Window II (with fee): Tentatively 4th week of May 2018
  • Issue of Admit Cards: Tentatively 1st week of June 2018*
  • CA CPT Examination Date: June 17, 2018
  • Declaration of Result: Tentatively by July 17, 2018

CA CPT June 2018 Eligibility Criteria

  1. Candidates should have successfully complete their class 10 and class 12 board exam or other equivalent examination from a recognized board or institution.

  2. Candidates are required to be registered with ICAI for CPC course before June 30, 2017, to be eligible for appearing in CA CPT June 2018 exam.

  3. Candidates who have successfully completed their bachelor or master’s degree in commerce, scoring a minimum of 55% marks are exempted from appearing in CA CPT 2018.

  4. Candidates who have completed their bachelor or master’s degree in a stream other than commerce should score a minimum of 60% aggregate marks in all subjects to be exempted from appearing in the entry level test.

CA CPT June 2018 Application Form

Candidates are required to apply online for CA CPT 2018 by visiting the official website http://icaiexam.icai.org
  1. Fill in the application form with appropriate details like Name, Date of Birth, Email, Mobile Number, Aadhar Number and Set a password.
  2. Login to the registration portal by using user name and password and fill in all the necessary details.
  3. Candidates are required to upload the scanned copies of the required documents
  4. Pay the application fees using Debit Card or Credit Card.
  5. Save and get a print out of the application form
  6. Send the application to ICAI or submit online

CA CPT June 2018 Application Fees

  1. For exam centres in India only: INR 1,000/-
  2. For exam centres in Kathmandu (Nepal): INR 1,700/-
  3. For exam centres in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai and Muscat: US$ 300
  4. Late Fee: Rs. 600
The payment can be made online using Debit Card or Credit Card.

CA CPT June 2018 Exam Pattern

Exam Mode: Pencil Paper based
Medium: English or Hindi
Total Duration: 4 hours
Total Marks: 200 (0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer).

CA CPT 2018 will be conducted on June 17, 2018 in two shifts -
Morning: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Evening: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

CA CPT 2018 Syllabus

CPT under the New Scheme, will be replaced with the Foundation Exam for CA. They syllabus will be a mixture of both subjective and  objective examination pattern.

Find below the new CA CPT 2018 syllabus:
  • Paper 1: Principles and Practices of Accounting (100 Marks)

  • Paper 2: Mercantile Law & General English (100 Marks)
    Part I: Mercantile Law (60 Marks)
    Part II: General English (40 Marks)

  • Paper 3: Business Mathematics and Logical Reasoning & Statistics (100 Marks)
    Part I: Business Mathematics and Logical Reasoning (60 Marks)
    Part II: Statistics (40 Marks)

  • Paper 4: Business Economics & Business and Commercial Knowledge (100 Marks)
    Part I: Business Economics (60 Marks)
    Part II: Business and Commercial Knowledge (40 Marks)
P.S.: Paper 3 and Paper 4 will be of Objective type

CA CPT June 2018 Exam Centres

The CA CPT 2018 will be held across all major cities and towns in India and over few centres abroad. Candidates are required to select an exam centre of their choice for appearing in CA CPT 2018. However, they also have the facility to change their choice of exam centre for CA CPT 2018 June examination when the application correction window becomes available. The list of exam centres in India for CA CPT as per ICAI release is given here

CA CPT June 2018 Exam Centres in Western Region

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Ahmednagar
  3. Akola
  4. Amravati
  5. Anand
  6. Aurangabad
  7. Badlapur
  8. Bharauch
  9. Bhavnagar
  10. Bhiwandi
  11. Bhuj
  12. Chandrapur
  13. Dhule
  14. Gandhidham
  15. Gandhinagar
  16. Gondia
  17. Ichalkaranji
  18. Jalgaon
  19. Jalna
  20. Jamnagar
  21. Junagadh
  22. Kolhapur
  23. Latur
  24. Mapusa (Goa)
  25. Margao (Goa)
  26. Mumbai
  27. Nagpur
  28. Nanded
  29. Nashik
  30. Navi Mumbai
  31. Navsari
  32. Palghar
  33. Panvel
  34. Parbhani
  35. Pimpri-Chinchwad
  36. Pune
  37. Rajkot
  38. Ratnagiri
  39. Sangli
  40. Satara
  41. Solapur
  42. Surat
  43. Surendranagar
  44. Thane
  45. Vadodara
  46. Vapi
  47. Vasai
  48. Yavatmal

CA CPT June 2018 Exam Centres in Southern Region

  1. Alappuzha
  2. Anantapur
  3. Bengaluru
  4. Belgaum
  5. Bellary
  6. Chennai
  7. Coimbatore
  8. Eluru
  9. Ernakulam
  10. Erode
  11. Guntur
  12. Hubli
  13. Hyderabad
  14. Kakinada
  15. Kannur
  16. Karim nagar
  17. Kollam (Quilon)
  18. Kottayam
  19. Kozhikode
  20. Kumbakonam
  21. Kurnool
  22. Madurai
  23. Mallapuram
  24. Mangalore
  25. Mysore
  26. Nellore
  27. Nizamabad
  28. Ongole
  29. Palakad (Palghat)
  30. Pondicherry
  31. Rajamahendravaram
  32. Salem
  33. Shimoga
  34. Sivakasi
  35. Thiruvananthapuram
  36. Thrissur
  37. Tiruchirapalli
  38. Tirunelveli
  39. Tirupati
  40. Tirupur
  41. Tuticorin
  42. Udupi
  43. Vellore
  44. Vijayawada
  45. Visakhapatnam
  46. Warangal

CA CPT June 2018 Exam Centres in Eastern Region

  1. Asansol
  2. Berhampore
  3. Bhubaneswar
  4. Cuttack
  5. Durgapur
  6. Guwahati
  7. Kolkata
  8. Sambalpur
  9. Siliguri
  10. Tinsukia

CA CPT June 2018 Exam Centres in Central Region

  1. Agra
  2. Ajmer
  3. Aligarh
  4. Allahabad
  5. Alwar
  6. Banswara
  7. Bareilly
  8. Beawar
  9. Bhagalpur
  10. Bharatpur
  11. Bhilwara
  12. Bhopal
  13. Bikaner
  14. Bilaspur
  15. Bundi
  16. Burhanpur
  17. Chhindwara
  18. Chittorgarh
  19. Churu
  20. Dehradun
  21. Dhanbad
  22. Durg
  23. Firozabad
  24. Ghaziabad
  25. Gorakhpur
  26. Gwalior
  27. Haldwani
  28. Hardwar
  29. Indore
  30. Jabalpur
  31. Jaipur
  32. Jamshedpur
  33. Jhansi
  34. Jhunjhunu
  35. Jodhpur
  36. Kanpur
  37. Kishangarh
  38. Kota
  39. Lucknow
  40. Mandsaur
  41. Mathura
  42. Meerut
  43. Moradabad
  44. Muzaffarnagar
  45. Muzaffarpur
  46. Neemuch
  47. Noida
  48. Pali-marwar
  49. Patna
  50. Raipur
  51. Ranchi
  52. Ratlam
  53. Rewa
  54. Saharanpur
  55. Satna
  56. Sikar
  57. Sirohi
  58. Sriganganagar
  59. Udaipur
  60. Ujjain
  61. Varanasi

CA CPT June 2018 Exam Centres in Northern Region

  1. Ambala
  2. Amritsar
  3. Bathinda
  4. Bhiwani
  5. Chandigarh
  6. Delhi / New Delhi
  7. Faridabad
  8. Fatehabad
  9. Gurgaon
  10. Hisar
  11. Jalandhar
  12. Jammu
  13. Jind
  14. Kaithal
  15. Karnal
  16. Ludhiana
  17. Panipat
  18. Patiala
  19. Rewari
  20. Rohtak
  21. Sangrur
  22. Shimla
  23. Sirsa
  24. Sonepat
  25. Srinagar (J&K)
  26. Yamunanagar

CA CPT 2018 Exam Centers Abroad

  1. Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.)
  2. Doha
  3. Dubai
  4. Kathmandu (Nepal)
  5. Muscat

Recommended Books for CA CPT 2018

Best CA CPT Accounting Books for CA CPT 2018

  1. Fundamentals of Accounting for CA – CPT  by P.C. Tulsian, Bharat Tulsian P C Tulsian Tata McGraw-Hill

  2. Grewals Accountancy: Common Proficiency Test  by M. P. Gupta and B. M. Agarwal

  3. Fundamentals of Accounting for CA – CPT Paperback by Sripal Jain

  4. TMH - Eduex Mock Test Series: CA - CPT Paperback by Tmh Eduex

Best CA CPT Mercantile Law Books for CA CPT 2018

  1. Mercantile Laws for CA – CPT with Multiple Choice Questions – With 25 Model Test Papers (English) 1st Edition

  2. Mercantile Laws: Made Easy Paperback by Ankit Oberoi

Best Quantative Aptitude Books For CA CPT 2018

  1. Quantitative Aptitude for CA CPT with Multiple Choice Questions: With 25 Model Test Papers (English) 1st Edition

  2. Short cut tricks book quicker qa for ca -cpt ,cma foundation (kailash thakur quicker qa for ca cpt) Paperback by Kailash thakur

  3. Common Proficiency Test: Quantitative Aptitude Statistics (Volume – I & II) (English) 1st Edition

Best General Economics Books for CA CPT 2018

  1. General Economics for CA – CPT with Multiple Choice Questions: With 25 Model Test Papers (English) 1st Edition

  2. CPT GENERAL ECONOMICS (English) 4th Edition By S K Aggarwal

  3. General Economics for CA – CPT Paperback – by Sripal Jain (Author)

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