Common Proficiency Test 2009 - CA CPT 2009

Common Proficiency Test 2009 - CA CPT 2009
Common Proficiency Test CPT Exam for the year December 2009, conducted in two modes:
Paper Pencil Mode of Examination - Sunday, the 13th December, 2009
Online Registration Mode of Examination - 22nd and 23rd August, 2009 and 26th and 27th September,2009 and 24th and 25th October, 2009 and 21st and 22nd November, 2009
I. Common Proficiency Test (Paper-Pencil Mode):
1. The Common Proficiency Test (CPT) Paper-Pencil mode Examination will be held on Sunday, the 13th December, 2009 in accordance with the revised scheme of education, training and examination of the Chartered Accountancy Course.
First Session (i.e. Morning Session)
10.30 AM to 12.30 PM (IST)Section - A Fundamentals of AccountingSection - B Mercantile Laws
Second Session (i.e. Afternoon Session)
2.00 PM to 4.00 PM (IST)Section - C General EconomicsSection - D Quantitative Aptitude
It is a 4 hours duration test comprising of two sessions of 2 hours each with a break between two sessions.
The test will comprise of objective type questions with negative marking for choosing wrong answers. All students registered for Common Proficiency Test Course on or before 6th October, 2009 with the Board of Studies of the Institute and who have passed/appeared in 10+2 examination or equivalent will be eligible to appear in the CPT Test to be held in December 2009.
Similarly, all students already registered for erstwhile professional education course - I and who have exercised the option by applying to Board of Studies of ICAI to switch over to CPT Course on or before 6th October 2009 will be eligible to appear in CPT to be held in December 2009.
Pending issue of registration number/letters, students are advised to submit their examination application form before the last date if they have already applied for registration to CPT course on or before 6th October, 2009.
Students may inform their registration number later but before issue of admit card. However, for submission of Exam Application Form Online, the CPT Registration Number is compulsory.
2. CA CPT Exam Date and Timings of Common Proficiency Test for Paper-Pencil mode Examination The Common Proficiency Test will be held on Sunday, the 14th December, 2009 in two sessions as per Indian Standard Time and the details are given below:

SessionSectionSubjectMaximum MarksTimings Reporting Time
MorningMorning ABFundamentals of AccountingMercantile Laws60409 am to 11 am8.30 am
Break from 11 am to 12 noon (IST)

AfternoonAfternoonCDGeneralEconomicsQuantitativeAptitude505012.30 pm to 2.30 pm12 noon
# Abu Dhabi and Dubai Centres: Examination Timings will be 7.30 am to 9.30 am
(with reporting time as 7.00 am) for the morning session and 11.00 am to 1.00 pm
(with reporting time as 10.30 am) for the afternoon session.-->
II. Common Proficiency Test (Online CPT):The Online Common Proficiency Test (CPT Test) will be held on Sunday, the 7th December 2009 in two batches comprising of two sessions each as per details given below:
Batch - I

SessionSectionsSubjectMaximum MarksTimingsReporting Time
FirstABFundamentals of AccountingMercantile Laws604008.30 am to 10.30 am8.00 am
Break From 10.30 AM TO 11.00 AM

SecondCDGeneral EconomicsQuantitative Aptitude505011.00 am to13.00 pm10.45 am
Batch - II

SessionSectionsSubjectMaximum MarksTimingsReporting Time
FirstABFundamentals of AccountingMercantile Laws604014.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs13.30 hrs
Break From 16.00 PM TO 16.30 PM

SecondCDGeneral EconomicsQuantitative Aptitude505016.30 hrs to18.30 hrs16.15 hrs
Candidates are allotted to each Cente in Batches on first come first serve basis. The decision of the Institute in this matter is final and requests for change of batches etc. will not be entertained.-->
Apart from the above, it is also hereby notified that the Council of the Institute has decided to hold the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) Online for the candidates who would be willing to take the Test Online.
The Online CPT will be conducted on 22nd and 23rd August, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam ONLY, on 26th and 27th September, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Jodhpur, Pune, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only, on 24th and 25th October, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Jodhpur, Pune, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only and on 21st and 22nd November, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Jodhpur, Pune, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only.
Candidates intending to appear in Online CPT from the above cities will be required to fill up examination form Online at icaiexam.icai.org and option once exercised shall be treated as final and no change to Paper-Pencil mode Test will be allowed at a later stage under any circumstances.
The medium of test for Online CPT would be ENGLISH only. The candidates intending to take the CPT Online Test shall be required to fill in the Online examination application form with requisite fees and the facility for Online filling up of examination form would be made available as indicated below:-
CA CPT 2009 Date of Examination
22nd and 23rd August, 2009
26th and 27th September, 2009
24th and 25th October, 2009
21st and 22nd November, 2009
Eligibility (registered in CPT Course or before)
1st June, 2009
1st July, 2009
1st August, 2009
1st Septeber, 2009
Commencement of online Registration
22nd July, 2009 (From 10:00 hrs)
24th August, 2009 (From 10:00 hrs)
26th September, 2009 (From 10:00 hrs)
26th October, 2009 (From 10:00hrs)
Last Date
5th August, 2009* (upto 17:30 hrs)
7th September, 2009* (upto 17:30 hrs)
8th October, 2009* (upto 17:30 hrs)
9th November, 2009 (upto 17:30 hrs)
* Or till the seats are full.
A candidate can appear in Common Proficiency Test two times in a period of six months i.e. once in Online test either in August, September, October or November, 2009 and once in Paper Pencil mode CPT in December, 2009.
The decision of the Institute to admit a candidate to either Online Test in August/September/October/November 2009 or Paper-Pencil Mode Test in December-2009 is final and no correspondence for change of Test / Centre etc. will be entertained under any circumstances.
The medium of Test for Online CPT would be ENGLISH only.