CA CPT 2020 Overview

ExamType	Format	Language
National Level	Online/CBT, Offline/PBT	English

The Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) conducts Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test, commonly known as CA CPT Exam. This exam is a gateway to get into the profession of Chartered Accountancy (CA), which is one of the most reputed courses in India. The exam is conducted twice a year, in the months of June and December. CA CPT 2020 first exam was conducted on June 18, 2020 and the second exam will be on December 17, 2020. Candidates who wish to pursue CA can register for the exam after Class X while they can appear for the exam after Class XII. Candidates interested in taking CA CPT 2020 December exam need to apply for the same before September 2020.

CA CPT Exam 2020 Overview

Exam Name	Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Common Proficiency Test
Commonly Called As	CA CPT
Exam Type	UG Entrance Exam
Exam Category	National Level

Latest Updates:

CA CPT Dec 2020 Exam Date

CA CPT 2020 Eligibility Criteria

ICAI has some pre-defined conditions for the candidates who are planning for CA CPT Registration for December 2020. It is essential that interested candidates first go through the conditions given in CA CPT Eligibility criteria, and apply for the exam only when they meet all the conditions.

Eligibility to take CA CPT:

·         Candidates must have passed 10+2 examination or equivalent from a recognised institution.

·         Applicants must be registered for the Common Proficiency Test with the Board of Studies of the Indian Chartered Accountancy of India (ICAI).

·         Even if candidates have already registered for the Professional Course, they are eligible for appearing in this test.

For detailed information on CA CPT 2020 Eligibility Criteria, read more

CA CPT 2020 Application Details

Visit the official website of ICAI and register as a new user.

Fill up the registration details and click on the “Register” button.

Once the registration will be done, fill up the personal information in the form and click on the “Save Details” button.

After the registration, click on the “Apply Now” button and fill up the education details.

After reviewing all the filled in the information, save the form and make payment of exam fee and save the exam confirmation page as PDF.

Send the saved PDF file to the ICAI office on the address mentioned below:

The Deputy Secretary (Exams.), Examination Department
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
'ICAI Bhawan', Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi – 110 002

CA CPT 2020 – Important Dates For CPT December Exam

Event	Date
Online and offline registration starting	September 2020
Last date of registration	Last week of October 2020
Last date of receipt of form	Last week of October 2020
Admit card	2nd Week of November 2020
CA CPT December 2020 exam	December 17, 2020
CA CPT 2020 result	January 2018

For detailed information on CA CPT Application Forms, read more

Application fees detail

Candidates need to pay CA CPT Application fee to complete their registration process. The amount varies for candidates from different locations.  So it is essential for the candidates to carefully check application fee for their location and make payment. Candidates can make fee payment online by using VISA or Master debit/credit card. They can also avail the facility of net banking to pay CA CPT 2020 application fee.

For centres in India	Rs. 1000/-
For Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai & Muscat centres	US $ 300/-
For Kathmandu centre	INR 1700/-

For detailed information on CA CPT 2020 Dec Admit Cards, read more

Exam Pattern

CA CPT Exam Pattern

CA CPT 2020 Counselling/Interview

Candidates who successfully pass the written examination will have to check the result file to find their names. There will be no personal intimation for the counselling session. Candidates need to find their names along with the dates on the official website of ICAI. Candidates need to attend the counselling session as the given venue on the given date. 

CA CPT Cut-off Top Management Colleges

Candidates who successfully pass the written examination will have to check the result file to find their names. There will be no personal intimation for the counselling session. Candidates need to find their names along with the dates on the official website of ICAI. Candidates need to attend the counselling session as the given venue on the given date. 

CA CPT 2020 Exam Syllabus

Candidates preparing for CA CPT exam 2020 need to have basic knowledge of fundamental accounting, mercantile law, quantitative aptitude and general economics. Questions are asked on various topics from these four subjects. So candidates should carefully go through CA CPT 2020 syllabus and prepare well for each section to meet the minimum cut-off requirement. Given below are the topics covered in four subjects in CA CPT exam 2020.

Fundamental Accounting: -

·         Introduction to Company Accounts

·         Partnerships Accounts Theoretical Framework

·         Depreciation Accounting

·         Bank Reconciliation Statement etc.

Mercantile Law:-

·         Different types of acts like goods act 1930,

·         Indian contract act 1872

·         Partnership act 1932

Quantitative Aptitude: -

·         Basic concepts of differential and integral calculus,

·         Sets,

·         Functions and relations,

·         Simple and compound interest,

·         Ratio and proportion,

·         Logarithms

·         Indices

General economics: -

·         Economy reforms in India,

·         Theories on production and cost,

·         Demand & supply

·         Micro economics

CA CPT 2020 Exam Centers

CA CPT exam is conducted at various examination centres across India. Candidates need to go to the examination center allotted to them. Complete details of the examination centres are given in the admit card. Candidates will not be given entry in any other examination hall than the one allotted to them. 

CA CPT 2020 Exam Centres

Exam Centres
Ahmedabad	Akola	Amravati	Anand	Aurangabad
Bharuch	Bhavnagar	Bhuj	Dhule	Gandhidham
Jalgaon	Jamnagar	Kolhapur	Latur	Mapusa (Goa)
Margao (Goa)	Mumbai	Nagpur	Nanded	Nashik
Navi Mumbai	Navasari	Panvel	Pimpri-Chinchwad	Pune
Rajkot	Sangli	Satara	Solapur	Surat
Surendranagar	Thane	Vadodara	Vapi	Vasai
Alappuzha	Anantapur	Belgaum	Bellary	Bengaluru
Chennai	Coimbatore	Eluru	Ernakulam	Erode
Guntur	Hubli	Hyderabad	Kakinada	Kannur
Karim Nagar	Kollam (Quilon)	Kottayam	Kozhikode	Kumbakonam
Kurnool	Madurai	Malappuram	Mangalore	Mysore
Nellore	Ongole	Palakkad	Pondicherry	Rajamahendravaram
Salem	Shimoga	Sivakasi	Thiruvananthapuram	Thrissur
Tiruchirapalli	Tirunelveli	Tirupati	Tuticorin	Udupi
Vellore	Vijayawada	Visakhapatnam	Warangal	Asansol
Berhampore	Bhubaneswar	Cuttack	Durgapur	Guwahati
Kolkata	Rourkela	Sambalpur	Siliguri	Tinsukia
Agra	Ajmer	Aligarh	Allahabad	Alwar
Bareilly	Beawar	Bhagalpur	Bharatpur	Bhilwara
Bhopal	Bikaner	Bilaspur	Bundi	Chittorgarh
Churu	Dehradun	Dhanbad	Dundlod	Durg
Firozabad	Ghaziabad	Gorakhpur	Gwalior	Indore
Jabalpur	Jaipur	Jamshedpur	Jhansi	Jhunjhunu
Jodhpur	Kanpur	Kishangarh	Kota	Lucknow
Mathura	Meerut	Moradabad	Muzaffarnagar	Neemuch
Noida	Pali-Marwar	Patna	Raipur	Ranchi
Ratlam	Saharanpur	Satna	Sikar	Sirohi
Sri Ganganagar	Udaipur	Ujjain	Varanasi	Ambala
Amritsar	Bathinda	Bhiwani	Chandigarh	Delhi / New Delhi
Faridabad	Fatehabad	Gurgaon	Hisar	Jalandhar
Jammu	Kaithal	Karnal	Ludhiana	Panipat
Patiala	Rewari	Rohtak	Sangrur	Shimla
Sirsa	Sonepat	Srinagar (J&K)	Yamunanagar

 

CA CPT 2020 Contact Details

The Deputy Secretary (Exams)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
ICAI Bhawan, Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi 110 002.
E-mail: cpt_exam@icai.in/ intermediate_examhelpline@icai.in/ final_examhelpline@icai.in
Ph No: 1800 419 2929, 0120-3054 851, 0120-3054 852
0120-3054 853, 0120-3054 854, 0120-3054 835
0120-4953 751, 0120-4953 752, 0120-4953 753
Website: icaiexam.icai.org
ICAI Website: www.icai.org