Month: July 2014

CPT – Common Proficiency Test exam to be held on 14th December 2014

The Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is pleased to notify that the Common Proficiency Test (Paper- Pencil Mode) will be held on 14th December 2014 Sunday, in two sessions

Common Proficiency Test will be an objective type multiple choice questions based examination

Candidates will be allowed to opt for Hindi medium question paper booklet for answering the questions

First Session (Morning Session) 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

Section-A, Fundamental of Accounting; Section-B, Mercantile Laws

Second Session (Afternoon Session) 02.00 p.m. to 04.00 p.m.

Section-C, General Economics; Section-D, Quantitative Aptitude

Common proficiency test (CPT) is open only to those students who are already registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the said course and fulfill the requisite eligibility conditions.

Girls have a better passing percentage at CPT than boys

The details of the percentage of candidates passed in Common Proficiency test held in June 2014, examination are mentioned below:

Gender No. of Candidates appeared No. of Candidates passed % of Pass Exam Centres
Male 78453 21190 27.01 414
Female  51838 16113 31.08 414
Total 130291 37303 28.63

The percentages clearly suggest that females/girls have a better chance of passing the CPT exam than men/boys.

The number of male candidates giving the exam however is a lot higher than females.

In all only 28.63 percent of the total people who appeared for CPT passed this year.

Common Proficiency Test (CPT) results declared by ICAI

ICAI – The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has declared the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) results.

Candidates can login to http://caresults.nic.in/cpt/cpt_roll.asp to check their results.

Keep your 6 digit roll number, pin number or registration number. ready before you open the site. Punching in your numbers will show you your results.

Candidates should also take a print out and preserve for future reference.

What’s your result? Are you happy with it? Leave your comments below.

Best of luck!