Notification for December-2009 Common Proficiency Test - (14

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
[Set up under an Act of Parliament]
Post Box No.7112, ICAI BHAWAN, Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi – 110002
TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART III SECTION 4 OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
9th July, 2009
No.13-CA (EXAM)/CPT/December/2009: - In pursuance of Regulation 22 of the Chartered
Accountants Regulations, 1988, the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is pleased to
notify that the Common Proficiency Test will be held on Sunday, the 13th December, 2009 in two sessions
as below, at the following centres provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear
from each centre.
(I) COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST (Paper- Pencil Mode):
[As per provisions of Regulation 25 D (3) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 and the syllabus
as published in the pages 291-293 of the Journal ‘The Chartered Accountant’ August 2006 issue and pages
12-13 of Chartered Accountants Students’ Newsletter August 2006 issue.]
First Session
(i.e. Morning Session)
10.30 AM to 12.30 PM (IST)
Section - A Fundamentals of Accounting
Section - B Mercantile Laws
Second Session
(i.e. Afternoon Session)
2.00 PM to 4.00 PM (IST)
Section - C General Economics
Section - D Quantitative Aptitude
EXAMINATION CENTRES( IN INDIA):
1 AGRA 39 FARIDABAD 77 MUZAFFARNAGAR 115 UDAIPUR
2 AHMEDABAD 40 GHAZIABAD 78 MYSORE 116 UDUPI
3 AHMEDNAGAR 41 GOA 79 NAGPUR 117 UJJAIN
4 AJMER 42 GORAKHPUR 80 NANDED 118 VADODARA
5 AKOLA 43 GUNTUR 81 NASHIK 119 VARANASI
6 ALAPPUZHA 44 GURGAON 82 NOIDA 120 VELLORE
7 ALIGARH 45 GUWAHATI 83 PALGHAT 121 VIJAYAWADA
8 ALLAHABAD 46 GWALIOR 84 PALI MARWAR 122 VISAKHAPATNAM
9 ALWAR 47 HISAR 85 PANIPAT 123 YAMUNANAGAR
10 AMBALA 48 HUBLI 86 PANVEL
11 AMRAVATI 49 HYDERABAD 87 PATIALA
12 AMRITSAR 50 INDORE 88 PATNA
13 ANAND 51 JABALPUR 89 PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD
14 ASANSOL 52 JAIPUR 90 PONDICHERRY
15 AURANGABAD 53 JALANDHAR 91 PUNE
16 BANGALORE 54 JALGAON 92 RAIPUR
17 BAREILLY 55 JAMMU 93 RAJKOT
18 BATHINDA 56 JAMNAGAR 94 RANCHI
19 BEAWAR 57 JAMSHEDPUR 95 ROHTAK
20 BELGAUM 58 JODHPUR 96 ROURKELA
21 BELLARY 59 KANPUR 97 SAHARANPUR
22 BHAVNAGAR 60 KARNAL 98 SALEM
23 BHILWARA 61 KOLHAPUR 99 SAMBALPUR
24 BHOPAL 62 KOLKATA 100 SANGLI
25 BHUBANESWAR 63 KOLLAM 101 SATARA
26 BHUJ 64 KOTA 102 SHIMLA
27 BIKANER 65 KOTTAYAM 103 SILIGURI
28 BILASPUR 66 KOZHIKODE 104 SOLAPUR
29 CHANDIGARH 67 KUMBAKONAM 105 SONEPAT
30 CHENNAI 68 LATUR 106 SRIGANGANAGAR
31 COIMBATORE 69 LUCKNOW 107 SURAT
32 CUTTACK 70 LUDHIANA 108 THANE
33 DEHRADUN 71 MADURAI 109 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
34 DELHI/NEW DELHI 72 MANGALORE 110 THRISSUR
35 DHANBAD 73 MATHURA 111 TINSUKIA
36 DURG 74 MEERUT 112 TIRUCHIRAPALLI
37 ERNAKULAM 75 MORADABAD 113 TIRUPUR
38 ERODE 76 MUMBAI 114 TUTICORIN
Overseas Centres :- (1) ABU DHABI (2) DUBAI (3) BAHRAIN (4) KATHMANDU
The Council reserves the right to withdraw any centre at any stage without assigning any reason.
Applications for admission to Common Proficiency Test is required to be made in the relevant
prescribed form as contained in the Information Brochure, which may be obtained from the Additional
Secretary (Examinations), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, ICAI Bhawan, Indraprastha
Marg, New Delhi – 110 002 on payment of Rs. 600/-(Rs.500/- towards examination fee and Rs. 100/-
towards cost of application form and Information brochure) per application form. The fee for candidates
opting for Abu Dhabi , Duabi and Bahrain centres will be US $160 ( US $ 150 towards examination fee and
US $ 10 towards cost of application form and information brochure) or its equivalent Indian Currency. The
fee for the candidates opting for Kathmandu centre are required to remit INR.950/-( INR 850/- towards
examination fee and INR 100/- towards the cost of application form and information brochure) or its
equivalent foreign Currency. Since the cost of Information brochure containing Common Proficiency Test
application form includes the examination fee , no separate fee is required to be remitted at the time of
submitting the filled in application form. The Information brochure containing Common Proficiency Test
application form will also be available in the Regional and Branch Offices of the Institute and can be
obtained there from on cash payment on or from 6th October, 2009.
Common Proficiency Test application forms duly filled in may be sent so as to reach the Additional
Secretary (Examinations) at New Delhi not later than 27th October, 2009 . Applications received after 27th
October, 2009 shall not be entertained under any circumstances. Applications duly filled in will be received
by hand delivery at the offices of Institute at New Delhi and at the Decentralised Offices of the Institute at
Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune upto 27th
October, 2009. Candidates residing in these cities are advised to take advantage of this facility. It may be
noted that there is no provision for acceptance of application forms after 27th October, 2009 with
late fee.
Alternatively the candidate may fill up the examination application form online at
https://icaiexam.icai.org from 6th October ,2009 ( 10:00 hrs) to 27th October, 2009 ( 17:30hrs) and remit
the fee online by using credit card, either VISA or Master Card.
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 on or before 1st October, 2009 and fulfill the
requisite eligibility conditions.
QUESTION PAPER BOOKLET LANGUAGE:
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.
Detailed information will be found given in the Information brochure.
( II ) ONLINE CPT:
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
https://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:-
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 on or
before )
1st June, 2009 1st July, 2009 1st August, 2009 1st September,
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 :00
hrs)
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.
(G. SOMASEKHAR)
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (EXAMS.)