Passing marks for the CPT exam

Hello sir I am preparing for the CPT exam? Please tell me what is passing marks for the CPT exam?

[Kiran Chandar]

The CPT December exam will be held on the 14th December. The applicant who wants to take admission in the CA program must need to clear the CPT entrance test.

The applicants who have minimum of the 30% marks in the each paper in the CPT exam and the applicant have the minimum of the 50% marks aggregate of all section.

CPT Exam Pattern:

Subject Marks
Fundamentals of Accounting 60
Mercantile Laws 40
General Economics 50
Quantitative Aptitude 50

CPT syllabus:

Fundamentals of Accounting

1. Theoretical Framework

Meaning and Scope of accounting
Accounting as a measurement discipline – valuation principles, accounting estimates
Accounting Standards – concepts, objectives, benefits
Accounting Policies
Accounting Concepts, Principles and Conventions
2. Accounting Process

Books of Accounts leading to the preparation of Trial Balance
Capital and revenue expenditures
Capital and revenue receipts,
Contingent assets and contingent liabilities,
Fundamental errors including rectifications thereof.
3. Bank Reconciliation Statement

4. Inventories

5. Basis of inventory valuation and record keeping

6. Depreciation accounting

Methods
computation and accounting treatment of depreciation
Change in depreciation methods
7. Preparation of Final Accounts for Sole Proprietors

8. Accounting for Special Transactions

Consignments
Joint Ventures
Bills of exchange and promissory notes
Sale of goods on approval or return basis
9. Partnership Accounts

Final accounts of partnership firms – Basic concepts of admission,
Retirement and death of a partner including treatment of goodwill
10. Introduction to Company Accounts

Issue of shares and debentures
Forfeiture of shares, re-issue of forfeited shares
Redemption of preference shares

Session II: General Economics & Quantitative Aptitude

General Economics

Micro Economics

Introduction to Micro Economics
Theory of Demand and Supply
Theory of Production and Cost
Price Determination in Different Markets
Indian Economic Development

Indian Economy – A Profile
Select Aspects of Indian Economy
Economic Reforms in India
Money and Banking
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Quantitative Aptitude

Ratio and proportion, Indices, Logarithms
Equations
Inequalities
Simple and Compound Interest including annuity ─ Applications
Basic concepts of Permutations and Combinations
Sequence and Series – Arithmetic and geometric progressions
Sets, Functions and Relations
Limits and Continuity ─ Intuitive Approach
Basic concepts of Differential and Integral Calculus (excluding trigonometric functions)
Statistical description of data
Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
Correlation and Regression
Probability and Expected Value by Mathematical Expectation
Theoretical Distributions Binomial, Poisson and Normal
Sampling Theory
Index Numbers

Hello sir I want to know Passing marks for the CPT exam so here can you please give me details ?

[Shaleen]

Hey as CPT is the basic step to become CA

Passing marks

Subject Maximum Marks Minimum Marks

Fundamentals of Accounting 60 18

Mercantile Laws 40 12

General Economics 50 15

Quantitative Aptitude 50 15

Total 200 100

A candidate is required to secure a minimum of 30 per cent marks in each Section and a minimum of 50 per cent marks in aggregate in all the four Sections to pass the Common Proficiency Test.


Eligibility

Candidate should be 12th pass out

Syllabus

Law

Quantitative aptitude

Statistics

Economics