Notification for December-2009 Common Proficiency Test

Notification for December-2009 Common Proficiency Test

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 http://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 http://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.)