All of you must be aware that the ICAI has announced a change in the pattern
of the question paper with respect to the PCC and Final Examination, i.e., from
the November 2009 examination, there will not be any choice and a student
has to compulsorily answer all the questions. This is also applicable for those
who take the IPCC examination.
The announcement reads as follows:
The Examination Committee has taken the following important
decisions for the November, 2009 examinations. Students are
advised to note them carefully
A. CA course being a professional course, practical training is
an essential part of it and accordingly all papers of Professional
Competence Examination as well as Final should be practical
oriented questions as also of the level of knowledge should be
expert and not working knowledge. All questions should be
compulsory at both Professional Competence Examination /
Integrated Professional Competence Examination and Final
examinations
The way to deal with it is to be ready for it. You have NO CHOICE (Pun
unintended). We give below the issues involved and how to face it
| SL no | Issues | How to Face |
| 1 | Nature of the Question Paper. | Be prepared for any surprise. |
| This is not known | ||
| 2 | The level of knowledge: Expert | do not worry. At worst the question |
| Knowledge and not working | can be lengthy. If it’s lengthy for you it’s | |
| Knowledge | lengthy for others as well. | |
| 3 | Nature of Questions: Analysis | Focus on: |
| of the Past Question Papers | Study material | |
| fairly reveals that the source of | Past Exam papers | |
| the questions is more or less | RTP | |
| from the study materials, RTPs | One prescribed text book (Prescribed | |
| and past question papers. In | by ICAI] | |
| some selected subjects it could | . | |
| be from prescribed text books | ||
| 4 | About the Question Paper. | |
| One can notice questions are | Do not waste time on doing the question | |
| not normally repeated for about | for the past 4 attempts except for | |
| 2 years i.e., 4 attempts. But a | practice, if need be. | |
| different question from the same | ||
| topic is possible. | . | |
| 5 | About the Question Paper: | Split a subject into say 20 sub-divisions |
| In almost all the subjects there is | of topics. A matching with that of the | |
| consistency with respect to 60% | past question papers would throw out | |
| of the topics. | the topics which are consistently | |
| repeated. Hence student should be | ||
| thorough with the 60%. | ||
| 6 | About Question Paper: The | This is a general phenomenon and it can |
| time allowed may be | be noticed that more or less 10% of the | |
| disproportionately less to | questions will be difficult to answer. Do | |
| number of questions asked, due | not unnecessarily worry about it. To | |
| to the voluminous syllabus. | tackle this it is preferable to provide | |
| short/precise answers instead of giving a | ||
| lengthy and irrelevant answer. | ||
| 7 | The right objective: Students | Change your objective. This |
| do not normally set an objective | automatically ensures that you get the | |
| of getting 50+ marks in each | AGGREGATE. | |
| paper. | ||
| 8 | Lack of Practice: You are more | Note that the examination is manual. |
| accustomed to cell phones and | Please give rest to both your cell phones | |
| typing in the Computers. | and computer. Start writing. It should be | |
| a minimum of 2 hours a day. | ||
| 9 | Know the system of valuation | Refer the suggested answers brought |
| by the ICAI. The valuation is | out by the ICAI and cross verify whether | |
| quite unique. i.e., every step | your answers tally with the answer | |
| carries a due weight in each | given. It need not be 100% similar. | |
| paper. | However you should be able to strike | |
| 75% of the same. | ||
| 10 | General Tips: | Ensure proper and adequate |
| preparation, adequate sleep and | ||
| adequate diet. Do not overdo any of | ||
| these. | ||
| Do not panic if your very first exam is | ||
| not upto your satisfaction. Go ahead. | ||
| . | ||
| Do not write unnecessary and | ||
| irrelevant answer. | ||
| Read the instructions clearly and do | ||
| not misunderstand the question. |
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