Common Proficiency Test June 2009

Last updated: 19 February 2009

Notice Date : 16 February 2009

Notification - Common Proficiency Test June 2009 - (16-02-2009)

TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART III SECTION 4 OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA

NOTIFICATION

12th February, 2009

No.13-CA (EXAM)/CPT/JUNE/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 28th June, 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:

1	AGRA	31	DEHRADUN	61	KOLLAM	91	ROHTAK
2	AHMEDABAD	32	DELHI/NEW DELHI	62	KOTA	92	ROURKELA
3	AHMEDNAGAR	33	DHANBAD	63	KOTTAYAM	93	SAHARANPUR
4	AJMER	34	DURG	64	KOZHIKODE	94	SALEM
5	AKOLA	35	ERNAKULAM	65	KUMBAKONAM	95	SANGLI
6	ALAPPUZHA	36	ERODE	66	LATUR	96	SHIMLA
7	ALIGARH	37	FARIDABAD	67	LUCKNOW	97	SILIGURI
8	ALLAHABAD	38	GHAZIABAD	68	LUDHIANA	98	SOLAPUR
9	ALWAR	39	GOA	69	MADURAI	99	SONEPAT
10	AMBALA	40	GORAKHPUR	70	MANGALORE	100	SURAT
11	AMRAVATI	41	GUNTUR	71	MATHURA	101	THANE
12	AMRITSAR	42	GURGAON	72	MEERUT	102	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
13	ANAND	43	GUWAHATI	73	MORADABAD	103	THRISSUR
14	ASANSOL	44	GWALIOR	74	MUMBAI	104	TIRUCHIRAPALLI
15	AURANGABAD	45	HISAR	75	MUZAFFARNAGAR	105	TIRUPUR
16	BANGALORE	46	HUBLI	76	MYSORE	106	TUTICORIN
17	BAREILLY	47	HYDERABAD	77	NAGPUR	107	UDAIPUR
18	BATHINDA	48	INDORE	78	NASHIK	108	UDUPI
19	BEAWAR	49	JABALPUR	79	NOIDA	109	UJJAIN
20	BELGAUM	50	JAIPUR	80	PALGHAT	110	VADODARA
21	BELLARY	51	JALANDHAR	81	PALI MARWAR	111	VARANASI
22	BHILWARA	52	JALGAON	82	PANIPAT	112	VELLORE
23	BHOPAL	53	JAMMU	83	PATIALA	113	VIJAYAWADA
24	BHUBANESWAR	54	JAMNAGAR	84	PATNA	114	VISAKHAPATNAM
25	BIKANER	55	JAMSHEDPUR	85	PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD	115	YAMUNANAGAR
26	BILASPUR	56	JODHPUR	86	PONDICHERRY
27	CHANDIGARH	57	KANPUR	87	PUNE
28	CHENNAI	58	KARNAL	88	RAIPUR
29	COIMBATORE	59	KOLHAPUR	89	RAJKOT
30	CUTTACK	60	KOLKATA	90	RANCHI

Overseas Centres :- (1) ABU DHABI (2) DUBAI (3) BAHRAIN (4) KATHMANDU (NEPAL)

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 on 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 ï¿½ 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 (Nepal) 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 April, 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 April, 2009 . Applications received after 27th April, 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 April, 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 April, 2009 with late fee.

Alternatively the candidate may fill up the examination application form online at http://icaiexam.icai.org from 6thApril, 2009 ( 10:00 hrs) to 27th April, 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 April, 2009 and fulfill the requisite eligibility conditions.

QUESTION PAPER BOOKLET LANGUAGE:

Comon 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 28th and 29th March, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Pune ONLY , on 25th and 26th April, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur , Pune Vadodara, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Raipur, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only, and on 23rd and 24th May, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur , Pune , Vadodara, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Raipur, 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 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	28th-29thMarch, 2009	25th-26th April, 2009	23rd-24th May, 2009
Eligibility( registered in CPT Course or before )	1st January, 2009	1st February, 2009	1st March, 2009
Commencement of online Registration	20th February, 2009 (From 10 :00 hrs)	13th March, 2009 (From 10 :00 hrs)	9th April, 2009 (From 10 :00 hrs)
Last Date	12th March, 2009* ( upto 17:30 hrs)	3rd April, 2009* ( upto 17:30 hrs)	29th April, 2009* ( upto 17:30 hrs)

* or till the seats are full.

In case the number of candidates opting for taking CPT Online in a particular city is more than the availability of seats for Online Test in that particular city, such excess candidates shall be allowed to appear ONLY in the Paper-Pencil mode Test to be held on 28th June, 2009 from one of the centres in the respective city opted for by such candidates.

It is also notified that due to the availability of limited number of seats for online CPT, a candidate shall have to opt for either one of the online CPT to be held in March/ April/ May, 2009 or Paper- Pencil Mode Test to be held in June, 2009 depending on the conduct of Online CPT in the said city opted and/or availability of seats in the centre etc. The decision of the Institute to admit a candidate to either Online Test in March/ April/ May 2009 or Paper-Pencil Mode Test in June-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.

Sd/

(G. SOMASEKHAR)

ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (EXAMS.)