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
4th July, 2012
No.13-CA (EXAM)/CPT/ December/2012: 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 (Paper- Pencil Mode) will be held on Sunday, 16th December,
2012 in two sessions as below, at the following centres provided that sufficient number of candidates offer
themselves to appear from each centre.
[This Common Proficiency Test will be conducted 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.]
10.30 AM to 12.30 PM (IST)
First Session Section - A Fundamentals of Accounting
(i.e. Morning Session) Section - B Mercantile Laws
2.00 PM to 4.00 PM (IST)
Second Session Section - C General Economics
(i.e. Afternoon Session) Section - D Quantitative Aptitude
EXAMINATION CENTRES (IN INDIA):
1 AGRA 48 GORAKHPUR 95 PANVEL
2 AHMEDABAD 49 GUNTUR 96 PATNA
3 AHMEDNAGAR 50 GURGAON 97 PATIALA
4 AJMER 51 GUWAHATI 98 PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD
5 AKOLA 52 GWALIOR 99 PONDICHERRY
6 ALAPPUZHA 53 HISAR 100 PUNE
7 ALIGARH 54 HUBLI 101 RAIPUR
8 ALLAHABAD 55 HYDERABAD 102 RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM
9 ALWAR 56 INDORE 103 RAJKOT
10 AMBALA 57 JABALPUR 104 RANCHI
11 AMRAVATI 58 JAIPUR 105 RATLAM
12 AMRITSAR 59 JALANDHAR 106 REWARI
13 ANAND 60 JALGAON 107 ROHTAK
14 ASANSOL 61 JAMMU 108 ROURKELA
15 AURANGABAD 62 JAMNAGAR 109 SAHARANPUR
16 BANGALORE 63 JAMSHEDPUR 110 SALEM
17 BAREILLY 64 JODHPUR 111 SAMBALPUR
18 BATHINDA 65 KAKINADA 112 SANGLI
19 BEAWAR 66 KANPUR 113 SATARA
20 BELGAUM 67 KARNAL 114 SHIMLA
21 BELLARY 68 KISHANGARH 115 SIKAR
22 BERHAMPORE 69 KOLLAM 116 SILIGURI
23 BHAGALPUR 70 KOLHAPUR 117 SIRSA
24 BHARAUCH 71 KOLKATA 118 SIVAKASI
25 BHAVNAGAR 72 KOTA 119 SOLAPUR
26 BHIWANI 73 KOTTAYAM 120 SONEPAT
27 BHILWARA 74 KOZHIKODE 121 SRI GANGANAGAR
28 BHOPAL 75 KUMBAKONAM 122 SURAT
29 BHUBANESWAR 76 LATUR 123 SURENDRANAGAR
30 BHUJ 77 LUCKNOW 124 THANE
31 BIKANER 78 LUDHIANA 125 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
32 BILASPUR 79 MADURAI 126 THRISSUR
33 CHANDIGARH 80 MANGALORE 127 TINSUKIA
34 CHENNAI 81 MATHURA 128 TIRUCHIRAPALLI
35 COIMBATORE 82 MEERUT 129 TIRUPATI
36 CUTTACK 83 MORADABAD 130 TIRUPUR
37 DEHRADUN 84 MUMBAI 131 TUTICORIN
38 DELHI/NEW 85 MUZAFFARNAGAR 132 UDAIPUR
DELHI
39 DHANBAD 86 MYSORE 133 UDUPI
40 DUNDLOD 87 NAGPUR 134 UJJAIN
41 DURG 88 NANDED 135 VADODARA
42 ERNAKULAM 89 NASHIK 136 VAPI
43 ERODE 90 NELLORE 137 VARANASI
44 FARIDABAD 91 NOIDA 138 VELLORE
45 GANDHIDHAM 92 PALGHAT 139 VIJAYAWADA
46 GHAZIABAD 93 PALI MARWAR 140 VISAKHAPATNAM
47 GOA 94 PANIPAT 141 YAMUNA NAGAR
Overseas Centres :- (1) ABU DHABI (2) DUBAI (3) BAHRAIN (4) DOHA (5) 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. 1000/- (Rs.500/- towards examination fee and Rs. 500/-
towards cost of application form and Information brochure) per application form. The fee for candidates
opting for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha 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.1350/-(INR 850/- towards
examination fee and INR 500/- 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 8th October, 2012.
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 26th October, 2012. Applications received after 26th
October, 2012 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 26th
October, 2012. 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 26th October, 2012 with
late fee.
The candidates who fill up the examination application form online at http://icaiexam.icai.org from
8th October, 2012 (10.00 hrs) to 26th October, 2012 (17.30 hrs) and remit the fee online by using either
VISA or MASTER Credit/ Debit Card shall not be charged Rs. 500/- (i.e. cost of application form fee) in
order to popularize filling-in of application form online.
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 5th October,
2012 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.
(G. SOMASEKHAR)
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (EXAMINATIONS)
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