Candidates who have passed class X examinations conducted by any examining body constituted by the Law in India or an exam that is recognized by the Government as equivalent thereto may register for CPT.

Candidates who have registered for CPT may appear in the Common Proficiency Test after they have appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination (10+2) conducted by an examining body constituted by the Law of India (or any other examining body recognized by the Central Government as equivalent thereto) and who has completed the requirement as specified by the Institute from time to time.

Also, candidates who have registered themselves for CPT 60 days prior to the first day of the month in which the exam is to be conducted i.e. on or before April 1st and October 1st can appear in CPT exam to be held in June and December respectively. CPT is held twice every year in the months of June and December.

The FOUR hour test consists of objective questions ranging from Fundamentals of Accounts, Mercantile Law, General Economics and Quantitative aptitude. CPT exam is divided into two sessions containing 100 questions in each.

Out of the 100 questions from Session I, 60 are from fundamental Of Accounts and 40 from Mercantile Law. Each right answer carries 1 mark each and for every wrong answer ¼ mark gets deducted.

Session II contains 50 questions from General Economics and 50 from Quantitative Aptitude out of the total of 100 questions.

• Total Marks – 200
• Mode of examination – Objective
• No. of Questions – 200
• Duration - 4 hours (two sessions of 2 hours each)
• Timing
Session I (10.00 am to 12.00(am)
Session II (2.00pm to 4.00pm)