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CA foundation syllabus and passing rules


Anupma 26th May, 2020
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priyaankasarkar Student Expert 26th May, 2020

Anupama, there are 4 papers for CA Foundation. They are:

Paper 1:Principles and Practise of Accounting

Paper 2:Business Laws and Business Correspondence

Paper 3: Business Mathematics, Logical Reasoning and Statistics

Paper 4:Business Economics and Business Commercial Knowledge

The entire syllabus for all these papers can be accessed at the official website: https://resource.cdn.icai.org/45570bos35676-foundation.pdf

Now to be considered pass in CA Foundation, you need to score 40% atleast in each paper individually but score 50% as an aggregate over all. For important topics and weightage, please read our article: https://finance.careers360.com/articles/ca-foundation-syllabus

Smeet Almeida 26th May, 2020

Greetings, aspirant!

CA foundation consists of 4 papers i.e.

  • Principles and Practice of Accounting
  • Business Law and Business correspondence and reporting
  • Business Mathematics and logical reasoning and statistics
  • Business Economics and business and Commercial Knowledge

If you wish to learn more about these subjects and the topics they cover, click on the link below

https://finance.careers360.com/articles/ca-foundation-syllabus

In order to pass the first level of CA exams which is the foundation level, the candidate must:-

  • Score at least 40% marks in each individual subject
  • Score at least 50% total aggregate marks in all subjects

Hope this information helps you

Best of luck!!

S. Saha Student Expert 26th May, 2020
There are total 4 subjects in CA Foundation 2020. These are as follows-
1. Principles and Practice of Accounting
2. Business Laws and Business Correspondence and Reporting
3. Business Mathematics and Logical Reasoning & Statistics
4. Business Economics and Business and Commercial Knowledge

Paper 1 and 2 will not have any negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted fro wrong response in Paper 3 and 4.
Paper 1 and 2- Subjective. You'll get three hours for this.
Paper 3 and 4- Objective. You'll get two hours for this.
Each paper contains 100 marks that means total marks 400 marks.

Passing criteria-
You will be declared passed if you obtain at one sitting a minimum of 40%marksin each paper but at the same time you need a minimum of average of aggregate marks of 50% in all the paper.

http://finance.careers360.com/articles/ca-foundation-syllabus

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