The table below consists of each topic of the 4 papers and the topic-wise weightage. This allows the students to prepare for the exam effectively. This revised section-wise weightage was adopted from the CA foundation 2020 examinations.
Paper 1 - Principles and Practice of Accounting Marks: 100 |
Weightage | |
I |
Theoretical Framework |
5-10% |
II |
Accounting Process |
25-30% |
Bank Reconciliation Statement |
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Inventories |
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Concept and Accounting of Depreciation |
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III |
Accounting for Special Transactions |
15-20% |
IV |
Final Accounts of Sole Proprietors |
30-40% |
Partnership Accounts |
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Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Organisations |
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V |
Introduction to Company Accounts |
10-15% |
Paper 2: Business Laws and Business Correspondence and Recording Marks - 100 |
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Section A: Business Laws (60 Marks) |
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I |
The Indian Contract Act, 1872 |
25-35% |
II |
The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 |
20-25% |
III |
The Indian Partnership Act, 1932 |
20-25% |
IV |
The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 |
5-10% |
V |
The Companies Act, 2013 |
15-20% |
Section B: Business Correspondence and Recording (40 Marks) |
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I |
Communication |
10-15% |
II |
Sentence Types and Vocabulary |
20-30% |
Vocabulary Root Words, Synonyms, Antonyms, Prefixes, Suffixes, Phrasal verbs, Collocations and Idioms |
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III |
Comprehension Passages and Note-Making |
20-30% |
IV |
Developing Writing Skills |
35-40% |
Paper 3 - Business Mathematics, Logical Reasoning and Statistics Marks - 100 |
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Part A- Business Mathematics (40 Marks) |
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I |
Ratio and Proportion, Indices and Logarithms |
20-30% |
Equations and Matrices |
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Linear Inequalities |
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II |
Time Value of Money |
30-40% |
III |
Permutations and Combinations |
30-50% |
Sequence and Series |
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Sets, Relations and Functions |
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Basic applications of Differential and Integral calculus |
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Part B- Logical Reasoning (20 Marks) |
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IV |
Number series coding and Decoding and the odd man out |
60-70% |
Direction Tests |
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Seating Arrangements |
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V |
Blood Relations |
30-40% |
Syllogism |
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Part C- Statistics (40 Marks) |
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VI |
Statistical Representation of Data, Diagrammatic representation of data, Frequency distribution, Graphical representation of Frequency Distribution in the form of Histogram, Frequency, Polygon, Ogive, Pie-chart |
45-50% |
Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion: Mean, Median and Mode, Mean Deviation, Quartiles and Quartile Deviation, Standard Deviation, Coefficient of Variation, Coefficient of Quartile Deviation |
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VII |
Probability: Independent and dependent events; mutually exclusive events.Total and Compound Probability; Bayes’ theorem; and Mathematical Expectation |
25-30% |
Theoretical Distribution: Binomial Distribution, Poisson distribution–basic application and Normal Distribution – basic applications. |
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VIII |
Correlation and Regression: Scatter diagram, Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation Rank, Correlation, Regression lines, Regression equations and Regression coefficients |
10-15% |
IX |
Index Numbers and Time series |
10-15% |
Paper 4 - Business Economics and Business and Commercial Knowledge Marks - 100 |
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Part 4A- Business Mathematics (60 Marks) |
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I |
Introduction to Business Economics |
15-20% |
II |
Theory of Demand and Supply |
35-40% |
Theory of Production and Cost |
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III |
Price Determination in Different Markets |
25-30% |
IV |
Business Cycles |
15-20% |
Part 4B- Business & Commercial Knowledge (40 Marks) |
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V |
Introduction to Business |
15-18% |
VI |
Business Environment |
15-18% |
VII |
Business Organizations |
15-20% |
VIII |
Government Policies for Business Growth |
15-18% |
IX |
Organizations Facilitating Business |
15-18% |
X |
Common Business Terminologies |
15-18% |
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