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CA Foundation Syllabus : The Institute of Chartered Accountant of India has released the CA Foundation Syllabus. Candidates who want to appear for the exam must follow the official syllabus for the upcoming CA Foundation exam. The CA Foundation exam is conducted twice a year, once in May and again in December. Thus to start with your CA Foundation preparation refer to the CA Foundation Syllabus .

CA Foundation exam consists of four papers. Aspirants need to have a thorough knowledge of the CA Syllabus for all 4 papers and focus on their preparation for CA Foundation exam. Besides syllabus, candidates must also know about CA Foundation Exam Pattern to start their journey towards becoming a Chartered Accountant. This article will provide you with the detailed CA Foundation Syllabus .

CA Foundation exam is the gateway to a career in Chartered Accountancy. Thus, to clear the CA Foundation exam, candidates need to have a thorough knowledge of the CA Syllabus and prepare accordingly.

Before getting into the detailed CA Foundation Syllabus, let’s have an overview of the CA Foundation exam pattern:

CA Foundation exam has four papers.

Every paper carries a maximum of 100 marks and the time duration is 3 hours for each paper.

Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be of subjective type and Paper 3 and Paper 4 will be of objective type.

The objective type of questions will be have negative marking for wrong answers. 1/4th of the marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Candidates must score a minimum of 40% marks in each paper and a minimum of  50% marks in aggregate of all the papers to pass the CA foundation exam.

CA Foundation exam is an offline exam and conducted twice a year. The question paper will be either in English or Hindi languages.

CA Foundation Course Syllabus 

The papers in CA Foundation course are as follows:

Paper 1: Principles and Practice of Accounting

Paper 2: Business Laws and Business Correspondence

a) Business Laws

b) Business Correspondence and Reporting

Paper 3: Business Mathematics, Logical Reasoning and Statistics

a) Business Mathematics

b) Logical Reasoning

c) Statistics

Paper 4: Business Economics and Business & Commercial Knowledge

a) Business Economics

b) Business and Commercial Knowledge

CA Foundation Syllabus For Paper 1 (Principles And Practice Of Accounting)

Theoretical Framework

Accounting Process

Bank Reconciliation Statement

Inventories

Concept of Accounting of Depreciation

Accounting for Special Transaction

Final Accounts of Sole Proprietors

Partnership Accounts

Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Organization

Introduction to Company Accounts

Basic Accounting ratios (Profitability, solvency, liquidity and turnover)

The Indian Contract Act, 1872

The Sale of Goods Act, 1930

The Indian partnership act, 1932

The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008

The Companies Act, 2013

Part I : Communication

Communication

Part II: Sentence Types and Word Power

Sentence Type

Vocabulary Root Words, Synonyms, Antonyms, Prefixes, Suffixes, Phrasal verbs, Collocations and Idioms.

Part III: Comprehensive Passages and Note-Making

Comprehension Passages

Note Making

Part IV: Developing Writing Skills

Introduction to Basic Writing

Precis Writing

Article Writing

Report Writing

Writing Formal Letters

Writing Formal Mails

Resume Writing

Meetings

Ratio and Proportions, Indices and Logarithms

Equations and Matrices

Linear Inequalities with Objective Functions and Optimization with respect to Objective Function

Time Value of Money

Permutations and Combinations

Sequence and Series

Sets, Relations and Functions

Basic Application of Differential and Integral Calculus.

Part B: Logical Reasoning (20 Marks)

Number Series, Coding & Decoding and odd man out

Direction Tests

Seat Arrangement

Blood Relations

Syllogism

Part C: Statistics (40 Marks)

Statistical Description of Data

Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion.

Probability

Theoretical Distributions

Correlation and Regressions

Index Number and Time Series

Introduction to Business Economics

Theory of Demand and Supply

Theory of Production and Cost

Price Determination in Different Markets

Business Cycles

Part B: Business & Commercial Knowledge (40 Marks)

Introduction to Business

Business Environment

Business Organizations

Government Policies for Business Growth

Organizations Facilitating Business

Common Business Technologies

Along with this, students should also go through at least one financial newspaper and one business newspaper or watch a business news channel to remain updated about the recent developments