Revised Passing Requirement of CPT, effective from June 2013 exam
A candidate for the Common Proficiency Test shall ordinarily be declared to have passed the test if he obtains at one sitting a minimum of thirty per cent marks in each section and a minimum of fifty per cent marks in the aggregate of all the sections, subject to the principle of negative marking.
¼ (one fourth) mark shall continue to be deducted for each wrong answer and multiple darkened circles for a question will also be treated as wrong answer.
Minimum marks mandatorily to be secured after negative marking:
Paper A – Fundamentals of Accounting [ 18 Marks]
Paper B – Mercantile Laws [12 Marks]
Paper C – General Economic [15 Marks]
Paper D – Quantitative Aptitude [15 Marks]
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