The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has shared the guidance on CS Executive Examination Pattern Under New Syllabus-2017. Its high time for the CS aspirants preparing for the December 2019 Examinations. CS Executive December 2019 aspiring students are advised to take note of the following in respect to their examination.
About CS Executive Examination Pattern
1. Schedule of Examination
The next examination for the Executive Programme under the New Syllabus (Syllabus – 2017) shall be held from 20th December to 30th December 2019 for the following papers:
Module – I
1. Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws
2. Company Law
3. Setting up of Business Entities and Closure
4. Tax Laws
Module – II
5. Corporate and Management Accounting
6. Securities Laws and Capital Markets
7. Economic, Business and Commercial Laws
8. Financial and Strategic Management.
2. CS Executive Programme December 2019 (New Syllabus) TimeTable
ICSI already shared the Timetable for CS Executive Dec 2019 attempt through Student Company Secretary e-bulletin, also hosted on the website of the Institute and published on our portal AfterGraduation.
| Date and Day | Subject |
| 20.12.2019 Friday | Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws (Module-I) |
| 21.12.2019 Saturday | Securities Laws and Capital Markets (Module-II) |
| 22.12.2019 Sunday | NO EXAMINATION |
| 23.12.2019 Monday | Company Law (Module-I) |
| 24.12.2019 Tuesday | Economic, Business and Commercial Laws (Module-II) |
| 25.12.2019 Wednesday | NO EXAMINATION |
| 26.12.2019 Thursday | Setting up of Business Entities and Closure (Module-I) |
| 27.12.2019 Friday | Corporate and Management Accounting (Module-II) (OMR Based) |
| 28.12.2019 Saturday | Tax Laws (Module-I) (OMR Based) |
| 29.12.2019 Sunday | Financial and Strategic Management (Module-II) (OMR Based) |
| 30.12.2019 Monday | NO EXAMINATION |
EXAMINATION TIMING: 02:00 pm TO 05:00 pm
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3. Mode of Examination
Previously, the Institute has been conducting descriptive mode of examination for all subjects/papers of Executive Programme (New Syllabus – 2017). However, the Council of the Institute decided to conduct OMR based examination for the following three subjects of the CS Executive Programme (New Syllabus – 2017) with effect from December 2019 session of examination:
|
Sr. No. |
Subjects |
Module |
| 1. | Tax Laws |
I |
|
2. |
Corporate and Management Accounting | II |
| 3. | Financial and Strategic Management |
II |
However, in the following remaining five subjects of Executive Programme (New Syllabus – 2017), candidates would continue to be examined through descriptive examination:
| Sr. No. | Executive Programme (New Syllabus -2019) |
Module |
| 1. | Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws | I |
| 2. | Company Law | I |
| 3. | Setting up of Business Entities and Closure | I |
| 4. | Securities Laws and Capital Markets | II |
| 5. | Economic, Business and Commercial Laws | II |
4. Structure of Question Papers
In OMR based examination, each paper having 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) shall be of three hours duration. Each question will be of one mark each with four answer options out of which the candidates shall be required to choose one correct answer option in the prescribed manner.
However, the question papers for the subjects where the examination is in descriptive mode shall contain both theoretical and practical questions as per the nature of the subjects.
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5. Availability of Question paper printed in Hindi Medium
As per Candidate’s option of medium for writing the examination, they should write their examination either in English or Hindi language. Question papers of the following subjects of Module II shall be made available in Hindi medium along with English version for those candidates who have opted for writing their examination in Hindi medium:
1. Securities Laws and Capital Markets
2. Economic, Business and Commercial Laws.
However, question papers/question paper booklets of the following subjects shall be provided to all candidates in the English language only:
| Sr. No. | Executive Programme (New Syllabus -2019) |
Module |
| 1. | Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws | I |
| 2. | Company Law | I |
| 3. | Setting up of Business Entities and Closure | I |
| 4. | Tax Laws | I |
| 5. | Corporate and Management Accounting | II |
| 6. | Financial and Strategic Management | II |
Candidates who have enrolled with the option to write the examination in Hindi medium should write their answers in Hindi language only.
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