CS Executive
Test Series
for December 2024

Importance of CS Executive Test Series in Exam Preparation

CS Executive test series provides a complete toolkit for the CS aspirants to judge their required skills for the ICSI exams and improve the approach timely before it gets too late. Here, we can understand why it is so important and how it impacts the CS Executive students directly:

1. CS Examination Environment: Test papers are designed in a such a manner to provide exam feel to the students. Exam pattern, competition is designed in such a manner where a timer starts with the test and ends at 3 hours. Regular practice helps CS executive students to realize the pressure and deal with the anxiety.
2. Understanding Strong and Weak Areas: using test series evaluation and challenges faced in attempting the different sets of questions, students can easily find the strong and weak areas to direct their efforts towards weak areas and manage the limited time effectively before the exams
3. Time management: Time management remains the major challenge for CS Executive students. Many students know the answers and methods, but because of limited time, they cannot crack the correct approach to follow in that limited time. Test series helps to reach a proper approach to be used in the pressurized situation that ensures completing the CS Exam in 3 hours.
4. Presentation Skills: Most students fail because they read the sections or important content repeatedly; they need to do written practice. It takes work to practice all the topicsin writing due to the vast syllabus and time constraints. Hence, the test series provides the most expected topics to be tested in the exams, and students can attempt those to compensate for the written practice part, which plays a significant role in the success.
5. Confidence: Some students need more confidence and clarity about where to start writing the answers to give 100% in the CS exams. Test series evaluates the performance in parts step by step and boosts students' confidence by appreciating the good points and, at the same time, highlighting mistakes so that students can improve the errors promptly.
6. Revision and Retention: Due to the more significant number of subjects and vast content, after revising one topic, when a student revise another topic, they feel like they need to remember something, and the same happens in the exam hall. The same questions that a student attempts at home are not able to be attempted in the exam hall; test series test the student's preparation under pressurized circumstances, which helps the students to retain the concept for a long, and written practice properly saves the idea in the student's memory.
7. Handle Exam Pressure: Participating in the All India Test series, where your performance and perform well under critical circumstances. A CS Aspirant who can handle the pressure can perform 6 times better in the exam hall. Students are fearless of losing marks because of silly mistakes.
8. Mistakes Evaluation: The test series is the most effective tool, and it is available to manually evaluate one's performance and get personalized feedback directly from the experts. Students can know their mistakes firsthand. Students learn about various minor errors that lead to the loss of low marks in exams, which can be avoided with little care.

A CS Student with a test series can perform 3 times better than an average student in the exam hall; that's why more than 95% of rank holders have attempted mock tests before the exams. Test series also provide a proper path to complete the syllabus in an appropriate sequence.

CS Executive Exam Dates for Dec 2024 Attempt

CS Executive exams are conducted by ICSI (The Institute of Company Secretary of India) at various exam centers twice a year, i.e., in the month of June and December every year. CS Executive December 2024 Attempt exams are expected to be conducted from 21st December to 29th December 2024. You can check the most expected exam date sheet for each subject here:

CS Executive Eligibility December 2024

Let’s briefly check the eligibility requirement for CS Executive ICSI Exams December 2024 Attempt:

• Those students who are eligible must have received a score on the CS Foundation test that is more significant than 40%.
• Those students are eligible who must be at least 17 years old and have the ability to apply directly for the CS Executive course with an undergraduate degree.

CS Executive Course Fee for December 2024

Let’s understand the Fee Structure of the CS Executive course in India, which a student needs to pay to the ICSI Institute to complete the CS Course:

Some of the Key features of a practical CS Executive Online Test Series for December 2024

Unique Question Format: Test papers include different sets of questions, from MCQs to case studies, and new unique questions per the latest ICSI exam pattern to evaluate students’ performance and conceptual understanding. The test format is strictly kept per the ICSI exams to provide the same feel to the students.

Detailed Suggested Answers: Suggested answers for each test are provided to the students so that they can check the required points to be included in the answers. Suggested answers help to understand the logic and tricks to solve the question.

Detailed Performance feedback: The Test Series provides in-depth points related to your performance on various parameters like concept, presentation, speed, etc. so that students can focus on the weak parts to improve their performance before attempting the ICSI CS Executive exams.

Availability: The test series provides you the comfort of access from anywhere from any device, like a computer, laptop, tablet, mobile phone, etc, without wasting your crucial time. Online test series save a lot of traveling time; usually, in offline test series, most students cannot attempt exams during the examination time. However, online test series provide flexibility without wasting any second at any time or pattern.

Easy to use: The test series platform is user-friendly, so students can easily access all the resources on the dashboard. Options like notes, doubt solving, study planner, suggested answer, ranking, topper sheet, checked sheet, etc. Also, proper tutorial videos are provided to check the entire process.

CS Executive Exam Pattern December 2024

Refer the below provided table to quickly understand the exam pattern of CS Executive as per ICSI

Critical aspects of Papers:

• Each paper of CS Executive carries 100 marks.
• Each CS Executive paper has three hours to complete in the exam hall.
• The types of questions, such as objective and descriptive, vary on a paper-to-paper basis.

It is essential to refer to the official ICSI standards for the most up-to-date and correct information, as precise specifics about question kinds and substance may differ.

CS Executive Syllabus

The CS Executive course has eight papers namely, Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws, Company Law, Setting up of Business Entities and Closure, Tax Laws, Corporate & Management Accounting, Securities Laws & Capital Markets, Economic, Business and Commercial Laws, and Financial and Strategic Management.

Below is a comprehensive curriculum for each paper:

Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws

Sources of Law, Constitution of India, Interpretation of Statutes, General Clauses Act, 1897, Administrative Laws, Law of Torts, Limitation Act, 1963, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Special Courts, Tribunals under Companies Act & Other Legislations, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Indian Stamp Act, 1899, Registration Act, 1908, Right to Information Act, 2005, and Information Technology Act, 2000.

Company Law

Introduction to Company Law, Shares and Share Capital, Members and Shareholders, Debt Instruments, Charges, Distribution of Profits, Corporate Social Responsibility, Accounts, Audit and Auditors, Transparency and Disclosures, An overview of Inter-Corporate Loans, Investments, Guarantees and Security, Related Party Transactions, Registers and Records, An overview of Corporate Reorganization, Introduction to MCA 21 and filing in XBRL, Global Trends and Developments in Company Law, Board Constitution and its Powers, Directors, Key Managerial Personnel (KMP’s) and their Remuneration, Meetings of Board and its Committees, General Meetings, Virtual Meetings, Legal framework governing Company Secretaries, Secretarial Standards Board, and Mega Firms.

Setting up of Business Entities and Closure

Choice of Business Organization, Company, Charter documents of Companies, Legal status of Registered Companies, Limited Liability Partnership, Other forms of business organizations, Institutions Not For Profit & NGOs, Financial Services Organization, Start-ups, Joint Ventures, Setting up of Business outside India, Conversion of existing business entity, Various Initial Registrations and Licenses, Maintenance of Registers and Records, Identifying laws applicable to various Industries and their initial compliances, Intellectual Property laws, Compliances under Labour Laws, Compliances relating to Environmental laws, Dormant Company, Strike off and restoration of name of the company and LLP, and Insolvency Resolution process; Liquidation and Winding-up.

Tax Laws

Direct Taxes at a Glance, Basic concepts of Income Tax, Incomes that do not form part of Total Income, Computation of Income under Various Heads, Clubbing provisions and Set Off and / or Carry Forward of Losses, Deductions from Gross Total Income & Rebate and Relief, Computation of Total Income and Tax Liability of different entities, Classification and Tax Incidence on Companies, Procedure Compliance, Assessment, Appeals & Revision, Concept of Indirect Taxes at a glance, Basics of Goods and Services Tax ‘GST’, Concept of Time, Value & Place of Taxable Supply, Input Tax Credit & Computation of GST Liability, Procedural Compliance under GST, Basic overview on Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST), Union Territory Goods and Service tax (UTGST), and GST Compensation to States, and Overview of Customs Act.

Corporate & Management Accounting

Introduction to Financial Accounting, Introduction to Corporate Accounting, Accounting for Share Capital, Accounting for Debentures, Related Aspects of Company Accounts, Financial Statements Interpretation, Consolidation of Accounts as per Companies Act, 2013, Corporate Financial Reporting, Cash Flow Statements, Accounting Standards (AS), National and International Accounting Authorities, Adoption, Convergence and Interpretation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Accounting Standards in India, An Overview of Cost, Cost Accounting Records & Cost Audit under Companies Act, 2013, Budget, Budgeting and Budgetary Control, Ratio Analysis, Management Reporting (Management Information Systems), Decision Making Tools, Valuation Principles & Framework, Valuation of Shares, Business and Intangible Assets, Accounting for Share based payments (IndAS 102), Business and Intangible Assets, and Methods of Valuation.

Securities Laws & Capital Markets

Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act 1956, Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, Depositories Act, 1996, An Overview of SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, An Overview of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, An Overview of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011, SEBI (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 1998, SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009, An Overview of SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014, An Overview of SEBI (Issue of Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2002, SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, Mutual Funds, Collective Investment Schemes, SEBI (Ombudsman) Regulations, 2003, Structure of Capital Market, and Securities Market Intermediaries.

Economic, Business, and Commercial Laws

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934; Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999; Foreign Exchange Transactions & Compliances, Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, Foreign Direct Investments – Regulations & FDI Policy, Overseas Direct Investment, Liberalized Remittance Scheme, External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Trade Policy & Procedure, Non Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs), Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, Competition Act, 2002, Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Legal Metrology Act, 2009, Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, Benami Transaction Prohibitions (Act), Prevention of Money Laundering, Indian Contracts Act, 1872, Specific Relief Act, 1963, Sale of Goods Act, 1930, Partnership Act, 1932, and Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881.

Financial and Strategic Management

Nature and Scope of Financial Management, Capital Budgeting, Capital Structure, Sources of raising long-term finance and Cost of Capital, Project Finance, Dividend Policy, Working Capital, Security Analysis, Portfolio Management, Introduction to Management, Introduction to Strategic Management, Business Policy and Formulation of Functional Strategy, Strategic Analysis and Planning, Strategic Implementation and Control, and Analyzing Strategic Edge.