CSEET 2024 Exam: Results (Declared), Qualifying Marks, Pass Percentage

Name of the Exam

CS Executive Entrance Test (CSEET)

Exam Conducting Body

Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)

Exam Level

National

Exam Frequency

Four times in a year

Mode of Examination

Remote Proctored Mode

Exam Duration

120 minutes/ 2 hours for all four parts

Medium

English

Exam Purpose

To qualify for CS Executive exam

Number of Exam Cities

Conducted in remote proctored mode

Exam Helpdesk Number

0120-6204999, 3314111

CSEET Exam Website

www.icsi.edu

CSEET Registration Begins

16-Jun-2024

Last date for registration

15-Oct-2024

Release of CSEET admit card

29-Oct-2024

Availability of CSEET mock test

06-Nov & 07-Nov-2024

CSEET Examination

09-Nov-2024
11-Nov-2024 [Buffer Date]

Declaration of CSEET results 2024

Business Environment and Law

40%

50%

Business Economics

40%

Business Management, Ethics and Entrepreneurship

40%

Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing

40%

January 2024

55.81%

May 2024

62.93%

July 2024

66.11%

November 2024

To be announced

CSEET Fee

INR 2000 (Inclusive of CSEET guide part 1 and part 2)

Business Communication

35

50

Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning

35

50

Economic and Business Environment

35

50

Current Affairs and Quantitative Aptitude

35

50

Total Marks

200

Essentials of Good English

• English Grammar and its usage, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjection, Voice, Articles, Tenses, prefixes and Suffix, Punctuations etc.

• Enriching Vocabulary-Choice of words, Synonyms and Antonyms

• Common errors in English

• Words with multiple meanings

• One-word substitution

• Words frequently misspelt

• Homophones

• Idioms and phrases

• Proverbs

• Abbreviations

• Para jumbles

• Sentence completion

• Sentence arrangement

• Sentence correction

• Foreign words and phrases commonly used

• Comprehension of passage and art of Summarizing

Communication

Concept of Communication,

Meaning and Significance of Good Communication

Business Communication- Principles and Process

•Means of Communication- Written, Oral, Visual, Audiovisual

• Choice of Modes of Communication

• Communication Networks- Vertical, Circuit, Chain, Wheel, Star

• Commonly used Mediums of Digital communication, SMS, Voice mail, Multimedia, Teleconferencing, Mobile Phone Conversation, Video Conferencing, etc.

• Listening Skills-Types, Purpose, Steps to Effective Listening, Barriers to Effective Listening, and Ways to overcome the Barriers

• Barriers to Effective Communication and Ways to overcome the Barriers

Business Correspondence

• Business Letters - Its Essentials, Parts, Types, Salutations

• Positive Messages, Negative Messages, and Persuasive Messages

• Business Reports, Inter and Intra-departmental Communication- Office Orders, Office Circulars, Memorandum, Office Notes, Management Information System (MIS)

• Concept of Web, Internet and E-correspondence

• Intranet- Benefit and Purpose

• Email - Features, Procedure to Write a Formal Email, Email Etiquette

• Essential Elements of Email- Subject line, Formal Greeting, Target Audience (Reader), Clarity and Conciseness, Formal Closing, Proofreading, Feedback

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Email

Common Business Terminologies

Terms defined under various Laws, Rules, and Regulations, including Financial and Non-Financial terms and expressions.

Indian Constitution

• Preamble

• Citizenship

• Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties

• Directive Principles of State Policy

•State under Constitution

• President and Governors

• Council of Ministers and Prime Minister

• Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council

• Supreme Court and High Courts

• Landmark Amendment in Constitution

• List of subjects, State, and Concurrent

Elements of General Laws (Indian Contract Act and Law of Torts)

Part A: Law of Contract

• Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, and Competency to Contract.

• Agreement

• Types of Contract: Void, Voidable, Unenforceable

• Performance of Contract

• Frustration of Contract

• Quasi Contract

• Breach of Contract and Remedies

Part B: Law of Torts

• Basics of Torts

• Specific Defenses

• Nuisance and Negligence

• Strict, Absolute, and Vicarious Liability

• Trespass

• Malicious Prosecution

Elements of Company Secretaries Legislation

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

• Vision, Mission, Motto, and Core Values of the Institute

• Company Secretary under the Company Secretaries Act, 1980.

• Functions of Company Secretary under the Companies Act, 2013

• Role of Company Secretary in Employment

• Role of Company Secretary in Practice

Elements of Company Law

• Meaning and Nature of Company

• Types of Companies

• Incorporation of a Company

• Types of capital

• Board of Directors -(Concept, Appointment and Removal of Directors)

• Board Meetings & Shareholders Meetings

• Corporate Social Responsibility

• Business Ethics

• Ethical Dilemma

Legal Reasoning

• Legal Fundamentals and Terms

• Legal Problems – Reading and understanding a case

• Legal Terminology and Maxims

• Legal Reasoning-

(a) Reasoning by Analogy

(b) Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

• Questions of Fact (or factual issues)

• Questions of Law (or legal issues)

• Landmark Judgments of Supreme Court and High Court

• Reading Comprehension

Logical Reasoning

• Calendars

• Cause and Effect Reasoning

• Clocks

• Coding and Decoding

• Deriving Conclusion from Passages

• Drawing Inference

• Number Test

• Sequence and Series

• Statement and Assumptions

Verbal Reasoning

• Alphabet Test

• Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle

• Analogy

• Assertion and Reason

• Blood Relations

• Decision Making

• Inserting Missing Characters

• Logical Sequence Test

• Logical Venn Diagram

• Number, Ranking, and Time Sequence Test

• Syllogism

• Truth Tellers and Liars

Non Verbal Reasoning

Analytical Reasoning

• Classification

• Completion of Incomplete Pattern

• Figure Matrix

• Grouping of Identical Figures

• Mirror Image

• Rule Detection

• Numeric and Alphabet Series

Basics of Demand and Supply and Forms of Market Competition

Theory of Demand and Supply

• Equilibrium Price

• Elasticity of Demand and Supply and other related concepts

• Increase and Decrease in Demand and Expansion and Contraction of Demand

• Forms of Market Competition- Monopoly, Duopoly, Oligopoly, Perfect Competition and Monopolistic Competition

National Income Accounting and Related Concepts

• Meaning and methods to compute National Income

• Key variables of National Income (GNP, GDP, NNP, NDP, etc.)

Indian Union Budget

• Key terminologies/heads covered under the budget

• Revenue and Capital Budget

• Major components of Revenue and Capital Budget

• Meaning of Fiscal Deficit

• Components/ Variables covered under Fiscal Deficit

Indian Financial Markets

• Overview of Indian Financial Ecosystem

• Key facets of Indian financial system

• Growth of Financial Institutions

• Public and private sector banks

• Industrial Finance Corporation of India, Small Industries Development Bank of India

Regional Rural Banks

• Cooperative Banks

• Non-Banking Finance Companies

• Basics of Capital Market: Types of Shares and Debentures Financial assistance scenario for Small and Medium Enterprises and Start-Ups.

Indian Economy

• Primary (Agriculture and allied activities)

• Secondary (Manufacturing)

• Tertiary (Services):

• Current scenario of agriculture and allied activities in India

• Agricultural and Industrial Policies of India

• Current scenario of services sector in India

• Balance of Payments

• Components of Balance of Payments

• Favorable and Unfavorable Balance of Trade

• Foreign Investments in India- Types and Flows

Entrepreneurship Scenario

• Government initiatives to foster entrepreneurship

• Need for entrepreneurship in India

• Bottlenecks in entrepreneurial growth

Business Environment

• Overview of Business Environment

• Features and factors influencing business environment

• Types of environment: Economic environment, Socio-cultural environment, Political environment, Legal and Technological environment

• Ease of Doing Business Index by World Bank for India and Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) for States

Key Government Institutions

• Basic awareness about various institutions and regulatory bodies in India such as NITI Aayog, MCA, SEBI, RBI, IBBI, CCI, NCLT/NCLAT etc.