CSEET Syllabus 2025: Download Latest Syllabus PDF

Conducting body

ICSI

Number of subjects

Four

Total number of questions

120

Maximum marks

200 marks

Negative marking

No

Duration of exam

120 minutes or 2 hours

1

Essentials of Good English

• English Grammar and its usage-Noun, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjection, Voice, Articles, Tenses, Prefix 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 mis-spelt

• 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

2

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 CommunicationEmail, 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

3

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 Etiquettes

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

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Email

4

Common Business Terminologies

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

Part A - Legal Aptitude (25 Marks)

1

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-Centre, State and Concurrent

2

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

3

Elements of Company Secretaries Legislation

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

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

• Company Secretary under 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

4

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

5

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

Part B: Logical Reasoning

6

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

7

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

8

Non Verbal Reasoning

Analytical Reasoning

• Classification

• Completion of Incomplete Pattern

• Figure Matrix

• Grouping of Identical Figures

• Mirror Image

• Rule Detection

• Numeric and Alphabet Series