ICSI exam Pattern

Candidates will be required to pay the CS Pre Examination Test fee of INR 1000. However, students who have already remitted the Pre-Examination Test Fee while seeking registration to CS Executive / Professional Programme Stages are not required to remit the fee again.

Candidates can appear for CS Pre Examination Test before enrolling for the CS Executive or CS Professional examination. Candidates will have to compulsorily qualify the CS Pre Examination Test to enroll for CS Examinations. Without appearing for pre-examination test, candidates cannot enrollf or upcoming examinations.

The total score for CS Professional examination is 100 marks for each paper. Group 1 of CS Professional consists of three papers and one elective paper which is of total 400 marks and group 2 of CS Professional consists of three papers and one elective paper which is of total 400 marks. Overall the total marks for CS Professional examination is 800 marks. Candidates must score minimum of 50% in aggregate in 40% in each paper to qualify the exam.

ICSI CS exam questions length depends upon the type of question. The length of the answers are generally long. Hiwever it may vary from question to questions. Candidates can check the demo ICSI answer sheet to check the length of the answers. Candidates must follow the ICSI answer guidelines to answer the questions.

As per the ICSI CS Executive exam marking scheme each question has equal marks. The total marks for CS Executive each paper is 100 marks. There will be no negative amrking for any incorrect answer or not attempted questions. Candidates will be given partial marks for every correct answer.

The duration of CS Professional exam for each paper is three hours. CS Professional exam is divided into two groups. The CS Professional group 1 consist of four papers whereas, second group consists of three papers. Candidates will have to attempt the questions of each paper within the given time duration. ICSI CS Professional December 2025 datesheet has been released.