CA Exam Tips

In the process of CA course, there are 3 important exams starting with CPT exam, IPCC exam and the final exam of CA. While the exam plan and style of the three exams are absolutely distinguished, some study tips stand common for three of them. UrbanPro experts list 8 common tips that you can apply to any exam during your CA tenure and you are sure to score good:

a) A solid time table

As the number of subjects of grow and the depth of syllabus – students do not understand how to map the entire syllabus. The answer is simple, start when there is ample time in hand. In fact for each CA exam, experts recommend to start CA exam preparation keeping around 4-months in hand. Every day, try studying each paper for 2 course. Going paperwise wont let you get over your CA exam syllabus.

b) No procrastination

As the time span of preparing for CA exam is limited, do not procrastinate. Delay in one day’s study plan can hamper your entire CA study plan. So for the 3-4 months you reserve to dedicate for CA exam preparation, make sure you only concentrate on the study part and live a healthy life, to avoid sickness or diseases. Committed preparation for CA exam is sure to show brilliant result.

c) Refrain from recreation

Though all exam preparation usually leaves a little scope of entertainment like reading books or chatting with friends, CA literally cannot afford that. This is because of the toughness of the exam. If looked at the current statistics, in 2016 around 7500 qualified CA professionals graduated from ICAI out of almost 30,000. Hence to belong to the success category you got to make these minimal sacrifice.

d) Have faith and confidence

Students many a times fail the CA exam because they don’t think in the positive direction. To clear CA exam in the first go, you need to think and believe so. If you determine yourself to do so, you are sure to achieve it. Also, second timers – take time to look back where you went wrong and give your CA exam preparation a better approach, you are sure to succeed.

e) Ray of hope

Alike any other normal individual you may feel like giving up amidst CA exam preparation. Do not give up. Just remember after all these efforts lies years of good work, recognition and success. When you have chosen a course so long, how about loving every bit of it?

f) Go by the basics

The CA exam involves too much of study materials, online videos, lectures, notes, books and so on. You may wonder where and what to cover in the syllabus. Well, the answer is just go by the basics and make sure you are sure about that part. If you study over the top, the outcome might not pay off on the CA exam days. So, first have a clear idea about basic of all topics and then you can do advance research on each of them.

g) Here is listing some CA reference books that you look up to during CA exam preparation:

Direct Taxes: Vinod Gupta

Accounts (Accounting standards): D S Rawat & M P Vijaykumar

Indirect Taxes: Dipak Gupta

Law: Munish Bhandari

ICAI practice manuals

ICAI publications (Recent circulars, notifications, case laws, suggested answers and RTP)

Coaching class notes

h) Linking exams and article ship

After your CA article ship, you have one last session – the CA final exam. In this, do apply practical knowledge of your article ship to the CA questions. The more your answers are fact verified and experience based with clear understanding – the better will be your score in CA exam.