CA Inter May 2024 Exam Pattern, Negative Marking, Passing Criteria

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ICAI has announced the new exam pattern for the CA Intermediate course for the May 2024 examination.

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CA Intermediate Paper 1 Advanced Accounting, Paper 2 Corporate Laws, Paper 3 Cost and Management Accounting, Subjective - 70 and Objective - 30 Marks

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Paper 4 Taxation, Paper 5 Auditing and Code of Ethics, Subjective - 70 and Objective - 30 Marks Paper 6 Financial Management, and Strategic Management, Subjective - 35 and Objective - 15 Marks

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Negative marking has been introduced in Intermediate New Scheme exams. It means that for every wrong answer, marks will be deducted from the total score.

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For every incorrect answer in the CA Intermediate New Scheme, 0.125 marks are deducted from Total Marks.

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Negative marking is designed to discourage students from randomly guessing the answers and only when they are sure of the answer.

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CA Intermediate exam, students must secure a minimum of 40% marks in each paper and a minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate of all eight papers.

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