Any student who is appearing for the 12th class can register with the Board of Studies. After completion of four months study period and after qualifying Class XII examination, a student can appear for the Foundation examination after passing the 10+2 Examination.

Visit the ICAI official website and select the “Students” menu from the top menu. Click on the BoS knowledge portal from the drop-down menu. Choose a foundation course from the list. Click on the paper for which you wish to download the question paper. Then click on the “Suggested answers”. Choose the suggested answer year. Download the answer in pdf mode.

Analysis of past examination papers reveals that around 50 percent of the questions in the ICAI exams come from the official material and sources i.e., modules, practice manuals, mock tests, current RTP, and past year RTP. Sometimes, final examination questions directly come from the RTPs, and many times the questions asked in the exam are very close to the questions in the RTPs.

Students can download the foundation registration form by visiting the ICAI website and select the “Students” menu and select course registration forms.

The last date for CA foundation registration is 31st December 2019 for appearing in May 2020 examination and 30th June 2020 for appearing November 2020 Examination. The schedule for the examinations will be published on the ICAI website in due course.

It is suggestible to give importance to all the chapters equally. An equal weightage is given to all the chapters.