CSEET Exam 2023: Registration (Ongoing), Admit Card, Exam Pattern (Revised), Syllabus, Results

Exam Name

CS Executive Entrance Test (CSEET)

Conducting body

Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)

Exam level

National

Exam frequency

Four times in a year

Mode of examination

Remote Proctored Mode or any other mode as may be decided by the Council from time to time

Exam duration

120 minutes/ 2 hours for all four parts

Medium

English

Exam purpose

To qualify for CS Executive exam

Number of exam cities

N/A

Exam helpdesk number

0120-6204999, 3314111

Exam website

www.icsi.edu

CSEET Registration Begins

11-Aug-2023

To be Updated

Last date for registration

15-Oct-2023

To be updated

Release of CSEET admit card

25-Oct-2023 (Expected)

To be Updated

Last week of October 2023

To be Updated

CSEET Examination

04-Nov-2023

To be Updated

Announcement of results

14-Nov-2023 (Expected)

To be Updated

CSEET Fee

1000

CSEET Reference Book (MCQ based sample questions)

500

Study Material of CSEET

1000 (Optional)

Total

2500

1500 (without study material)

Business Communication

35

50

Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning

35

50

Economic and Business Environment

35

50

Current Affairs and Quantitative Aptitude

35

50

Total Marks

200

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.

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

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

9

Number System

·         Computation of Whole Number

·         Decimal and Fractions

·         Relationship between numbers

10

Fundamental arithmetical operations

·         Percentages

·         Ratio and Proportion

·         Square roots

·         Averages

·         Interest (Simple and Compound)

·         Profit and Loss

1.        

Basics of Demand and Supply and Forms of Market Competition

Theory of Demand and Supply

• Equilibrium Price

• Elasticity of Demand and Supply and other related concepts

• Increase and Decrease in Demand and Expansion and Contraction of Demand

• Forms of Market Competition- Monopoly, Duopoly, Oligopoly, Perfect Competition and Monopolistic Competition

2.        

National Income Accounting and Related Concepts

• Meaning and methods to compute National Income

• Key variables of National Income (GNP, GDP, NNP, NDP etc.)

3.        

Indian Union Budget

• Key terminologies / heads covered under the budget

• Revenue and Capital Budget

• Major components of Revenue and Capital Budget

• Meaning of Fiscal Deficit

• Components/ Variables covered under Fiscal Deficit

4.        

Indian Financial Markets

• Overview of Indian Financial Ecosystem

• Key facets of Indian financial system

• Growth of Financial Institutions

• Public and private sector banks

• Industrial Finance Corporation of India, Small Industries Development Bank of India

Regional Rural Banks

• Cooperative Banks

• Non-Banking Finance Companies

• Basics of Capital Market: Types of Shares and Debentures Financial assistance scenario for Small and Medium Enterprises and Start-Ups.

5.        

Indian Economy

• Primary (Agriculture and allied activities)

• Secondary (Manufacturing)

• Tertiary (Services):

• Current scenario of agriculture and allied activities in India

• Agricultural and Industrial Policies of India

• Current scenario of services sector in India

• Balance of Payments

• Components of Balance of Payments

• Favorable and Unfavorable Balance of Trade

• Foreign Investments in India- Types and Flows

6.

Entrepreneurship Scenario

• Government initiatives to foster entrepreneurship

• Need for entrepreneurship in India

• Bottlenecks in entrepreneurial growth

7

Business Environment

• Overview of Business Environment

• Features and factors influencing business environment

• Types of environment: Economic environment, Socio-cultural environment, Political environment, Legal and Technological environment

• Ease of Doing Business Index by World Bank for India and Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) for States

8

Key Government Institutions

• Basic awareness about various institutions and regulatory bodies in India such as NITI Aayog, MCA, SEBI, RBI, IBBI, CCI, NCLT/NCLAT etc.

1

Current Affairs

Current affairs of national and international importance relating to:

• International bodies (ASEAN, BRICS, SAARC, G-20, BIMSTEC, etc.)

• Organizations like, RBI, NABARD, CCI, IBBI, IMF, OECD, ADB, World Bank, etc.

• Summits and conferences

• Current development in Banking and Finance (digital banking, govt. initiatives, financial inclusion, etc.)

• Current development in stock markets

• Recent important judgments passed by Supreme Court and High Courts of India, Tribunals

• Current affairs related to CS Institute/Profession and regulatory bodies

• Current updates on environment, bio-diversity, climate change and sustainable development

• Latest developments in science and technology, IT, Computers and Space science

• Business personalities and leaders

• Committees and appointments

• Art and culture

• Books and their authors

• Awards and honours

Sports

• Current political scenario

• Initiatives/ schemes of the government

• Language and national symbols

• Governance and ethics

• International diplomacy

Part B: Presentation & Communication Skills

2

Listening Skills

• Questions based on audio clips

– Monologue

 – Dialogue

• Grammar Test

• Vocabulary Test

3

Written Communication Skills

• Writing on a given topic

• Correcting a given paragraph

• Short Note writing

• Essay writing

• Precis writing

4

Oral Communication Skills

• Candidates are expected to:

– Answer a question

– Speak on a given topic

– Explain the given term