CSEET syllabus

ICSI's entrance test for the CS Executive Programme: four papers of 100 marks on four days, three written and one objective (OMR). Paper 4, Business Laws and Management, has 100 one-mark questions in 2 hours with no negative marking.

Paper 4: Business Laws and Management (OMR)

Part A: Business Laws

60 questions, 60 marks · Within the 2 hours

Questions 1 to 60 in ICSI's sample papers and the June 2026 paper. Each carries 1 mark; four options; no negative marking.

  • Introduction to law: sources, legal terms and maxims, citations, new legislation
  • Elements of company law
  • Law of contracts, including indemnity, guarantee, bailment, pledge and agency
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Sale of goods
  • Negotiable instruments

Part B: Business Management

40 questions, 40 marks · Within the 2 hours

Questions 61 to 100. Each carries 1 mark; four options; no negative marking.

  • Introduction to management and management styles
  • Functions of management: planning, organising, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting and budgeting
  • Fayol's principles and Taylor's scientific management
  • Management knowledge for company secretaries, with small cases

Papers 1 to 3 (subjective)

Paper 1: Business Communication

100 marks; eight questions in June 2026, six to be answered · 3 hours, its own sitting

Written answers marked by ICSI's examiners. Not run on this site.

  • Essentials of good English: grammar, vocabulary, idioms, sentence correction, comprehension and summary
  • Communication: process, networks, listening, barriers, etiquette, digital and social media
  • Business correspondence: letters, reports, office orders, circulars, memos, e-mail, notice, agenda and minutes
  • Common business terminology

Paper 2: Fundamentals of Accounting

100 marks; eight questions in June 2026, six to be answered · 3 hours, its own sitting

Written answers with working notes, marked by examiners. Not run on this site.

  • Accounting concepts, principles and policies
  • Journal, subsidiary books, ledger, trial balance and rectification of errors
  • Bank reconciliation statement
  • Depreciation and amortisation
  • Final accounts of sole proprietors
  • Partnership and LLP accounts, goodwill
  • Issue, forfeiture and reissue of shares; redemption of preference shares and debentures
  • Accounts of not-for-profit organisations

Paper 3: Economic and Business Environment

100 marks: Part A Economics 50, Part B Business Environment 50 · 3 hours, its own sitting

Written answers marked by examiners. Not run on this site.

  • Demand, supply and forms of market
  • National income
  • Union Budget and fiscal deficit
  • Indian financial markets and institutions
  • Indian economy and balance of payments
  • Entrepreneurship, business environment and key institutions (NITI Aayog, MCA, SEBI, RBI, IBBI, CCI, NCLT, NCLAT)
  • Global organisations, environmental governance, AI and business, corporate governance