What is the difficulty level of ICAI CA Foundation papers?

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Muskan | Contributor-Level 10

a year ago

Since Foundation is the first level of the Chartered Accountancy course, the difficulty level of CA Foundation papers is often easy to moderate compared to Intermediate and Final levels. But CA Foundation is a challenging course in itself. Just 25% of test takers in the CA Foundation in December 202

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Vipra Shrivastava | Contributor-Level 10

5 months ago

The difficulty level of CA Foundation papers is usually easy to moderate as compared to Intermediate and Final levels, as Foundation is the initial level of the Chartered Accountancy course. However, CA Foundation is a tough course in its own. In CA Foundation December 2022, only 25 percent of the t

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