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What is the time duration of ICAI CA exams?

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Anushka Mendiratta | Contributor-Level 10

a year ago

The time duration of the ICAI CA exams varies depending on the specific level of the exam. For eg. Foundation, Intermediate or final level anoghwith the type of paper (Theory or Practical).

Foundation Course:

Objective type exam: 2 hours (120 minutes)

Intermediate Course and Final Course:

Theory Papers

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Malavika | Contributor-Level 10

a year ago

The ICAI prescribes the pattern for the CA Final exam. The exam takes place twice a year, in May and November. The CA Final course and exam pattern are comparable to those of the CA Foundation and CA Intermediate. Some ICAI CA Final papers last three hours, while others last four hours per session.

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Vipra Shrivastava | Contributor-Level 10

4 months ago

The time duration of ICAI CA exams varies for each paper. For some papers, the duration is three hours whereas for some papers it is two hours. The time limit of CA Foundation paper 3 and 4 is two hours and for rest of the papers across levels is three hours. There is no sectional time limit in CA e

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