ICSI CSEET Syllabus 2024 – Exam Pattern, Paper Wise Syllabus , Marking Scheme & FAQs

Subject for ICSI CSEET Syllabus

Marks

Current Affairs, Presentation and communication skills and Quantitative Aptitude

Subjects

Marks

Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning

B – Logical Reasoning (20 Marks)

A – Economics (25 Marks)

B – Business Environment (25 Marks)

Current Affairs and Quantitative Aptitude

A – Current Affairs (30 Marks)

B – Quantitative Aptitude (20 Marks)

Total Marks

200

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Sub Topics for ICSI CSEET Syllabus

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

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 Communication –
  • Email,
  • 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

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, Proof reading, Feedback
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Email

Common Business Terminologies

Terms defined under various Laws, Rules and Regulations including Financial and Non-Financial terms and expressions

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Subtopics ICSI CSEET Syllabus

Part A (Legal Aptitude)

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 and Rajya Sabha & Legislative and Legislative Council
• Supreme Court and High Courts
• Landmark Amendment in the Constitution
• List of subjects-Centre, State and Concurrent

Elements of General Laws

(Indian Contract Act and Law of Torts)

• 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

Law of Torts

• Basics of Torts
• Specific Defenses
• Nuisance and Negligence
• Strict, Absolute and Vicarious Liability
• Trespass
• Malicious Prosecution

Elements of Company Secretaries Legislation

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
• Vision, Mission, Motto, Core Values of the Institute
• Company Secretary under the Company Secretaries Act, 1980.
• Function of Company Secretary under the Companies Act, 2013
• Role of Company Secretary in Employment
• Role of Company Secretary in Practice

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

Legal Reasoning

• Legal Fundamentals and Terms
• Legal Problems
  • Reading and understanding a case
• Legal Terminology and Maxims
• Legal Reasoning-
  • Reasoning by Analogy
  • 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

Part B (Logical Reasoning)

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

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

Non-Verbal Reasoning

• Analytical Reasoning
• Classification
• Completion of Incomplete Pattern
• Figure Matrix
• Grouping of Identical Figures
• Mirror Image
• Rule Detection
• Numeric and Alphabet Series

Number Systems

• Computation of Whole Number
• Decimal and Fractions
• Relationship between numbers

Fundamental arithmetical operations

• Percentages
• Ratio and Proportion
• Square roots
• Averages
• Interest (Simple and Compound)
• Profit and Loss

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Part A (Economics)

Basics of Demand and Supply and Forms of Market Competition

• Theory of Demand and Supply
• Equilibrium Price
• Elasticity of Demand and Supply, 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

National Income Accounting and Related Concepts

• Meaning and methods to compute National Income
• Key variables of National Income (GNP, GDP, NNP, NDP, etc.)

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

Indian Financial Markets

• Overview of the Indian Financial Ecosystem
• Key facets of the 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/Medium Enterprises and Start-Ups.

Indian Economy

• Primary (Agriculture and allied activities)
• Secondary (Manufacturing)
• Tertiary (Services):
  • Current scenario of agriculture /allied activities in India
  • Agricultural and Industrial Policies of India
  • Current scenario of the 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

Part B (Business Environment)

Entrepreneurship Scenario

• Government initiatives to foster entrepreneurship
• Need for entrepreneurship in India
• Bottlenecks in Entrepreneurial Growth

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 the World Bank for India and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) for States

Key Government Institutions

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

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Part A (Current Affairs)

Current affairs of National/International importance relating to:

• International bodies including ASEAN, BRICS, SAARC, G-20, BIMSTEC, etc.)
• Organizations including RBI, NABARD, CCI, IBBI, IMF, OECD, ADB, World Bank, etc.
• Summits and conferences
• Current development in Banking as well as Finance (digital banking, govt. initiatives, financial inclusion, etc.)
• Sports
• Current political scenario
• Initiatives/ schemes of the government
• Language and national symbols
• Governance and ethics
• International diplomacy
• Current developments in stock markets
• Recent important judgments passed by the Supreme Court and High Courts of India, Tribunals
• Current affairs related to CS Institute/Profession
• and regulatory bodies
• Current updates on the environment, biodiversity, 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
• Initiative/scheme of the government
• Language and national symbols
• Governance and ethics
• International diplomacy

Part B (Logical Reasoning)

Listening Skills

• Question based on Audio Clips (Monologue and Dialogue)
• Grammar Test
• Vocabulary Test

Written Communication Skills

• Writing on a given topic
• Correcting a given paragraph
• Short Note Writing
• Easy Writing
• Precis Writing

Oral Communication Skills

• Answer a question
• Speak on a given topic
• Explain the given term