CS EXECUTIVE (GROUP I) JUNE 2016 QUESTION PAPER ANALYSIS

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CS EXECUTIVE (JUNE-2016) GROUP-I QUESTION PAPER ANALYSIS

ICSI had recently conducted CS EXECUTIVE Exam in the month of June 2016 from 1-Jun-2016 to 9-Jun-2016. CS Executive is the Second Stage of the professional Exam of Company Secretaries. To clear CS Executive Exam, a candidate needs to score minimum 40% in Each Individual Paper and Minimum 50% Aggregate in all Papers of the Group.

ICSI conducts CS Executive Exam in Offline Mode (Paper pencil Mode) twice in a year i.e. in the month of June and December. CS Executive Group I consists of 4 Papers : (i) Company Law (ii) Cost and Management Accounting (iii) Economics & Commercial Law and (iv) Tax Laws & Practice. Paper Pattern of CS Executive Group-I are as follows:-

• Cost & Management Accounting and Tax Laws are OMR Based Exam consists of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) of 1 Mark each to be done in 3 Hours Each.
• In OMR Based Exams, there is Negative Marking in the ratio of 1: 4, i.e. deduction of one (1) mark for every four (4) wrong answers.
• Remaining 2 Papers – Company Law & Economics and Commercial Law would continue to be examined through Descriptive Pattern.

Question Paper Analysis were prepared by the Expert Faculty Team of Resonance CLPD and we will be providing these Analysis to our Blog on timely basis. The Analysis given below is only for the Question Papers of Subjects of Group-I of CS Executive.

OVERALL DIFFICULTY LEVEL ANALYSIS

In this analysis, we have rated every question on a scale of 1 to 3. The ratings are done by Expert Faculty of Resonance CLPD. The individual Ratings are then averaged to calculate overall Difficulty level.

• Easy – Scale 1
• Moderate – Scale 2
• Difficult – Scale 3

SUBJECTS	DIFFICULTY LEVEL
COMPANY LAW	1.5
COST & MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING	1.43
ECONOMICS & COMMERCIAL LAW	1.26
TAX LAWS & PRACTICE	1.45
OVERALL AVERAGE	1.41

OVERALL DIFFICULTY LEVEL ANALYSIS

QUESTION-WISE DIFFICULTY BREAKUP

MARKS-WISE DIFFICULTY BREAKUP

INTERPRETATION : Resonance Faculty Team feels that difficulty level of all the Subjects of Group-I of CS Executive (June-2016) are of More or Less similar difficulty level vis-a-vis Moderate Level, with Company Law is on slightly Tougher Side while Economics and Commercial Law seems to be little bit Easy amongst All 4 Subjects.

Now, we will do Individual Subject-wise Analysis of all the Subjects of Group-I of CS Executive (June-2016) Attempt.

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INDIVIDUAL PAPER-WISE ANALYSIS

PAPER 1 – COMPANY LAW (321)

Company Law is the 1st Paper of Group-I of CS Executive Level. It is an Subjective / Descriptive Type Question Paper consists of 6 Questions (some have Options) to be done in 3 Hours.

This Paper majorly Consists of 6 questions which is divided into 30 sub-parts. Student have to attempt all 6 questions. If we consider Question Paper into 30 sub-parts, then as per our analysis, 15 questions were of EASY and 15 questions were of MODERATE Level. It will get more clear from the below given Chart:

Question-Wise & Marks-Wise Difficulty Breakup of COMPANY LAW Paper

CHAPTER-WISE INTERPRETATION : As a Whole, Company Law Paper is of Moderate Difficulty Level. However, If we talk about Chapter-wise Analysis, then below given 5 Chapters from the Module shows Higher Density of Questions (Around 60%) and Other 40% Questions were from Remaining 29 Chapters of the Module :

CHAPTER-WISE COVERAGE
60% Questions	40% Questions
1. Accounts & Audit	Remaining 29 Chapters
2. Institution of Directors
3. Board and Its Power
4. Types of Companies
5. Deposits, and
6. Limited Liability Partnerships

PAPER 2 – COST & MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (322)

Cost & Management Accounting is the 2nd Paper of Group-I of CS Executive Level. It is an OMR Based Exam consists of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) of 1 Mark each to be done in 3 Hours. In this paper, there is Negative Marking in the ratio of 1: 4, i.e. deduction of one (1) mark for every four (4) wrong answers.

As per our Analysis, 69 Questions were of EASY, 19 Questions were of MODERATE and 12 Questions were of DIFFICULT Level. As All Questions Carry Equal Marks, so below given Chart will explain Question-Wise & Marks-Wise Difficulty Breakup of the Paper:

Question-Wise & Marks-Wise Difficulty Breakup of COST & MGMT ACCOUNTING Paper

CHAPTER-WISE INTERPRETATION : Cost & Management Acc. Paper is also of Moderate Difficulty Level. However, If we talk about Chapter-wise Analysis, then below given 4 Chapters from the Module shows Higher Density of Questions i.e. 53% and Other 47% Questions were from Remaining 8 Chapters of the Module :

CHAPTER-WISE COVERAGE
53% Questions	47% Questions
1. Analysis & Interpretation of Financial Statements	Remaining 8 Chapters
2. Material Cost
3. Costing System, and
4. Marginal Costing

PAPER 3 – ECONOMICS & COMMERCIAL LAW (323)

Economics & Commercial Law is the 3rd Paper of Group-I of CS Executive Level. It is an Subjective / Descriptive Type Question Paper consists of 6 Questions (some have Options) to be done in 3 Hours.

This Paper majorly Consists of 6 questions which is divided into 27 sub-parts. Student have to attempt all 6 questions. If we consider Question Paper into 27 sub-parts, then as per our analysis, 20 Questions were of EASY and 7 Questions were of MODERATE Level. It will get more clear from the below given Chart:

Question-Wise & Marks-Wise Difficulty Breakup of ECONOMICS & COMMERCIAL LAW Paper

CHAPTER-WISE INTERPRETATION : As a Whole, Economics & Commercial Law Paper is More of Easy Question Paper. However, If we talk about Chapter-wise Analysis, then below given 3 Chapters from the Module shows Higher Density of Questions (Around 50%) and Other 50% Questions were from Remaining 12 Chapters of the Module :

CHAPTER-WISE COVERAGE
50% Questions	50% Questions
1. Law relating to Transfer of Property	Remaining 12 Chapters
2. Competition and Consumer Protection
3. Law relating to Pollution Control & Environmental Protection

PAPER 4 – TAX LAWS AND PRACTICE (324-B)

Tax Laws & Practice is the 4th and Last Paper of Group-I of CS Executive Level. It is an OMR Based Exam consists of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) of 1 Mark each to be done in 3 Hours. In this paper, there is Negative Marking in the ratio of 1: 4, i.e. deduction of one (1) Mark for Every Four (4) Wrong Answers.

As per our Analysis, 70 Questions were of EASY, 15 Questions were of MODERATE and 15 Questions were of DIFFICULT Level. As All Questions Carry Equal Marks, so there will be only One Chart explaining Question-Wise & Marks-Wise Difficulty Breakup as given below:

Question-Wise & Marks-Wise Difficulty Breakup of TAX LAWS & PRACTICES Paper

CHAPTER-WISE INTERPRETATION : Tax Laws and Practice Paper is also of Moderate Difficulty Level. However, If we talk about Chapter-wise Analysis, then Larger Density of Questions i.e. 58% were from below given 4 Chapters of the Module and Other 42% Questions were from Remaining 15 Chapters of the Module :

CHAPTER-WISE COVERAGE
58% Questions	42% Questions
1. Computation of Total Income Under Various Heads	Remaining 15 Chapters
2. Procedure For Assessment
3. Background, Administration & Procedural Aspects of Service Tax
4. Vat Provisions In India and VAT System in Other Countries and Scope For Company Secretaries

FINAL CONCLUSION : Resonance Faculty Team feels that difficulty level of all the Subjects of Group-I of CS Executive (June-2016) are of More or Less similar difficulty level vis-a-vis Moderate Level, with Company Law is on slightly Tougher Side while Economics and Commercial Law seems to be little bit Easy amongst All 4 Subjects.