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CS EXECUTIVE GROUP-II (JUNE-2016) 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 II consists of 3 Papers :
- Paper 5 : Company Accounts and Auditing Practices,
- Paper 6 : Capital Markets and Securities Laws, and
- Paper 7 : Industrial, Labour and General Laws
Paper Pattern of CS Executive Group-I are as follows:-
- Industrial, Labour and General 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 Accounts & Auditing Practices and Capital Markets & Securities Laws would continue to be examined through Descriptive Pattern.
Question Paper Analysis of CS Executive Exams 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-II of CS Executive (June-2016).
CS-EXECUTIVE GROUP-II
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 ACCOUNTS & AUDITING PRACTICES | 1.63 |
CAPITAL MARKETS & SECURITIES LAW | 1.26 |
INDUSTRIAL, LABOUR & GENERAL LAWS | 1.34 |
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-II of CS Executive (June-2016) are of More or Less similar Difficulty level vis-a-vis Moderate Level, with Company Accounts & Auditing Practices is on slightly Tougher Side while Capital Markets & Securities Law seems to be little bit Easy amongst All 3 Subjects.
Now, we will do Individual Subject-wise Analysis of all the Subjects of Group-II of CS Executive (June-2016) Attempt.
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INDIVIDUAL PAPER-WISE ANALYSIS
PAPER 5 – COMPANY ACCOUNTS & AUDITING PRACTICES (325)
Company Accounts and Auditing Practices is the 1st Paper of Group-II and Paper-5 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, 14 questions were of EASY and 9 questions were of MODERATE and 4 Questions were of DIFFICULT Level. It will get more clear from the below given Chart:

Question-Wise & Marks-Wise Analysis of COMPANY ACCOUNTS & AUDITING PRACTICES Paper
CHAPTER-WISE INTERPRETATION : As a Whole, Company Accounts and Auditing Practices Paper is of Moderate to Difficult Level. However, If we talk about Chapter-wise Analysis, then below given 4 Chapters from the Module shows Higher Density of Questions (Around 55%) and Other 45% Questions were from Remaining 15 Chapters of the Module :
CHAPTER-WISE COVERAGE | |
55% Questions | 45% Questions |
1. Share Capital |
Remaining 15 Chapters |
2. Debentures | |
3. Final Accounts of Company | |
4. Accounting Standards |

COMPANY ACCOUNTS & AUDITING PRACTICES : No. Of Questions Per Chapter
PAPER 6 – CAPITAL MARKETS & SECURITIES LAW (326)
Capital Market and Securities Law is the 2nd Paper of Group-II and Paper-6 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 31 sub-parts. Student have to attempt all 6 questions. If we consider Question Paper into 31 sub-parts, then as per our analysis, 25 Questions were of EASY, 4 Questions were of MODERATE and 2 Questions were of DIFFICULT Level. It will get more clear from the below given Chart:

Question-Wise & Marks-Wise Analysis of CAPITAL MARKETS & SECURITIES LAW Paper
CHAPTER-WISE INTERPRETATION : Capital Markets & Securities Law Paper is of Easy to 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 50%) and Other 50% Questions were from Remaining 19 Chapters of the Module :
CHAPTER-WISE COVERAGE | |
50% Questions | 50% Questions |
1. Capital Market Instruments |
Remaining 19 Chapters |
2. Market Infrastructure Institutions – Stock Exchange Trading Mechanism | |
3. Listing and Delisting of Securities | |
4. Issue of Securities | |
5. Regulatory Framework relating to Securities Market Intermediaries |

CAPITAL MARKETS & SECURITIES LAWS : No. of Questions Per Chapter
PAPER 7 – INDUSTRIAL, LABOUR & GENERAL LAWS (327)
Industrial, Labour & General Laws (ILG) is the 3rd Paper of Group-II and Paper-7 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, 71 Questions were of EASY, 24 Questions were of MODERATE and 5 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 Analysis of INDUSTRIAL, LABOUR & GENERAL LAWS Paper
CHAPTER-WISE INTERPRETATION : Industrial, Labour & General Laws Paper is also of Easy to Moderate Difficulty Level. However, If we talk about Chapter-wise Analysis, then Majority of Questions i.e. around 50% were from below given 7 Chapters of the Module and Other 40% Questions were from Remaining 18 Chapters of the Module :
CHAPTER-WISE COVERAGE | |
50% Questions | 50% Questions |
1.Factories Act, 1948 |
Remaining 18 Chapters |
2. Minimum Wages Act, 1948 | |
3. Payment of Wages Act, 1936 | |
4. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 | |
5. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 | |
6. Constitution of India | |
7. An Overview of Law relating to Specific Relief; Limitation and Evidence |

INDUSTRIAL, LABOUR & GENERAL LAWS : No. of Questions Per Chapter
FINAL CONCLUSION : Resonance Faculty Team feels that difficulty level of all the Subjects of Group-II of CS Executive (June-2016) are of More or Less similar difficulty level vis-a-vis Moderate Level, with Company Accounts & Auditing Practices is on slightly Tougher Side while Capital Markets & Securities Law seems to be little bit Easy amongst All 3 Subjects.
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