ICSI CS Exam Syllabus 2024: Latest Syllabus For CSEET, CS Executive, and CS Professional

ICSI CS Syllabus 2024: The syllabus for the ICSI CS Executive, Professional programmes are laid out by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. The syllabus is released on the official website and candidates can check the details on the official website. The ICSI CS syllabus consists of all the topics which candidates need to prepare for the examination. 

The ICSI CS Executive syllabus consists of 8 papers, whereas the CS Professional syllabus consists of 9 papers out of which one is elective. The CS exam is conducted twice a year. The CSEET syllabus consists of 4 parts: 7 papers at the executive level and 6 papers at the professional level including two papers as elective exams. The main aim of the syllabus is to inculcate principles, laws and interpretations at the executive level. Apart from the ICSI CS syllabus, candidates should also check CS exam pattern and marking scheme. 

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ICSI CS Syllabus 2024 

ICSI CS is the exam for those candidates who wish to become a company secretary after class 12.  The syllabus for CS included subjects such as Corporate Laws, Business Laws, Laws, Taxation Laws, Financial Management and Risk Management. Candidates must know that the exam will be conducted for 3 hours and each paper will be 100 marks. 

Further, candidates must know that the syllabus for the CS executive course is different as compared to CS professional course. The CS professional consists of subjects such as Drafting, Pleadings, and Appearances, Insurance- Law and Practice, Multidisciplinary Case Studies and others.  Candidates registered under the CS Executive old syllabus (2012) must compulsorily transition to the CS Executive new syllabus, according to a notification from the Institute of Company Secretaries in India (ICSI) (2017).

On its website, ICSI has listed the revised CS Executive syllabus for 2024. The objectives of the study, specific content, themes, and subtopics covered in each paper of the CS Executive Test 2024 are all provided in the syllabus. Exam candidates can review the CS Executive Syllabus 2024 from the provided table.

ICSI CS Syllabus for CSEET 2024

The ICSI releases the CSEET syllabus on its official website. Further, the syllabus along with the exam pattern is released in the form of a PDF and candidates can find the link to the document on the official website of ICSI. 

Candidates must know that the CSEET comprises of four papers. CSEET paper 1 is Business Communication which is 50 marks, whereas paper 2 is Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning which is also of 50 marks. Paper 3 is on the subject named  Economic and Business Environment and finally, paper 4 is based on Current Affairs, Presentation and Communication Skills (Viva Voce). 

CSEET Syllabus Paper 1 - Business Communication

Topics 

• Essentials of Good English
• Communication
• Business Correspondence
• Common Business Terminologies

CSEET Syllabus Paper 2 - Legal Aptitude, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude

Topics 

• Indian Constitution
• Elements of General Laws (Indian Contract Act and Law of Torts)
• Elements of Company Secretaries Legislation
• Elements of Company Law
• Legal Reasoning
• Logical Reasoning
• Verbal Reasoning
• Non-Verbal Reasoning
• Number Systems
• Fundamental arithmetical operations

CSEET Syllabus Paper 3 - Economic & Business Environment

Topics 

• National Income Accounting and Related Concepts
• Basics of Demand and Supply and Forms of Market Competition
• Indian Financial Markets
• Indian Union Budget
• Entrepreneurship Scenario
• Indian Economy
• Key Government Institutions
• Business Environment

CSEET Syllabus Paper 4 - Current Affairs, Presentation and Communication Skills

Topics 

• Business and Economy
• Current Affairs

ICSI Syllabus 2024 - CS Executive

Take a look at the syllabus for group 1 and group 2 for the Executive course 

Group 1

Group 2

New Syllabus for CS Professional Course 2024

Candidates can check the exam syllabus for CS Professional course for group 1 and 2 

Group 1

Group 2 

ICSI CS Elective Papers

Candidates are required to choose one paper from each of the electives 1 and 2, respectively. For information on the elective subjects, see the table below:

ICIS Syllabus 2022 (Given under 2017)

Syllabus for Executive Course 

Syllabus for Professional Course

ICSI CS Electives (2022 syllabus)

1 out of 5 below-mentioned subjects is elective in nature 

All papers in the Executive Program combine 20% case-based, objective-type questions with 80% descriptive questions, with the exception of Paper No. 4 (Corporate Accounting and Financial Management), which is 100% descriptive.

Students who have been registered under the professional and executive programme under the ICSI syllabus 2022 are required to successfully complete the test of pre-examination to be eligible to register and appear in the Executive and Professional exams.