CA Foundation is the entrance level for the Chartered Accountancy course in India. Earlier it was known as Common Proficiency Test.

The candidate can register for the CA Foundation after appearing in 12th board examinations and take the exam after qualifying the 12th examinations

CA Foundation is partially subjective and partially objective test consisting of 400 marks. The four subjects are:

Paper 1 - Principles and Practices of Accounting.
Paper 2 - Business Laws and Business Correspondence and Reporting.
Paper 3 - Business Mathematics and Logical Reasoning & Statistics.
Paper 4 - Business Economics & Business and Commercial Knowledge.

The above two papers are subjective while the later two are objective with negative marking. 

To appear for the May 2020 exam, you must register before the 31st December 2019.

To appear for the November 2020 exam, you must register before the 30th June 2020.

Registration for the Foundation Course is valid only for 3 years.

CAI will be declaring the result of the CA Foundation November 2019 exam in the third week of January 2020.

CA Foundation November 2019 result will be released only in the online mode.

The result of this course will specify if you are qualified to move to the next level or still need to pass the entry test.  

The Foundation Exam includes a total of four papers—two subjective papers and two objective papers

You need to score a minimum of 40% marks in each paper along with a minimum of 50% marks aggregate in both papers to clear the exam.