CS Executive 2026 Exam Pattern: Questions, Marks, Duration & Negative Marking
CS Executive 2026 exam pattern — number of questions, marks per question, duration, negative marking scheme, section-wise split, and tips to maximise your score within the time limit.
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CS Executive 2026 exam pattern
Under the ICSI New Syllabus 2022 the CS Executive Programme has 7 papers in 2 groups. Group 1: Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws (JIGL); Company Law & Practice; Setting Up of Business, Industrial & Labour Laws (SBILL); and Corporate Accounting & Financial Management (CAFM). Group 2: Capital Market & Securities Laws (CMSL); Economic, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws (ECIPL); and Tax Laws and Practice. Each paper carries 100 marks. All papers except CAFM use a 20% case-based objective plus 80% descriptive pattern; CAFM is fully descriptive. To pass, a candidate must score at least 40% in each paper and 50% aggregate in each group. Exemptions carry forward for papers passed with 60%+ marks.
Subjects in this exam
- Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws: 17 topics
- Company Law & Practice: 16 topics
- Setting Up of Business, Industrial & Labour Laws: 16 topics
- Corporate Accounting & Financial Management: 16 topics
- Capital Market & Securities Laws: 15 topics
- Economic, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws: 16 topics
- Tax Laws and Practice: 16 topics