CA Foundation 2-Year Plan
A complete 730-day plan covering 48 highest-weightage topics — prioritised by subject weight, not alphabet. No signup, no fees.
- Days
- 730
- Topics
- 48
- Subjects
- 4
- Phases
- 4
How to actually use your 730 days
The long game: build from zero across two cycles, with depth and a sustained mock habit most candidates never reach.
This 2-year plan gives you 730 days to work through 48 weighted CA Foundation topics across 4 subjects — roughly 0.07 new topics a day at 1.5–2.5 hours of focused study. That gentle daily load is the whole advantage of a two-year run — you build mastery slowly enough that it actually sticks.
CA Foundation marks are not spread evenly across subjects. Accounting, Mathematics, and Economics carry the heaviest weightage in recent papers, so this plan front-loads them — so the first year builds genuine mastery of them, not just familiarity. Nothing is cut and nothing is rushed. At this length the differentiator is depth on the hardest, lowest-frequency topics and relentless revision — the work most candidates skip.
Two years is a genuine head start. You can build CA Foundation from zero in year one and convert understanding into rank-grade speed and accuracy in year two — every one of the 48 topics, twice over, with room for the hardest material. The two-year risk is losing momentum in the long flat middle. Set quarterly milestones and treat year-one mocks as checkpoints, or the early lead quietly evaporates.
What to prioritise & cut
Nothing is cut and nothing is rushed. At this length the differentiator is depth on the hardest, lowest-frequency topics and relentless revision — the work most candidates skip.
Mock tests & revision
Year one: topic and sectional tests only, building accuracy. Year two: monthly then fortnightly then weekly full-length mocks, with a disciplined error log you actually revisit.
Weekly rhythm
Think in semesters, not weeks: build, deepen, revise, simulate — repeated across two cycles so every subject is seen many times on a spaced schedule.
Phase-by-phase plan
104 weeks totalA 730-day plan only works when you sequence it. Here is how the 2-Year Plan breaks down — foundation, depth, then mocks.
- 1
Y1 Foundation
24 weeksConcept depth + NCERT-level coverage
Subject-wise masteryTopic notesMonthly tests - 2
Y1 Advanced
28 weeksReference-book level problems + first PYQ pass
Topic-wise problem masteryPYQ pass 1Weak-area journal - 3
Y2 Practice
26 weeksPYQ deep-dive + topic-wise mocks
PYQ pass 2Topic-mock cyclesConcept-gap closure - 4
Y2 Mocks + final
26 weeksWeekly full-length mocks + final revision
20+ mocksLast-mile cheatsheetsExam-mode drills
Week-by-week schedule
| Week | Days | Topics covered |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–7 | Accounting: Accounting Principles (w3) |
| 2 | 8–14 | Economics: Introduction to Economics (w3) |
| 3 | 15–21 | Mathematics: Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations (w3) |
| 4 | 22–28 | English: Grammar and Usage (w3) |
| 5 | 29–35 | Accounting: Journal Entries (w3) |
| 6 | 36–42 | Economics: Demand and Supply (w3) |
| 7 | 43–49 | Mathematics: Matrices and Determinants (w3) |
| 8 | 50–56 | English: Vocabulary in Context (w3) |
| 9 | 57–63 | Accounting: Ledger Posting (w3) |
| 10 | 64–70 | Economics: Elasticity (w3) |
| 11 | 71–77 | Mathematics: Permutations and Combinations (w3) |
| 12 | 78–84 | English: Reading Comprehension (w3) |
| 13 | 85–91 | Accounting: Trial Balance (w3) |
| 14 | 92–98 | Economics: Consumer Behaviour (w3) |
| 15 | 99–105 | Mathematics: Sequence and Series (w3) |
| 16 | 106–112 | English: Paragraph Formation (Jumbled Paragraphs) (w3) |
| 17 | 113–119 | Accounting: Depreciation (w3) |
| 18 | 120–126 | Economics: Theory of Production (w3) |
| 19 | 127–133 | Mathematics: Binomial Theorem (w3) |
| 20 | 134–140 | English: Sentence Improvement (w3) |
| 21 | 141–147 | Accounting: Final Accounts (w3) |
| 22 | 148–154 | Economics: Cost Theory (w3) |
| 23 | 155–161 | Mathematics: Trigonometric Functions and Identities (w3) |
| 24 | 162–168 | English: Cloze Test (w3) |
| 25 | 169–175 | Accounting: Company Accounts (w3) |
| 26 | 176–182 | Economics: Market Structures (w3) |
| 27 | 183–189 | Mathematics: Straight Lines and Pair of Linear Equations (w3) |
| 28 | 190–196 | English: Verbal Reasoning — Analogies (w3) |
| 29 | 197–203 | Accounting: Issue of Shares (w3) |
| 30 | 204–210 | Economics: Factor Markets (w3) |
| 31 | 211–217 | Mathematics: Conic Sections (w3) |
| 32 | 218–224 | English: Summary and Conclusion Skills (w3) |
| 33 | 225–231 | Accounting: Debentures (w3) |
| 34 | 232–238 | Economics: National Income (w3) |
| 35 | 239–245 | Mathematics: Three-Dimensional Geometry (w3) |
| 36 | 246–252 | Accounting: Cost Accounting Basics (w3) |
| 37 | 253–259 | Economics: Money and Banking (w3) |
| 38 | 260–266 | Mathematics: Vector Algebra (w3) |
| 39 | 267–273 | Accounting: Marginal Costing (w3) |
| 40 | 274–280 | Mathematics: Differential Calculus (w3) |
| 41 | 281–287 | Accounting: Standard Costing (w3) |
| 42 | 288–294 | Mathematics: Applications of Derivatives (w3) |
| 43 | 295–301 | Accounting: Budgetary Control (w3) |
| 44 | 302–308 | Mathematics: Integral Calculus (w3) |
| 45 | 309–315 | Accounting: Ratio Analysis (w3) |
| 46 | 316–322 | Mathematics: Differential Equations (w3) |
| 47 | 323–329 | Accounting: Funds Flow Statement (w3) |
| 48 | 330–336 | Mathematics: Probability and Statistics (w3) |
Subject-wise topic split
Each topic shows its weightage (1–5 dots) and the concepts you'll cover. Higher-weight topics appear first.
Accounting
15 topics- Accounting Principles ●●●○○
- Journal Entries ●●●○○
- Ledger Posting ●●●○○
- Trial Balance ●●●○○
- Depreciation ●●●○○
- Final Accounts ●●●○○
- Company Accounts ●●●○○
- Issue of Shares ●●●○○
- + 7 more topics on the full roadmap →
Economics
10 topics- Introduction to Economics ●●●○○
Covers basic economic concepts, micro vs macroeconomics, economic agents, and the scope of economics in competitive exams including national income, growth, and development metrics.
- Demand and Supply ●●●○○
Law of demand and supply, determinants, market equilibrium, movements vs shifts in curves, price elasticity, and applications — foundational microeconomics frequently asked in Prelims.
- Elasticity ●●●○○
Price, income, and cross elasticity of demand; elasticity of supply; measurement methods and practical applications in taxation and pricing decisions — a calculative yet scoring topic.
- Consumer Behaviour ●●●○○
Utility analysis, indifference curves, budget line, consumer equilibrium, derivation of demand curve, and ordinal utility approach — important for understanding microeconomic foundations.
- Theory of Production ●●●○○
Production function, law of variable proportions, returns to scale, isoquant and isocost analysis, and optimal input combination — theoretical base for understanding firm behaviour.
- Cost Theory ●●●○○
Short-run and long-run cost curves, explicit and implicit costs, fixed and variable costs, TC, AC, MC relationships, and economies of scale — essential for market structure analysis.
- Market Structures ●●●○○
Perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly — assumptions, equilibrium, efficiency, and real-world examples including duopoly models — a high-weight competitive economics topic.
- Factor Markets ●●●○○
Labour market, wage determination, rent, interest, and profit — distribution theory connecting to national income and inequality discussions in macroeconomics.
- + 2 more topics on the full roadmap →
Mathematics
15 topics- Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations ●●●○○
Complex numbers as a+ib, algebra of complex numbers, modulus and argument, De Moivre's theorem, cube roots of unity, quadratic equations with real and complex roots, discriminant, and nature of roots.
- Matrices and Determinants ●●●○○
Types of matrices, matrix operations (addition, multiplication, transpose), adjoint and inverse of matrices, determinant evaluation (up to 3×3), properties of determinants, and solving linear equations using matrices.
- Permutations and Combinations ●●●○○
Fundamental principle of counting, permutation (linear and circular), combination, Pascal's triangle, binomial theorem (general and middle term), binomial expansion for positive integer indices, and arrangement problems.
- Sequence and Series ●●●○○
Arithmetic progression (AP), geometric progression (GP), arithmetic-geometric progression (AGP), harmonic progression (HP), sum of n terms, infinite series convergence, and AM-GM inequality applications.
- Binomial Theorem ●●●○○
Positive integral index binomial expansion, general and middle terms, Pascal's triangle, binomial coefficient properties, and applications in finding coefficients and approximations.
- Trigonometric Functions and Identities ●●●○○
Trigonometric ratios, identities (basic and conditional), signs in quadrants, allied angles, sum-to-product and product-to-sum formulas, multiple and submultiple angles, and solving trigonometric equations.
- Straight Lines and Pair of Linear Equations ●●●○○
Cartesian coordinate system, distance formula, section formula, area of triangle, slope-intercept form, general equation of line, angle between lines, perpendicular and parallel conditions, and solving linear equations graphically.
- Conic Sections ●●●○○
Circle (equation, tangents, normals), parabola (standard forms, focal properties), ellipse (eccentricity, latus rectum), hyperbola (asymptotes, rectangular hyperbola), and standard equations with transformations.
- + 7 more topics on the full roadmap →
English
8 topics- Grammar and Usage ●●●○○
Tense, subject-verb agreement, articles (a, an, the), prepositions, conjunctions, voice (active/passive), narration (direct/indirect), and error spotting — grammar fundamentals tested in BITSAT English section.
- Vocabulary in Context ●●●○○
Synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitutions, homophones, idioms, phrases, and phrasal verbs — contextual vocabulary usage and word power tested through sentence completion and reading passages.
- Reading Comprehension ●●●○○
Passages on general, scientific, and literary topics with questions on main idea, inference, vocabulary in context, tone, and fact-vs-opinion — speed reading and comprehension skills assessed.
- Paragraph Formation (Jumbled Paragraphs) ●●●○○
Rearranging jumbled sentences to form a coherent paragraph — tests logical sequencing, connector usage, and understanding of discourse structure in written English.
- Sentence Improvement ●●●○○
Identifying the most grammatically correct and stylistically appropriate version of an underlined portion — combines grammar precision with clarity of expression.
- Cloze Test ●●●○○
Passage with missing words to be filled from given options — tests vocabulary, grammar, and contextual coherence simultaneously in a time-efficient format.
- Verbal Reasoning — Analogies ●●●○○
Word pairs with relationships (synonym, antonym, part-whole, function, cause-effect) — reasoning through linguistic relationships and logical word connections.
- Summary and Conclusion Skills ●●●○○
Identifying the main point or best summary of a passage — tests ability to extract core meaning and distinguish between details and central ideas in written text.
Why a 730-day plan beats a 1,200-page prep book
| Dimension | Typical CA Foundation book | This 2-Year Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Time to start | Hours of reading before any study starts | Seconds — plan is already here |
| Personalisation | One-size-fits-all | Fits exactly your 730 days |
| Freshness | Printed months ago | Updated for the 2026 cycle · verified 2026-05-30 |
| Weightage signal | Author guess | Derived from last 5 years' papers |
| Cost | ₹500–2,500 | ₹0 |
| Sign-up required | Often (with a trial trap) | None |
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CA Foundation 2-Year Plan — common questions
Is 730 days enough to prepare for CA Foundation? +
Two years is a genuine head start. You can build CA Foundation from zero in year one and convert understanding into rank-grade speed and accuracy in year two — every one of the 48 topics, twice over, with room for the hardest material. The honest answer depends on your starting point, but this 2-year plan is built to get the most from the time you have: the long game: build from zero across two cycles, with depth and a sustained mock habit most candidates never reach.
How many hours a day does this CA Foundation 2-year plan need? +
Plan for 1.5–2.5 hours of focused study, covering about 0.07 new topics a day. Think in semesters, not weeks: build, deepen, revise, simulate — repeated across two cycles so every subject is seen many times on a spaced schedule.
What should I skip if I am short on time? +
Nothing is cut and nothing is rushed. At this length the differentiator is depth on the hardest, lowest-frequency topics and relentless revision — the work most candidates skip.
When should I start mock tests on this plan? +
Year one: topic and sectional tests only, building accuracy. Year two: monthly then fortnightly then weekly full-length mocks, with a disciplined error log you actually revisit.
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