Last six CA Inter PYQs

How often did each chapter actually appear?

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Every question is mapped to one of 15 teaching chapters. Internal OR alternatives share the marks of that choice.

The paper prints extra descriptive marks because of choice. The charts show each chapter's share of the questions printed, normalized to 100.

Four-part syllabus

Where the questions came from

Average share of marks appearing across the last six PYQs

37.8%
Part A · RulesFoundations and Accounting Standards
18.0%
Part B · StatementsFinancial Statements and Cash Flow
26.1%
Part C · GroupAmalgamation and Consolidation
18.0%
Part D · OtherBuy-back, Reconstruction and Branch
Historical share, not a promised ICAI weightage

15 teaching chapters

The chapter-wise PYQ footprint

DescriptiveMCQ

What this means for preparation

Anchor chapters and coverage chapters

Large and consistent

Financial Statements · Amalgamation · Consolidation

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Standards with broad coverage

Asset AS · Presentation AS · Revenue, Events and Liability AS

MCQs make selective study risky.

Reliable independent chapters

Branch · Reconstruction · Buy-back

They recur, but the mix changes across attempts.

The wrong conclusion

“Low average marks means I can leave the chapter.”

A two-mark MCQ or a short descriptive question can shift the pass result.

First stop in the sequence

AS 2 · Valuation of Inventories

4/6recent PYQs contained AS 2

We begin with AS 2 for the right reason

Its average marks are modest, but it is familiar from Foundation and gives us the cleanest place to learn the exam process: identify the goal, select the concept and data, choose the format, conclude, and record the error.

That process will then travel with us into the heavier chapters.

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