Ankita Khetan | Oct 8, 2017 |
ICAI INSTRUCTIONS TO EXAMINEES – November, 2017
Use black ink ballpoint pen only & Carry your own stapler in Exam: ICAI
ICAI Instructions to Examinees has been issued along with the Admit card. This time ICAI has mentioned in the Instructions that Students are allowed to Use black ink ballpoint pen only and they have to Carry there own stapler and stapler pin in the Examination Hall.
ICAI has released new examination Guidelines starting with November 2017 exams.
1. Students can now use only BLACK INK pen for writing the exams.
Until last attempt, there is restriction to not use green or red color ink pen.
The reason for allowing only black ink pen is that, ICAI has to scan all the answer sheets to provide them as Certified Copies to students who paid fee.
So, Scanning answer sheets with blue color ink is taking large amount of data. Therefore, this rule has been brought.
Candidates should write the answers only in black ink and in no other colour. Though there is no specific prohibition against the use of Gel pen / Fountain pen, it will be advisable to use ball point pen only since its ink is indelible.
Candidates are also advised not to use red, green ink, highlighter, sketch pen etc. for underlining or highlighting any sentence/Para/phrase as it amounts to making distinguishing mark which is prohibited as stated in Para 17 below. Candidates are permitted to use pencils for drawing graphs, diagrams etc. However, Candidates should take care not to use pencil for writing answers.
2. Students have to carry their own staplers to the exam center, to pin additional answer sheets. Stapler will not be provided by the ICAI at exam centers.
| THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA (EXAMINATION DEPARTMENT) INSTRUCTIONS TO EXAMINEES – November, 2017 TIMING OF EXAMINATIONS: 02.00 PM TO 05.00 PM (IST) on all days. Reading time( for question paper) starts at 1.45 P.M (IST) | |
| Dos | Donts |
| 1. Occupy the seat earmarked against the Roll Number. 2. Carry your own pen, stapler, ink, blotting paper, scale, and battery operated noiseless/cordless portable calculator with upto 6 functions, 12 digits and upto two memories. 3. Use black ink ball point pen only. 4. Write Roll Number at specified place in the question paper. 5. Check that the question paper bears the Code as displayed on the notice/black board / announced in the examination room/hall. 6. Check that the question paper is complete with reference to the number of pages mentioned thereon. 7. Write Roll Number at the specified place in the (main) answer book only. 8. Write answers in the medium (English /Hindi) opted and mentioned on the Admit Card. 9. Mark tick against the question numbers attempted in the cages provided on the front/cover page of the answer book. 10. Surrender answer book immediately upon completion of examination time and obtain receipt (in the Acknowledge/Record on the reverse of the Admit Card). 11. Fasten all answer books including additional answer books used with a tag and also staple them. | 1. Use ink, other than black sketch pen, highlighter for underlining or highlighting. 2. Make/Write any notings/rough work on the question paper. 3. Carry any paper, book, notes or any other written material in the examination room/hall. 4. Write Roll Number or Registration Number or name anywhere (except on the front page of the answer book) in the answer book, including additional answer book(s), graph/blotting paper. 5. Make/write religious symbols/prayers like God’s name, Guru’s Name, OM, Swastika, 786 and the like anywhere in the answer book, including additional answer book(s), graph/blotting paper. 6. Write / make extraneous (irrelevant/ unrelated) notes/remarks. Write / make appeal for marks etc. 7. Carry printing models or scientific calculator. 8. Exchange pen, scale, calculator etc. 9. Talk/communicate with any other examinees. 10. Tear and carry any page/leave from the answer book, including additional answer book. 11. Leave seat without permission. 12. Carry mobile phones or any other electronic gadget/device in any form [except calculator]. 13. Smoke, chew tobacco/betel nut, gum etc. |
| A. Before the Exam 1. Immediately on receipt of the Admit Card, every candidate is expected to verify all the facts, i.e. Roll No., Registration Number, Name, Group or Groups or Unit, Examination Timing/Session, Dates of examination, Sequence of Papers, Examination Centre etc. In case of doubt he/she is expected to approach the Joint Secretary (Exams.), sufficiently in advance. 2. Each candidate is advised to familiarize himself/herself with the location of the examination centre by visiting the centre a day prior to the commencement of the examinations and to also satisfy that he/she has visited/seen the allotted centre. 3. The doors of the examination halls will be opened half an hour before the time specified for the commencement of the examination in each session. All candidates should be inside the examination hall before the scheduled time of the commencement of reading time / the examination. It may be noted that the Superintendents have been advised to verify the identity of each candidate at the time of his/her entry into the examination hall. Candidates are, however, advised, in their own interest, to carry with them (along with the admit card down-loaded from website) the photo identity cards issued by the government or at the time of registration for articles (erstwhile Intermediate)/Professional Education Course/ Professional Competence Course or Intermediate (Integrated Professional Competence) Course by the Board of Studies section of the Decentralized Office of ICAI or the identity card issued to them by the Decentralized Office at the time of their registration as articled assistants. | |
| B. Rules relating to Entry & Exit from exam hall: 1. No candidate shall be permitted to enter the hall after the expiry of 45 minutes after the distribution of the question paper. No candidate shall be permitted to leave the hall until the expiry of 75 minutes after the distribution of the question paper. However, if a candidate chooses to leave the examination hall 75 minutes after distribution of question paper, he will be required to surrender the question paper along with answer book to the invigilator before leaving the examination hall. In case he chooses to leave the examination hall 2 hours & 45 minutes after the distribution of question paper, he will be allowed to take the question paper with him. | |
| C. During the Exam: 1. Candidates will find their roll numbers written against the seats allotted to them. They should find and occupy their allotted seats. 2. Candidates are allowed 15 minutes reading time before the scheduled commencement of the examination. Accordingly question paper will be distributed at 1.45 p.m (I.S.T) and the answer book at 2.00 p.m (I.S.T) each day. 3. Immediately on receipt of the question paper, every candidate must write his/her Roll Number on his/her copy of the question paper at the specified space provided on the cover page. By reference to the code of the question paper displayed on the notice board, every candidate is expected to satisfy himself/herself that he/she has received the correct question paper. By reference to the number of printed pages and the number of questions in the question paper which will be found printed on the front page, every candidate is expected to satisfy himself / herself that the question paper issued to him/her is complete. Similarly, if the answer book supplied is defective or the candidate has inadvertently written wrong Roll Number etc. or at wrong place, the answer book should be exchanged before the commencement of examination. 4. Candidates should use all the pages in the main answer book/s supplied, before asking for the additional answer books. In order to avoid wastage, candidates will be issued additional answer books only after they have used the main answer book. No candidate shall tear a leaf of an answer book. Tearing of any page of an answer book is deemed to be an act of unfair means & will be dealt with accordingly. The candidate should write answers on both sides of the paper. Rough work when necessary, should be done on the left hand side on the pages of the answer book only. Rough work should not be done on the question paper. The candidates are advised, in their own interest to ensure that working notes should form part of the answer/s. 5. Candidates should write the roll no in words and numerals inside the boxes and darken the corresponding OMR circles provided on the cover page of the main answer book only, in black ball point pen and in no other part of the answer book, additional sheet, graph paper etc. Any violation of this instruction will tantamount to adoption of unfair means and will attract punishment which may include debarring from appearing in the examination. The attendance register contains the roll number sticker of the candidate, in the Paper Number column, below the space where the candidate is required to sign. Candidates should remove the correct roll number sticker of relevant paper/subject against his/her name from the attendance register and affix the same within the box provided in the top right hand corner of the cover page of the answer book. Since a machine will read the roll no. candidates should check and ensure that the roll number written in words, numbers and circles darkened are correct. In case this information is filled wrongly, Institute will not take any responsibility for rectifying the mistake. Candidates should also affix their signature within the box provided for the purpose, on the cover page of answer book. Candidate should answer all questions of a paper in one set of answer books except in the following papers which have two sections and which are to be answered in different answer books. Intermediate (IPC) Examination: Paper-4: Section A – Direct Taxes Section B – Indirect Taxes Paper-7: Section A – Information Technology Section B – Strategic Management The cover pages of the answer books of Section A and Section B are printed in different colour schemes and they also bear the names of the subjects and/or alphabets “A” and “B” printed on them. Candidates are expected to answer in correct set of answer books. The Council and the examiners do not undertake to examine answers written in wrong set of answer books. MOBILE PHONES OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC GADGETS/DEVICE IN ANY FORM [EXCEPT THE CALCULATOR AS DEFINED IN PARA 23 OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS] ARE BANNED IN THE EXAMINATION CENTRES | |
| D. Rules Relating To Exemptions: 1. Candidates are advised to go through the rules relating to “Exemption in a paper(s)” contained in the Guidance Notes hosted along with the Examination form, CA Regulations 1988 and the “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” hosted on the institute’s website www.icai.org and be clear about their exemption entitlements and not miss out on appearing in those paper/s where they are not eligible for exemption. Candidates can also check the status of the paper(s) in which they are eligible for exemption in the forthcoming examination, at http://icaiexam.icai.org. | |
| E. Unit scheme of Intermediate (IPC) examination: 1. Candidate appearing in Intermediate (IPC) Unit scheme of examination are advised to ensure that they appear in the papers relevant to their respective unit. For details of the papers of the various Unit/s scheme of the examination, candidates are advised to visit “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” in the student/examination link hosted on the website www.icai.org or the Guidance notes hosted along with the examination forms. | |
| F. Act of Unfair Means: Violation of Instructions to Examinees as contained above tantamounts to adoption of unfair means. The nature of such violation, inter alia, includes the following. 1. Writing/jotting on the question paper (other than Roll Number at the specified place) 2. Writing in the answer book or additional book of, e.g. Roll Number [other than at the specified space]/ Registration Number, Name, Mobile number, unwarranted Remarks, irrelevant notes etc. 3. Possession of material inside the examination hall/room/washroom, e.g. writing/copying material / books / notes / writing on desk/writing on writing pad/geometric box/admit card (relevant for the day of the examination or otherwise), mobile phone [in switched off mode or otherwise], I Pod etc. 4. Seeking sympathy/making appeal, e.g. parent or relative passed away, met with accident /was hospitalized/ award marks/minimum required marks, inducement to examiner/writing irrelevant / unrelated remarks etc. 5. Writing/making in the answer book or additional answer book distinguishing marks – e.g. religious symbols, prayers, Om, Swastika, 786, etc. 6. Leaving the examination hall without handing over the answer book to the invigilator; 7. Misbehaving with the examination functionaries 8. Using of different inks/highlighter 9. Answering the questions in different hand writing on different pages 10. Tearing off any sheet from the answer book 11. In the case of persons with disabilities, using the services of a writer who does not fulfill the eligibility requirements by making a false declaration regarding his educational qualifications of a writer. 12. Using ink, other than black, sketch pen, highlighter for underlining or highlighting. 13. Carrying any paper, book, notes or any other written material in the examination room/hall. 14. Writing / making extraneous (irrelevant/ unrelated) notes/remarks. Write/make appeal for marks etc. 15. Carrying printing models or scientific calculator 16. Exchange pen, scale, calculator etc. 17. Talking/communicating with any other examinees. 18. Tearing and carrying any page/leave from the answer book, including the additional answer book. 19. Leaving seat without permission. 20. Carrying mobile phones or any other electronic gadget/device in any form [except calculator]. 21. Smoking, chewing tobacco/betel nut, gum etc. 22. If a candidate is found to have resorted to or has made attempts to resort to unfair means pertaining to an examination, the Council may, on receipt of a report to that effect and after such investigation as it may deem necessary, take such disciplinary action against the candidate concerned as it may think fit. The Superintendent of the examination has absolute power to expel a candidate from the examination hall, if in his opinion the candidate has adopted or attempted to adopt unfair means in connection with the examination. Any candidate expelled from the examination hall must, before leaving the hall, submit to the Council his/her explanation in writing through the Superintendent of the examination. The above cases will be considered by the Examination Committee in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 41, read with Regulation 176, of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988. The decision taken by the Committee includes cancellation of result and debarment from appearing in the examination in future. In view of the above, candidates are advised to read the instructions carefully and familiarize themselves with the same to avoid falling within the ambit of unfair means leading to avoidable difficulties. | |
| G. General: In case of any inadvertent mistake in printing or framing of a question in a paper, candidates can bring it to the notice of the Joint Secretary (Exams), within a week from the last date of examination. | |
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