In terms of the decision of the Council taken at its 317thmeeting in pursuance ofNotification No. 1-CA(7)/145/2012 dated 1st August, 2012, it is notified for general information thatthe passing requirements of CPT effective from June, 2013 shall be as under:-

“A candidate for the Common Proficiency Test shall ordinarily be declared to have passed the test if heobtains at one sitting a minimum of thirty per cent marks in each section and a minimum of fifty per centmarks in the aggregate of all the sections, subject to the principle of negative marking, in such manneras may be determined by the Council, from time to time.” 

¼ (one fourth) mark shall continue to be deducted for each wrong answer and multiple darkened circlesfor a question will also be treated as wrong answer.

Accordingly, the minimum marks required in each section and in the aggregate in all sections of CPT asper the revised passing requirements will be  as under:-

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