CSEET Passing Marks: 40 in Each Paper and 200 Out of 400 (New Pattern From June 2026)

The CSEET passing marks are 40 out of 100 in each of the four papers and 200 out of 400 in aggregate, in one sitting. That is ICSI's rule for the restructured CSEET from the June 2026 session. I counted ICSI's eight papers from June and October 2026 to see what 40 means inside each paper. In the OMR paper, 40 is 40 correct answers. In Business Communication and Accounts, it is Question 1 plus one optional question and 4 more marks. In Economic and Business Environment, it is 8 of the 20 answers you write.

Four papers at exactly 40 add up to 160, which is 40 short of the 200 aggregate. Aim for 50 a paper.

TL;DR

• Pass: 40 in each 100-mark paper and 200 of 400 overall, in the same session, with no exemption or carry forward.
• The old online CSEET in ICSI's May 2024 instructions was out of 200, and the remote-proctored test ended with the January 2026 session. The percentages did not change.
• Paper 714 has 100 one-mark OMR questions and no negative marking.
• Next session: 1 to 4 February 2027 (registration closed on 31 October 2026; enrolment 16 November to 15 December 2026). New students aim for June 2027.

What are the CSEET passing marks under the new pattern?

ICSI's restructuring announcement of 10 April 2026 sets the rule: pass in one sitting, with at least 40% in each paper and 50% in the aggregate. CSEET has no exemption and no carry forward of marks.

• Business Communication (711): 40 out of 100.
• Fundamentals of Accounting (712): 40 out of 100.
• Economic and Business Environment (713): 40 out of 100.
• Business Laws and Management (714): 40 out of 100.
• Aggregate: 200 out of 400.

If one paper falls below 40, you write all four again. In June 2026, the first restructured session, 67.59% passed, against 80.5% in January 2026; see our CSEET pass percentage by session.

The CSEET pass mark is 40 per paper and 200 overall, both in the same session.

Is CSEET out of 200 or 400 now?

It is out of 400. The 200-mark CSEET was the old online test. ICSI's May 2024 instructions set it out as four parts of 50 marks and 140 MCQs in 2 hours, and the remote-proctored test ran until January 2026. It needed 20 of 50 in each part and 100 of 200 overall.

The new pattern is four papers of 100 marks, pen and paper at designated exam centres, each on its own day. The CSEET February 2027 time table sets these slots:

• 711 Business Communication, 712 Fundamentals of Accounting and 713 Economic and Business Environment: written, 2:00 PM to 5:15 PM.
• 714 Business Laws and Management: OMR, Business Laws 60 and Business Management 40, 2:00 PM to 4:15 PM.

The first 15 minutes of every slot are reading time. There is no viva or presentation. The percentages stayed at 40 and 50; the marks doubled, and three papers now need written answers.

How many questions do I need right in each CSEET paper?

I counted every question and sub-part, with its printed marks, in the eight CSEET papers ICSI set in June and October 2026 (see ICSI's October 2026 CSEET question papers). Then I worked out 40 marks under the choice rule printed on each paper. Both sessions had the same structure.

• 714: 100 compulsory one-mark MCQs, Questions 1 to 60 on law and 61 to 100 on management. 40 is 40 correct answers.
• 711 and 712: 8 questions, 132 marks printed. Question 1 (20) is compulsory, then any five of Questions 2 to 8 (16 each). 40 is Question 1, one optional question and 4 more marks. Without Question 1 it takes two and a half optional questions.
• 713: 26 sub-parts of 5 marks printed, of which you answer 20. 40 is 8 answers fully correct.

Source: ICSI CSEET question papers, June and October 2026, and ICSI's restructuring announcement of 10 April 2026; Gradehunt count and analysis.

Business Communication: how much sits in one-mark items?

I tagged every item worth one mark: grammar, vocabulary, one-word substitutes, punctuation, business terms, passage questions and true or false. With the best choice the paper allows, those items could give 48 of the 100 marks in June 2026 and only 28 in October 2026, when the compulsory Question 1 had none.

Drafting formats changed too. June asked for a notice, minutes, the structure of a business report and a business letter; October for an office order, an agenda, a complaint letter, a circular and a memorandum. Only the semi-blocked business letter came in both. In the CS answer copies I check, a letter or notice without a date and subject line loses marks even where the content is right.

Fundamentals of Accounting: how far can theory take you?

Theory parts were worth 19 marks in June 2026 and 24 in October 2026, even with the best choice. So you need at least 21 marks of numericals for 40 on the June 2026 paper and at least 16 on the October 2026 paper. Final accounts of a sole proprietor came as a full question in both papers. In the accounts answer copies I check, step marks come from working notes, so write one for every adjustment.

Accounts cannot be passed on theory alone: theory was worth at most 19 marks in June 2026 and 24 in October 2026.

Can I clear every paper and still fail CSEET?

Yes. The four floors add up to 160 and the aggregate needs 200. Exactly 40 in all four papers fails by 40 marks.

The OMR score is the easiest to estimate, so I worked back from it. Marks needed from the three written papers:

• 40 in the OMR paper (714): 160 needed, 53.3 per written paper.
• 50 in 714: 150 needed, 50.0 per paper.
• 60 in 714: 140 needed, 46.7 per paper.
• 70 in 714: 130 needed, 43.3 per paper.
• 80 in 714: 120 needed, 40.0 per paper.

Source: pass rule from ICSI's restructuring announcement of 10 April 2026; Gradehunt calculation.

Two cases. Scores of 44 in Business Communication, 41 in Accounts, 45 in Economics and 72 in the OMR paper make 202: a pass. Scores of 62, 38, 55 and 85 make 240, but Accounts is below 40, so all four papers are written again.

Below 80 in the OMR paper, the 200 aggregate sets your target in the written papers.

Is there negative marking in CSEET?

No. ICSI's announcement says so, and instruction 4 on the June and October 2026 booklets repeats it. A blank circle can only cost you a mark. Darken one circle per question, because instruction 8 counts more than one circle, or an overwritten or cut answer, as wrong.

Wrong answers in Paper 714 cost nothing, so answer all 100.

When is the next CSEET session?

ICSI now holds CSEET in the first week of February, June and October, down from four sessions a year between 2022 and 2025. ICSI's enrolment flyer fixes the result dates at 15 March, 15 July and 15 November for the February, June and October sessions.

• February 2027: 711 to 714 on 1, 2, 3 and 4 February. Exam enrolment runs from 16 November to 15 December 2026, then to 20 December with the Rs 250 late fee. The exam fee is Rs 1,500. Registration for this session closed on 31 October 2026, so only students already registered can enrol.
• June 2027: the first session open to students who have not registered yet. Registration runs from 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027, enrolment from 16 March to 15 April 2027.

Registration costs Rs 7,500, and the one-day Student Induction Programme within a month of registering is needed before you enrol. ICSI's restructured CSEET page has the flyers. A CSEET pass is valid for one year from the result.

The next CSEET is 1 to 4 February 2027, for students who registered by 31 October 2026.

How would I plan for 200, not 160?

1. Set an OMR target of 70 or more and answer all 100 questions.
2. Write Question 1 of 711 and 712 in full in every practice paper.
3. Learn every drafting format in the syllabus, and practise final accounts and bank reconciliation, which came in both 2026 papers.
4. Time 713 at 9 minutes an answer: 20 answers in 180 minutes.
5. Solve the 2026 papers under exam timing, from our ICSI question papers post, and check your answers against ICSI's June 2026 CSEET guideline answers.

After CSEET, the rule changes to group-wise marks with an exemption; our CS Executive passing marks post explains it.

Once you clear CSEET, the Gradehunt CS Executive test series has full-syllabus CS Executive mock tests from Rs 199 per subject. You write by hand and upload, and the copy comes back checked within 48 hours of upload.