CA Foundation Business Economics Syllabus 2025: Check Total Marks

CA Foundation Business Economics Syllabus 2025: Check Total Marks

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Business economics addresses issues and questions that impact individuals in their roles as both consumers and producers. The business economics is the last paper for CA Foundation exam. The CA Foundation syllabus 2025 for business economics will help students with knowledge of business decision-making, alongside their understanding of accounting and auditing. It is strongly advised that aspirants prepare for the CA Foundation Business Economics syllabus using the appropriate foundational CA books.

CA Foundation Business Economics Syllabus 2025: Check Total Marks
CA Foundation Business Economics Syllabus 2025

There are a total of ten chapters included in the CA Foundation business economics syllabus, covering various chapters like theory of demand and supply, international trade, money market, etc. As per the CA Foundation exam pattern, the business economics subject is the third paper and is objective-based. Also, the CA Foundation business economics paper being objective-based, there will also be negative marking of ¼ for every wrong answer.

CA Foundation Exam Pattern 2025: Overview

Particulars

Details

Exam mode

Offline

Exam frequency

January, May, and September

Number of papers

Four

Name of the papers

Paper 1: Accounting
Paper 2: Business Laws
Paper 3: Quantitative Aptitude
Paper 4: Business Economics

Duration

Paper 1 and Paper 2: 60 minutes
Paper 3 and Paper 4: 120 minutes

Maximum marks for each paper

100 marks

Marking scheme

For subjective (Paper 1 and 2) - No negative marks

For objective papers (Paper 3 and 4) - ¼ mark will be deducted for every wrong answer


Objective of the CA Foundation Business Economics Paper:

It is a priority of the CA Foundation business economics paper to develop an understanding of the concepts and theories of economics and also to acquire the ability for addressing application-oriented issues.

CA Foundation 2025 Syllabus

SI. No.

Paper Name

Marks

Types of questions

Paper 1

Accounting

100 Marks

Subjective

Paper 2

Business Laws

100 Marks

Subjective

Paper 3


Part A: Business Mathematics

Part B: Logical Reasoning

Part C: Statistics

100 Marks

Part A: 40 Marks
Part B: 20 Marks
Part C: 40 Marks

Objective

Paper 4

Business Economics

100 Marks

Objective

Detailed CA Foundation Business Economics Syllabus

Candidates should note that every chapter included in the CA Foundation Business Economics 2025 syllabus is important. It is essential to thoroughly review each topic to achieve good results in the CA Foundation exam. Below are all the chapters and their respective topics for the CA Foundation business economics syllabus as per the CA Foundation syllabus introduced by the ICAI.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Economics

  • Meaning and scope of Business Economics

  • Basic Problems of an Economy and Role of Price Mechanism.

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Chapter 2. Theory of Demand and Supply

  • Meaning and Determinants of Demand, Law of Demand and Elasticity of Demand – Price, Income and Cross Elasticity

  • Theory of Consumer’s Behaviour –Indifference Curve approach

  • Meaning and Determinants of Supply, Law of Supply and Elasticity of Supply, Market Equilibrium and Social Efficiency.

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Chapter 3: Theory of Production and Cost

  • Meaning and Factors of Production, Short Run and Long Run

  • Law of Production – The Law of Variable Proportions and Laws of Returns to Scale, Producer’s Equilibrium

  • Concepts of Costs – Short-run and long-run costs, Average and Marginal Costs, Total, Fixed and Variable Costs

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Chapter 4: Price Determination in Different Markets

  • Market Structures: Perfect Competition, Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition. Using Game Theory to study Oligopoly.

  • Price Determination in these Markets

  • Price- Output Determination under different Market Forms

Chapter 5: Determination of National Income

(A) Macro Economic Aggregates and Measurement of National Income

(B) Determination of National Income: Keynes’ Two Sector Basic Model, Three Sectors and Four Sectors Models

Chapter 6: Business Cycles

  • Meaning

  • Phases

  • Features

  • Causes behind these Cycles

Chapter 7: Public Finance

(A) Fiscal functions: An Overview, Centre and State Finance

(B) Market Failure/ Government intervention to correct market failure.

(C) Process of budget making: Sources of Revenue, Expenditure Management, and Management of Public Debt.

(D) Fiscal Policy

Chapter 8: Money Market

(A)Concept of Money Demand

(B) Important theories of Demand for Money

(C) Concept of Money Supply, Cryptocurrency and other new terminology

(D) Monetary Policy

Chapter 9: International Trade

(A) Theories of International Trade including theories of intra-industry trade by Krugman.

(B) Trade Policy – The Instruments of Trade Policy

(C) Trade Negotiations

(D) Exchange Rates and its economic effects

(E) International Capital Movements: Foreign Direct Investment

Chapter 10: Indian Economy

  • (Before 1950- Chanakya and Nand Vansh, OECD Paper (1950-1991),

  • Basic knowledge 1991 Onwards

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The CA Foundation September 2025 exam has been completed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).  Candidates are anxiously awaiting their CA Foundation Sep 2025 results after the exam is over.  The CA Foundation results are anticipated to be released by ICAI in September 2025, most likely during the first week of November 2025.

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