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    CA Inter Financial Management and Strategic Management Question Paper - Download PYQ PDF

    CA Inter Financial Management and Strategic Management Question Paper - Download PYQ PDF

    #CA Intermediate Exam
    Sansar Singh ChhikaraUpdated on 23 Dec 2025, 10:53 AM IST

    The CA Inter Financial Management and Strategic Management is one of the toughest subjects in the CA Intermediate exam. This subject CA Intermediate has been divided into two parts - Financial Management and the other one being Strategic Management. Candidates preparing for the upcoming CA Inter exams must first go through the complete study material for CA Inter FM and SM. After completing the syllabus, candidates must solve as many CA Inter Financial Management and Strategic Management question papers as they can. The previous year CA Inter question papers for FM and SM will help candidates understand the exam pattern and type of questions that will be asked in the exam.

    CA Inter Financial Management and Strategic Management Question Paper - Download PYQ PDF
    CA Inter Financial Management and Strategic Management Question Paper

    Benefits of solving CA Inter FM and SM Question Papers

    • Candidates will get a good understanding of the CA Inter SM exam pattern through these PYQs.

    • Also, candidates will understand what topics carry more weightage in Financial Management and Strategic Management.

    • Time management is a very crucial factor in the CA Inter FM and SM paper and practicing PYQs will give candidates a good hang of time management.

    • Candidates will also get better at accuracy as they practice more and more previous year question papers.

    • Attempting PYQs and performing well will give candidates much needed self confidence that will be very helpful on the day of the exam.

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    CA Inter Model Test Papers for FM and SM

    Apart from the previous year question papers, ICAI has also released the model question paper for CA Intermediate Financial Management and Strategic Management. These model question papers demonstrate the type of questions that will be asked in the actual exam. Through the CA Inter model test papers, candidates will get a good understanding of the difficulty level of the exam, topic-wise weightage and more. There are a total 8 CA Inter model test papers for both Financial Management and Strategic Management each. The CA Inter model test papers for Financial Management and Strategic Management have been given below:

    CA Inter FM and SM Exam Pattern

    Along with the question papers, students must also be aware of the CA Inter exam pattern. The CA Inter test pattern for FM and SM will inform candidates about important aspects of the exam like total number of questions, maximum marks, negative marking, nature of questions and more. The detailed exam pattern of CA Inter Financial Management & Strategic Management has been given below:

    CA Inter Exam Pattern - Financial Management & Strategic Management

    Particulars

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    Name of the exam

    CA Intermediate Financial Management & Strategic Management

    Conducting body

    Institute of Chartered Accountancy of India (ICAI)

    Frequency of exam

    Thrice a year

    Mode of exam

    Offline

    Medium of exam

    English or hindi

    Type of questions

    Subjective and objective, both

    Time duration for each exam

    Three hours

    Number of marks for each paper

    100 marks

    Negative marking

    There is no negative marking

    Passing criteria

    Candidates must score 40% in this paper and 50% total in a group.

    Difficulty level

    Moderate

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