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    ICAI CA Jan 2025 Result Analysis: Pass Percentage, Toppers, and First Reactions

    ICAI CA Jan 2025 Result Analysis: Pass Percentage, Toppers, and First Reactions

    Sansar Singh ChhikaraUpdated on 06 Mar 2025, 12:37 PM IST

    The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has released the ICAI CA Inter and Foundation Jan 2025 results on March 4, 2025. The CA Jan 2025 results are available for download at icai.nic.in. Candidates can check their CA Jan 2025 results by entering their roll number and registration number. In the CA Inter Jan 2025 exams, Deepanshi Agrawal from Hyderabad secured All India Rank 1, while Thota Somanadh Seshadri Naidu secure AIR 2. Talking of the pass percentage, 14.05% students passed both groups of CA Inter, while 14.17% students passed Group 1 and 22.16% students passed Group 2. Talking of CA Foundation Jan 2025 pass percentage a total of 21.52% candidates passed the exam. The future attempts of CA Inter and Foundation are expected to have improved pass perce

    ICAI CA Jan 2025 Result Analysis: Pass Percentage, Toppers, and First Reactions
    ICAI CA Jan 2025 Result Analysis: Pass Percentage, Toppers, and First Reactions

    In this article, we will discuss the ICAI CA Jan 2025 result analysis, pass percentage, toppers, verification process and other important details related.

    How many students passed the CA Inter and CA Foundation exam?

    ICAI has released the CA Jan 2025 pass percentage through an official notification. According to the CA Inter Jan 2025 pass percentage, a total of 1,08,187 students appeared for CA Inter Group 1, out of which 15,332 students passed. Coming to Group 2 of CA Inter, a total of 80,368 appeared for the exam out of which a total of 17,813 passed. A total of 48,261 students appeared for both groups and total 6,781 passed.

    Talking of CA Foundation pass percentage Jan 2025, a total of 1,10,881 students appeared for the exam, out of which 23,861 students passed the exam. The below given tables denote the correct statistics for both exams.

    CA Inter Jan 2025 Pass Percentage

    Group(s)

    No. of Candidates Appeared

    No. of Candidates Passed

    Pass Percentage (%)

    Group I

    1,08,187

    15,332

    14.17%

    Group II

    80,368

    17,813

    22.16%

    Both Groups

    48,261

    6,781

    14.05%

    CA Foundation January 2025 Pass Percentage

    Gender

    No. of Candidates Appeared

    No. of Candidates Passed

    Pass Percentage (%)

    Male

    58,240

    12,661

    21.74%

    Female

    52,647

    11,200

    21.27%

    Total

    1,10,887

    23,861

    21.52%

    CA Jan 2025 Toppers

    As of now ICAI has only released the CA Inter Jan 2025 toppers list. Talking of CA Intermediate Jan 2025 toppers, Deepanshi Agarwal secured AIR 1 with 521 marks out of 600. Thota Somanadh Seshadri Naidu secured AIR 2, while Sarthak Agarwal secured AIR 3. The below given table shows all the relevant information related to ICAI Jan 2025 toppers

    CA Intermediate January 2025 – All India Toppers

    AIR

    Name

    City

    Roll Number

    Marks

    Percentage

    1

    Deepanshi Agarwal

    Hyderabad

    566708

    521/600

    86.83%

    2

    Thota Somanadh Seshadri Naidu

    Vijayawada

    655623

    516/600

    86.00%

    3

    Sarthak Agrawal

    Hathras

    574012

    515/600

    85.83%

    CA Intermediate Jan 2025 sees decline in pass percentage

    Compared to the previous sessions of CA Intermediate, the January 2025 exam saw a significant drop in the pass rates. A total of 14.07% students passed both groups, while only 14.17% students were able to pass CA Inter Jan 2025 Group 1. The below given table shows a year-on-year and session-on-session analysis of the CA Inter historical pass rate.

    CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Analysis (2018-2025)

    Exam Session

    Group 1 Pass %

    Group 2 Pass %

    Both Groups Pass %

    Total Candidates Appeared

    Jan 2025

    14.17%

    22.16%

    14.05%

    1,40,294

    Sep 2024

    15.17%

    15.99%

    5.66%

    96,505

    May 2024

    27.15%

    18.28%

    18.42%

    1,22,963

    Nov 2023

    16.78%

    19.18%

    9.73%

    1,57,483

    May 2023

    18.95%

    23.44%

    10.24%

    1,42,542

    Dec 2022

    21.19%

    24.44%

    12.72%

    1,17,889

    May 2022

    13.30%

    12.45%

    5.46%

    1,19,907

    Dec 2021 (New Course)

    21.78%

    11.81%

    11.56%

    1,07,722

    Dec 2021 (Old Course)

    5.39%

    16.79%

    0.91%

    31,011

    July 2021 (New Course)

    29.11%

    22.20%

    10.49%

    1,26,426

    July 2021 (Old Course)

    4.34%

    30.13%

    0.66%

    39,084

    Nov 2020 (Old Course)

    11.75%

    15.11%

    1.81%

    34,821

    Nov 2020 (New Course)

    25.64%

    21.85%

    17.09%

    1,36,021

    Nov 2019

    22.49%

    17.87%

    14.37%

    1,50,402

    May 2019

    17.69%

    31.70%

    17.11%

    1,40,124

    Nov 2018

    18.54%

    43.04%

    8.88%

    1,35,487

    May 2018

    23.04%

    4.04%

    17.98%

    1,28,945


    CA Foundation Pass Percentage Sees Improvement

    The year 2024 was one of the toughest year for CA Foundation students who saw lowest pass percentage in recent years. However, the CA Foundation Jan 2025 pass rate showed gradual improvement compared to the last two sessions. The CA Foundation pass percentage for Jan 2025 session was 21.52%, up from Sep 2024 session which recorded pass rate of 19.67% and way up from June 2024 session, which was 14.96%. The below given table shows a session-on-session analysis of CA Foundation historical pass percentage.

    CA Foundation Pass Percentage Analysis (2018-2025)

    Exam Session

    Male Pass %

    Female Pass %

    Total Pass %

    Jan 2025

    21.74%

    21.27%

    21.52%

    Sep 2024

    20.47%

    18.76%

    19.67%

    June 2024

    15.66%

    14.14%

    14.96%

    Dec 2023

    30.19%

    29.77%

    29.99%

    June 2023

    25.99%

    23.80%

    24.98%

    Dec 2022

    29.57%

    28.88%

    29.25%

    June 2022

    25.52%

    24.99%

    25.28%

    Dec 2021

    30.20%

    30.37%

    30.28%

    June 2021

    26.08%

    27.26%

    26.62%

    Jan 2021

    24.91%

    24.85%

    24.89%

    Nov 2020

    36.11%

    33.88%

    35.03%

    June 2019

    18.47%

    18.72%

    18.58%

    Nov 2018

    43.03%

    45.56%

    44.12%

    ICAI CA Students Increasing Every Year

    ICAI has recently released the ICAI Students and Members report 2025. According to the report a total of 10,06,256 students are currently pursuing CA course. Out of the total 10,06,256, the maximum number of students are registered in CA Inter course - a staggering 4,17,609 students. This means that most number of students are in the middle of the CA journey. The CA Final exam also has 2,41,391 students, which shows the difficulty level of the exam. The below-given data throws spotlight on CA students statistics:

    ICAI CA Students Registered in each exam

    Course

    Number of Students

    % Age

    Foundation

    3,47,256

    34.51%

    Intermediate

    4,17,609

    41.50%

    Final

    2,41,391

    23.99%

    Total

    10,06,256

    100%

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