CS Executive Capital Market and Securities Laws Chapter-wise Weightage
Compare chapter-wise marks for CS Executive Capital Market and Securities Laws across 6 indexed past papers. See observed averages, ranges and covered exam sessions.
ICSI Syllabus 2022. 201 indexed questions. Updated 2026-10-17.
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Observed marks by chapter
| Chapter / topic | Average marks | Observed range | Papers appearing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutual Funds | 9.67 | 3.00 to 13.00 | 6 / 6 |
| Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 | 5 | 0.00 to 15.00 | 4 / 6 |
| SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 | 4.67 | 0.00 to 20.00 | 3 / 6 |
| Public Issues | 4.17 | 0.00 to 22.00 | 2 / 6 |
| SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2021 | 3.83 | 0.00 to 13.00 | 3 / 6 |
| Delisting of Equity Shares | 3.5 | 0.00 to 13.00 | 2 / 6 |
| SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 | 3.33 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 3 / 6 |
| Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) | 3 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Corporate Governance | 3 | 0.00 to 8.00 | 3 / 6 |
| Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) | 3 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 2 / 6 |
| SEBI Act, 1992 | 2.83 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 3 / 6 |
| Depositories Act, 1996 | 2.5 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 3 / 6 |
| Investment Advisers | 2.5 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Buy-back of Securities | 2.17 | 0.00 to 8.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Private Equity | 2.17 | 0.00 to 8.00 | 2 / 6 |
| SEBI (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021 | 1.83 | 0.00 to 8.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Depositories and Participants | 1.67 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Derivatives Market | 1.67 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Employee Benefits | 1.67 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Intermediaries | 1.67 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| International Financial Services Centres (IFSC) | 1.67 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 1 / 6 |
| International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) | 1.67 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Listing Regulations | 1.67 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Related Party Transactions | 1.67 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| SEBI (Buy-Back of Securities) Regulations, 2018 | 1.67 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015; Companies Act, 2013; SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 | 1.67 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 | 1.67 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Social Stock Exchange | 1.67 | 0.00 to 10.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Debt Securities | 1.33 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices | 1.33 | 0.00 to 8.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Insider Trading | 1.33 | 0.00 to 8.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 | 1.33 | 0.00 to 8.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Stock Brokers | 1.33 | 0.00 to 8.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Valuation | 1.33 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 2 / 6 |
| Capital Market Regulations | 1 | 0.00 to 6.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Bonus Issue | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Capital Market | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Collective Investment Schemes (CIS), SEBI Act, 1992 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Companies Act, 2013, SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Companies Act, 2013; SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Company Secretary | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Custodians | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Cyber Security | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Debt Market | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Depositories | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Depositories and Depository Participants | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Depository System | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Economic Indicators | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Financial Market Intermediaries | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Global Financial Markets | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| IFSC Listing Regulations | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Indian Capital Market | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| International Financial Services Centres Authority (Issuance and Listing of Securities) Regulations, 2021 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Investment Analysis | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Investment Avenues | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Investment Products | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Issue of Capital | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Listing Obligations | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Listing of Securities | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Monetary Policy | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Mutual Funds, Investment Analysis | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Non-Convertible Securities | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Promoters | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Rights Issue | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Bankers to an Issue) Regulations, 1994 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Buy-back of Securities) Regulations, 2018, Companies Act, 2013 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Informal Guidance) Scheme | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Informal Guidance) Scheme, 2003 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulation, 2003 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulation, 2003 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulation, 2015 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulation, 2011 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011; SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI Complaint Redressal | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI Enforcement | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI Powers | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Secondary Market | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Securities Market | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Securities Market & Capital Raising | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Share Capital | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Shares with Differential Voting Rights (DVR) | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Stock Exchanges | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Takeovers | 0.83 | 0.00 to 5.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Buy-Back of Securities | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Collective Investment Schemes | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Companies Act, 2013 | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Debenture Trustees | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Market Misconduct | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover) Regulations, 2011 | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Securities Market Intermediaries | 0.5 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Dividend Payment | 0.33 | 0.00 to 2.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Financial Intermediaries | 0.33 | 0.00 to 2.00 | 1 / 6 |
| Fund Raising | 0.33 | 0.00 to 2.00 | 1 / 6 |
Covered sessions and methodology
- June 2026 (PYQS): 135 indexed marks
- December 2025 (PYQS): 135 indexed marks
- June 2025 (PYQS): 135 indexed marks
- December 2024 (PYQS): 135 indexed marks
- June 2024 (PYQS): 135 indexed marks
- December 2023 (PYQS): 135 indexed marks
Averages include every covered paper, including zero when a chapter did not appear. Shared topic marks can be fractional. Indexed totals include optional questions and can exceed the marks a student must attempt. Coverage and topic mapping affect these observations.
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