CRACKER COMBO for CMA Intermediate | Dec. 2026/June 2027 Exams | Group II – Papers 9 to 12 | CRACKER Series | OMSM, CAA, FMDA, and MA | July 2026 Edition | Set of 4 Books

CRACKER COMBO for CMA Intermediate | Group II is a complete, practice-first exam-preparation set that bundles all four papers of Group II—Paper 9 (Operations Management & Strategic Management), Paper 10 (Corporate Accounting & Auditing), Paper 11 (Financial Management & Business Data Analytics), and Paper 12 (Management Accounting)—into a single, syllabus-aligned bundle from Taxmann's acclaimed CRACKER series.

These are not conventional textbooks; they are scoring tools. Each title reorganises its entire paper into the format that actually earns marks in the examination hall—a crisp concept recap ('A Quick Review') at the head of every chapter, followed by a deep, chapter-wise bank of past examination questions solved in full, in the institute's expected style. The design philosophy across all four books is identical and deliberate: refresh a concept, then immediately practise it exactly as ICMAI has asked it in the exam.

Fully aligned to the ICMAI Syllabus 2022 (New Syllabus) and current for the December 2026 and June 2027 attempts, the combo works equally well for first-pass, chapter-by-chapter learning and for high-intensity revision in the final weeks before the exam—making it a genuinely self-contained resource for clearing the entire second group.

The Present Publication is the July 2026 Edition, authored by Amarendra Kumar, CA. Tarun Agarwal & CA. Leena Lalit Parakh, with the following noteworthy features:

• [Solved Past-exam Questions (up to June 2026)] An extensive, chapter-wise bank of previously asked questions, each worked out completely with point-wise answers, working notes and tabulated computations. The archives are deep, not shallow: OMSM reaches back to June 2008, while CAA and MA span more than a decade (from 2013) through the June 2026 attempt
• [Session & Marks Tagging] Every question is stamped with the exam sitting in which it appeared and the marks it carried, so students practise exactly as the paper is set and marked
• ['Similar Question' Recurrence Flags] Where a question has recurred across attempts, that repetition is flagged (e.g., 'June 2019, 7 Marks; Similar Question in Dec. 2022, 8 Marks')—a powerful signal of the perennial favourites examiners return to
• ['Chapter-Opening 'A Quick Review'] A crisp, scannable recap of each chapter's key definitions, concepts, models and formulae for fast recall before attempting the questions. (MA's capsules are grounded in CIMA Official Terminology for exam-precise phrasing)
• [Marks Distribution & Trend Analysis] At-a-glance, module-wise marks tables plus a granular, question-by-question trend analysis of recent sittings—classifying items by module, marks and Theory vs. Practical—so revision time flows to the highest-weight areas
• [Mapping to the ICMAI Study Material] A comparison table that matches each book's modules/chapters to the corresponding modules in the institute's official study material, so coverage can be cross-checked at a glance and nothing is missed
• [Every Question Format Covered] Objective questions (MCQs, fill-in-the-blanks, true/false, match-the-following) alongside descriptive, short-note and full practical/numerical problems—reflecting the complete structure of each paper
• [Discipline-appropriate Solutions] Practical answers laid out in full (journal entries, ledgers, Schedule III statements, cash-flow statements, step-by-step working notes); theory answers in the crisp, point-wise style that scores
• [Sectional Additional Practice & Solved Papers] Extra practice sets and recent full solved papers (with Suggested Answers), presented module/topic-wise for targeted, pattern-faithful revision

The coverage of the COMBO is as follows:

Paper 9 — Operations Management & Strategic Management (11 Modules, 600+ Solved Questions)

Section A | Operations Management (Modules 1–7) — Introduction; Operations Planning; Designing of Operational System & Control; Production Planning & Control; Productivity & Quality Management; Project Management; Economics of Maintenance & Spares Management

Section B | Strategic Management (Modules 8–11) — Introduction; Strategic Analysis & Planning; Formulation & Implementation of Strategy; Digital Strategy

Includes four module-wise solved papers (Dec. 2024, June 2025, Dec. 2025, June 2026) and dedicated additional-practice sets for each section

Paper 10 — Corporate Accounting & Auditing (8 Modules)

Section A | Corporate Accounting — Accounting for Shares & Debentures; Statement of P&L and Balance Sheet (Schedule III); Cash Flow Statement (AS-3); Accounts of Banking, Electricity & Insurance Companies; Accounting Standards (with Ind AS 1 & 2 framing)

Section B | Auditing — Basic Concepts of Auditing (SAs, audit risk, evidence, sampling SA-530); Provisions under the Companies Act 2013 (statutory/cost/secretarial audit, CARO, IFC, NFRA); Auditing of Different Types of Undertakings

Section B also carries its own chapter-wise marks distribution, balancing a practical accounting half with a conceptual auditing half with equal rigour

Paper 11 — Financial Management & Business Data Analytics (11 Chapters, 100 Marks)

Section A | Financial Management (Ch. 1–7) — Fundamentals of FM; Institutions & Instruments in Financial Markets; Tools for Financial Analysis; Sources of Finance & Cost of Capital; Capital Budgeting; Working Capital Management; Financing Decisions (Leverage & Capital Structure)

Section B | Business Data Analytics (Ch. 8–11) — Introduction to Data Science for Business Decision-Making; Data Processing, Cleaning & Validation; Data Presentation & Visualisation; Data Analysis & Modelling

Theory-vs-Practical tagging throughout, plus transparent weightings (e.g., Tools for Financial Analysis ~25 marks average) so effort can be prioritised precisely

Paper 12 — Management Accounting (10 Chapters, 400+ Pages)

Introduction to Management Accounting; Activity-Based Costing; Marginal Costing; Applications of Marginal Costing in Short-Term Decision-Making;