C-CAT Syllabus; C-CAT Sample Questions; Reference Books for December 2012 C-CAT
Get details about C-CAT syllabus, sample questions and reference books here:
Posted by Nishatha Abraham on Nov. 19, 2012, 2:58 p.m.
C-DAC Common Admission Test (C-CAT) is the entrance test that is conducted in June (for August admissions) and December (for February admissions) to C-DAC's various 6month long PG Diploma courses.
The December 2012 C-CAT that will be considered for admission to C-DAC's PG Diploma courses of February 2013 will be held on 2nd & 16th December 2012.
C-CAT Syllabus
C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one hour duration each. Every section will have 50 objective-type questions of 3 marks each (maximum 150 marks for any one section)
Here’s the syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT:
TEST PAPER | TOPICS | DURATION |
Section A | English, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude | 1 hour |
Section B | Computer Fundamentals, C Programming, Data Structures, Data Communications & Networks, Object Oriented Programming, Operating Systems | 1 hour |
Section C | Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors | 1 hour |
C-CAT Sample Questions
It is always good to go through previous years’ questions or practice sample C-CAT questions to get used to the exam pattern. A good amount of practice will make you more confident when you are in the exam hall. You can download the C-CAT sample questions we’ve attached in this article.
C-CAT Reference Books
This is an indicative list of some of the reference books you can use to prepare for C-CAT:
SECTION | TOPIC | REFERENCE BOOK |
A | English | Any High School Grammar Book |
Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R. S. Aggrawal) Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara) Barron’s New GRE 2012 |
B | General Reference Book | Foundations of Computing (Pradeep Sinha & Priti Sinha) |
Data Communication & Networking | CompTIA Network+ Study Guide (Todd Lammle) |
C Programming | Test your C Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar) Let Us C (Yashavant Kanetkar) Exploring C (Yashavant Kanetkar) |
Data Structures | Data Structures Through C in Depth (S. K. Srivastava) |
Operating System | Operating System Principles (Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne) |
OOP Concepts | Test Your C ++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar) |
C | Computer Architecture | Computer Organization & Architecture (William Stallings) |
Digital Electronics | Digital Design (Morris Mano)
Digital Design: Principles & Practices (John Wakerly)
Modern Digital Electronics (R. P. Jain) |
Microprocessor | The Intel Microprocessor, 8th Edition (Barry B. Brey) Microprocessor Architecture Programming & Application with 8085, 5th Edition (Ramesh Gaonkar) |
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