C-CAT Study Material
CDAC Admission Exam Preparation PGDA Courses
The C-CAT examination has three sections A, B & C, and the C-CAT syllabus or topics, and the duration of each section is provided in the table below:
Section A
English
- Any High School Grammar Book (e.g. Wren & Martin)
Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning
- Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R. S. Aggrawal)
- Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara)
- Barron’s New GRE 2016
Section B
Computer Fundamentals
- Foundations of Computing (Pradeep Sinha & Priti Sinha)
C Programming
- C Programming Language (Kernighan & Ritchie)
- Let Us C (Yashavant Kanetkar)
Data Structures
- Data Structures Through C in Depth (S. K. Srivastava)
Operating Systems
- Operating System Principles (Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne)
OOP Concepts
- Test Your C ++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar)
Section 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)
Microprocessors
- Microprocessor Architecture, Programming & Applications with 8085 (Ramesh Gaonkar)
- The Intel Microprocessor (Barry Brey)
Every section in C-CAT will have 50 objective-type questions. Each question will have four choices as possible answers of which only one will be correct. There will be +3 (plus three) marks for each correct answer, -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer, and 0 (zero) marks for each un-attempted question. The maximum mark a candidate can obtain in any one section of C-CAT is 150.
The list of reference books for the various topics of C-CAT is given in Table. Candidates are, however, advised to read more books than the ones specified in this table.
C-DAC’s PG Diploma Courses, Fees and Eligibility Criteria
C-CAT Test Papers
C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, and Section C) of one-hour duration each. As shown in Table 5, depending on the category of courses selected by the candidate, he/she will have to either appear for just one test paper (Section A) or two test papers (Section A and Section B) or all three test papers (Section A, Section B, and Section C). The medium of C-CAT is English.
Every section in C-CAT will have 50 objective-type questions. Each question will have four choices as possible answers of which only one will be correct. There will be +3 (plus three) marks for each correct answer, -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer, and 0 (zero) marks for each un-attempted question. The maximum mark a candidate can obtain in any one section of C-CAT is 150.
Categories of PG Diploma courses and the corresponding test paper(s) in C-CAT.
PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)
PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)
PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PG-DBDA)
PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)
PG Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (PG-DAI)
PG Diploma in the Internet of Things (PG-DIoT)
PG Diploma in Mobile Computing (PG-DMC)
PG Diploma in Advanced Secure Software Development (PG-DASSD)
PG Diploma in HPC System Administration (PG-HPCSA)
PG Diploma in FinTech & Blockchain Development (PG-DFBD)
PG Diploma in Cyber Security & Forensics (PG-DCSF)
PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)
PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)
PG Diploma in Robotics & Allied Technologies (PG-DRAT)