Get details about C-CAT syllabus, sample questions and reference books here:

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)

Heres 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 weve 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:

SECTIO
N

TOPIC

REFERENCE BOOK

English

Any High School Grammar Book

Quantitative Aptitude &

Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R. S. Aggrawal)

Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara)
Barrons New GRE 2012

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)

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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