CDAC C-CAT

SYLLABUS
 CDAC C-CAT SYLLABUS

CONTENTS
Introduction 3
CDAC C-CAT Syllabus 4
CDAC C-CAT Reference Books 5

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INTRODUCTION
CDAC C-CAT is a national level entrance exam that is conducted by the Centre for
Development of Advanced Computing for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses.
Candidates who are preparing for the upcoming entrance exam should have a knowl-
edge of the exact syllabus of CDAC C-CAT. The syllabus consists of the topics from
which the questions will be asked in the entrance exam. Note that CDAC-CAT
syllabus varies depending on the category of the course.

DAC C-CAT exam is divided into three sections- A, B and C, however, the number of
sections in the exam will vary as per the PG Diploma course student has applied for.

Careers360 team presents an e-book that will explain the entire syllabus of CDAC-C-
CAT in detail. This ebook has been specially designed to help all the aspirants
understand the syllabus and strategise their preparation accordingly.

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CDAC C-CAT SYLLABUS

Categories of PG Diploma courses and the corresponding test paper(s) in CDAC C-CAT
Course Course Name C-CAT
Category Paper(s)
I PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi) Section A
II Section A +
PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)
Section B
PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PG-DBDA)
PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems &
Security (PG-DITISS)
PG Diploma in Internet of Things (PG-DIoT)
PG Diploma in Ar�������������a
AI)
PG Diploma in Mobile Computing (PG-DMC)
PG Diploma in System Software Development
(PG-DSSD)
PG Diploma in Advanced Secure Software
Development (PG-DASSD)
PG Diploma in HPC System Administration
(PG-HPCSA)
III Section A +
PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design
Section B +
(PG-DESD)
Section C
PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)
PG Diploma in Biomedical Instrumentation &
Health Informatics (PG-DBIHI)

Indicative syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT.

TEST PAPER TOPICS DURATION
Section A English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning 1 hour
Section B Computer Fundamentals, C Programming,
Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming 1 hour
Concepts, Operating Systems
Section C Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics,
1 hour
Microprocessors

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CDAC C-CAT REFERENCE BOOKS

Having a right study material to prepare for the entrance exam is immensely impor-
tant. Candidates can below find the list of reference books for the various topics of
CDAC C-CAT.

CDAC C-CAT Reference Books

SECTION TOPIC REFERENCE BOOK
A Any High School Grammar Book (e.g. Wren
English
& Martin)
Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R. S.
Aggrawal)
Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning
Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara)
Barron’s New GRE 2016
B Foundations of Computing (Pradeep Sinha
Computer Fundamentals
& Priti Sinha)
C Programming Language (Kernighan &
C Programming Ritchie)
Let Us C (Yashavant Kanetkar)
Data Structures Through C in Depth (S. K.
Data Structures
Srivastava)
Operating System Principles (Silberschatz,
Operating Systems
Galvin, Gagne)
OOP Concepts Test Your C ++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar)
C Computer Organization & Architecture
Computer Architecture
(William Stallings)
Digital Design (Morris Mano)
Digital Design: Principles & Practices (John
Digital Electronics
Wakerly)
Modern Digital Electronics (R. P. Jain)
Microprocessor Architecture, Programming
& Applications with 8085 (Ramesh
Microprocessors
Gaonkar)
The Intel Microprocessor (Barry Brey)