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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.
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Course Code |
Course Name |
Eligibility |
Minimum Percentage |
CATEGORY I (Section A in C-CAT) |
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PG-DGi |
Post Graduate Diploma in Geoinformatics |
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50 % |
CATEGORY II (Sections A+B in C-CAT) |
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PG-DAC |
Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing |
|
50 % |
PG-DMC |
Post Graduate Diploma in Mobile Computing |
|
50 % |
PG-DSSD |
Post Graduate Diploma in System Software Development |
|
55 % |
PG-DITISS |
Post Graduate Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security |
|
55 % |
PG-DBDA |
Post Graduate Diploma in Big Data Analytics |
|
55 % |
PG-DIoT |
Post Graduate Diploma in Internet of Things |
|
55 % |
PG-DHPCSA |
Post Graduate Diploma in HPC System Administration |
|
55 % |
CATEGORY III (Sections A+B+C in C-CAT) |
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PG-DESD |
Post Graduate Diploma in Embedded Systems Design |
|
55 % |
PG-DVLSI |
Post Graduate Diploma in VLSI Design |
|
55 % |
PG-DBIHI |
Post Graduate Diploma in Biomedical Instrumentation & Health Informatics |
|
55 % |
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 |
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 |
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B |
General Reference Book |
Foundations of Computing (Pradeep Sinha & Priti Sinha) |
Data Communication & Networking |
CompTIA Network+ Study Guide (Todd Lammle) |
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C Programming |
Test your C Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar) Let Us C (Yashavant Kanetkar) Exploring C (Yashavant Kanetkar) |
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Data Structures |
Data Structures Through C in Depth (S. K. Srivastava) |
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Operating System |
Operating System Principles (Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne) |
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OOP Concepts |
Test Your C ++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar) |
|
C |
Computer Architecture |
Computer Organization & Architecture (William Stallings) |
Digital Electronics |
Digital Design (Morris Mano) |
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Microprocessor |
The Intel Microprocessor, 8th Edition (Barry B. Brey) Microprocessor Architecture Programming & Application with 8085, 5th Edition (Ramesh Gaonkar) |
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.
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