Candidate should have passed with minimum of 45% marks in aggregate ( 40% marks in aggregate in case of candidates of backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra State only) in Bachelor's degree/Master's Degree in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities.
OR
Appeared for the final year examination of Bachelor's/Master's degree in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities. Refer Information Brochure for detailed Eligibility criteria and steps in the entire process of CET,
Document Verification, Centralized Admission Process etc., for securing admission against theMaharashtra seats, OMS seats, Minority seats, Institute level seats and seats for NRI/ ForeignNational / Foreign Students / PIO / Children of Indian Workers in the Gulf Countries.
The MAH-MCA-CET examination comprises of two papers (objective type) of one hour duration each with negative marking of 1/4th weightage that of correct answer. viz. General Aptitude (GA) and Computer Concepts (CC).
1. General Aptitude
The main objective of this paper is to assess the general aptitude of the candidate to pursue a computer applications and software profession.
2. Computer Concepts
Syllabus
The questions in this paper will cover: logical reasoning, quantitative reasoning, high school mathematics,
vocabulary, English comprehension and verbal ability. A good grasp of the following topics of high school
mathematics (up to the 12th standard) will be useful :
9.0 Algebra : Fundamental operations in Algebra, Expansion, factorization, Quadratic equations, indices, logarithms, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, binomial theorem, permutations and combinations.
10.0 Co-ordinate Geometry : Rectangular Cartesian co-ordinates, equations of a line, mid point, intersections etc., equations of a circle, distance formulae, pair of straight lines, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola, simple geometric transformations such as translation, rotation, scaling.
11.0 Differential Equations : Differential equations of first order and their solutions, linear differential equations with constant coefficients, homogenous linear differential equations.
12.0 Trigonometry : Simple identities, trigonometric equations, properties of triangles, solution of triangles, height and distance, inverse function.
13.0 Probability and Statistics : Basic concepts of probability theory, Averages, Dependent and independent events, frequency distributions, and measures of dispersions, skewness and kurtosis, random variable and distribution functions, mathematical expectations, Binomial, Poisson, normal distributions, curve fitting, and principle of least
squares, correlation and regression.
14.0 Arithmetic : Ratios and proportions, problems on time-work, distance-speed, percentage, etc.
15.0 Basic Set Theory and Functions : Set, relations and mappings.
16.0 Mensuration : areas, triangles and quadrilaterals, area and circumference of circles, volumes and surface areas of simple solids such as cubes, spheres, cylinders and cones.
Syllabus
17.0 Computer Basics : Organization of a computer, Central Processing Unit (CPU), Structure of instructions in CPU,
input / output devices, computer memory, memory organization, back-up devices.
18.0 Data Representation : Representation of characters, integers, and fractions, binary and hexadecimal
representations, Binary Arithmetic: Addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, signed arithmetic and two's
complement arithmetic, floating point representation of numbers, normalized floating point representation, Boolean algebra, truth tables, Venn diagrams.
19.0 Computer Architecture : Block structure of computers, communication between processor and I / O devices, interrupts.
20.0 Computer Language : Assembly language and high level language, Multiprogramming and time sharing operating systems, Computer Programming in C.
21.0 Operating System basics : Multiprogramming and timesharing operating systems.
Any one book out of the following suggested books or any other book can be used as a reference
book for CET Examination.
- Fundamentals of Computers by V.Rajaraman, Prentice Hall of India.
- Digital Computer Fundamentals by Thomas C.Bartee, Tata Mc-grawHill.
- Fundamentals of Information Technology by A.Leaon & M.Leaon, Leaon Technical World Publication, Delhi.
Tentative Month: Feb/March
No. of seats: 60
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