Admission For Master of Computer Application (MCA) - 2014
ONLINE Entrance Test Date: June 24 – 29, 2014
Test Time : 3 hoursNo. of Question : 150
Eligibility Criteria: MCA (3 years duration) Recognized bachelor degree of minimum 3 years duration in any discipline with at least 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) in aggregate. Mathematics must be studied at 10+2 level or at graduation level, and has also appeared in the entrance test to be conducted by the university. Mode of Selection: Admission shall be made on the merit of the entrance test to be conducted online by the University across India. MCA Lateral Entry (2 years duration) Recognized bachelor degree of minimum 3 years duration in BCA, B.Sc. (IT/ Computer Science) with atleast 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) in aggregate. Mathematics must be studied at 10+2 level or at graduation level, and has also appeared in the entrance test to be conducted by the university. Mode of Selection: Admission shall be made on the merit of the entrance test to be conducted offline by the University at Patiala. Number of Seats: 90 In addition to above seats, 1% over and above seats are reserved for children of employees of Thapar University. The candidates seeking admission under this category are required to satisfy the eligibility as mentioned above. Syllabus MCA (3 year program) There will be objective type questions. 1/4th marks shall be deducted for wrong answer. Mathematics (60 Questions)- Geometry: Two-Dimensional; straight lines, circles and conic sections, Three-Dimensional; straight lines and spheres.
- Algebra: Set theory, Relations, Mappings and its applications, Permutations and Combinations.
- Calculus:Limits, Continuity and Differentiability, Rolle's and Mean value theorems, Differentiation, Partial Differentiation, Maxima and Minima of functions of one and two variable. Successive differentiation. Integration by using substitution, partial fraction and by parts, Definite integral and its properties, Applications of definite integral to evaluate length and area of simple plane curves.
- Vector Analysis:Scalar and vector products of two , three and four vectors and their applications.
- Statistics, Probability and Linear programming:Measures of Central tendency,Dispersion, Skewness and Kurtosis. Correlation and Regression. Basic concepts of probability, Conditional probability, Baye's theorem, Discrete and continuous distributions (Binomial, Poisson, and Normal distributions), Fundamentals of linear programming problems, Graphical solution, Simplex method and its variants.
- Matrices:Types of matrices rank of a matrix, solution of system of linear equations,Cayley Hamilton theorem, Inverse of a matrix, Determinant and its properties.
- Numerical Analysis:Solution of non-linear equations using iterative methods,Interpolation (Newton's, Lagrange's and Forward formulae), Numerical Integration (Trapezoidal and Simpson Rule).
- Computer Basics: Organization of a computer, Central Processing Unit (CPU),input/output devices, computer memory, memory organization, back-up devices, Categories of Computers.
- Data Representation: Representation of characters, integers, and fractions, binary and hexadecimal representations, Binary Arithmetic: Addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, floating point representation of numbers, normalized floating point representation, Boolean algebra: truth tables, Venn diagrams.
- Basics of C Programming and Operating Systems: Computer programming in C : data types, loop and control statements, functions. Fundamentals of operating systems: multiprogramming, multitasking, Multiprocessing and time sharing systems.
- Networking and Internet::Categories of Computer Network, Network topologies,Network media, Concepts of LAN, MAN and WAN, Search Engines, Basic internet applications.
- Geometry: Two-Dimensional; straight lines, circles and conic sections, Three-Dimensional; straight lines and spheres.
- Mathematical Foundation for Computer Science: Set theory, Permutation and combinations; Relations, Properties and representation of relations, Transitive closure, Partial ordering relation, Special types of lattices and finite Boolean algebra; Functions and their applications, Recurrence relations, Algebraic structures (semi-group and groups), Graphs and their representation, Connected graphs and spanning tree, Proposition and logical connectives, Conditional and biconditional statements, Rules of inference using statement calculus, Quantifiers and inference theory using predicate calculus
- Calculus:Limits, Continuity and Differentiability, Rolle's and Mean value theorems, Differentiation, Partial Differentiation, Maxima and Minima of functions of one and two variable. Successive differentiation. Integration by using substitution, partial fraction and by parts, Definite integral and its properties, Applications of definite integral to evaluate length and area of simple plane curves.
- Vector Analysis:Scalar and vector products of two , three and four vectors and their applications.
- Statistics, Probability and Linear programming:Measures of Central tendency,Dispersion, Skewness and Kurtosis. Correlation and Regression. Basic concepts of probability, Conditional probability, Baye's theorem, Discrete and continuous distributions (Binomial, Poisson, and Normal distributions), Fundamentals of linear programming problems, Graphical solution, Simplex method and its variants.
- Matrices:Types of matrices rank of a matrix, solution of system of linear equations,Cayley Hamilton theorem, Inverse of a matrix, Determinant and its properties.
- Numerical Analysis:Solution of non-linear equations using iterative methods,Interpolation (Newton's, Lagrange's and Forward formulae), Numerical Integration (Trapezoidal and Simpson Rule).
- C Programming:Fundamentals, Identifiers and keywords, Data types, Declarations,Standard and formatted input-output statements, Operators and Precedence, Control statements, Storage classes, Pre-processors, Functions, Recursion, Arrays and strings, Pointers, Structure and union, File handling.
- Operating Systems:Fundamentals, Process management, CPU scheduling algorithms, Memory management- paging, segmentation, demand paging; Deadlocks- prevention, avoidance, detection and recovery; Process synchronization, File management, Disk scheduling, I/O devices.
- Computer Organization and Architecture:Number system, Karnaugh map,Combinational circuits, Sequential circuits, Instruction cycle, Addressing modes, Parallel processing, Instruction pipeline, Memory hierarchy, Cache memory, Virtual memory- paging and segmentation.
- Data Structures:Algorithm complexity, Big O notation, Arrays, Linked Lists, Stacks,Recursion, Queues, Binary search trees, Threaded tree, AVL, B-trees, B+ trees, Graphs- BFS, DFS, applications of graphs; Searching and sorting algorithms, Hashing.
- Object Oriented Programming:Basic concepts of object-oriented programming,Classes and objects in C++, Static member functions, Inline and friend functions, Constructors and destructors, Function overloading, Operator overloading, Type conversions, Inheritance, Virtual functions and polymorphism, Files and streams, Exception handling.
- System Analysis and Design:Categories of information systems, Structured analysis method, System prototype method, SDLC, Feasibility study, Requirements gathering, Data flow diagrams, Data dictionaries, Decision tables, Decision trees, Design of input, Design of output, Program structure chart, Coupling, Cohesion, Span of Control, Module size, and Shared modules.
- Networking and Internet:Categories of computer network, Network topologies,Network media, Concepts of LAN, MAN and WAN, OSI and TCP/IP reference model, Classless and classful addressing, IPv4, Search Engines, Basic Internet and intranet applications.
General |
SC/ST |
PH |
Total |
64 |
23 |
3 |
90 (+ 14 FN/NRI seats. Refer section 11 for eligibility & other conditions) |
General |
SC/ST |
PH |
Total |
17 |
6 |
1 |
24 |
Amount to be deposited with print out of application forms taken from website. |
Rs 1500 |
Last date for receipt of completed application forms. |
June 4, 2014 |
Display of result of Entrance Test |
MCA(OFFLINE TEST for lateral entry): June 22, 2014 For others: July 07,2014 |