C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT)

Admissions to all PG Diploma courses are done through C-DAC's Common Admission Test (C-CAT) that will be conducted in computerised mode physically at C-DAC’s test centres. Candidates have to apply for C-CAT online at www.cdac.in  or acts.cdac.in  Candidates who clear the   C-CAT will only be considered for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses   on the basis of their C-CAT ranks and centre/course preferences.   C-CAT Test Papers C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one hour duration each.   depending on the category of courses selected by the candidate, he/she will have to either appear for just one test paper (Section A) or two test papers (Section A and Section B) or all the three test papers (Section A, Section B and Section C). The medium of C-CAT is English.

 C-CAT Syllabus  

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

TEST PAPER TOPICS

Section A  

English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, Computer Fundamentals & Concepts of Programming

Section B

C Programming, Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming Concepts using C++, Operating Systems & Networking, Basics of Big Data & Artificial Intelligence  

Section C  

 Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors