Syllabus for MH-MCA CET

a) Mathematics and Statistics (30 marks)

The questions will cover the following topics of high school mathematics (up to
the12th Standard)

• Algebra: Fundamental operations in Algebra, Expansion, factorization,Quadratic equations, indices, logarithms, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, binomial theorem, permutations andcombinations.
• Co-ordinate Geometry: Rectangular Cartesian co-ordinates, equations ofa line, mid- point,intersections etc., equations of a circle, distanceformulae, pair of straight lines, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola, simplegeometric transformations such as translation, rotation, scaling.
• Differential Equations: Differential equations of first order and theirsolutions, linear differential equations with constant coefficients,homogenous linear differential equations.
• Trigonometry: Simple identities, trigonometric equations, properties oftriangles, solution of triangles, height and distance, inverse function.
• Probability and Statistics: Basic concepts of probability theory, Averages,Dependentand independent events, frequency distributions, and measuresof dispersions, skewness and kurtosis, random variable and distributionfunctions, mathematical expectations, Binomial, Poisson, normaldistributions, curve fitting, and principle of least squares, correlation andregression.
• Arithmetic: Ratios and proportions, problems on time-work, distancespeed, percentage,etc.
• Basic Set Theory and Functions: Set, relations and mappings.
• Mensuration: areas, triangles and quadrilaterals, area andcircumference of circles,volumes and surface areas of simple solidssuch as cubes, spheres, cylinders and cones.

b) Logical/ Abstract Reasoning (30 marks)

This shall include the questions to measures how quickly and logically you can think. This section will cover logical situations and questions based on the facts given in the passage. This test shall check the problem solving capability of the candidate.

c) English comprehension and verbal ability (20 marks)

Questions in this section will be designed to test the candidate’s general understanding of the English language. There will be questions on the topics such as Basic English grammar, vocabulary, comprehension,
synonyms antonyms, sentence correction, word & phrases, jumbled paragraph.

d) Computer Concepts (20 marks)

• Computer Basics: Organization of a computer, Central Processing Unit (CPU), Structure of instructions in CPU, input / output devices, computer memory, memoryorganization,back-up devices.
• 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.
• Computer Architecture: Block structure of computers, communication between processor and I / O devices, interrupts.
• Computer Language: Assembly language and high level language, Computer Programming in C.
• Operating System basics