Annexure V Syllabus and CET details, Sample Questions & Sample Answer Sheet Details of Common Entrance Test

t MAHMCA-CET 2013 1. About MAH-MCA-CET 2013 Online Examination. MAHMCA-CET 2013 will be conducted ONLINE at all examination centers which will include multiple choice objective type questions (MCQs). The question paper for the CET will be set in English only. Translations in any other languages will not be available. The Online CET would be comprised of two online papers of 100 marks each of 45 minutes duration. Please note the MAHMCA-CET 2013 will have negative mark system. Each correct answer will carry 4 marks. Each wrong answer will carry 1 negative mark. Unanswered questions will carry zero marks. The marks at the CET would be considered for admission during the current academic year only and would not be allowed to be carried forward to the next year. The cities in which MAH-MCA-CET 2013 is conducted are designated as centers for the CET. Each center will have several venues depending upon the number of candidates likely to appear at that center. A candidate applying for the CET would have the freedom to choose his/her center but shall not have freedom to choose the venue/session. Use of calculators, slide rules, log tables or other such arithmetic aids and cellular phone, pager etc. is not allowed. Instructions sent to you with the application receipt, books, notes etc. are also not allowed. If you have brought any of these, please leave them with the invigilator. General Instructions: 1. Total of 90 minutes duration will be given to attempt all the questions 2. The clock has been set at the server and the countdown timer at the top right corner of your screen will display the time remaining for you to complete the exam. When the clock runs out the exam ends by default - you are not required to end or submit your exam. 3. The question palette at the right of screen shows one of the following statuses of each of the questions numbered:

The Marked for Review status simply acts as a reminder that you have set to look at the question again. If an answer is selected for a question that is Marked for Review, the answer will be

considered in the final evaluation.

Navigating to a question: 4. To select a question to answer, you can do one of the following: a. Click on the question number on the question palette at the right of your screen to go to that numbered question directly. Note that using this option does NOT save your answer to the current question. b. Click on Save and Next to save answer to current question and to go to the next question in sequence. c. Click on Mark for Review and Next to save answer to current question, mark it for review, and to go to the next question in sequence. 5. You can view the entire paper by clicking on the Question Paper button. Answering questions: 6. For multiple choice type question : a. To select your answer, click on one of the option buttons b. To change your answer, click the another desired option button c. To save your answer, you MUST click on Save & Next d. To deselect a chosen answer, click on the chosen option again or click on the Clear Response button. e. To mark a question for review click on Mark for Review & Next. If an answer is

7. For a numerical answer type question a. To enter a number as your answer, use the virtual numerical keypad b. A fraction (eg. 0.3 or -0.3) can be entered as an answer ONLY with '0' before the decimal point c. To save your answer, you MUST click on Save & Next d. To clear your answer, click on the Clear Response button 8. To change an answer to a question, first select the question and then click on the new answer option followed by a click on the Save & Next button. 9. Questions that are saved or marked for review after answering will ONLY be considered for evaluation. Navigating through sections: 10. Sections in this question paper are displayed on the top bar of the screen. Questions in a section can be viewed by clicking on the section name. The section you are currently viewing is highlighted. 11. After clicking the Save & Next button on the last question for a section, you will automatically be taken to the first question of the next section. 12. You can move the mouse cursor over the section names to view the status of the questions for that section. 13. You can shuffle between sections and questions anytime during the examination as per your convenience. Syllabus for MAH-MCA-CET 2013 Examination Scheme of CET The MAH-MCA-CET 2013 will be ONLINE examination comprises of two papers (objective type) of 90 minutes duration viz. General Aptitude (GA) and Computer Concepts (CC). The syllabus & sample question paper are available on website and also in online brochure. Each paper has 25 questions and is expected to be completed in 90 minutes.

selected for a question that is Marked for Review, the answer will be considered in the final evaluation.

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. 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: 1.0 Algebra : Fundamental operations in Algebra, Expansion, factorization, Quadratic equations, indices, logarithms, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, binomial theorem, permutations and combinations. 2.0 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. 3.0 Differential Equations: Differential equations of first order and their solutions, linear differential equations with constant coefficients, homogenous linear differential equations. 4.0 Trigonometry: Simple identities, trigonometric equations, properties of triangles, solution of triangles, height and distance, inverse function. 5.0 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. 6.0 Arithmetic: Ratios and proportions, problems on time-work, distance-speed, percentage, etc. 7.0 Basic Set Theory and Functions: Set, relations and mappings. 8.0 Mensuration: areas, triangles and quadrilaterals, area and circumference of circles, volumes and surface areas of simple solids such as cubes, spheres, cylinders and cones. Sample Questions 1. A bag contains red and blue marbles totaling between 50 and 100 in number. If two marbles are drawn at random, the chances of them both being red are 25%. One third of the marbles are picked from the bag, at random, and thrown away. If one marble is now drawn at random from the bag, what is the probability (in percentage) of it being blue? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 33 (d) 50

2. Consider the following equation: log 13.25 + 5 log 2 + 3 log 3 + log 12 = log 53 + log 8 + log 27 + X The value of X is.. (a) 4 log 26.5 (b) log 12 (c) log 36 (d) 27

3. Usman, Bhushan and Shailu start running at the same time from the same point on a circular track of 70 meters radius. Usman and Bhushan run clockwise and Shailu runs counter clockwise. If Usman meets Shailu every 66 seconds and Bhushan meets Shailu every 110 seconds, how frequently (in seconds) will Usman meet Bhushan? (a) 165 (b) 176 (c) 330 (d) 44

4. What is the probability that the product of two consecutive non-negative integers will be a number ending with 0.

(a) 0.2 (a) 3 1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (c)

(b) 0.25 (b) 4

(c) 0.3 (c) 5 5. (a)

(d) 0.4 (d) 6

5. What is the maximum number of points in space that can be equidistant from each other? Answers to Sample Questions 4. (d)

Computer Concepts Syllabus 1.0 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. 2.0 Data Representation : Representation of characters, integers, and fractions, binary and hexadecimal representations, Binary Arithmetic: Addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, signed arithmetic and twos complement arithmetic, floating point representation of numbers, normalized floating point representation, Boolean algebra, truth tables, Venn diagrams. 3.0 Computer Architecture: Block structure of computers, communication between processor and I / O devices, interrupts. 4.0 Computer Language: Assembly language and high level language, Multiprogramming and time sharing operating systems, Computer Programming in C. 5.0 Operating System basics: Multiprogramming and timesharing operating systems. Sample Questions 1. Starting with the slowest, rank the following in increasing order of speed. (a) Cache, Main memory, Hard Disk, CD-ROM (b) CD-ROM, Hard Disk, Main memory, Cache (c) Cache, Hard Disk, Main memory, CD-ROM (d) CD-ROM, Main memory, Hard Disk, Cache 2. Which is the MOST basic function of an Operating System? (a) Providing a database management system. (b) Providing a graphical software development environment. (c) Providing backward compatibility with older processors. (d) Providing an efficient virtual machine abstraction. 3. Which of the following is a characteristic of a data type in programming languages? (a) its structure (the way it is stored) (b) its behaviour (the operations it supports) (c) number of bytes required to store a variable of that type (d) none of the above 4. Suppose a system has been evolved, called the ternary system, by creatures having only 3 fingers. Numbers in this system are written down, using the digits 0, 1, and 2, with 2>1>0. What will be the binary equivalent of 222 in this system? (a) 101010 (b) 11000 (c) 10110 (d) 11010 5. Consider the following program segment:

i = 6720; j = 4; while ( (i % j) = = 0){ i = i / j; j = j + 1; } What will be the value of j on termination of the segment? (a) 4 1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (d) (b) 8 5. (c) (c) 9 Answers to Sample Questions (d) 6720