CDAC Test Pattern - Written | CDAC Selection Process

C-DAC:

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is the premier R&D organization of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT) for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas. Their aim is to emerge as the premier R&D institution for the design, development and deployment of world class electronic and IT solutions for economic and human advancement.

CDAC Admission Process for PG Diploma Courses:

The organization conducts C- CAT (Computerized Admission Test) for admissions in PG Diploma Courses. C- CAT is usually conducted twice a year in the month of:

June( for August admissions)
December( for February admissions)

C- CAT has three sections (A, B, C). A candidate can opt for either one paper (Section A) or two (Section A and B) or all the three test papers (Section A, B and C). The candidate can appear only for that specific test paper as per the category of the courses opted by him/her while filling the online application form.

Written Exam

Section/Test paper	Topics	Time Limit
Section A	English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning	1 Hour
Section B	Computer Fundamentals, C Programming, Data Structures, Data Communication & Networking, Object Oriented Programming Concepts, Operating Systems	1 Hour
Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors	30	1 Hour

Test Description

Each test paper consists of 50 objective type questions and each question carries 4 options.
There is -1 (minus 1) for mark for wrong answer and +3(plus 3) for every correct answer
The maximum marks a candidate can obtain in any one section of the exam are 150.

Section A is further divided into following sub sections:

Section	No. of Questions	Total Time Limit
English	20	60 mins
Quantitative Aptitude	15
Reasoning	15

English section covers questions based on Reading Comprehension, Prepositions, Articles, Vocabulary , Antonyms, Synonyms, Sentence Rearrangement
Quantitative Aptitude consists of questions based on Number System, LCM, HCF, Averages, Ages, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Partnership, Chain Rule, Time & Work, Time & Distance, Pipes & Cisterns, Boats & Streams, Simple & Compound Interest, Clocks & Calendars, Permutations & Combinations, and Probability.
Reasoning section consists of questions related to Seating Arrangements, Number Series, Analogy, Blood Relations & Directions, Coding- Decoding, Data Sufficiency, Syllogisms

The area breakup for Section B is as follows: