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  How to register for C CAT of C DAC 2019 

Admissions to all PG Diploma courses of C DAC are done through C DAC's computerized Common Admission Test (C CAT). Every year, C CAT is usually conducted in June (for August admissions) and December (for February admissions).

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C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one-hour duration each. As shown in Table 1, 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.

Important Note: A candidate can appear only for the specific section(s) in C-CAT as per the category of the courses opted by him/her at the time of filling the online application form.

Every section in Pre DAC will have 50 objective-type questions. Each question will have four choices as possible answers of which only one will be correct. 

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There will be +3 (plus three) marks for each correct answer, -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer, and 0 (zero) marks for each un-attempted question. The maximum mark a candidate can obtain in any one section of C-CAT is 150.

Table 1: Categories of PG Diploma courses and the corresponding test paper(s) in C-CAT.

COURSE CATEGORY	COURSE NAME	C-CAT PAPER(S)
I	PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)	Section A
II	PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)	Section A + Section B
	PG Diploma in Mobile Computing (PG-DMC)
	PG Diploma in System Software Development (PG-DSSD)
	PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)
	PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PG-DBDA)
	PG Diploma in the Internet of Things (PG-DIoT)
	PG Diploma in HPC System Administration (PG-HPCSA)
III	PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)	Section A +  Section B + Section C
	PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)
	PG Diploma in Biomedical Instrumentation & Health Informatics(PG-DBIHI)

Table 1a: Indicative syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT.

TEST PAPER	TOPICS	DURATION
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
Section C	Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors	1 hour

The list of reference books for the various topics of C-CAT is given in Table 1b. Candidates are, however, advised to read more books than the ones specified in this table.

Table 1b: Reference books for the various topics in C-CAT.

SECTION	TOPIC	REFERENCE BOOK
A	English	Any High School Grammar Book (e.g. Wren & Martin)
	Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R. S. Agrawal) Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara) Barron’s New GRE 2016
B	Computer Fundamentals	Foundations of Computing (Pradeep Sinha & Priti Sinha)
	Data Communication & Networking	Data Communication & Networking (Forouzan)
	C Programming	C Programming Language (Kernighan & Ritchie) Let Us C (Yashavant Kanetkar)
	Data Structures	Data Structures Through C in Depth (S. K. Srivastava)
	Operating Systems	Operating System Principles (Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne)
	OOP Concepts	Test Your C ++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar)
C	Computer Architecture	Computer Organization & Architecture (William Stallings)
	Digital Electronics	Digital Design (Morris Mano) Digital Design: Principles & Practices (John Wakerly) Modern Digital Electronics (R. P. Jain)
	Microprocessors	Microprocessor Architecture, Programming & Applications with 8085 (Ramesh Gaonkar) The Intel Microprocessor (Barry Brey)

For candidates who opt (in the online application) to use their own laptops for C-CAT, the examination fee for Category I (Section A) is Rs. 1100/-, for Category II (Sections A & B) is Rs. 1300/-, and for Category III (Sections A, B & C) is Rs. 1550/-. A computer usage charge of Rs 250 will be added to the fee if the candidate opts in the online application to use the computer of the C-CAT center. Candidates may note that the C-CAT examination fee once paid is not refundable. C-CAT examination fee structure is illustrated in Table 4.

Table 4: Category-wise C-CAT examination fee.

Course Category	C-CAT Paper(s)	Examination fee for own laptop users	Examination fee for the center’s computer users
I II III	A A+B A+B+C	Rs. 1100/- Rs. 1300/- Rs. 1500/-	Rs. 1350/- Rs. 1550/- Rs. 1750/-

After filling the online C-CAT application form, the examination fee is to be paid online through the ‘Make Payment‟ step on the main menu of the online application. No cash or cheque or demand draft (DD) will be accepted towards payment of C-CAT examination fee.
Online: The examination fee can be paid using credit/debit cards through the payment gateway that will be opened upon clicking the 'Online' option of the 'Make Payment' step. Candidates are advised to follow the instructions/steps given on the payment gateway, and also print/keep the transaction details for their records.
On accepting the examination fee at C-DAC, the ‘Make Payment’ step on the main menu of the online application will be tick-marked, and the status of payment will be updated on the ‘Status Check’ menu. The pdf application form obtained by clicking the ‘View/Print Application Form’ on the main menu will now have the transaction details of the payment made.

C-CAT Admit Cards

Candidates can download their admit cards from C-DAC’s website during the dates mentioned under Important Dates. No candidate will be permitted to appear for C-CAT without a valid admit card. The admit card along with a photo identity proof must be presented to the C-CAT officials/invigilators for verification at the time of the test.

The venue, date and time of C-CAT will be communicated to the candidates on the admit cards. Candidates must appear for C-CAT on the specified date and time at the venue mentioned on the admit card. Candidates who have opted to use their own laptops for CCAT must configure their laptops well in advance as per the instructions are given on the admit cards. The examination fee will not be refunded to candidates who are absent or coming late for C-CAT.

How to register for C CAT of C DAC 2019