NIT MCA Common Entrance Test

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Applicants must be citizens of India. Candidates may also apply for NIMCET 2024 if they want to take the qualifying exam. Candidates who have obtained a three-year BSc, BSc(Hons), BCA, or BIT degree from an open university may also apply, provided that the UGC, AICTE, and the Distance Education Council (DEC) of the Indian government have approved their program. SC/ST candidates must have completed at least three years of full-time BSc, BSc (Hons), BCA, or BIT with mathematics, statistics, or an equivalent topic as one of the subjects from an accredited university, or have earned at least 55% of the possible points in aggregate, or 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale. Examinees may be students holding an accredited university's BE/B Tech degree or its equivalent. Candidates must have completed at least three years of full-time study in one of the following programs: (I) BSc, BSc (Hons), BCA, or BIT with mathematics, statistics, or an equivalent subject as one of the subjects from a recognized university. This requires an aggregate score of at least 60% or 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale (55% marks or 6.0 CGPA on a 10-point scale in case of SC/ST). EXAM PATTERN The NIMCET 2024 exam pattern and brochure will be made available by the authorities on nimcet.in. Candidates can review the specifics of the marking scheme and the format of the NIMCET test by using the exam pattern for NIMCET 2024. To have a general understanding of the exam, candidates are recommended to review the NIMCET 2204 exam pattern in advance. The comprehensive NIMCET exam pattern can be reviewed by consulting the table that follows. PARTICULARS DETAILS Name of Exam National Institute of Technology MCA Common Entrance Test Exam Mode CBT (Compute Bases Test) Duration 2 Hours Subjects Mathematics Logical Reasoning Computer Awareness English Exam Language English Negative Marking Each wrongly answered question will lead to 25% Negative mark Distribution of marks in accordance of Subjects. Subjects Question Number Marks Allotted Mathematics 50 12 Analytical Ability and Logical Reasoning 40 6 General English 20 6 Computer Awareness 10 4 SYLLABUS General English- Basic English Grammar, Word Power, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Meaning of Words and Phrases, Technical Writing and Synonyms and Antonyms. Analytical Ability and Logical Reasoning- Logical situation and questions based on the facts given in the passage. Mathematics Trigonometry- Heights and Distance, Solution of triangles, Simple identities, General Solution of Trigonometric equations and Trigonometric equations properties of triangles. Calculus- Simple examples of maxima and minima, Differentiate of Function, Definite integrals, Limit of Functions, Tangents and Normals, Application of definite integrals to areas, Continuous Function, Integration of function by parts, by substitution and by partial fraction. Vectors – Scalar and Vector products and their applications to simple geometrical problems and mechanics, Position Vector, Addition and Subtraction of vectors. Algebra- Fundamental operation in algebra, Geometric and Harmonic Progression, Expansion, Logarithms, Simultaneous linear/ Quadratic Equation, Determinants and Matrices, Factorization, Indices and Arithmetic. Set Theory- Concepts of sets- Union, Intersection, Cardinality, Elementary Counting and Permutation and Combinations. Coordinate Geometry- Equations of a circle, Ellipse, Equation of a line, Rectangular Cartesian Coordinates, Parabola, Hyperbola, Distance Formulae, Intersection of Lines, Pair of straight lines. Probability and Statistics- Basis Concepts of Probability theory, Averages, Frequency Distribution, Dispersions, Dependent and Independent events, Measures of Central tendencies. COMPUTER AWARENESS Data Representation- Venn diagrams, Binary and hexadecimal Representations, Simple arithmetic and two’s complement arithmetic, Representation of Characters, Truth tables, Integers and fractions, Boolean algebra, Binary arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), Floating-point representation of numbers. Computer Basics- Central Processing Unit (CPU), Input/ Output devices, Organization of a computer, Back-up devices, structure of instruction in CPU, Computer memory.