C-CAT Exam Experience

C-DAC stands for Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India. I decided to do C-DAC after my engineering. It is a 6-month course. For selection into the C-DAC institute, we have to take the C-CAT exam

• should be a graduate in engineering or
• MCA, MCM, or
• Post Graduate Degree in Physics/ Mathematics / Statistics, or
• Post Graduate Degree in Management with graduation in IT / Computer Science / Computer Applications.
• candidate must score a minimum of 50% in the C-CAT exam

Entrance Examination:

Students need to take the C-CAT exam to go into C-DAC.

Competitive Exam Experience:

The C-CAT examination mainly consists of Aptitude, Computer and Electronics fundamentals.

The c-CAT exam comprises three sections-

• The first part is Aptitude,
• The second part is – Computer Fundamentals and
• The third part is related to Electronics. In this, the third part is optional and those who want to register for PG-DESD have to give the third section also.

Each section has 50 questions and the time limit for each section is 1 hour.

So a total of 50*3=150 questions and 1*3 = 3 hours for the exam.

Exam Duration : 3 hours

No. of Questions: 150

Total Marks: 450 (150 marks for each section)

Marking Scheme: Negative marking is there. For every correct answer +3 marks and -1 for every wrong answer.

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Books:

1. “Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations” by R.S. Aggarwal
2. “A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning” by R.S. Aggarwal
3. “Data Structures and Algorithms” by Narasimha Karumanchi

I also took some of the mock tests online.

Result:

I cleared the C-CAT exam with a good rank. I got admission to one of the best colleges of C-DAC that is C-DAC Knowledge Park, Bangalore.

I hope this experience will help others in future.