MCA-CET to be held on March 30

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Maharashtra Master of Computer Application Common Entrance Test (MAH-MCA-CET)-2024 will be held online on March 30 for the MCA admissions for the academic year 2024-25.

The State Common Entrance Test Cell (SCETC) has released the syllabus and marking scheme for of the test. There will be a total 200 marks with 90 minutes duration to attempt the test. There will be no negative marking.

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CET Syllabus

The online CET will comprise four sections. The details of the sections is as follows;

--Mathematics and Statistics: The questions will cover the following topics of high school mathematics (up to the 12th standard)

--Algebra: Fundamental operations in Algebra, Expansion, factorization, Quadratic equations, indices,

logarithms, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, binomial theorem, permutations and

combinations.

--Co-ordinate Geometry: Rectangular Cartesian coordinates, equations of a line, mid point, intersections equations of a circle, distance formulae, pair of straight lines.

--Differential Equations: Differential equations of first order and their solutions, linear differential equations with constant coefficients, homogeneous linear differential equations.

--Trigonometry: Simple identities, trigonometric equations, properties of triangles, solution of triangles, height and distance, inverse function.

-- Arithmetic, Probability and Statistics: Basic concepts of probability theory, Averages, Dependent and independent events, frequency distributions, and measures of dispersions, skewness and kurtosis.

-- Logical / Abstract Reasoning: This will include the questions to measure how quickly and logically you can think. This section will cover logical situations and questions based on the facts given in the passage.

-- English comprehension and verbal ability: Questions in this section will be designed to test the candidate’s general understanding of the English language.

--Computer Basics, Data Representation, Computer Architecture and Computer Language.