The table below shows material which may be used as reference books to prepare for C-CAT 2013. The more you refer, the higher the chance you will score a better rank. It is advised not to stick only to the books mentioned here, while preparing for each section of C-DAC’s Computerized Common Admission Test (C-CAT).
Section A
Topic | Reference Material |
English | Any high school grammar book (eg. Wren & Martin) |
Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R.S. Aggrawal) Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara) |
Section B
Topic | Reference Material |
General Reference Book | Foundations of Computing (Pradeep Sinha & Priti Sinha) |
Data Communication & Networking | Data Communication & Networking ( Forouzan) |
Programming in C | C Programming Language (Kernighan & Ritchie) Let Us C (Yashavant Kanetkar) |
Data Structures | Data Structures Through C in Depth (S. K. Srivastava) |
Operating System | Operating System Principles (Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne) |
OOPs Concept | Test Your C ++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar) |
Section C
Topic | Reference Material |
Computer Architecture | Computer Organization & Architecture (William Stallings) |
Digital Logic | Digital Design (Morris Mano) Digital Design: Principles & Practices (John Wakerly) Modern Digital Electronics (R. P. Jain) |
Microprocessor | The Intel Microprocessor (Barry Brey) Microprocessor Architecture, Programming & Applications with 8085 (Ramesh Gaonkar) |