Kashmir University Entrance Syllabus for M.Sc. IT
Unit-I (4 Marks)
Noun, pronoun, Verbs (Lexical& Auxiliary), Verb Tenses, Adjectives & Adverb, Preposition,
Conjunction, Phrases and Clause, Sentence Types, Transformations, Word meanings, synonym,
antonym, Root words, one word substitutes, Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Word games – Vocabulary
development.
Unit-II (4 Marks)
English comprehension: English composition. Fact Inference Judgment, Fill in the blanks,
Grammar, Para Completion, Para Jumble, Sentence Correction, Verbal Reasoning, Analogies
and Reverse Analogies, Synonyms Antonyms (Vocabulary Based), etc.
Unit-III (4 Marks)
Analogy, Classification, Series, Coding-Decoding, Blood relations, Direction Sense Test,
Logical Venn Diagrams, Alphabet Test Sitting arrangements, mathematical operations
Arithmetical reasoning
Inserting the Missing Character, Number, Ranking and time sequence Test, Eligibility Test
Data Interpretation, Bar Graph, Combination of Graphs, Case let, Data Sufficiency, Line Graph,
Pie Chart, Tables, etc.
Unit-IV (4 Marks)
Syllogism Statement and arguments statement and assumptions statement nd courses of action
statement and conclusions Deriving conclusion assetion and reason puch lines situation reaction
tests cause and effect Analytical reasoning Assumptions, Blood Relations, Binary Logic.
Unit-V (4 Marks)
Arithmetic progression, Arithmetic mean, Average, Angles, triangles, sphere’s rectangles, cubes,
cone, BODMAS, Clocks, Geometric progression, Geometric mean, HCF and LCM, Harmonic
mean, Installment and payments ,Lines, Median, Mode, Percentage, Partnership, Profit and loss,
Ratio and proportion, Partnership, Pipe and cisterns, Speed and distance, Work & time.
Unit-VI (4 Marks)
Algebra: Fundamentals operations in Algebra, Expansion, factorization, quadratic equations,
indices, logarithms, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, binomials theorem,
permutations and combinations.
Unit-VII (4 Marks)
Co-ordinate Geometry: Rectangular Cartesians co-ordinates, equations of a line, midpoint,
intersections etc., equations of a circle, distance formulae pair of straight lines parabola, ellipse
and hyperbola, simple geometric transformations such as translation, rotation, scaling.
Unit-VIII (4 Marks)
Differential equations: Differential Equations of first order and their solutions, linear differential
equations with constant coefficients. Homogenous linear differential equations.Trigonometry:
simple identities, trigonometric equations, properties of triangles, solution of triangles, height
and distance, inverse function.
Unit-IX (4 Marks)
Probability and Statistics: Basic concepts of probability theory, Averages, Dependent and
independent events, frequency distributions, and measures of dispersion's, skewness and kurtosis,
random variable and distribution functions, mathematical exceptions, Binomial, poisson, normal
distributions, curve fitting, and principles of least squares correlation and regression.
Unit-X (4 Marks)
Basic Set theory and Functions: Set, relations and mappings. Mensuration: areas, triangles and
quadrilaterals, area and circumference of circle, volumes and surface areas of simple solids and
cubes, spheres, cylinders and cones. Matrices: Determinants, Addition, Multiplication,
Transpose, Inverse, Rank of a matrix and other basic operations, Differential and integral
Calculus:
Unit-XI (4 Marks)
Computer Fundamentals: History of computer, characteristics of computer, classification of
computer. Applications of computer, organization of a computer, hardware, Software, Fimware,
Central processing Unit (CPU), Input/ Output devices. Secondary storage devices, Memory
organization, back up devices. Intrroduction to internet and email. Functions of operationg
system. Classification of operating system. Viruses- Types and Control measures.
Data Communication and Networking: introduction, Data Transmission concepts-simple, half
Duplex, Full Duplex. Bandwidth and Channel capacity. Analog and Digital Signals.
Transmission media- Twisted pair, coaxial cable, optical fiber, terrestrials and satellite
communication. Computer Network- Classification, Toologies. OSI and TCP/IP model-Basic
concept and comparsion.
Unit-XII (4 Marks)
Data Representation : Representation of characters, integers, and fractions, binary decimal, octal
and hexadecimal representations and inter-conversions, Binary Arithmetic- Addition,
Subtraction, division, multiplication. One’s complement arithmetic and two’s complement
arthematic, floating point representation, Boolean algebra, truth tables, Venn diagrams.
Computer Architecture: organization of CPU, Hardwired and micro- programmed CU, Register
organization and instruction formats. Instruction set register transfer, arithmetic, logic and shift
operations. Addressing modes, memory management Associative memory, cache, virtual
memory , introduction to 8086 instruction set.
Unit-XIII (4 Marks)
Computer programming in C and C++: C- language fundamentals, Basic Constructs- Loops.
Control statement, Arrays, Functions, Structures and unions, Pointer, Files. Object oriented
paradign (OOPs) Classes, objects, Abstraction, Polymorphism, Inheritance, Encapsualtion,
Constructors, Destructors inline and friend function dynamic and static binding, virtual class, virtual functions, operator overloading and function overloading. Operating System Basics:
introduction, Classification of OS, process Management, memory management, IO management.
Data Structures: introduction, Algorithmic Compexity, stacks, queues, linked lists, sorting
techniques and searching Techniques: Quick sort, merge sort, heap sort, bubble sort, selection
sort, and insertion sort. Linear and binary search algorithms. Trees and Graph terminology and
representation in memory, binary tree, traversal techniques of graphs.
Unit-XIV (4 Marks)
DBMS: introduction, Database Vs File systems, DB Users, DBMS- Basic concepts and
Terminology, models and Architecture. Relational algebra and Relational DBMS,
Normalization. Elements of structured query language. Transaction Management , Concurrency
control techniques, Different Types of Files like sequential, index based files, etc.
System Analysis, Design and implementation: introduction, SDLC, phase of system
Development life cycle, structured Analysis, Elements of Design-DFD, Process descriptions,
Data dictionary. ER diagram. System planning and Feasibility Analysis. Project managementPERT and CPM. CASE Tools.
Unit-XV (4 Marks)
Windows programming: introduction, visual Basic-IDE, design basics, data types, variables,
subroutines, functions, arrays, collections. Control and looping structures. ActiveX controls and
OLE-Basic concept. Database- connectivity, access, Data bound controls.
Multimedia and Web Designing: introduction, multimedia basics, design, applications, building
blocks. Multimedia file formats-BMP, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, TGA, AVI, MPEG, WAV. Vector and
Rster graphics. Image- Resolution, . Pixel depth, color palettes, aspect ratio. Animation and its
techniques. HTML- frames, tables, images, etc. FORM Elements. Front page.
