Joint Admission Test for MCA

Can you provide me the syllabus of JAM (Joint Admission Test) for admission in Master of Computer Application (MCA) Program conducted by IIT or Indian Institute of Technology?

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IIT JAM (Indian Institute of Technology Joint Admission Test) syllabus for Master of Computer Application (MCA) mostly covers questions on mathematics, number systems and computer awareness.

Syllabus for IIT JAM MCA

Mathematics
Matrices
• Eigenvalues
• Eigenvectors
• Inverse of a matrix
• Rank of a matrix
• System of linear equations
Differential Calculus
• Differentiation
• Maxima and minima of functions
• Partial differentiation
• Taylor series
Algebra
• Set theory
• Groups
• Fields
• Vector spaces
Integral Calculus
• Single Integration
• Multiple Integration
• Definite integrals
• Applications to evaluation of area, surface and volume
Differential Equations
• First order differential equations
• Linear differential equations of higher order
Numerical Analysis
• Solution of non-linear equations using iterative methods
• Interpolation
• Numerical differentiation and integration
• Probability
• Probability theory
• Binomial distribution
• Poisson distribution
• Linear Programming
Vector Algebra
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Dot product
• Cross product
• Triple product
Number Systems
• Algorithmic approach to solve problems
• Basic electronic gates
• Boolean algebra
• Flip-Flops
• Fundamentals of C language



Other than this, there will be questions to measure the computer awareness of the candidate. Fundamental knowledge of the candidate regarding the elements of computer will be evaluated.