Bachelor of Computer Applications
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Code No. Paper L T/P Credits
BCA 101 Mathematics – I 3 1 4
BCA 103 Business Communication 3 0 3
BCA 105 Programming with C 3 1 4
BCA 107 Fundamentals of 3 1 4
Information Technology
BCA 109 Basics of Physics 3 1 4
PRACTICALS
BCA 151 Practical – I 0 12 6
BCA 153* General Proficiency – I 2 0 2
Total 17 16 27
Code No.: BCA 101 L T C
Paper: Mathematics -1 3 1 4
INSTRUCTIONS TO PAPER SETTERS:
1. Question No. 1 should be compulsory and cover the entire syllabus. This question should have objective or
short answer type questions. It should be of 25 marks.
2. Apart from Question No. 1, rest of the paper shall consist of four units as per the syllabus. Every unit should
have two questions. However, student may be asked to attempt only 1 question from each unit. Each question
should be 12.5 marks.
UNIT I
DETERMINANTS: Definition, Minors, Cofactors, Properties of Determinants
MATRICES: Definition, Types of Matrices, Addition, Subtraction, Scalar Multiplication and
Multiplication of Matrices, Adjoint, Inverse, Cramers Rule, Rank of Matrix Dependence of
Vectors, Eigen Vectors of a Matrix, Caley-Hamilton Theorem (without proof)
UNIT II
LIMITS & CONTINUITY: Limit at a Point, Properties of Limit, Computation of Limits of
Various Types of Functions, Continuity at a Point, Continuity Over an Interval, Intermediate
Value Theorem, Type of Discontinuities
UNIT III
DIFFERENTIATION: Derivative, Derivatives of Sum, Differences, Product & Quotients, Chain
Rule, Derivatives of Composite Functions, Logarithmic Differentiation, Rolle’s Theorem, Mean
Value Theorem, Expansion of Functions (Maclaurin’s & Taylor’s), Indeterminate Forms, L’
Hospitals Rule, Maxima & Minima, Concavity, Asymptote, Singular Points, Curve Tracing,
Successive Differentiation & Liebnitz Theorem.
UNIT IV
INTEGRATION: Integral as Limit of Sum, Riemann Sum, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus,
Indefinite Integrals, Methods of Integration Substitution, By Parts, Partial Fractions, Integration
of Algebraic and Transcedental Functions, Reduction Formulae for Trigonometric Functions,
Gamma and Beta Functions.
VECTOR ALGEBRA: Definition of a vector in 2 and 3 Dimensions; Double and Triple Scalar
and Vector Product and their Applications.
Text Books:
1. Kresyig E., “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
Reference Books:
1. B.S. Grewal, “Elementary Engineering Mathematics”, 34th Ed., 1998..
2. H.K. Dass, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, S. Chand & Company, 9th Revised
Edition, 2001.
3. Shanti Narayan, “Integral Calculus”, S. Chand & Company, 1999
4. Shanti Narayan, “Differential Caluculs”, S.Chand & Company, 1998
Code No.: BCA 103 L T C
Paper: Business Communication 3 0 3
UNIT-I
Concepts and Fundamentals: Meaning of communication, Importance of
communication, Communication scope, Process of communication, Communication models and
theories, Essentials of good communication - The seven Cs of communication, Factors
responsible for growing importance of communication, Channels of communication, Verbal and
Non-Verbal communication, Formal and Informal communication, Barriers of
communication
UNIT-II
Written Communication: Objectives of written Communication, Media of written
communication, Merits and demerits of written communication, Planning business messages.
Writing Letters: Business letters, Office memorandum, Good news and bad news letters,
Persuasive letters, Sales letters, Letter styles/ layout.
Report Writing: Meaning & Definition, Types of report (Business report & Academic report),
Format of report, Drafting the report, Layout of the report, Essential requirement of good report
writing.
Language Skills: Improving command in English, Choice of words, Common problems with
verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, punctuation, prefix, suffix
etc.
UNIT-III
Oral Communication: Principles of effective oral communication, Media of oral
communication, Advantages of oral communication, Disadvantages of oral communication,
Styles of oral communication.
Interviews: Meaning & Purpose, Art of interviewing, Types of interview, Interview styles,
Essential Features, Structure, Guidelines for Interviewer, Guide lines for interviewee.
Meetings: Definition, Kind of meetings, Advantages and disadvantages of meetings/ committees,
Planning and organization of meetings.
Job Application: Types of application, Form & Content of an application, drafting the
application, Preparation of resume.
Project Presentations: Advantages & Disadvantages, Executive Summary, Charts, Distribution of
time (presentation, questions & answers, summing up), Visual presentation, Guidelines for using
visual aids, Electronic media (power-point presentation).
Arts of Listening: Good listening for improved communications, Art of listening, Meaning,
nature and importance of listening, Principles of good listening, Barriers in
listening
UNIT-IV
Business Negotiation: Definition of negotiation, Factors that can influence negotiation, what
skills do we need to negotiate, Negotiation process (preparation, proposals, discussions,
bargaining, agreement, implementation).
TEXT BOOK:
1. Rayudu, “C.S- Communication”, Himalaya Publishing House, 1994.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Reuben Ray, “Communication Today: Understanding Creative Skill”, Himalaya
Publication House, 2001
2. Malra Treece, “Successful Communication for Business and Management”, Prentice
Hall, 1997.
3. Bovee & Thill, “Business Communication Today”, McGraw Hill, 2003
4. Murphy and Hildebrandt, “Effective of Business Communication”, 5 th Ed., New York
McGraw, 1988.
5. Rajendra Pal and J.S Korlahalli, “Essential of Business Communication”, Sultan Chand
and sons, 1997.
6. K. K. Sinha, “Business Communication”, Galgotia, 2003
Code No.: BCA 105 L T C
Paper: Programming with C 3 1 4
UNIT I
C basics: C character set, Identifiers and keywords, Data types, constants, variables and arrays,
declarations, expressions statements, symbolic constants, compound statements, arithmetic
operators, unary operators, relational and logical operators, assignment operators, conditional
operators, bit operators.
C constructs: If statement, if….else statement, if…..else if….else statement, while statement,
do….while statement, for statement, switch statement, nested control statement, break operator,
continue operator, comma operator, goto statement.
UNIT – II
C Functions:Function: declaration, definition & scope, recursion, call by value, call by reference.
Storage Classes: automatic, external (global), static & registers.
Arrays: Arrays, pointers, array & pointer relationship, pointer arithmetic, dynamic memory
allocation, pointer to arrays, array of pointers, pointers to functions, array of pointers to
functions, Preprocessor directives: #include, #define, macro’s with arguments, the operators #
and ##, conditional compilations, multiple file programming.
UNIT – III
Structures:Structures, unions, structure passing to functions, bit fields, file handling [text (ascii),
binary],
UNIT – IV
Standard library functions from stdio.h, stdlib.h, conio.h, ctype.h, math.h, string.h,
process.h
TEXT:
1. Yashwant Kanetkar, “Let us C”, BPB Publications, 2002
REFERENCES:
1. E. BalaGuruswamy, “Programming in ANSI C”, TMH, 1999.
2. Al Kelly and Ira Pohl, “A Book on C”, (4th Ed.), Addison Wesley, 1999.
3. B. Kernighan and D. Ritchie, “The ANSI C Programming Language”, PHI., 2000.
Code No.: BCA 107 L T C
Paper: Fundamentals of Information Technology 3 1 4
UNIT - I
What are computers? The evolution of computers, Classification of computers.
Block Diagram: Input-output devices, Description of Computer Input Units, Other Input
Methods, and Computer Output Units.
Computer Memory: Memory Cell, Memory Organization, Read Only Memory, Serial Access
Memory, Physical Devices Used to construct Memories, Magnetic Hard disk, floppy Disk
Drives, Compact Disk Read Only Memory, Magnetic Tape Drives
UNIT - II
Low level and high level languages, assemblers, compilers, interpreters, linkers, algorithms, flow
charting, decision tables, pseudo code, software software concepts: system & application
software packages.
Computer Generation & Classifications: First Generation of Computers, The Second Generation,
The Generation, The fourth Generation, The Fifth Generation, Classification of Computers,
Distributed Computer System, Parallel Computers.
UNIT - III
Operating System concepts, different types of operating systems, structure of operating system,
DOS/UNIX/LINUX commands, working with Windows, Windows 9x/NT/XP, Data Processing,
File Systems and Database Management Systems, different types of Database Management
System
UNIT – IV
Basic elements of a communication system, Data transmission modes, Data Transmission speed,
Data transmission media, Digital and Analog Transmission, Network topologies, Network Types
(LAN, WAN and MAN), OSI & TCP/IP Model, Internet: Network, Client and Servers, Host &
Terminals, TCP/IP, World Wide Web, Hypertext, Uniform Resource Locator, Web Browsers, IP
Address, Domain Name, Internet Services Providers, Internet Security, Internet Requirements,
Web Search Engine, Net Surfing, Internet Services, Intranet
TEXT:
1. Alex Leon & Mathews Leon, “Fundamentals of Information Technology”, Leon
Techworld, 1999.
2. Vikas Gupta, “Comdex Computer Kit”, Wiley Dreamtech, Delhi, 2004
3. P. K. Sinha & Priti Sinha , “Computer Fundamentals”, BPB Publications, 1992.
REFERENCES:
1. V. Raja Raman, “Introduction to Computers”, PHI, 1998.
2. Alex Leon & Mathews Leon, “Introduction to Computers”, Vikas Publishing House,
1999.
3. Norton Peter, “Introduction to computers”, 4th Ed., TMH, 2001.
Code No.: BCA 109 L T C
Paper: Basics of Physics 3 1 4
UNIT - I
Law of Motion: Force and Inertia, The law of inertia or Newton’s first law of motion, Newton’s
Second law of Motion, Newton’s third law of Motion Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Friction,
Lubrication
UNIT – II
Work, Energy & Power: Work, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Power, Collisions, Different
Forms of Energy, conservation of Energy
UNIT - III
Electricity and Electromagnetism: Electric Forces, charges & Fields: Frictional electricity,
properties of electric charge, conductors and insulators, coulomb’s law, electric field , lines of
force.
Electrostatics: Gauss’s theorem, applications , electrostatic potential, potential
energy, electrostatics of conductors, capacitors and capacitance, effect of dielectrics in
capacitors.
Current Electricity: Current, voltage, resistance, ohm’s law and resistivity of materials, electrical
circuits & Kirchhoff’s rule, measurement of voltages, currents and
resistance
UNIT – IV
Thermal and Chemical effects of current: Heating effects, Thermo Electricity, Chemical effects,
Magnetic effects of currents, Oersted’s discovery, Magnetic field due to current forces on current
and the lorentz force. Ampere’s circulate law, Solenoid, Electromagnetic Induction: Faraday’s
experiments, Faradays Law, Lenz’s Law and conservation of energy, discussion of Faraday’s
Law, Electromagnetic induction and Lorentz force, Semiconductors and their
property.
TEXT BOOK:
1. S. K. Gupta, “Modern ABC of Physics”, Vol. I & II, Modern Publishers, 2002.
2. Pradeep, “Fundamental Physics”, Class XI, XII, 2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Kumar Mittal, “Physics, Part – I & II”, Published by Nageen Publications, Meerut.
Code No. : BCA 151 L P C
Paper: Practical – I 0 12 6
Practical will be based on following Papers:
1. Programming with C
2. Fundamentals of Information Technology
Code No. : BCA 153* L T C
Paper: General Proficiency – I 2 0 2
*Non University Examination Scheme (NUES)
There will not be any external examination of the university. The performance of the candidates
should continuously be evaluated by an internal committee. The committee may conduct viva-
voce at the end for the award of the marksES
