Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya is a Central University located in Wardha, Maharashtra, India.

There are eight Schools in the University:

School of Language
School of Literature
School of Culture
School of Translation & Interpretation
School of Humanities and Social Science
School of Creativity
School of Management
School of Education

Distance courses offered here:

MA
DCA
PGDCA

PGDCA Syllabus
First Semester
Fundamentals of Computer
Unit – I Introduction to Computer
• History of development of computers
• Computer system concepts
• Characteristics
• Capabilities and limitations
• Generations of computers.
• Basic components of a computer system – Control Unit, ALU, I/ O Devices, memory – RAM, ROM,
EPROM, PROM, Flash Memory and other types of memory.
Unit – II Storage Devices
• Storage fundamentals – Primary Vs Secondary
• Data Storage and Retrieval methods – Sequential, Direct and Index Sequential.
• Various Storage Devices – Magnetic Tape, Magnetic Disks, Cartridge Tape, Data Drives, Hard Disk
Drives, Floppy (Winchester Disk), Disks, Optical Disks, CD, VCD, CD-R, CD-RW, Zip Drive, DVD,
SVCD.
Unit – III Computer Software
• Types of Software – System software, Application software, Utility Software, Demoware, Shareware,
Freeware, Firmware, Free Software.
• Operating Systems – Functions, Types – Batch Processing, Single User, Multi User, Multiprogramming,
Multi-Tasking.
• Programming languages – Machine, Assembly, High Level, 4 GL.
• Data representation in computers.
• Number System of computers – Binary, Octal, Hexa Decimal – Representation & their conversion.
• Coding System – ASCII, BCD, and EBCDIC etc.
• Computer Viruses
Reference Book:
1 Sinha, P.K.( 2007). Computer Fundamentals. New Delhi: BPB Publications.
2. Mukhi, Vijay (2008).Working with UNIX. New Delhi: BPB Publications.
3. Rajaraman, V. (2014). Fundamental of Computer. New Delhi: Prentice Hall India Pvt. Limited.
4. Rajoriya, Sheetanshu (2013). Computer Fundamentals. Indore: Kamal Prakashan.
PGDCA-02 Operating System and Application Program
Unit – I Disk Operating System (DOS)
• Introduction, History & Versions of DOS
DOS basics
• Physical structure of disk, drive name, FAT, file & directory structure and naming rules, booting
process, DOS system files.
Basic DOS Commands
• Internal – DIR, MD, CD, RD, Copy, DEL, REN, VOL, DATE, TIME, CLS, PATH, TYPE etc.
• External – CHKDSK, PRINT, DISKCOPY, DOSKEY, MOVE, LABEL, FORMAT, SORT, FDISK,
BACKUP, EDIT, MODE, ATTRIB, HELP, SYS etc.
• Executable V/s Non executable files in DOS
Unit –II Windows
• Windows concepts, features, windows structure, desktop, taskbar, start menu, my computer, Recycle
Bin.
• Windows Accessories – Calculator, Notepad, Paint, WordPad, Character map.
• Windows Explorer – Creating folders and other Explorer facilities.
• Entertainment – CD Player, DVD Player, Media Player, Sound Recorder, Volume Control.
Unit – III Linux
• Introduction, History & Versions of Linux
Linux basics
• Physical structure of disk, drive name, FAT, file & directory structure and naming rules, booting
process, Linux system files.
Basic Linux Commands
• Internal – LS, Make Directory, CD, CP,MB, DEL, REN, DATE, TIME, CLEAR, etc.
• Executable V/s Non executable files in Linux
Unit –IV Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Power Point)
Word Processing: MS Word
• Introduction to Word Processing
• Introduction to MS Word: features, Creating, Saving and Opening documents in Word, Interface,
Toolbars, Ruler, Menus, Keyboard Shortcut.
• Editing a Document – Moving, Scrolling in a document, Opening Multi document windows, Editing
Text – Selecting, Inserting, deleting, moving text.
• Previewing documents, Printing documents – Print a document from the standard toolbar, Print a
document from the menu, shrinking a document to fit a page, Reduce the number of pages by one.
• Formatting Documents: Paragraph formats, Aligning Text and Paragraph, Borders and Shading, Headers
and Footers, Multiple Columns.
Worksheet: MS Excel
• Worksheet basics
• Creating worksheet, entering data into worksheet, heading information, data, text, dates, Cell formatting
values, saving & protecting worksheet.
• Opening and moving around in an existing worksheet
• Toolbars and Menus, keyboard shortcuts
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• Working with single and multiple workbook – coping, renaming, moving, adding and deleting, coping
entries and moving between workbooks
• Working with formulas & cell referencing.
- Autosum
- Coping formulas
- Absolute & Relative addressing
• Working with ranges – creating, editing and selecting ranges, sorting.
• Formatting of worksheet – Auto format, changing – alignment, character styles, column width, date
format, borders &colours, currency signs.
• Previewing & Printing worksheet – Page setting, Print titles, Adjusting margins, Page break, headers and
footers.
• Graphs and charts – using wizards, various charts type, formatting grid lines & legends, previewing &
printing charts.
Presentation Graphics: MS Power Point
• Features and various versions
• Creating presentation using Slide master and template in various colour scheme
• Working with different views and menus of power point
• Working with slides – Make new slide, move, copy, delete, duplicate, lay outing of slide, zoom in or out
of a slide.
• Editing and formatting text: Alignment, editing, inserting, deleting, selecting, formatting of text, find
and replace text.
• Bullets, footer, paragraph formatting, spell checking.
• Printing presentation – Print slides, notes, handouts and outlines.
• Inserting Objects – Drawing and inserting objects using Clip Art's pictures and charts.
• Custom Animation – slide transition effects and other animation effects.
• Presenting the show – making stand alone presentation
Reference:
1. Mansoor, A. I.T. Tools and Applications. Matura : Pragya Publications .
2. Norton, Peter (2000.). Peter Norton Complete Guide to Linux. New Delhi : Techmedia Publications .
3. Dubey, Manoj (2013). P C Packages. Indore : Kamal Prakashan.
PGDCA-03 Programming Language
Unit – I C Language : Introduction
• Introduction
• C Character Set , Constants, Variables and Key words
Unit – II Decision and Control Structure
• if ,if-elses, forms of if-elses statement
• Operator
• Types of Loops
• Case and Switch
Unit –III Arrays and Functions
• Arrays
• C Functions – Call by values and Call by reference
Reference:
1 Balaguruswami, E. (2008). Programming with C. New Delhi : Tata McGraw Hill.
2 Kernighan,Brian W. & Ritchie, Dennis M. (1988). The C Programming Language ANSI C.Prentice Hall PTR
3 Singh, Minakshi & Singh,VishnuPriya .C Programming. Delhi : Asian Publisher .
4 Jain, Abhinav. The Ocean of C. Indore : Nakoda Publishers & Printers. (7th Edition)
PGDCA-04 OOPS(Object oriented Programing ) with C#
Unit 1 Introduction : C# and .NET Framework
What is C#, Characteristics, Overview of C#, .NET Framework, CLR&CTS, Visual Studio.NET, Name Spaces,
Programme Structure.
Unit 2 Operator, Expressions and Data Types
Variable Declaration, Value type and reference type, initialization of variables, Default values, Arithmetic,
Relational, Logical, Assignment, Increment and Decrement, Conditional Operators, Arithmetic Expression,
Evaluation of Expression, Type conversions.
Unit 3 Decision Making, Branching and Looping
If Statement, else if statement, Nested if else statement, Switch statement, While, do , for, foreach statement.
Unit 4 Arrays, Strings, Classes and Objects
Array list, Class, String Methods, Inserting Strings, finding substrings, Regular expressions, Defining a class,
Member Access Modifiers, Constructors, Overloaded Constructors, Static Constructors, Read-only Members,
Properties, Defining a Subclass, Multilevel Inheritance, Overriding Methods, Hiding Methods, Abstract Class,
Sealed Classes, Preventing Inheritance, Sealed Methods, Polymorphism.
Unit 5 Windows Application and Visual Interface
Introduction to Visual Studio
Controls
Tools
Properties
Solution Explorer
Reference:
Murach, Joel & Boehm, Anne (2012). Murach's C# 2012.Mike Murach & Associates Inc
Khadanga, G.(2004). C# Programming – Beginners to Advanced , New Delhi : BPB Publication.
Kanetkar, Yashvant. C#.NET Fundas. New Delhi : BPB Publication.
Balaguruswamy(2010). C#.New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
PGDCA-05 Practical on C Programming
Each candidate will present a small program with the help of C Programming. Evaluation will be done on the
basis of written program, Practical presentation on Computer and Viva.
PGDCA-06 Practical on Application Program and C#
Each candidate will present a small program with the help of Application Program each. Evaluation will be
done on the basis of written program, Practical presentation on Computer and Viva.
Second Semester
Unit–I SQL Basic
• A Brief History of SQL, RDBMS, Creating Database, Table, adding record, T-SQL, Constants,
Expression, T-SQL variable, T-SQL Function, String, Math function, aggregate function, Date Time
function, conversion function, T-SQL – flow control – if …else, case, while, Go To and return.
Unit –II SQL Command
• DDL Command, DCL command, MDL command, TCL command, Select, having, group by join.
Unit–III RDBMS/DBMS Package
• Introduction to My SQL, Installation, PhP My Admin, Introduction to MS – SQL server, SQL server
management, Studio.
Unit – IV Data Integrity
• Database and Table integrity, Entity integrity, Referential integrity, Transaction integrity, Default
Value, Check, constraints, foreign key, Primary key, Triggers, Altering Triggers, Dropping Trigger.
Unit – V Stored Procedure and Functions
• Type of stored Procedure, calling stored procedure, passing value, creation use define function .
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Reference :
1. Cox, Joyce & Lambert, Joan (2013).Microsoft Access 2013.Microsoft Press.
2. Web Link
3. Bayross, Ivan. Mastering Database Technologies. New Delhi : BPB Publications.
4. Majumdar, Arun K & Bahttacharya, P. (2008). Database Management System. New Delhi : Tata
McGraw Hills Publishing Company Limited.
5. Maheshwari, Sharad & Jain, S.(2007). Database Management System. New Delhi : firewall Media.
6. Bansal, V& Bhatia, A.B.(2015). Database Management System. New Delhi : Narosa Publishing House.
7. Silberschatz, A. , Korth, H. F. & Sudarshan, S.(2006). Database System Concepts., New Delhi :

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