PAM CAT stands for Punjab University MCA Common Aptitude Test

The Punjab Technical University Jalandhar conducts the Common Aptitude Test to admission for the MCA & MBA courses of the university.

PAM CAT Eligibility
For MBA Course:
Must have graduation degree in the concerned discipline with at least 50% marks from any UGC/ AICTE approved college/ university

For MCA Course:
Must have graduation degree of three years duration with a minimum of 50% marks and should have passed Intermediate with Mathematics as the main subject or completed graduation in the Computer Applications from recognized university

PAM CAT Syllabus
( Paper I, II and III are common for MBA and MCA Candidates )

Paper – I : Mental and Numerical Ability ( objective )

This Paper will have the topics of logical reasoning, graphical analysis, analytical reasoning, quantitative comparisons, series formation, arithmetic calculations such as profit and loss, interest, ratio, proportion, averages, etc.

Paper – II : General Knowledge ( Objective )

This paper will cover the general awareness about international, national and regional events current affairs related to science & technology, ecology, politics, sports, important personalities, books, and historical, political and geographical facts, etc.


Paper – III : General English ( Objective )

This paper will have questions from English language and its usage such as choosing correct spellings, completion of sentences with suitable propositions / articles, word meaning, one word substitution, Synonym, antonym, meaning of idioms and phrases, choosing correcting grammatical errors in a part of given sentence, filling the blanks with correct form of verb, adjectives, adverbs, etc.

Paper – IV : [ A ] Business Aptitude ( Objective ) [ For MBA Candidates only ]

Business aptitude questions will be simple and based on the business environment in the country. Questions will also be asked on personalities in the area of business, brands / Companies / Product association, abbreviations related to business, etc. but these questions will not be based on any specialized knowledge of the subject.

Paper – IV : [ B ] ( i ) PAM CAT Mathematics Syllabus ( Objective ) – Optional [ For MCA Candidates only ]

Number System : Natural numbers, integers, rational numbers and real numbers, complex numbers, real and imaginary parts.

Coordinate Geometry : Distance and section formulae, location of line in, a plane, angle between two lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, location of a circle, conic section, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola.

Functions : Algebra of real functions and their graphs, polynomial and rational functions. One – One, onto and inverse functions.

Trigonometry : Trigonometric functions, additions, formulae, trigonometrically ratios. Solutions of simple trigonometric equation.

Quadratic Equations and Inquations : Their solutions, roots of a quadratic equation, relationship between the roots and the co – efficient, nature of roots. Solution of quadratic in equations with their graphic representations.


Sequence and Series : AP, GP and their sums.

Matrices and Determinants : Types of matrices, rank of a matrix, determinant and its properties, inverse of matrix, solution of linear equations having a single solution. Cramer’s rule.

Mathematical Operations : BODMAS

Algebra : Set theorem, permutations and combinations, binomial theorem.

Differential and integral calculus : Differentiation and integration of functions, limits and continuity of a function.

Statistics and Probability : Population and sample, measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlation and regression ( two variable cases ). Probability on a discrete sample space, events, addition and multiplication theorems, conditional probability. ( OR )

[ B ] ( ii ) PAM CAT Syllabus for Computer Science ( Objective ) – Optional [ For MCA Candidates Only ]

Computer Fundamentals : Simple model of a computer, components and their functions, concepts about bit, byte and words, storage device and input / output devices, machine languages, assembly language, high level language, problem solving, flowcharts, pseudo codes and algorithms, system software, application software, compilers, interpreters, assemblers. Types of computers.

Data Representation : Integer and floating point representation, codes ( ASCII, EBCDIC, BCD ).

Number System : Decimal, octal, hexadecimal. Binary arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Computer Architecture : Boolean algebra, organization of CPU, registers of CPU, interrupts, software and hardware, CPU bus architecture, data transfer schemes, fundamentals of parallel processing, type of memory.


Data Structures : Basic Data structures: Arrays, stacks, queues, linked, lists, graphs and trees traversals searching and sorting.

Operating System : Batch processing, on – line processing, multi – programming, time sharing, real time processing, introduction to operating system services, CPU scheduling algorithms, memory management schemes.

Introduction to Data Processing : Data types, constants, variables, records and files, data processing cycle.

Basic Concepts of Programming Languages : Binding, translators, software simulators, binding times, elementary and structured data types, object oriented programming: objects, classes, instances, abstraction, inheritance and polymorphism.

Overview of DBMS : Basic DBMS terminology, architecture of DBMS, distributed databases, data models, integrity, security, recovery and concurrency.

Computer Networks : Data communications fundamentals, types of communications, need for communication networks, characteristics of communication channels, computer network hardware and software. Reference models : TCP / IP, OSI and introduction to internet.

Software Engineering : Phases of SDLC, SRS design methodologies ( Structured design and object oriented design ) testing