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This Computer Organisation & Architecture paper involves a number of topics which must be tackled conceptually. These include Boolean algebra on which a number of short objective questions are usually asked. This is a scoring topic since by getting the objective questions right, students can obtain full marks even. Other topics include EPROM, decoder, complement of decimal numbers, PC, ASCII and so on. These are concepts which must be understood by the student and not learnt by rote. Combinational circuits are an important area from which diagram based questions are likely. Subroutine calls, external and internal interrupts, logic diagrams, address instructions; multiplexers are common topics which are questioned on [particularly by examiners. Topics like this need to be practiced with probable mathematical problems as well, as the questions can be of two sort, both definitive as well as objective and application oriented. The WBUT, MCA, Sem I, Computer Organization & Architecture (MCA 101) Papers are thus challenging yet scoring. Paper has three sections divided according to questions like 1st section for objective questions; second one for short answer questions and last section for long answer questions. Below are attached some of the previous year’s questions papers.