Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is a Research and Development organization. This organization is a part of the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT). This organization’s main aim is to carry out Research and Development in Electronics, IT and associated areas. To obtain a position in this organization one needs to clear all rounds of the interview which also includes a written paper on aptitude test and technical test.

About the Written Test

The aptitude paper consists of critical reasoning, English questions, math questions, psychometric test, general knowledge and current affairs. The technical paper mainly deals with testing the technical skill of an individual so as to ascertain whether the person is technically sound.

Paper pattern

The aptitude paper has 40 varied types of questions which are sufficient enough to measure the aptitude of the candidate. Questions are based on coding and decoding, series, problems on quantitative math, English and etc. this test mainly measures an individual’s knowledge and how well they can use the knowledge they have acquired so far in life. Technical paper mainly has questions which are very basic and about which candidate must have an idea. This paper contains many questions from the C language.

Recommended books

For the aptitude test, book by R.S. Aggarwal is very helpful. For the technical part students must be thorough with the subject they have studied so far. The book, Exploring C, is also very helpful for the C questions asked in the exam.