BIT MCA Entrance test

All You Need to Know about BIT MCA Entrance test

Birla Institute of Technology conducts MCA entrance examination annually. BIT releases the notification about the exam through their official website. This year, application forms will be available from April 8. The authority is yet to announce entrance test this year. However, the admit cards are likely to be issued in June.

MCA aspirations should check the official website of BIT and fill application form online. After BIT MCA registration starts, the authority will allow direct linking to form filling.

What is BIT MCA Entrance Exam?

BIT, Mesra conducts MCA entrance examination for admission to the 2-year full-time course at the following campuses:

  • Mesra,
  • Jaipur,
  • Noida  
  • Lalpur

The examination is held once a year in different cities across India. Seat allotment is subject to candidates’ performance in the examination followed by online counselling. 

BIT MCA 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates appearing for the BIT MCA 2024 entrance test need to fulfil the following eligibility criteria as mentioned by the exam conducting authorities. Candidates must have passed or appeared in any of the following courses

  • Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
  • B.Sc. in Computer Science / Information Technology / Electronics, or
  • B.Sc. with Mathematics or Statistics as one of the subjects at the graduate level

The candidate must have secured minimum score marks of 55% for the general and 50% marks for the reserved category. Applicants with BSc Honours must have a minimum of 55% (50% for SC/ST/PwD) marks on average in their Honours subject. Candidates with qualifications acquired through distance-learning or correspondence programmes are also eligible.

BIT MCA Admission Process 2024

A candidate will have to go through the following step-by-step procedure to get admission to BIT MCA course.

How to Fill Application Form of BIT MCA Entrance Exam

Candidates can fill the application form by following the steps mentioned below:

  • Open the official website bitmesra.ac.in
  • Click on the admission tab
  • Choose the BIT MCA 2024 application form link
  • Fill the required details and upload scanned photo and signature
  • Pay the application fees
  • BIT MCA 2024 application form will be submitted 

Colleges Accepting BIT MCA Score

Candidates selected through BIT MCA entrance exam will be eligible to pursue 2-year or 4-semester full-time MCA programme at its four campuses – Mesra, Japipur, Noida and Lalpur.

BIT MCA 2024 Syllabus

BIT MCA entrance exam 2024 paper has four sections in the paper consisting of a multi-choice objective style questions from Mathematics, Machine Literacy, Analytical Ability, and Logical Reasoning, and English.

The test will be conducted for 2 hours. There will be a total of 120 questions and the exam will be for 480 marks.

BIT MESRA MCA Entrance Syllabus for Mathematics 

  • Algebra: Fundamental operations in Algebra, expansion, quadratic equations, factorization, indices, logarithms, binomial theorem, permutations and combinations, surds, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions.
  • Matrix Algebra: Elementary transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, quadratic forms, the inverse of a matrix, rank, solution of simultaneous linear equations.
  • Set Theory: Sets and subsets, operations on sets, relations and functions, sequences, properties of integers.
  • Coordinate Geometry: Rectangular Cartesian coordinates, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola, simple geometric transformations such as translation, rotation, scaling equations of a line, midpoint, intersections etc., equations of a circle, distance formulae, pair of straight lines.
  • Calculus: Limit of functions, continuous functions, differentiation of function(s), simple examples of maxima and minima, integration of function by parts, tangents and normals, by substitution and by partial fraction, definite integral application to volumes and surfaces of frustums of a sphere, cone, cylinder, Taylor Series. 
  • Differential Equations: Differential equations of the first order and their solutions, linear differential equations with constant coefficients, homogenous linear differential equations. 
  • Trigonometry: Trigonometric equations, simple identities, properties of triangles, solution of triangles, height and distance, inverse function 
  • Probability and Statistics: Basic concepts of probability theory, skewness and kurtosis, averages, dependent and independent events, frequency distributions, and measures of dispersions, random variable and distribution functions, mathematical expectations, binomial, Poisson, normal distributions, curve fitting, and the principle of least squares, correlation and regression
  • Linear Programming: Formulation of simple linear programming problems, revised simplex method, basic concepts of graphical and simplex methods, transportation and assignment problems, duality and integer programming 

BIT MESRA MCA Entrance Syllabus for Analytical Ability and Logical Reasoning

  • Logical reasoning
  • Quantitative reasoning
  • Visio-spatial reasoning 

BIT MESRA MCA Entrance Syllabus for Computer Awareness

  • Computer Basics: Organization of a computer, Structure of instructions in CPU, input/output devices, computer memory, memory organization, back-up devices, Central Processing Unit (CPU).
  • Data Representation: Representation of characters, binary and hexadecimal representations and fractions, integers,
  • Binary Arithmetic: Addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, floating-point representation of numbers, normalized floating-point representation, 1’s and 2’s complement arithmetic, Boolean algebra, truth tables, Venn diagrams 
  • Computer Architecture: Block structure of computers, communication between the processor and I / O devices, interrupts
  • Computer Language: Multi-programming and time-sharing operating systems, Computer Programming in C Assembly language and high-level language. 
  • Operating Systems: Evolution of operating systems, types of operating systems, functions of an operating system, modern operating systems
  • Flow chart and Algorithms

BIT MESRA MCA Entrance Syllabus for English

  • Use of articles and prepositions (fill in the blanks or correct use)
  • Idioms and phrases
  • Sentence sequence (jumbled sentences)
  • Completion of a sentence (with choices)
  • Choice of an appropriate word to fill in the blanks (with options)
  • Abridging sentences / paragraphs. 
  • Synonyms
  • Reading comprehension
  • Expansion of an idea

BIT MCA Entrance Exam 2024 Contact Information

BIT Mesra Campus
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Ranchi, Jharkhand 835215
PABX: +91 651 2275444/2275896
Fax: 0651 2275401

Official Website: https://www.bitmesra.ac.in/