FACULTY OF ENGINEERING &

TECHNOLOGY
SYLLABUS FOR THE BATCH FROM YEAR 2023 TO YEAR 2026

FOR

BCA
(BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS)
(Credit Based Grading System)

(SEMESTER: I–VI)
EXAMINATIONS:2023-26

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SCHEME
SEMESTER – I
Credits
Paper No. Paper M. Marks L T P
Paper – I Introduction to Programming – C 75 3 1 0
Paper – II Introduction to Computers and Information Technology 75 3 1 0
Paper – III Applied & Discrete Mathematics 75 3 1 0
Paper – IV Practical–I (MS Office 2010 and Basic C Programming) 75 0 0 2
Paper – V ENL-121 Communication Skills in English – I 100 4 0 0
Paper – VI Punjabi Compulsory OR
100 4 0 0
* mu`FlI pMjwbI OR

* Punjab History & Culture (From Earliest Times to C 320)

Total: 500 17 3 2
Grand Total: 22

*Special Note:-

1. ijhVy ividAwrQI Domicile/Non-Domicile of Punjab hn Aqy aunHW ny A~TvI/dsvIN jmwq q~k

pMjwbI ivSw piVHAw hY, auh ividAwrQI pMjwbI (lwzmI) pVHngy[
2. ijhVy ividAwrQI Non-Domicile of Punjab hn Aqy A~TvI/dsvIN jmwq q~k pMjwbI ivSw nhIN
piVHAw hY, auh mu~FlI pMjwbI jW pMjwb ihstrI AYNf klcr iv~coN koeI ie~k ivSw cux skdy
hn[
3. ijhVy ividAwrQI Domicile of Punjab hn, pMqU iksy kwrx pMjwb qoN bwhr pVyHy hn Aqyy aunHW ny
A~TvI/dsvIN jmwq q~k pMjwbI ivSw nhIN piVHAw hY, auh mu~FlI pMjwbI dw hI ivSw pVHxgy[
4. ijhVy ividAwrQI Domicile of Punjab hn Aqy pMjwb dy kyNdrI ividAwilAw jW iksy hor skUl
iv~c pVHy hn Aqy iksy kwrx aunHW ny A~TvI/dsvIN jmwq q~k pMjwbI ivSw nhIN piVHAw hY, auh
mu~FlI pMjwbI dw ivSw hI pVHxgy[
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SEMESTER – II

Credits
Paper No. Paper M. Marks L T P
Paper – I Introduction to Programming – C ++ 75 3 1 0
Paper – II Principles of Digital Electronics 75 3 1 0
Paper – III Numerical Methods & Statistical Techniques 75 3 1 0
Paper – IV Practical – I (Advanced C++ Programming) 75 0 0 2
Paper – V ENl-122 Communication Skills in English – II 100 3 1 0
Paper – VI Punjabi Compulsory OR 100 4 0 0

* mu`FlI pMjwbI OR

* Punjab History & Culture (C 320 TO 1000 A.D.)

Paper – VII ** SOA-105 Drug Abuse: Problem, Management and 50 2 0 0
Prevention (Compulsory Paper)
Total: 500 16 4 2
Grand Total: 22

*Special Note:-

1. ijhVy ividAwrQI Domicile/Non-Domicile of Punjab hn Aqy aunHW ny A~TvI/dsvIN jmwq q~k

pMjwbI ivSw piVHAw hY, auh ividAwrQI pMjwbI (lwzmI) pVHngy[
2. ijhVy ividAwrQI Non-Domicile of Punjab hn Aqy A~TvI/dsvIN jmwq q~k pMjwbI ivSw nhIN
piVHAw hY, auh mu~FlI pMjwbI jW pMjwb ihstrI AYNf klcr iv~coN koeI ie~k ivSw cux skdy hn[
3. ijhVy ividAwrQI Domicile of Punjab hn, pMqU iksy kwrx pMjwb qoN bwhr pVyHy hn Aqyy aunHW ny
A~TvI/dsvIN jmwq q~k pMjwbI ivSw nhIN piVHAw hY, auh mu~FlI pMjwbI dw hI ivSw pVHxgy[
4. ijhVy ividAwrQI Domicile of Punjab hn Aqy pMjwb dy kyNdrI ividAwilAw jW iksy hor skUl
iv~c pVHy hn Aqy iksy kwrx aunHW ny A~TvI/dsvIN jmwq q~k pMjwbI ivSw nhIN piVHAw hY, auh
mu~FlI pMjwbI dw ivSw hI pVHxgy[

**Marks of Paper SOA-105 Drug Abuse: Problem, Management and Prevention

(Compulsory Paper) will not be included in Grand Total.
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SEMESTER – III

Credits
Paper No. Paper M. Marks L T P
Paper–I Computer Architecture 75 3 1 0
Paper–II Database Management System 75 3 1 0
Paper–III Introduction to Python Programming 75 3 1 0
Paper–IV Programming Lab –I Based on Python Programming 50 0 0 2
Languase.
Paper–V Programming Lab –II Practical in Oracle 25 0 0 2
Total: 300 9 3 4
Grand Total: 16

SEMESTER – IV

Credits
Paper No. Paper M. Marks L T P
Paper – I Data Structure and File Processing 75 3 1 0
Paper – II Information Systems 75 3 1 0
Paper – III Internet Applications 75 3 1 0
Paper – IV System Software 75 3 1 0
Paper – V Lab–I Data Structures Implementation using C++ 50 0 0 2
Paper – VI Lab–II Web Designing and use of Internet 50 0 0 2
Paper – VII * (ESL-221) Environmental Studies (Compulsory Paper) 100 2 0 0

Total: 500 12 4 4
Grand Total: 20

* Marks of Paper EVS will not be included in Grand Total.

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SEMESTER – V

Credits
Paper No. Paper M. Marks L T P
Paper – I Software Engineering 75 3 1 0
Paper – II Web Technologies 75 3 1 0
Paper – III Operating System 75 3 1 0
Paper – IV JAVA Programming Language 75 3 1 0
Paper – V Lab based on JAVA Programming Language 50 0 0 2
Paper – VI Lab based on Website Designing using HTML, JAVA 50 0 0 2
Script and PHP
Total: 400 12 4 4
Grand Total: 20

SEMESTER – VI

Credits
Paper No. Paper M. Marks L T P
Paper – I Computer Graphics 75 3 1 0
Paper – II Computer Networks 75 3 1 0
Paper – III Lab. Implementation of Applications of Computer 50 0 0 2
Graphics in C++/C
Paper – IV Project 300 0 0 12
Total: 500 6 2 14
Grand Total: 22
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SEMESTER-I
Paper–I : INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING - C
Credits
Time: 3 Hours L T P
M. Marks: 75 3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
SECTION–A
Fundamentals: Character set, Identifiers and Key Words, Data types, Constants, Variables,
Expressions, Statements, Symbolic Constants.
Operations and Expressions: Arithmetic operators, Unary operators, Relational Operators,
Logical Operators, Assignment and Conditional Operators, Library functions. Data Input and
Output statements
SECTION–B
Control Statements: Preliminaries, While, Do–while and For statements, Nested loops, If–else,
Switch, Break – Continue statements.
Program Structure Storage Class: Automatic, external and static variables, multiple programs,
more about library functions.
SECTION–C
Functions: Brief overview, defining, accessing functions, passing arguments to function,
specifying argument data types, function prototypes, recursion.
Arrays: Defining, processing an array, passing arrays to a function, multi–dimensional arrays.
Strings: String declaration, string functions and string manipulation
SECTION–D
Structures & Unions: Defining and processing a structure, user defined data types, structures
and pointers, passing structures to functions, self-referenced structure, unions.
Pointers: Fundamentals, pointer declaration, passing pointer to a function, pointer and one-
dimensional arrays, operation on pointers, pointers & multi–dimensional arrays of pointers,
passing functions, other functions, more about pointer declarations.

References:

1. Balaguruswamy: “Programming in ANSI C”.

2. Scaum Outline Series: “Programming in C”.
3. Dennis & Ritchie: “Programming in C”.
4. Stephen G. Kochar: “C Programming”.
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SEMESTER-I

Paper–II : INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Time: 3 Hours Credits

M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Introduction to Computers and its Applications:
 Computer as a system, basic concepts, functional units and their inter relation.
 Milestones in Hardware and Software.
 Batch oriented / on–line / real time applications.
 Application of computers.

SECTION–B
Interacting with the Computer:
Input Devices: Keyboard, mouse, pens, touch screens, Bar Code reader, joystick, source data
automation, (MICR, OMR,OCR), screen assisted data entry: portable / handheld terminals for
data collection, vision input systems.
Output Devices: Monitor, Serial line page printers, plotters, voice response units.

SECTION–C
Data Storage Devices and Media: Primary storage (Storage addresses and capacity, type of
memory), Secondary storage, Magnetic storage devices and Optical Storage Devices
Word Processor using Microsoft Office: Overview, creating, saving, opening, importing,
exporting and inserting files, formatting pages, paragraphs and sections, indents and outdents,
creating lists and numbering. Headings, styles, fonts and font size Editing, positioning and
viewing texts, Finding and replacing text, inserting page breaks, page numbers, book marks,
symbols and dates. Using tabs and tables, header, footer and printing
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SEMESTER-I

SECTION–D

Presentation Software using Microsoft Office: Presentation overview, entering

information, Presentation creation, opening and saving presentation, inserting audio and video
Spreadsheet using Microsoft Office: Spreadsheet overview, Editing, Formatting, Creating
formulas, Graphs.

Text/References:

1. Computer Fundamentals – P.K. Sinha.

2. Introduction to Computers – N. Subramanian.
3. Introduction to Computers – Peter Norton Mcgraw Hill.
4. MS–Office _ BPB Publications.
5. Windows Based Computer Courses Gurvinder Singh & Rachpal Singh, Kalyani Pub.
6. Ebooks at OpenOffice.org
7. A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org3, 2nd Edition, R. Gabriel Gurley
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SEMESTER-I
Paper III : APPLIED & DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
Credits
Time: 3 Hours
L T P
M. Marks: 75
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
SECTION–A
Sets and Relations: Definition of sets, subsets, complement of a set, universal set, intersection
and union of sets, De-Morgan’s laws, Cartesian products, Equivalent sets, Countable and
uncountable sets, minset, Partitions of sets, Relations: Basic definitions, graphs of relations,
properties of relations
SECTION–B
Logic and Propositional Calculus: Proposition and Compound Propositions, basic Logical
Operations, Propositions and Truth Tables, Tautologies and Contradictions, Logical
Equivalence, Duality law, Algebra of propositions, Conditional and Bi conditional Statements,
Arguments, Logical Implication, Propositional Functions, Predicates and Quantifiers, Negation
of Quantified Statements, Inference theory of the predicates calculus.
SECTION–C
Boolean Algebra: Boolean algebra and its duality, Duality, Boolean Algebra as Lattices,
Boolean identities, sub-algebra, Representation Theorem, Sum-of-Products Form for Sets, Sum
of-Products Form for Boolean Algebra, Minimal Boolean Expressions, Prime Implicants,
Boolean Functions, Karnaugh Maps.
SECTION–D
Matrices: Introduction of a Matrix, its different kinds, matrix addition and scalar multiplication,
multiplication of matrices, transpose etc. Square matrices, inverse and rank of a square matrix,
Matrix Inversion method.

References:
1. Lipschutz, S. and Lipson, M.: Discrete Mathematics (Schaum’s outlines Series).
2. Kolman and Busby “Discrete Mathematical structures for Computer Sciences” PHI.
3. Alan Doerr,”Applied Discrete Structures for Computer Science”, Galgotia Publications.
4. Trambley, J.P. and Manohar,R: Discrete Mathematical Structures with Applications to
Computer Science.
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SEMESTER-I

Paper – IV: Practical – I

(MS Office 2010 & Basic C Programming)

M. Marks: 75 Credits
L T P
Operational Knowledge of: 0 0 2
1. C Programming

2. Windows Based Operating System

3. MS – OFFICE (Word and Power Point)

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SEMESTER–I
Paper – V: ENL121: COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN ENGLISH–I
(THEORY)

Time: 3 Hours Credits: 4-0-0

(6 periods per week)
Max. Marks: 100
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
The syllabus is divided in four sections as mentioned below:

SECTION–A
Reading Skills: Reading Tactics and strategies; Reading purposes–kinds of purposes and
associated comprehension; Reading for direct meanings.

SECTION–B
Reading for understanding concepts, details, coherence, logical progression and meanings of
phrases/ expressions.
Activities:
 Comprehension questions in multiple choice format
 Short comprehension questions based on content and development of ideas

SECTION–C
Writing Skills: Guidelines for effective writing; writing styles for application, personal letter,
official/ business letter.
Activities:
 Formatting personal and business letters.
 Organising the details in a sequential order

SECTION–D
Resume, memo, notices etc.; outline and revision.

Activities:

 Converting a biographical note into a sequenced resume or vice-versa

 Ordering and sub-dividing the contents while making notes.
 Writing notices for circulation/ boards

Recommended Books:

 Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking by John Seely.

 English Grammar in Use (Fourth Edition) by Raymond Murphy, CUP
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SEMESTER–I

Paper – VI: gzikph (bkiawh)

eo?fvN 4-0-0
Time: 03 Hours Max. Marks: 100
(6 ghohnv gqsh j\sk)

nze-tzv ns/ gohfyne bJh jdkfJsK

1H gqFB g`so d/ uko Gkr j'Dr/. jo Gkr ftu d' gqFB g[`S/ ikDr/.
2H ftfdnkoEh B/ e[`b gzi gqFB eoB/ jB. jo Gkr ftu'_ fJe gqFB bk}wh j?. gzitK gqFB
fe;/ th Gkr ftu'_ ehsk ik ;edk j?.
3H jo/e gqFB d/ nze pokpo jB.
4H g/go ;?`N eoB tkbk i/eo ukj/ sK gqFBK dh tzv n`r'_ t`X s'_ t`X uko T[g-gqFBK ftu eo
;edk j?.

gkm-eqw

;?eFB-J/
;ot'sw gzikph eftsk s/ ejkDh
(;zgkH vkH ofwzdo e"o, vkH w/xk ;btkB) r[o{ BkBe d/t :{Bhtof;Nh, nzfwqs;o.
(eftsk Gkr)
(eftsk dh gq;zr ;fjs ftnkfynk$ftFk-t;s{$;ko)

;?eFB-ph
wzu xo
vkH e[bdhg f;zx Xho, vkH fjod/ihs f;zx G'rb (;zgkH), r[o{ BkBe d/t :{Bhtof;Nh, nzfwqs;o.
(ftFk-t;s{, gkso fusoB)

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(T) g?oQk ouBk
(n) g?oQk gVQ e/ gqFBK d/ T[`so

;?eFB-vh

GkFk tzBrhnKL
GkFk dk Ne;kbh o{g, GkFk ns/ T[gGkFk ftubk nzso, gzikph T[gGkFktK d/ gSkD fuzBQ, gzikph GkFk-
fBek; s/ ftek;

;jkfJe g[;seK
1H okfizdogkb f;zx pokV, gzikph eftsk dk fJfsjk;, gzikph nekdwh, fd`bh.
2H pqjwirdhF f;zx, nkX[fBe gzikph ekft f;XKs, fJfsjk; ns/ gqftoshnK, tkfo; Fkj
ckT[_v/FB, nzfwqs;o.
3H pbd/t f;zx Xkbhtkb, gzikph ejkDh dk fJfsjk;, gzikph nekdwh, fd`bh.
4H ;fszdo f;zx, nkX[fBe gzikph tkose dk fJfsjk;, gzikph nekdwh, fd`bh.
5H vkH ofwzdo e"o, gzikph ejkDh dk ;\o s/ Fk;sq Gkr-I, f;zx pqdo}, nzfwqs;o.
6H joehos f;zx, GkFk s/ GkFk ftfrnkB, bkj"o p[`e Fkg, b[fXnkDk.
7H joehos f;zx s/ frnkBh bkb f;zx, ekbi gzikph ftnkeoD, gzikp :{Bhtof;Nh, uzvhrVQ.
8H p{Nk f;zx pokV, gzikph ftnkeoB L f;XKs s/ ftjko, u/sBk gqekFB, b[fXnkDk.
9H fwzBh ;btkB, gzikph ftnkeoB L w[`Yb/ ;zebg, oth ;kfjs gqekFB, nzfwqs;o
10H gzikph GkFk p'X, e;s{oh bkb n?_v ;zB}, nzfwqs;o.
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SEMESTER–I
Paper – VI: w[ZYbh gzikph
(In lieu of Compulsory Punjabi)
eo?fvN 4-0-0
Time: 03 Hours Max. Marks: 100
(6 ghohnv gqsh j\sk)
AMk-vMf Aqy prIiKAk leI hdwieqW
1. pRSn p`qr dy cwr Bwg hoxgy[ hr Bwg ivc do pRSn pu~Cy jwxgy[
2. ividAwrQI ny ku`l pMj pRSn krny hn[ hr Bwg ivcoN iek pRSn lwjmI hY[ pMjvW pRSn iksy vI
Bwg ivcoN kIqw jw skdw hY[
3. hryk pRSn dy brwbr AMk hn[
4. pypr sY~t krn vwlw jykr cwhy qW pRSnW dI vMf A`goN v`D qoN v`D cwr aup-pRSnW iv`c kr skdw
hY[

gkm-eqw
sYkSn-ey
gzikph GkFk s/ r[ow[yh fbgh
(T) BkweoD s/ ;zy/g ikD-gSkD L r[ow[yh toDwkbk, nyo eqw, ;to tkje (T n J),
brK-wksoK, g?o ftu fpzdh tkb/ toD, g?o ftu g?D tkb/ toD, fpzdh, fNgh, nXe.
(n) f;ybkJh s/ nfGnk;

sYkSn-bI
r[ow[yh nkoE'rqkch ns/ T[ukoB L ;to, ftnziB L w[Ybh ikD-gSkD ns/ T[ukoD, w[jkoBh, brK-
wksoK dh gSkD.
sYkSn-sI
gzikph Fpd i'V L w[esk (d' nyoK tkb/ Fpd, fszB nyoK tkb/ Fpd), f;jkoh tkb/ Fpd,
fpjkoh tkb/ Fpd, n"_eV tkb/ Fpd, d[b?_eV tkb/ Fpd, bK tkb/ Fpd, d[bktK tkb/ Fpd, j'V/
tkb/ Fpd, eB"V/ tkb/ Fpd.
sYkSn-fI
brk]o (fpzdh, fNgh, nXe tkb/ Fpd)
F[X, nF[X (g?oQ/ ftu fby/ nF[X FpdK ~ F[X eoBk)

;jkfJe g[;seK
1. pqjwirdhF f;zx, gzikph GkFk ns/ r[ow[yh fbgh, tkfo; Fkj ckT[_v/FB, nzfwqs;o.
2. gq'H F?oh f;zx, gq'H pqjwirdhF f;zx, GkFk ftfrnkB L gzikph GkFk s/ r[ow[yh fbgh, tkfo;
Fkj ckT[_v/FB, nzfwqs;o.
3. gzikph GkFk p'X, e;s{oh bkb n?_v ;zB}, nzfwqs;o.
4. fwzBh ;btkB, gzikph ftnkeoB L w[Yb/ ;zebg, oth ;kfjs gqekFB, nzfwqs;o.
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SEMESTER - I
PAPER–VI : Punjab History & Culture (From Earliest Times to C 320)
(Special Paper in lieu of Punjabi Compulsory)
(For those students who are not domicile of Punjab)
Credits
Time: 3 Hours L T P
Max. Marks: 100 4 0 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION- A
1. Physical features of the Punjab and its impact on history.
2. Sources of the ancient history of Punjab

SECTION- B
3. Harappan Civilization: Town planning; social, economic and religious life of the Indus
Valley People.
4. The Indo-Aryans: Original home and settlements in Punjab.

SECTION- C
5. Social, Religious and Economic life during Rig Vedic Age.
6. Social, Religious and Economic life during Later Vedic Age.

SECTION- D
7. Teachings and impact of Buddhism
8. Jainism in the Punjab

Suggested Readings
1. L. M Joshi (ed.), History and Culture of the Punjab, Art-I, Patiala, 1989 (3rd edition)
2. L.M. Joshi and Fauja Singh (ed.), History of Punjab, Vol.I, Patiala 1977.
3. Budha Parkash, Glimpses of Ancient Punjab, Patiala, 1983.
4. B.N. Sharma, Life in Northern India, Delhi. 1966.
5. Chopra, P.N., Puri, B.N., & Das, M.N.(1974). A Social, Cultural & Economic History
of India, Vol. I, New Delhi: Macmillan India.
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SEMESTER-II
Paper–I : INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING - C++

Time: 3 Hours Credits

M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
SECTION–A
Programming Paradigms: Introduction to the object oriented approach towards programming
by discussing Traditional, Structured Programming methodology.
Objects & Classes: Object Definition, Instance, Encapsulation, Data Hiding, Abstraction,
Inheritance, Messages, Method, Polymorphism, Classes, Candidate & Abstract Classes to be
examples of the Design process.
SECTION–B
Object Oriented Programming using C++: Characteristics of OOP, Overview of C++, I/O
using cout and cin, Objects and Classes, Member functions and data, private & public,
constructor & destructor, Constructor Overloading, Types of Constructors.
SECTION–C
Function Overloading: Function Overloading, Default Arguments, Ambiguity in Function
Overloading.
Operator Overloading: Overloading unary and binary operators, Type Conversion using
Operator Overloading
SECTION–D
Inheritance: Concept of inheritance, Base & derived classes, Access Specifiers, Class
Hierarchies, Types of Inheritance with examples.
Virtual Functions and Polymorphism: Virtual functions, friend functions, static function, this
pointer, polymorphism, Types of Polymorphism with examples, templates, class templates.

Books:

1. Teach Yourself C++, Herbert Schildth, Tata McGraw Hill.

2. Designing Object Oriented Software Rebacca Wirfs - Brock Brian Wilerson, PHI.
3. Object Oriented Programming in Turbo C++, Robert Lafore, Galgotia Publication.
4. Designing Object Oriented Applications using C++ & Booch Method, Robert C.
Martin.
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SEMESTER-II
Paper–II: PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

Time: 3 Hours Credits

M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Number System: Introduction, number conversion system , binary arithmetic, representation of
signed binary numbers, 1’s and 2’s complement, Codes: straight binary code, BCD Code
Excess3 Code, Grey Code ASCII, Integer and floating point representation

SECTION–B
Logic Gates and Boolean Algebra: Logic gates, Universal Gates, Boolean algebra and
Minimization techniques, canonical forms of Boolean expressions, K-Map

SECTION–C
Combinational Circuits: Adder, Subtracter, Multiplexer, Demultiplexer, Decoder, Encoder

Sequential Circuits: Flip-flops, clocks and timers, registers, counter

SECTION–D
Semiconductor memories: Introduction, Static and dynamic devices, read only & random
access memory chips, PROMS and EPROMS Address selection logic. Read and write control
timing diagrams for ICs

References:

1. Integrated Electronics by Millman, Halkias McGraw Hill.

2. Malvino: Digital Computer Electronics, McGraw Hill.
3. D.A. Hodges & H.G. Jackson, Analysis and Design of Integrated Circuits, International,
1983.
4. Joph. F. Wakerley, Digital Principles and Practices.
5. Ujjenbeck, John: Digital Electronics: A Modern Approach, Prentice Hall, 1994.
6. Mano, M. Morris: Digital Logic and Computer Design, Edition, 1993.
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Paper–III : NUMERICAL METHODS & STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES

Credits
Time: 3 Hours L T P
M. Marks: 75 3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
I. That the program for numerical and statistical methods are to be written in C.
II. Paper setter indicating thereby that the greater weightage is to be given to exercises rather
than theoretical derivation of all numerical and statistical methods.

Note for Candidate:

Attempt five questions in all by selecting one question from each section and the fifth question
may be attempted from any sections. The students can use only Non–programmable & Non–
storage type calculator.

SECTION–A
Introduction:
1. Numerical Methods, Numerical methods versus numerical analysis, Errors and Measures of
Errors.
2. Non–linear Equations, Iterative Solutions, Multiple roots and other difficulties, Interpolation
methods, Methods of bi–section, False position method, Newton Raphson – Method.
3. Simultaneous Solution of Equations, Gauss Elimination Method Gauss Jordan Method.

SECTION–B
1. Numerical Integration and different Trapezoidal Rule, Simpson’s 3/8 Rule.
2. Interpolation and Curve Fitting, Lagrangian Polynomials, Newton’s Methods: Forward
Difference Method, Backward Difference Method Divided Difference Method.

SECTION–C
Statistical Techniques:
1. Measure of Central Tendency, Mean Arithmetic, Mean geometric, Mean harmonic, Mean,
Median, Mode.
2. Measures of dispersion, Mean deviation, Standard deviation, Co–efficient of variation.
3. Correlation.
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SECTION–D
1. Least square fit linear trend, Non–linear trend.
Y = axb
Y = abx
Y = aex
Polynomial fit: Y = a+bx+cn2

Books Recommended:

1. V. Rajaraman: Computer Oriented Numerical Methods, Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd.,
New Delhi.
2. B.S. Grewal, Numerical Methods for Engineering, Sultan Chand Publication.
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Paper – IV : Practical–I

(Advanced C++ Programming) Credits

L T P
M. Marks: 75 0 0 2

Operational Knowledge and Implementation of Numerical Methods & Statistical techniques

using C++ language.
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SEMESTER–II
Paper – V: ENL122: COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN ENGLISH – II

Time: 3 Hours Credits: 3-1-0

(6 periods per week)
Max. Marks: 100
Theory Marks: 70
Practical Marks: 30
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
Course Contents:
SECTION–A
Listening Skills: Barriers to listening; effective listening skills; feedback skills.
Activities: Listening exercises – Listening to conversation, News and TV reports
SECTION–B
Attending telephone calls; note taking and note making.
Activities: Taking notes on a speech/lecture
SECTION–C
Speaking and Conversational Skills: Components of a meaningful and easy conversation;
understanding the cue and making appropriate responses; forms of polite speech; asking and
providing information on general topics.
Activities: 1) Making conversation and taking turns
2) Oral description or explanation of a common object, situation or concept
SECTION–D

The study of sounds of English,

Stress and Intonation,
Situation based Conversation in English,
Essentials of Spoken English.
Activities: Giving Interviews

PRACTICAL / ORAL TESTING

Marks: 30

Course Contents:-
1. Oral Presentation with/without audio visual aids.
2. Group Discussion.
3. Listening to any recorded or live material and asking oral questions for listening
comprehension.
Questions:-
1. Oral Presentation will be of 5 to 10 minutes duration (Topic can be given in advance or it
can be student’s own choice). Use of audio visual aids is desirable.
2. Group discussion comprising 8 to 10 students on a familiar topic. Time for each group will
be 15 to 20 minutes.

Note: Oral test will be conducted by external examiner with the help of internal examiner.
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SEMESTER–II
PAPER –VI : gzikph (bkiawh)
eo?fvN 4-0-0
Time: 03 Hours Max. Marks: 100
(6 ghohnv gqsh j\sk)

nze-tzv ns/ gohfyne bJh jdkfJsK

1H gqFB g`so d/ uko Gkr j'Dr/. jo Gkr ftu d' gqFB g[`S/ ikDr/.
2H ftfdnkoEh B/ e[`b gzi gqFB eoB/ jB. jo Gkr ftu'_ fJe gqFB bk}wh j?. gzitK gqFB
fe;/ th Gkr ftu'_ ehsk ik ;edk j?.
3H jo/e gqFB d/ nze pokpo jB.
4H g/go ;?`N eoB tkbk i/eo ukj/ sK gqFBK dh tzv n`r_' t`X s'_ t`X uko T[g-gqFBK ftu eo
;edk j?.
gkm-eqw

;?eFB-J/
I. ;ot'sw gzikph eftsk s/ ejkDh
(;zgkH vkH ofwzdo e"o, vkH w/xk ;btkB)
r[o{ BkBe d/t :{Bhtof;Nh, nzfwqs;o.
(ejkDh Gkr)
ejkDh dk ;ko$ftFk-t;s{
;?eFB-ph

fFo'wDh gzikph ekft (Gkr-II)

vkH ofwzdo e"o, vkH w/xk ;btkB (;zgkH),
r[o{ BkBe d/t :{Bhtof;Nh, nzfwqs;o.
(fJ; g[;se ftu'_ F/y cohd, Fkj j[;?B, p[bQ/ Fkj, ghb{, tkfo; Fkj, ekdo:ko,
r[o{ r'fpzd f;zx ih ns/ Fkj w[jzwd dk ekft jh gVQkfJnk ikt/rk.)
gq;zr ;fjs ftnkfynk

;?eFB-;h

(T) Fpd pDso ns/ Fpd ouBk, gfoGkFk, w[Yb/ ;zebg

(n) Fpd Fq/DhnK

;?eFB-vh
d\soh fu`mh g`so
w[jkto/ ns/ nykD

;jkfJe g[;seK
1H ;fszdo f;zx, nkX[fBe gzikph tkose dk fJfsjk;, gzikph nekdwh, fd`bh.
2H gq'H fgnkok f;zx, gzikph tkose L f;XKs fJfsjk; gqftoshnK, fBT{ p[`e ezgBh, ibzXo.
3H fJzdogqhs f;zx Xkwh, gzikph o/yk fuso L o{g s/ gqekoi, oth ;kfjs gqekFB, nzfwqs;o.
4H pbpho f;zx fdb, gzikph fBpzX L ;o{g, f;`XKs ns/ ftek;, gzikph :{Bhtof;Nh, gfNnkbk.
5H joehos f;zx s/ frnkBh bkb f;zx, ekbi gzikph ftnkeoB, gzikp :{Bhtof;Nh, uzvhrVQ.
6H vkH nwo e'wb (;zgkH), u'Dt/_ gzikph fBpzX (G{fwek), B?FBb p[`e No`;N, fJzvhnk.
7H npBkF e"o, gzikph o/yk fu`so, gzikph :{Bhtof;Nh, gfNnkbk.
8H fwzBh ;btkB, gzikph ftnkeoB L w[`Yb/ ;zebg, oth ;kfjs gqekFB, nzfwqs;o.
9H p{Nk f;zx pokV, gzikph ftnkeoB L f;XKs s/ ftjko, u/sBk gqekFB, b[fXnkDk.
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SEMESTER - II
PAPER –VI : w[ZYbh gzikph
(In lieu of Compulsory Punjabi)
eo?fvN 4-0-0
Time: 03 Hours Max. Marks : 100
(6 ghohnv gqsh j\sk)

AMk-vMf Aqy prIiKAk leI hdwieqW

1. pRSn p`qr dy cwr Bwg hoxgy[ hr Bwg ivc do pRSn pu~Cy jwxgy[
2. ividAwrQI ny ku`l pMj pRSn krny hn[ hr Bwg ivcoN iek pRSn lwjmI hY[ pMjvW pRSn iksy vI
Bwg ivcoN kIqw jw skdw hY[
3. hryk pRSn dy brwbr AMk hn[
4. pypr sY~t krn vwlw jykr cwhy qW pRSnW dI vMf A`goN v`D qoN v`D cwr aup-pRSnW iv`c kr skdw
hY[
gkm-eqw

sYkSn-ey
gzikph Fpd pDso L Xks{, tX/so (nr/so, wX/so, fgS/so), gzikph e'Frs Fpd ns/
ftnkeofDe Fpd

sYkSn-bI
(T) ;z:[es Fpd, ;wk;h Fpd, d'iksh Fpd, d'jo/$d[jo[esh Fpd ns/ fwFos Fpd
(n) f;ybkJh s/ nfGnk;

sYkSn-sI
fJe-tuB, pj[-tuB, fbzr-g[fbzr, pj[-noEe Fpd, ;wkB-noEe Fpd, pj[s/ FpdK bJh fJe
Fpd, Fpd i'V, fto'XnkoEe Fpd.

sYkSn-fI
fBs tos'_ dh gzikph FpdktbhL ykD-ghD, ;kekdkoh, o[sK, wjhfBnK, frDsh, w";w,
wkoehN$pk}ko, tgko, XzfdnK nkfd Bkb ;zpzfXs.

;jkfJe g[;seK
1. i'sh Fowk, gzikph ftnkeoB, tkfo; Fkj ckT[_vF / B, nzfwqs;o.
2. gzikph GkFk p'X, e;s{oh bkb n?_v ;zB}, nzfwqs;o.
3. fwzBh ;btkB, gzikph ftnkeoB L w[Yb/ ;zebg, oth ;kfjs gqekFB, nzfwqs;o.
4. ozi{ pkbk, noE ftfrnkB, nko;h gpfbFo}, fdbh.
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SEMESTER - II
PAPER–VI: Punjab History & Culture (C 320 to 1000 A.D.)
(Special Paper in lieu of Punjabi compulsory)
(For those students who are not domicile of Punjab)

Credits
Time: 3 Hours
L T P
Max. Marks : 100 4 0 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION- A
1. Alexander’s Invasion and its Impact
2. Punjab under Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka.

SECTION- B
3. The Kushans and their Contribution to the Punjab.
4. The Panjab under the Gupta Empire.

SECTION- C
5. The Punjab under the Vardhana Emperors
6. Socio-cultural History of Punjab from 7th to 1000 A.D.

SECTION- D
7. Development of languages and Education with Special reference to Taxila
8. Development of Art & Architecture

Suggested Readings
1. L. M Joshi (ed), History and Culture of the Punjab, Art-I, Punjabi University, Patiala, 1989
(3rd edition)
2. L.M. Joshi and Fauja Singh (ed.), History of Punjab , Vol.I, Punjabi University, Patiala,
1977.
3. Budha Parkash, Glimpses of Ancient Punjab, Patiala, 1983.
4. B.N. Sharma: Life in Northern India, Delhi. 1966.
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SEMESTER - II
PAPER – VII: SOA-105 DRUG ABUSE: PROBLEM, MANAGEMENT AND
PREVENTION
(COMPULSORY PAPER)

Credits
Time: 3 Hours L T P
Max. Marks: 50 2 0 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
Section – A
Meaning of Drug Abuse:
1) Meaning, Nature and Extent of Drug Abuse in India and Punjab.
2) Consequences of Drug Abuse for:
Individual : Education, Employment, Income.
Family : Violence.
Society : Crime.
Nation : Law and Order problem.
Section – B
Management of Drug Abuse:
(i) Medical Management: Medication for treatment and to reduce withdrawal effects.
(ii) Psychiatric Management: Counselling, Behavioural and Cognitive therapy.
(iii) Social Management: Family, Group therapy and Environmental Intervention,
Rehabilitation.
Section – C
Prevention of Drug abuse:
(i) Role of family: Parent child relationship, Family support, Supervision, Shaping values,
Active Scrutiny.
(ii) School: Counselling, Teacher as role-model. Parent-teacher-Health Professional
Coordination, Random testing on students.
Section – D
Controlling Drug Abuse:
(i) Media: Restraint on advertisements of drugs, advertisements on bad effects of drugs,
Publicity and media, Campaigns against drug abuse, Educational and awareness program
(ii) Legislation: NDPs act, Statutory warnings, Policing of Borders, Checking
Supply/Smuggling of Drugs, Strict enforcement of laws, Time bound trials.
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References:
1. Ahuja, Ram (2003), Social Problems in India, Rawat Publication, Jaipur.
2. Extent, Pattern and Trend of Drug Use in India, Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment, Government of India, 2004.
3. Inciardi, J.A. 1981. The Drug Crime Connection. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
4. Kapoor. T. (1985) Drug epidemic among Indian Youth, New Delhi: Mittal Pub.
5. Kessel, Neil and Henry Walton. 1982, Alcohalism. Harmond Worth: Penguin Books.
6. Modi, Ishwar and Modi, Shalini (1997) Drugs: Addiction and Prevention, Jaipur: Rawat
Publication.
7. National Household Survey of Alcohol and Drug abuse. (2003) New Delhi, Clinical
Epidemiological Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 2004.
8. Ross Coomber and Others. 2013, Key Concept in Drugs and Society. New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
9. Sain, Bhim 1991, Drug Addiction Alcoholism, Smoking obscenity New Delhi: Mittal
Publications.
10. Sandhu, Ranvinder Singh, 2009, Drug Addiction in Punjab: A Sociological Study.
Amritsar: Guru Nanak Dev University.
11. Singh, Chandra Paul 2000. Alcohol and Dependence among Industrial Workers: Delhi:
Shipra.
12. Sussman, S and Ames, S.L. (2008). Drug Abuse: Concepts, Prevention and Cessation,
Cambridge University Press.
13. Verma, P.S. 2017, “Punjab’s Drug Problem: Contours and Characterstics”, Economic
and Political Weekly, Vol. LII, No. 3, P.P. 40-43.
14. World Drug Report 2016, United Nations office of Drug and Crime.
15. World Drug Report 2017, United Nations office of Drug and Crime.
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SEMESTER-III

PAPER – I : COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Credits
Time: 3 Hours L T P
M. Marks: 75 3 1 0

Instructions for the Paper Setters: -

Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Information Representation: Register Transfer Language, Various Registers, Implementing
Common Bus Using Multiplexers: Logical; Arithmetic & Shift Micro – operations.
Basic Computer Design Instruction Codes, Computer Instructions, Timing Signals,
Instruction Cycle, Design of a Basic Computer.

SECTION–B
CPU Design General Register Organization, Stack Organized CPU, Instruction Formats,
Addressing Modes, Program Control, Hardwired & Microprogrammed (Wilhe’s Design) Control
Unit, RISC and CISC Characteristics.
SECTION–C
Memory Organization Memory Hierarchy, Designs & Concepts of Main Memory,
Auxiliary Memory, Associative Memory, Cache and Virtual Memory.

SECTION–D
I/O Organization I/O Interface, Modes of Transfer, Program Interrupt, DMA & I/O Processor.
Pipeline & Vector Processing Introduction to Parallel Processing and Pipelining, SISD,
SIMD & MISD, MIMD Machines.

References:

Computer System Architecture: M.M. Mano (PHI)

Computer Architecture: J.P. Hayes.
Computer Architecture: Patterson & Hemessy.
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SEMESTER-III
PAPER –II : DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Time: 3 Hours Credits
M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Introduction to Data, Field, Record, File, Database, Database management system. Structure of
database system, Advantage and disadvantage, levels of database system, Relational model,
hierarchical model, network model, comparison of these models, E–R diagram, different keys
used in a relational system, SQL.
SECTION–B
DBA, responsibilities of DBA, Relational form like INF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF, 4th NF, 5th NF,
DBTG, concurrency control and its management, protection, security, recovery of database.

SECTION–C
SQL: Introduction to SQL–DDL, DML, DCL, Join methods & sub query, Union Intersection,
Minus, Built in Functions, Views, Security amongst users, Sequences, Indexing Cursors–
Implicit & Explicit, Functions & Packages Database Triggers.

SECTION–D
Big Data: Introduction to Big Data and Analytics, Introduction to NoSQL

Books and References:

1. Introduction to Database System by C.J. Date.
2. Database Management System by B.C. Desai.
3. Database Concept by Korth.
4. Simplified Approach to DBMS– Kalyani Publishers
5. Oracle – Developer – 2000 by Ivan Bayross.
6. Database System Concepts & Oracle (SQL/PLSQ) – AP Publishers.
7. https://www.mongodb.com/nosql-explained
8. Introduction to NoSQL (Ebook), NoSQL Seminar 2012 @ TUT, Arto Salminen
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SEMESTER-III
PAPER III : INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING
Credits
Time: 3 Hrs.
L T P
M. Marks: 75
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Introduction to Python: Python’s Technical Strengths, Execution Model, Process of
Computational Problem Solving, Different ways to run Python Programs.
Data and Expressions: Literals, Variables and Identifiers, Operators, Expressions, Strings,
Statements and Data Types, Boolean Expressions (Conditions), Logical Operators, Selection
Control, Nested conditions, Debugging
Lists & Dictionaries: List Structures, Lists (Sequences) in Python, Iterating Over Lists
(Sequences) in Python, Dictionaries and Files, Looping and dictionaries, Advanced text parsing

SECTION–B
Control Structures: Conditional blocks using if, else and elif,While statement, Definite loops
using For, Loop Patterns,
Functions, Packages and Modules: Fundamental Concepts, Program Routines, Flow of
Execution, Parameters &Arguments, Recursive Functions, Recursive Problem Solving, Iteration
vs. Recursion, Understanding Packages, Modules, Top-Down Design, Python Modules
Importing own module as well as external modules and packages.

SECTION–C
Files: Opening Files, Using Text Files, Reading files, Writing files, Understanding read
functions, read(), readline() and readlines(), Understanding write functions, write() and
writelines(), Manipulating file pointer using seek, String Processing, Exception Handling
Objects and Their Use: Introduction to Object Oriented Programming, Concept of class, object
and instances, Constructor, class attributes and destructors, Real time use of class in live projects,
Inheritance, overlapping and overloading operators, Adding and retrieving dynamic attributes of
classes, Programming using Oops support
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SECTION–D
Using Databases and SQL: Database Concepts, SQL basic summary, SQL Database connection
using python, creating and searching tables, Programming using database connections, Basic
Data modelling, Programming with multiple tables

Reference Books:
1. Python for Informatics, Charles Severance, version 0.0.7
2. Introduction to Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-SolvingFocus,
Charles Dierbach, Wiley Publications, 2012, ISBN : 978-0-470-91204-1
3. Introduction To Computation And Programming Using Python, GUTTAG JOHN V,
PHI,2014, ISBN-13: 978-8120348660
4. Introduction to Computating& Problem Solving Through Python, Jeeva Jose and Sojan
P.Lal, Khanna Publishers, 2015, ISBN-13: 978-9382609810
5. Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, Mark J. Guzdial, PearsonEducation,
2015, ISBN-13: 978-9332556591
6. Fundamentals of Python by Kenneth Lambert, Course Technology, Cengage Learning ,2015
7. Learning Python by Mark Lutz, 5th Edition, O'Reilly Media, 2013
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Credits
PAPER – IV L T P
0 0 2
(Programming Lab-I Python)

Lab – I: Based on Python Programming Language : 50 Marks

PAPER – V Credits
L T P
(Programming Lab-II Oracle) 0 0 2

Lab – II: Practical in Oracle : 25 Marks

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SEMESTER-IV
PAPER – I: DATA STRUCTURES AND FILE PROCESSING
Credits
Time: 3 Hours
L T P
M. Marks: 75
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A

Basic Data Structures: Introduction to elementary Data Organization and operations,

complexity of Algorithms and Time space trade off, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists.

SECTION–B

Trees Binary Trees & Binary Search Trees. Graphs and Algorithms to manipulate them.

Searching Techniques: Linear and Binary Search.

SECTION–C

Sorting Techniques: Bubble Sort, Selection Sort, Insertion Sort, Quick Sort, Merge Sort,
Heap Sort.

SECTION–D

File Organization: Concept of field, record, file, blocking and compaction.

File Organization Techniques: Sequential, indexed, indexed sequential, Direct, Hashing.

Concept of master and transaction files.

Text/References:

1. Data Structure – Seymour Lipschutz, Schaum Outline Series.

2. File Structure & Data Structures by E. Loomis.
3. Data Structures by Trabley & Soreuson.
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SEMESTER-IV

PAPER – II: INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Credits
Time: 3 Hours
L T P
M. Marks: 75
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Fundamental aspects of Information, Capturing of Information, Converting Information to
Computer – readable form, source of Information, on–line Information access and capture.

SECTION–B
What are systems? Information Systems? Categories of Information Systems, Development Life
Cycle of Information system.

SECTION–C
Various types of information systems: Transaction processing systems, office Automation
systems, MIS and decision support system.

SECTION–D
Case studies of the Information System: Accounting Information systems, Inventory control
systems & Marketing systems.

References:

1. “Information Systems” by Mudride & Ross.

2. “Business Information Systems”, Muneesh Kumar.
3. “Information Systems for Managers”, Ashok Arora and A.K. Shaya Bhatia.
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PAPER – III: INTERNET APPLICATIONS

Time: 3 Hours Credits
M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Introduction: About internet and its working, business use of internet, services offered by
internet, Evolution of internet, internet service provider (ISP), windows environment for dial up
networking (connecting to internet), internet addressing (DNS) and IP addresses).

E–Mail Basic Introduction: Advantage and disadvantage, structure of an e–mail message,

working of e–mail (sending and receiving messages), managing e–mail (creating new folder,
deleting messages, forwarding messages, filtering messages).

SECTION–B
Internet Protocol: Introduction, file transfer protocol (FTP), Gopher, Telnet, other protocols like
HTTP and TCPIP.

WWW: Introduction, working of WWW, Web browsing (opening, viewing, saving and printing
a web page and bookmark), web designing using HTML, DHTML with programming
techniques.

SECTION–C
Search Engine: About search engine, component of search engine, working of search engine,
difference between search engine and web directory.

SECTION–D
Intranet and Extranet: Introduction, application of intranet, business value of intranet, working
of intranet, role of extranet, working of extranet, difference between intranet and extranet.

References:

1. “Understanding The Internet”, Kieth Sutherland, Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st Edition

(October 31, 2000).
2. “Internet Technologies”, S. K. Bansal, APH Publishing Corporation (April 1, 2002).
3. “Data Communications and Networking”, Behrouz A. Forouzan, 3 rd Edition.
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PAPER – IV: SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Time: 3 Hours Credits

M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Introduction to System Software
Introduction to System Software and its components
Translators, loaders, interpreters, compiler, assemblers

SECTION–B
Assemblers:
Overview of assembly process, design of one pass and two assemblers

Macroprocessors:
Macro definition and expansion, conditional macro expansion, Recursive macro expansion

SECTION–C
Compilers:
Phases of Compilation Process, Lexical Analysis, Parsing, Storage Management Optimization
Incremental Compilers, Cross Compilers.
SECTION–D
Loaders and Linkage Editors:
Basic loader functions. Relocation, program linking, linkage, editors, dynamic linking, Bootstrap
loaders

References:
1. Leland L. Beck: System Software, An Introduction to System Programming, Addison
Wesley.
2. D.M. Dhamdhere: Introduction to System Software, Tata McGraw Hill.
3. D.M. Dhamdhere: System Software and Operating System, Tata McGraw Hill, 1992.
4. Madrich, Stuarte: Operating Systems, McGraw Hill, 1974.
5. Stern Nancy Assembler Language Programming for IBM and IBM Compatible
Computers, John Wiley, 1991.
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PAPER –V : LAB - I
Credits
Time: 3 Hours L T P
M. Marks: 50 0 0 2

Lab – Data Structure implementation using C++

PAPER –VI: LAB - II

Time: 3 Hours Credits

M. Marks: 50 L T P
0 0 2
Lab – Web Designing and use of Internet
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PAPER VII
ESL-221: Environmental Studies (Compulsory Paper) L T P
2 0 0

Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100

Exam Pattern: End Semester Examination- 75 marks

Project Report/Field Study- 25 marks [based on submitted report]
Total Marks- 100

Instructions for the Paper Setters:-75 marks

Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

Project Report / Internal Assessment:

Field work – 25 marks [Field work equal to 5 lecture hours]

The candidate will submit a hand written field work report showing photographs, sketches,
observations, perspective of any topic related to Environment or Ecosystem. The exhaustive list
for project report/area of study are given just for reference:

1. Visit to a local area to document environmental assets: River / Forest/ Grassland / Hill /
Mountain / Water body / Pond / Lake / Solid Waste Disposal / Water Treatment Plant /
Wastewater Treatment Facility etc.
2. Visit to a local polluted site – Urban / Rural / Industrial / Agricultural
3. Study of common plants, insects, birds
4. Study of tree in your areas with their botanical names and soil types
5. Study of birds and their nesting habits
6. Study of local pond in terms of wastewater inflow and water quality
7. Study of industrial units in your area. Name of industry, type of industry, Size (Large,
Medium or small scale)
8. Study of common disease in the village and basic data from community health centre
9. Adopt any five young plants and photograph its growth
10. Analyze the Total dissolved solids of ground water samples in your area.
11. Study of Particulate Matter (PM2.5 or PM10) data from Sameer website. Download from
Play store.
12. Perspective on any field on Environmental Studies with secondary data taken from
Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Board, State Science &
Technology Council etc.
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SECTION A
1. The multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies
Definition, scope and importance, Need for public awareness

2. Natural Resources: Renewable and non-renewable resources:

Natural resources and associated problems.
(a) Forest resources: Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, case studies. Timber extraction,
mining, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.
(b) Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought,
conflicts over water, dams-benefits and problems.
(c) Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using
mineral resources, case studies.
(d) Food resources: World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and overgrazing,
effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water logging, salinity, case
studies.
(e) Energy resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy sources, use
of alternate energy sources, case studies.
(f) Land resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, man induced landslides, soil erosion
and desertification.
 Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources.
 Equitable use of resources for sustainable lifestyles.
SECTION B
3. Ecosystems
 Concept of an ecosystem
 Structure and function of an ecosystem
 Producers, consumers and decomposers
 Energy flow in the ecosystem
 Ecological succession
 Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids
 Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the following
ecosystem: Forest ecosystem, Grassland ecosystem, Desert ecosystem, Aquatic
ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, ocean estuaries)

4. Biodiversity and its conservation

 Introduction – Definition: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity
 Biogeographical classification of India
 Value of biodiversity: consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical aesthetic and
option values
 Biodiversity at global, national and local levels
 India as a mega-diversity nation
 Hot-spots of biodiversity
 Threats to biodiversity: habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man wildlife conflicts
 Endangered and endemic species of India
 Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity
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SECTION C
5. Environnemental Pollution
Définition
 Causes, effects and control measures of Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution,
Marine pollution, Noise pollution, Thermal pollution, Nuclear pollution
 Solid waste management: Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial
wastes.
 Role of an individual in prevention of pollution
 Pollution case studies
 Disaster management: floods, earthquake, cyclone and landslides

6. Social Issues and the Environment

 From unsustainable to sustainable development
 Urban problems and related to energy
 Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed management
 Resettlement and rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns. Case studies.
 Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions
 Climate change, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and
holocaust. Case studies.
 Wasteland reclamation
 Consumerism and waste products
 Environmental Protection Act, 1986
 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
 Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974
 Wildlife Protection Act
 Forest Conservation Act
 Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation
 Public awareness
SECTION D
7. Human Population and the Environment
 Population growth, variation among nations
 Population explosion – Family Welfare Programmes
 Environment and human health
 Human Rights
 Value Education
 HIV / AIDS
 Women and Child Welfare
 Role of Information Technology in Environment and Human Health
 Case Studies
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Field Work
 Visit to a local area to document environmental assets river/forest/ grassland/ hill/
mountain
 Visit to a local polluted site – Urban / Rural / Industrial / Agricultural
 Study of common plants, insects, birds
 Study of simple ecosystems-pond, river, hill slopes, etc

Field work comprises of 5 hours of field work / visit/ assignment to be submitted by each
candidate to the Teacher in-charge for evaluation latest by 1st week of before the commencement
of theory exam.
ADVISORY FOR PUSHPAGUJRAL SCIENCE CITY, KAPURTHALA :

The Under Graduate students studying Environmental Studies (Compulsory Paper for All UG
College Courses) may be taken to Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala in lieu of Field study
report of 25 marks.
Although students will submit a hand written reports with pictures/ graphs/ tables related to
biodiversity, ecology, health, biotechnology, energy, water etc. in about 10 pages to the teacher
in-charge.
Above advisory is issued to promote scientific temperament in undergraduate classes and is
optional. Further, the report will only be considered if there will be a minimum strength of 25
students along with deputed teacher by the college.

References:
1. Bharucha, E. 2005. Textbook of Environmental Studies, Universities Press, Hyderabad.
2. Down to Earth, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.
3. Heywood, V.H. &Waston, R.T. 1995. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge
House, Delhi.
4. Joseph, K. &Nagendran, R. 2004. Essentials of Environmental Studies, Pearson
Education (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Delhi.
5. Kaushik, A. & Kaushik, C.P. 2004. Perspective in Environmental Studies, New Age
International (P) Ltd, New Delhi.
6. Rajagopalan, R. 2011. Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure. Oxford University
Press, New Delhi.
7. Sharma, J. P., Sharma. N.K. &Yadav, N.S. 2005. Comprehensive Environmental Studies,
Laxmi Publications, New Delhi.
8. Sharma, P. D. 2009. Ecology and Environment, Rastogi Publications, Meerut.
9. State of India’s Environment 2018 by Centre for Sciences and Environment, New Delhi
10. Subramanian, V. 2002. A Text Book in Environmental Sciences, Narosa Publishing
House, New Delhi.
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Syllabus for the Batch from Year 2023 To 2026

SEMESTER-V
PAPER – I: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Time: 3 Hours Credits
M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
SECTION–A
Introduction to Software: Definition, Software characteristics, Software components, Software
Applications.
Introduction to Software Engineering: Definition, Software Engineering Paradigms, waterfall
method, prototyping, interactive Enhancement, The Spiral model, Fourth Generation Technique.
Software Metrics: Role of Metrics and measurement, Metrics for software productivity and
quality, Measurement software, size–oriented metrics, function oriented metrics, Metrics for
software quality.
SECTION–B
Software Requirement Specification (SRS): Problem analysis, structuring information, Data
flow diagram and data dictionary, structured analysis, Characteristics and component of (SRS).
Planning a Software Project: Cost estimation, uncertainties in cost estimation, Single variable
model, COCOMO model, On software size estimation, Project scheduling and milestones,
Software & Personal Planning, Rayleigh curve, Personal Plan, Quality Assurance Plan,
Verification & Validation (V & V), inspection & review.
System Design: Design Objectives, Design Principles, problem, Partitioning, Abstraction, Top
Down and Bottom–up techniques.
SECTION–C
Coding: Coding by Top–down and Bottom–up, Structured Programming, Information Hiding,
Programming style, Internal Documentation.
Testing: Level of testing, Test cases and test criteria, Functional Testing, Structural Testing.
SECTION–D
System Maintenance: Types of Maintenance, Corrective and Preventive Maintenance.

References:
1. Software Engineering, Roger S. Pressman.
2. Integrated Approach to Software Engineering, Pankaj Jalote.
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SEMESTER-V

PAPER II : WEB TECHNOLOGIES

Time: 3 Hrs. Credits
M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.
SECTION–A
Introduction to websites, Static vs dynamic websites, server side and client side scripting
HTML 5 : Introduction , Structure of a web page , HTML Elements, HTML attributes, Basic
Text Formatting tags, Comments, Links, Lists, Image, Style, Forms, Table, Media, Classes,
iframes.
CSS3 : Introduction , stylesheets , selectors , styling – backgrounds, texts , fonts , links , lists ,
tables , Box model JAVASCRIPT: Introduction, datatypes, variables, comments ,Operators,
functions and events, basics of JQuery and AJAX
SECTION–B
Introduction to PHP, basics, Data types, variables, comments, control statements, functions, PHP
with web design, working with files, uploading a file, sessions, cookies, error handling , database
connectivity with mysql .
SECTION–C
HOSTING : Overview of Domain , Hosting , SSL Certificates and steps to host a website online.
Introduction to Emerging Web Technologies: Introduction to Chatbot, Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning basics used in websites.
SECTION–D
EMERGING WEB TECHNOLOGIES: Basics of Internet Of Things (IOT) used in Websites,
Basics of BlockChain Technology in Websites, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality and
Basics of Single page applications websites using Angular.

References:
1. Chris Bates, “Web Programming- Building Internet Applications”, Wiley India, 2006.
2. David William Baron, The World of Scripting Languages.
3. Programming PHP Rasmus Leadoff and Levin Tatroe O”’ Reilly Publication.
4. Steven Holzner Php: The Complete Reference 1st Edition McGraw Hill Publication.
5. Achyut S Godbole and Atul Kahate, “Web Technologies”, Tata McGraw Hill.
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SEMESTER-V
PAPER – III : OPERATING SYSTEM

Time: 3 Hours Credits

M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Introduction: Definition, Early Systems, Simple Batch system, Multi programmed Batch. Time
Sharing Systems, Personal Computer System, Parallel Systems, Distributed Systems, Real–time
Systems.
Processes: Process concepts, Process Scheduling, Threads.
CPU–Scheduling: Basic concepts, Scheduling Criteria, Scheduling Algorithms, Algorithm
Evaluation.
SECTION–B
Process Synchronization: Critical – section problem, semaphores, classical problem of
synchronization.
Memory Management: Background, Logical v/s Physical address space, swapping, continuous
allocation, paging, segmentation.
SECTION- C
Virtual Memory: Background, demand paging, performance of demand paging, page
replacement, page replacement algorithms, thrashing.
Secondary Storage Structures: Disk structures, Disk scheduling, Disk Reliability.

SECTION–D
Deadlocks: System Model, Deadlock characterization, methods for handing deadlocks,
Deadlocks Prevention, Deadlock avoidance, Deadlock detection, Recovery from deadlock,
combined approach to deadlock handling.

References:

1. Operating System Concepts, Fourth Edition by Silberschatz Galvin Addison Wesley.

2. Operating Systems, A Design Oriented Approach” by Crowley, Published by Tata McGraw Hill.
3. Operating Systems, Second Edition by Dietel, Addison Wesley.
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SEMESTER-V
PAPER – IV : JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Time: 3 Hours Credits

Max. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
JAVA BASICS: Introduction to Java, Features of Java, Structure of a Java Program, primitive
data types, keywords, Identifiers, literals, operators and comments.
OOPS: Object Oriented concepts Advantage of OOPs, Objects and Classes,
Strings: Declaring a string, Immutable string, string comparison, concatenation, substring, string
tokenizer.

SECTION–B
Inheritance: what is inheritance, types of inheritance, static import, Method overloading,
method overriding, Runtime polymorphism, super keyword, final keyword
Interfaces: Abstract classes, declaring an interface, relationship between classes and interface,
interface inheritance, implementing multiple inheritance using interface
Packages: what are packages, advantages of using packages, accessing package from another
package, subpackaging, running packages by setting path and classpath.

SECTION–C
Exception Handling: what is exception handling, checked and unchecked exceptions, try-catch,
try-multiple catch, try – finally, throw and throws
Multithreading: What is a thread, life cycle of a thread, creating a thread ,sleeping a thread ,
joining a thread , thread priority.

SECTION–D
Input/Output: File input stream, File output stream, Buffered output stream, Buffered input
stream.
Database connectivity: JDBC, JDBC drivers, steps to connect to the database, connectivity with
MYsql
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References:

1. “Java–The Complete Reference”, Hurbert Schildt, Tata MacGraw Hill.

2. “Introduction to Java Programming”, Y. Daniel Mliang, Pearsons Publications.
3. “Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSS”, Jon Duckett,
John Wiley & Sons, 06 Aug. 2004.
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SEMESTER-V
Credits
PAPER–V L T P
0 0 2

Time: 3 Hours Marks: 50

Lab : Lab based on JAVA Programming Language

Credits
L T P
PAPER–VI 0 0 2
Time: 3 Hours Marks: 50

Lab based on Website Designing using HTML, JAVA Script

and PHP
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SEMESTER-VI
PAPER – I : COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Credits
Time: 3 Hours
Total Marks: 75
L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters:-
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section. The students can use only Non–programmable &
Non–storage type calculator.

SECTION–A
Overview of Graphics system: Computer Graphics and their applications.
Display Devices: CRT Monitors (Random – Scan and Raster Scan, DVST, Plasma – Panel
Display, LED and LCD Monitors.

SECTION–B
Elementary Drawing: Points and various line drawing Algorithms and their comparisons.
Circle generating algorithms, Algorithms for ellipse, arc and spiral
Two Dimensional Transformations: Basic Transformations, Scaling, Translation, Rotation,
Reflection, Shear, Matrix representation of Basic transformations and homogenous coordinates.

SECTION–C
Composite Transformations: Windowing and clipping. Windowing concepts, clipping and its
algorithms. Window–to–view port transformations.

SECTION–D
Three Dimensional concepts. 3 D Coordinate Systems. 3D transformations. translation, scaling,
rotation, projections, parallel projections. Perspective projection.

References:

1. Computer Graphics by Donal Hearn M. Pardive Baker (PHI) Easter Economy Edition.
2. Computer Graphics by Roy A. Plastock and Gordon Kalley – Schaum’s Series.
3. Computer Graphics by Marc Berger.
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SEMESTER-VI
PAPER – II : COMPUTER NETWORKS
Time: 3 Hours Credits
M. Marks: 75 L T P
3 1 0
Instructions for the Paper Setters: -
Eight questions of equal marks (Specified in the syllabus) are to be set, two in each of the four
Sections (A-D). Questions may be subdivided into parts (not exceeding four). Candidates are
required to attempt five questions, selecting at least one question from each Section. The fifth
question may be attempted from any Section.

SECTION–A
Introduction: Network Definition, Basic Components of a Network, Network types and
topologies, Uses of Computer Networks.
Transmission Media: Coaxial cable, twisted pair cable, fiber optics & satellites. OSI reference
model, TCP/IP reference model, comparison of OSI and TCP reference model.

SECTION–B
Introduction to Analog and Digital Transmission: Telephone system, Modems, Types of
modems, pulse code modulation.
Transmission & Switching: Multiplexing, circuit switching, packet switching, hybrid
switching.

SECTION–C
Local Area Network Protocols: CSMA Protocols, IEEE standards 802, Token Bus, Token
Ring.
Data Link Layer Design Issues: Services provided to Network layer, Framing, error control,
flow control, link management. Error detection & correction, Elementary Datalink Protocols.
Design Issues of Network Layer: Services provided to transport layer, routing, connection,
internet & World Wide Web.

SECTION–D
Network Security and Privacy: Brief Introduction to Cryptography.
Network Services: File transfer, Access & Management, Electronic Mail, Remote login

References:
1. Tannanbum, A.S.: Computer Networks, Prentice Hall, 1992, 3rd Edition.
2. Stallings, William: Local Networks: An Introduction: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Stallings, William: Data Computer Communication, Macmillan Publishing Co.
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SEMESTER-VI
PAPER – III : Programming Laboratory Credits
L T P
0 0 2

Time: 3 Hours Marks: 50

Lab: Implementation of Applications of Computer Graphics in C++/C

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SEMESTER-VI
PAPER – IV : PROJECT
Credits
Max. Marks: 300 L T P
0 0 12
General Instructions:

1. A software module based on the work done in the entire course is to be developed.
2. The soft copy of the module shall be submitted to the College/Institute till April 30 of the
respective semester.
3. The software module shall be developed in groups, consisting of at most two students in a
group.
4. The respective college shall depute guide(s)/supervisor(s) under whose supervision the
software module shall be developed. The guide/supervisor shall clarify that the work
done is original & authenticated. The certificate found to be incorrect at any stage shall
attract the proceedings against all the stakeholders, as per the University rules.
5. The evaluation of the module shall be done as per the common ordinance of UG/PG
w.e.f. 2023-24 under semester system.