BCS written syllabus

SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION     
       
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 
(POST RELATED) 
Subject Code: 281 
Total Marks-200 
 
PART-I 
Marks: 100 
Basic Physics  
Basic elements: charge, Coulomb‘s law, electric field, Gauss‘s law, electric potential, magnetic field; 
Faraday‘s law, Maxwell‘s equations, Waves and oscillations, Theory of special relativity, Electromagnetic 
waves, Photoelectric effect, Qu antum theory of light, X -ray and X -ray diffraction, Compton effect; De 
Broglie waves, Phase and group velocity, Wave function and wave equation.  
 
Introduction to Computer Systems  
Introduction to computations; Early history of computing devices; Computers ; Major components of a 
computer; Hardware: processor, memory, I/O devices; Software: Operating system, application software; 
Basic architecture of a computer; Basic Information Technology; The Internet; Number system: binary, 
octal, hexadecimal, binary arithmetic.  
 
Electrical Circuits  
Circuit variables and elements : voltage, current, power, energy, independent and dependent sources, 
resistance; Basic laws of electrical circuits: Ohm‘s law, Kirchoff‘s current law (KCL) and Kirchoff‘s voltage 
law (KVL); Simple resistive circuits: series and parallel circuits, voltage an d current division, source 
transformation; Methods of analysis: nodal and mesh analysis; Circuit theorems: Thevenin‘s, Norton‘s and 
superposition theorems, maximum power transfer and reciprocity theorem; Capacitors and inductors: 
inductors and capacitors, their characteristics, series -parallel combination of inductors and capacitors; RLC 
Transients.  
Series and parallel AC circuits: impedance and phasor diagram, series and parallel networks, voltage divider 
rule, admittance and susceptance; mesh and nodal a nalysis, wye -delta and delta -wye conversions; 
superposition theorem, Thevenin‘s theorem, Norton‘s theorem, maximum power transfer theorem.  
 
Digital Logic Design  
Digital logic: Boolean algebra, De Morgan's Theorems, logic gates and their truth tables, can onical forms, 
combinational logic circuits, minimization techniques; Arithmetic and data handling logic circuits, decoders 
and encoders, multiplexers and demultiplexers; Combinational circuit design; Flip -flops, race around 
problems; Counters: asynchronous  counters, synchronous counters and their applications; PLA design; 
Synchronous and asynchronous logic design; State diagram, Mealy and Moore machines; State 
minimizations and assignments; Pulse mode logic; Fundamental mode design.  
 
Basic Electronics  
Diode circuit: current -voltage characteristics of a diode, DC and AC models, dynamic resistance and 
capacitance, load line, Zener regulator, half wave and full wave rectifier, voltage multiplier, clipper and 
clamper; Bipolar junction transistors: construction and operation, amplifying action, common base, common 
emitter, common collector, load line, different biasing, stability factor, small signal equivalent circuit 
models, BJT as a switch; Single stage amplifier: voltage and current gain, input and output im pedance of a 
common base, common emitter and common collector, h -parameter; Field effect transistor (FET): JFET 
structure, operation and characteristics. MOSFET construction, operation and characteristics.