Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Computer Fundamentals and Problem SolvingUnit 2: Expressions, Branching and LoopsUnit 3: Arrays, Strings and Basic Algorithms
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: Functions and RecursionUnit 5: Pointers, Structures and File Handling
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 1 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 33 topics
01Unit 1: Computer Fundamentals and Problem Solving
7 topics+
- Components of a computer system: memory, processor, I/O and storage
- Operating system basics
- Number systems and conversion
- Assembler, compiler, interpreter, linker and loader
- Idea of an algorithm: steps to solve logical and numerical problems
- Flowcharts and pseudocode
- From algorithm to program: source code, syntax and logical errors, object and executable code
02Unit 2: Expressions, Branching and Loops
7 topics+
- Data types, constants and variables
- Arithmetic, relational, logical, bitwise and assignment operators
- Operator precedence and associativity, type conversion
- if, if-else, nested if and else-if ladder
- switch statement
- while, do-while and for loops
- break, continue and goto
03Unit 3: Arrays, Strings and Basic Algorithms
6 topics+
- One- and two-dimensional arrays
- Character arrays and strings, string library functions
- Linear and binary search
- Bubble, insertion and selection sort
- Finding roots of equations and notion of order of complexity
- Matrix operations using arrays
04Unit 4: Functions and Recursion
6 topics+
- Function declaration, definition and call
- Parameter passing: call by value and call by reference
- Passing arrays to functions
- Storage classes
- Recursion: factorial, Fibonacci, Ackermann function
- Recursive quick sort and merge sort ideas
05Unit 5: Pointers, Structures and File Handling
7 topics+
- Pointers and pointer arithmetic
- Pointers and arrays, pointers to functions
- Dynamic memory allocation: malloc, calloc, realloc, free
- Structures, arrays of structures and unions
- Enumerations and self-referential structures (linked list idea)
- File handling: fopen, fclose, fprintf, fscanf, fgets, fputs
- Preprocessor directives and macros
About this course
You will be able to
- Describe the components of a computer, number systems and the role of compilers, linkers and loaders
- Write algorithms, flowcharts and pseudocode for simple problems
- Write C programs using operators, expressions, branching and loops
- Use arrays and strings and implement searching and sorting algorithms
- Write modular programs with functions and recursion
- Use pointers, structures, unions, dynamic memory and files in C programs
Who it is for
- B.Tech first-year students (Semester 1) of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics & Communication, Computer Science and Information Technology branches under AKTU
- Beginners with no prior programming experience
- Students who want to clear AKTU theory and prepare for the PPS lab
What you need
- Class 12 Mathematics basics
- Access to a computer with a C compiler (GCC / Code::Blocks / Turbo C) for practice
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which syllabus is followed?
The current AKTU (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow) B.Tech syllabus of Programming for Problem Solving (Semester 1, all branches). If your university or college follows a different syllabus, the centre teaches from your own university syllabus.
Do I need to know programming before joining?
No. The course starts from algorithms and flowcharts and builds up C programming step by step.
Is practical coding included?
Each topic is followed by coding practice; the full experiment list is covered in the Programming for Problem Solving Lab course.
