NIMCET is a Common Entrance Test for admissio to MCA in National Institutes of Technology (NITs). 11 NITs in India are offering MCA courses. NITs are famous for technical courses such as B.Tech., M.Tech. etc. MCA also has demand at NITs as the institutes provide quality training and placements. NIMCET is a single window exam for all NITs that are offering MCA. Following are details cut offs of NIMCET, useful books for NIMCET and number of MCA seats available in various NITs:
NIMCET Cut Offs: The NIMCET exam consists of 120 questions. Each question carries 4 marks. Hence the total marks for the NIMCET question paper is 480. Based on the previous admissions at NITs, it is estimated that a score of 300- 350 shall get a seat in comparatively good NIT. With the increase of total number MCA seats in NITs in recent times to more than 800, even a score of around 280-300 may also fetch a seat. But remember that cut offs also varies based on the difficulty level of the NIMCET question paper.
List of useful books for NIMCET
1. Bookhives MCA
2. Logic: Dr. Vatsayana
3. Test of Reasoning: R.S. Agarwal
4. Magical Book on Quicker Maths: M. Tyra
5. General Intelligence Tests: S.L. Gulati
6. Objective Arithmetic: R.S. Agarwal OR S.L. Gulati
7. Intermediate English Gramar: Raymond Murfi
8. ABC of Common Error: Mac Millan Publishers
9. Word Power Made Easy: Norman Lewis
Number of MCA seats in NITs:
1. NIT Agarthala : 20 seats (www.nitagartala.in)
2. NIT Allahabad : 93 seats (www.mnnit.ac.in)
3. NIT Bhopal : 92 seats (www.manit.ac.in)
4. NIT Calicut : 46 seats (www.nitc.ac.in)
5. NIT Durgapur : 71 seats (www.nitdgp.ac.in)
6. NIT Jamshedpur : 92 seats (www.nitjsr.ac.in)
7. NIT Kurukshetra : 92 seats (www.nitkkr.ac.in)
8. NIT Raipur : 92 seats (www.nitrr.ac.in)
9. NIT Suratkal : 92 seats (www.nitk.ac.in)
10. NIT Tiruchirapally : 46 seats (www.nitt.edu)
11. NIT Waranga : l46 seats (www.nitw.ac.in)