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Module outline

  1. Section A | English: Vocabulary, Comprehension / Reading Comprehension / Unseen Passages (Critical Reasoning) (Paragraph Questions), Preposition, Sentence Correction (Error Correction), Sentence Completion (Fill in the blanks), Articles, Sentence Re-arrangements (Para Jumbles) (Narrative Sequencing), Verbal Analogy (Word Based Analogy)
  2. Section A | Quant Aptitude: Ratio and Proportion (Ratios), Mixture and Alligation, Permutation and Combination, Number System, HCF LCM, Sequence and Series (Series), Speed Time and Distance, Arithmetic, Algebra, Powers and Exponents (Surds and Indices), Average, Age Problems, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Partnership, Time and Work, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Mensuration and Geometry, Probability, Pipe and Cistern
  3. Section A | Reasoning: Series (Number and Letter Series) (Numerical Relations and Reasoning), Coding Decoding, Data Sufficiency, Calendar, Clock, Blood Relations, Directions (Direction Test), Seating Arrangements, Ranking, Order and Sequence, Puzzle Solving (Puzzles)
  4. Section B | C Programming: C Programming by Yash Sir, Coding Questions by Yash Sir
  5. Section B | Data Structures: Algorithm Analysis, Greedy Algorithms, Time Complexity Analysis, Sorting Algorithms, Introduction to DS, Array, Stack, Queue, Linked List, Tree, Graphs
  6. Section B | OOP (C++): Object Oriented Programming (OOPS), Programming in C++
  7. Section B | OS: Introduction to OS, Process Management, CPU Scheduling, Process Synchronization, Threads & Process Creation, Deadlock, Memory Management, Virtual Memory, Disc Scheduling, File Management, Windows OS
  8. Section B | Networking: Introduction to CN, Data Communication, DLL: Access Control, DLL: Flow Control, DLL: Error Control, DLL: Framing, Data Link Layer - Ethernet, Net Layer: IPv4 & Proto, Net Layer: IP Addressing, Net Layer:Routing Protocol, Transport Layer Services, TL: Congestion & UDP, Application Layer, Hardware basics
  9. Section B | AI & Big Data Basics: AI & ML by Arun Sir, Big Data Systems
  10. Section C | Digital Electronics: Digital Systems & Boolean Basics, Logic Gates & Hardware, Boolean Expression, Boolean Minimization, Combinational Circuit, Sequential Circuits, Number System, Number Representation, Analog-Digital Conversion
  11. Section A, C | Comp. Fundamentals, COA: Basics of COA, Floating Point Rep, Cache Memory Organization, Input Output Organisation, Pipelining, Instr Formats & Modes, Control Unit Design, Register Transfer and Microoperations, Multiprocessors, Programming the Basic Computer
  12. MOCK TEST:
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The video presents a detailed analysis of whether the Boolean function f(a, b) = a' + b is functionally complete. The instructor begins by testing the function with identical inputs, showing that f(a, a) and f(b, b) both result in a constant logic 1, which initially suggests limitations. However, the core of the lesson involves manipulating the inputs to derive fundamental logic gates. By setting the second input to logic 0, the function simplifies to f(a, 0) = a', successfully generating the NOT operation. Subsequently, the instructor demonstrates how to generate the OR operation by nesting the function, specifically calculating f(f(a, 0), b), which simplifies to a + b. Since the set containing NOT and OR is a known functionally complete set, the instructor concludes that the original function f(a, b) = a' + b is indeed functionally complete.

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    The lecture starts with the question 'f(a, b) = a' + b is functionally complete?'. The instructor writes down test cases f(a, a) = a' + a = 1 and f(b, b) = b' + b = 1, marking them with an X to show they yield constant outputs. He then rewrites the function f(a, b) = a' + b. To prove completeness, he sets b=0, deriving f(a, 0) = a' + 0 = a', which represents the NOT gate. Next, he constructs a nested function f(f(a, 0), b) to find the OR gate. Substituting the previous result, he gets f(a', b) = (a')' + b = a + b. Finally, he confirms that since both NOT and OR are generated, the function is functionally complete.

This lesson illustrates the practical application of functional completeness testing. Instead of memorizing rules, the instructor demonstrates a constructive proof method. By systematically substituting constants (0 and 1) and variables into the function, he successfully isolated the NOT and OR operations. This confirms that the implication-like function (a' + b is equivalent to a -> b) can implement any digital circuit, provided constants are available as inputs. The visual step-by-step derivation on the whiteboard reinforces the algebraic manipulation required to solve such problems in digital logic design.

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