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  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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This short practice-question video analyzes a 4-variable Boolean function using a Karnaugh map. The slide asks for the number of prime implicants (PI), essential prime implicants (EPI), different minimal expressions, and literals in the minimal expression. The instructor identifies eight minterms marked as 1s on the map, writes “8” for PI, and concludes there are zero EPI because every 1 can be covered by multiple overlapping groups. Later frames show handwritten product terms, a red “2” for the number of different minimal expressions, and a red “12” for literals.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 – 2:00 00:00-02:00

    The slide shows “Q Consider the functions given below ?” with four numbered items: Number of PI, Number of EPI, Number of different minimal expression possible, and Number of literals in minimal expression. A 4x4 K-map has column headers ab (a'b' 00, a'b 01, ab 11, ab' 10) and row headers cd (c'd' 00, c'd 01, cd 11, cd' 10), with eight cells containing 1. Around 25s a red circle encloses two stacked 1s in the a'b' column. The instructor then writes “8” beside Number of PI and “0” beside Number of EPI, with a green arrow pointing to the K-map to indicate that no minterm is covered by only one group.

  2. 2:00 – 2:47 02:00-02:47

    The same K-map remains visible, with the eight 1 cells circled in red or green. Handwritten product terms such as b'cd + a'cd appear near the EPI answer, reinforcing that overlapping groups cover all minterms. A red “2” is written beside question 3, Number of different minimal expression possible, and a red “12” appears beside question 4, indicating the total literal count in the minimal expression.

The lesson demonstrates how to extract K-map quantities from a 4-variable map. The key method is grouping all minterms into prime implicants, then checking whether any 1 belongs to only one group. Since every minterm can be covered by more than one overlapping loop, the EPI count is 0. The visible answers are PI = 8, EPI = 0, two different minimal expressions, and 12 literals in the minimal expression. The evidence is limited to sampled screenshots, so the exact grouping steps and product-term list are only partially visible.

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