Patna High Court Technical Assistant Notification 2026 Out, Check All Details

• Basic concepts of programming, algorithm development, introduction to programming environment, C programming basics, variables, data types, operators, control structures (if, else, switch), functions and parameter passing, arrays and strings, pointers, dynamic memory allocation, file input/output operations.

• Arrays and string operations, string algorithms, linked lists (singly, doubly, circular) and their operations, stack and its applications, queue, deque and priority queue, trees (binary tree, binary search tree), tree traversal techniques, balanced trees (AVL, Red-Black trees), graph representation (adjacency matrix and list), graph traversal (DFS, BFS), minimum spanning tree algorithms.

• World Wide Web and Internet overview, cloud computing concepts and models, advantages and challenges of cloud computing, HTML5 (structure and semantics), CSS3 (design and layout), JavaScript (basics and DOM manipulation), responsive web design, virtualization concepts (hypervisor and containers), virtual machine lifecycle and management, virtualization platforms (ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM), working knowledge of Linux operating system.

• Data transmission (digital and analog), multiplexing techniques, transmission errors and detection, modulation and demodulation, networking devices (hub, switch, modem, router, bridge, repeater, firewall), transmission media (twisted pair, coaxial cable, optical fiber), IP addressing (IPv4, IPv6), subnetting and super netting, routing fundamentals and algorithms (distance vector, link state), routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP), ICMP, multicast routing, QoS and traffic management, networking protocols (DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, Telnet, DHCP, SNMP), Windows/Linux OS installation, dual booting, troubleshooting, device drivers installation, package installation (CLI/GUI), shell scripting.

(Will be the same for the Preliminary Test as well.)

• Computer organization basics, number systems (binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal), data representation (integers, floating point, characters), two’s complement, BCD, logic gates and functions, combinational and sequential circuits, Karnaugh map minimization, CPU architecture (control unit, ALU, registers), instruction set architecture, instruction execution cycle, addressing modes, memory types (RAM, ROM, cache, virtual memory), memory organization, cache memory (mapping, replacement policies), memory interfacing, input-output operations.

• Installation and configuration of hardware devices (PCs, laptops, printers, scanners, mobile devices), troubleshooting techniques, OS installation (Windows/Ubuntu), BIOS, firmware, hard disk, assembling of PC, system troubleshooting, printer installation and testing, UPS installation and maintenance, networking devices (routers, switches), LAN and wireless setup, structured cabling, firewall installation, internet sharing, DBMS concepts, importance of databases, ER model, relational model, relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL queries (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE), WHERE and ORDER BY clause, joins (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT), integrity constraints, normalization (1NF, 2NF, 3NF), indexing (B and B+ trees), transactions and concurrency control, types of databases (Relational, NoSQL, Object-Oriented).