Operating System (BCS401) AKTU syllabus – unit-wise topics
The complete Operating System syllabus for AKTU, unit by unit. Next to each topic you can see how often it has appeared in past papers, so you know where the marks are.
Unit 1: Introduction to Operating Systems
- OS Functions and Structure – asked 10 times
- Classification of Operating Systems – asked 10 times
- Kernel Types – asked 2 times
Unit 2: Concurrent Processes
- Process Concept and Concurrency – asked 6 times
- Mutual Exclusion – asked 8 times
- Semaphores and Test Set – asked 4 times
- Classical Concurrency Problems – asked 3 times
- Inter Process Communication – asked 3 times
Unit 3: CPU Scheduling and Deadlock
- CPU Scheduling – asked 22 times
- Threads and Management – asked 1 times
- Deadlock – asked 14 times
Unit 4: Memory Management
- Basic Memory Management – asked 9 times
- Paging and Segmentation – asked 7 times
- Virtual Memory – asked 11 times
- Cache Memory
Unit 5: I/O Management and File Systems
- I/O Management – asked 4 times
- Disk Scheduling – asked 11 times
- File System – asked 12 times