MCA

Hi Bareen!
You can find the syllabus and pattern of the JMI entrance exam for MCA by referring to this link https://www.shiksha.com/university/jamia-millia-islamia/exams/jamia-millia-islamia-entrance-exam/pattern?course=1171.

Lateral means direct admission in 2nd year.

For the course or for the entrance exam?

You can consider following colleges:
1: University of Pune (Pune, Maharashtra)
2: Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi)
3: University of Hyderabad (Gachibowli, Hyderabad)
4: NITs
5: Birla Institute of Technology (Jaipur, Rajasthan)
6: NIT (Bangalore, Karnataka)
7: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)
8: PSG College of Technology (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)
9: Banaras Hindu University
10: DU
11: Jamia Millia Islamia

Ranking in PGCET for MCA in NIE Mysore for 2017 is as follows
MCA (Lateral) General-314
MCA (Lateral) 3B General-330
MCA (Lateral) 1 General-743
MCA (Lateral) 2A General-793
MCA (Lateral)SC General-985
MCA General-1423
MCA Non Karnataka Seat-1627
M. CA 3B General-1638
MCA 2A General-1921
MCA 3A General-1977
MCA General Merit Hyderabad-2109
MCA 1 General-2691
MCA SC General-2793.

No, the eligibility for MCA is any graduate who has passed or appearing for the final year degree examination in any discipline (science, commerce, arts or engineering from any approved university) is eligible to apply. Candidates must have mathematics as a subject in their 10+2 course or any one year of graduation.

Candidates will be intimated about the selection status (Selected / Wait Listed / Not Selected) through the application status link on the university website. The selection results will be declared as mentioned in the important dates link.