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Preparing for GATE can be as easy as preparing for your college examinations. Just take little cautions while studying any topic and do remember that GATE paper focus on your in depth knowledge of subject, your basics, presence of mind during examination etc.
I will recommend following while preparing for your GATE exams people may differ as this is my personnel opinion :
1. Always follow standard books for GATE. Try to cover complete syllabus. If not possible expertise in what ever portion of syllabus you practice.
2. Try preparing notes after reading every chapter/topic. This may initially take some time but will help you while revising before paper. Click here for expert tips to prepare notes for GATE.
3. While reading any chapter/topic do ask your self following questions "What", "How", and "Why" and see improvement
4. Best way to prepare is to follow cycle Learn, Test, Analyze, Improve, Learn, Test, Analyze, Improve
5. Do remember that GATE is completely objective question based test. Most of time solving objective questions is tricky. Learn tips to solve GATE objective questions from GATE Tutor .
6. In case of doubts do ask some expert or use forums to discuss questions.
7. Dont worry if your percentage in university exams is low as GATE admissions do not consider them. Just maintain minimum percentage required by many colleges including IITs. Look at GATE Cutoff and eligibility section to know eligibility and cut off of various colleges.
8. Group study is one of the best ways of preparation. Divide sections/topics between you and your partner and have a brief session on topic from your friend before you actually start topic. This will save your time and efforts and will improve your and your partners understanding on the topic.
9. Normally coaching GATE is not required but if you are not able to concentrate much then this is a good option.
Recommended Books for GATE/Articles
Articles
Design of Helical Spring by Prof S.S. Chauhan Mathematical Induction Tutorial by GATE Tutor
GATE Computer Science Books
Mathematical Logic: Discrete Mathematics by Tremblay Manohar, Probability , statistics and queuing theory " by S.C.Gupta & V.K.Kapoor
Graph Theory: Narsingh Deo
Linear Algebra: Higher Engineering Mathematics by B.S. Grewal
Numerical Methods: S.S. Sastry
Formal Language and Automata Theory: Formal Languages and Automata theory " , J.D.Ullman etal
Analysis of Algorithms and Computational Complexity: Introduction to algorithms " - Cormen etal, " Computer Algorithms " - Horowitz and Sahani
Digital Logic: " Digital Logic circuits and Design " by Morris Mano
Computer Organization: " Computer Organisation " by Morris Mano
Some Other Important books
" Multiple choice questions " - Timothy . J . Williams , TMH publications
" Gate Question Papers " - G.K.Publishers
Objective Solving Tricks by GATE Tutor([email protected])
Most of time students complain that they couldnt complete their objective paper; they were struck in one or another problem and wasted a lot of time. Some says that their guess went wrong and marks were deducted due to negative marking, some could not read paper completely and missed some easy questions etc etc.
Ill like to stress that objective paper solving is different from subjective paper. You dont need to study extra for objective questions but practice little bit.
Your guess in solving objective can bring you in difficulty but some intelligent/educated guess can add valuable marks to your score. Most of time objective questions have some hint in the form of multiple choices for the question. Following can be used as guidelines for solving objective paper:
General Tips
Keep the structure of GATE in mind(20 Quest 1 Mark each, 55 Quest. 2 Marks each, 10 Linked Questions with 2 mark each).
Plan your time. Allow more time for high point value questions; reserve time at the end to review your work, and for emergencies. Ill suggest following sequence, but you can keep as per your choice: 2 Marks question, Linked questions and then single mark questions.
Look the whole test over, skimming the quesitons and developing a general plan for your work. If any immediate thoughts come to you, jot them down in the margin
Start with the section of the test that will yield the most points, but begin working with the easiest questions to gain time for the more difficult ones and to warm up.
Work quickly, check your timing regularly, and adjust your speed when necessary.
Avoid reading into the questions. When you find yourself thinking along the lines of "this is too easy; there must be a trick..." mark the question and move on to another. Interpret questions literally.
Mark key words in every question. To help find the key words, ask yourself WHAT, WHO, WHERE, WHEN, and HOW? Multiple Choice Specific Tips
Remember in GATE each question will have four choices for the answer, only one is correct and wrong answer carry 25% negative marks
Read the question (without reading choices) very carefully.
Mark important key words and look for special key words like not, but, except , or, nor, always, never, and only . Mark these key words. E.g. Ques The number of leaf nodes in a rooted tree of n(n>0) nodes, with each node having 0 or 3 children is:
Important words to mark in this are, "n>0" and "or"
The number of leaf nodes in a rooted tree of n(n>0) nodes, with each node having 0 or 3 children is:
Many times we miss words like "or" and whole question in changed.
If you can think of answer before reading choices, keep it in mind before reading choices
Compare with choices and select the best suited answer.
Most of times choices are made to confuse. If there are two or more options that could be the correct answer, compare them to each other to determine the differences between them.
If there is an encompassing answer choice, for example "all of the above", and you are unable to determine that there are at least two correct choices, select the encompassing choice.
Make educated/intelligent guesses - eliminate options any way you can.
Multiple choices can provide direct short cut to get correct answer, especially in numerical problems. For example in the above question
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