How to prepare for GATE ?

               GATE preparing can be easy as preparing for your University Exams. The main thing is you should start early with a quality books [i mean with good subject] and guidance. The main thing is you must remember that GATE paper focus on your in depth knowledge of subject, your basics, presence of mind during examination etc.


Following are the recommendations while preparing for your GATE exams:


              The questions are generally derivations of the fundamentals. First get your fundamentals right, and then test yourself on those fundamentals. When you have done this, you should pit yourself with the competition, which means a mock test which would give you a percentile to let you know where you stand amongst competitors. How do you choose which coaching material to go with. This is something that is quite subjective. A coaching material cannot be assessed until you have gone through it. So, you could go by the word of your seniors[i mean both senior students and your Professors too] as to what coaching material they followed to prepare for GATE. Here are some parameters on which you can decide whether you should go for a particular coaching institute, use a particular coaching material, or tests:


1. Material Collection

• Syllabus: First collect the syllabus from official site. CLICK HERE to view the syllabus.

• Divide the books in two groups - Fundamental and basic concepts  &   Problem oriented

• Some good guide books for GATE

• Previous questions papers 

2. Keep contact with some expert and GATE experienced persons

3. Start from the basics:

• Refer at least 5 books, it will widen your knowledge.
• Note down the probable concepts (definitions, unit, dimension etc.)
• Note down necessary theories, formulae etc
• Solve problems as maximum as possible (from text books, Guide books etc)
• Think about various tricks in solving problems(if necessary, note it)
• Go for series of self tests based on this chapter(take other’s help to conduct tests)
• Continue the self tests until getting a very good score

4. Solve more and more problems, discover more and more new tricks… Most probably senior faculty helps in this point of view.

5. Follow the same procedure for the rest chapters

6. Finally, go for self tests based on whole syllabus (take other’s help to conduct these tests)

WHEN SHOULD I START PREPARATION FOR GATE?

              Seniors recommend to start your GATE preparations right from the second year of your engineering. Buy good books and study materials for GATE. Collect previous Question Papers, Mock test papers and solve them. This not only helps to excel in your University Exams, but also help you to grasp fast and digesting the concepts. The main thing you should revise always else, every effort become worthless with out revising and self check.

 

HOW GATE IS HELPFUL FOR RESEARCH?

           Admission to post graduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarship/assistantship at engineering colleges/institutes in the country are open to those who qualify through GATE. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy or Master degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications are eligible for Master/Doctoral programmes in Engineering/ Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science. Some institutions specify GATE as the mandatory qualification even for admission of self-financing students to postgraduate programmes. GATE qualified candidates in Engineering disciplines are also eligible for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories. Some government organizations prescribe GATE qualification as a requirement for applying to the post of a Scientist/Engineer.

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