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GATE - 2024

Attended GATE CSE Examination 2024 & secured a total of 50.4/100 marks in first attempt.

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Roadmap For GATE

  • Correct Mindset

    Every hour you spent preparing is an investment in your future success. Stay focused, stay motivated, and remember that every small step in right direction brings you closer to achieving your dreams.

  • Understand gate Pattern

    Number of Gate Papers 30 Subjects
    Duration of Gate Exam 180 minutes (3 hours)
    Divisions in Gate Paper
    • Paper 1: General Aptitude (GA)
    • Paper 2: Student Selected Subject
    Total No. of Questions

    Total Marks: 65

    • General Aptitude: 10 Q.
    • Selected Subjects: 55 Q.
    Types of Questions in the GATE Exam
    • MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)
    • MSQ (Multiple Select Questions)
    • NAT (Numerical Answer Type)
    Distribution of marks for CS

    Total Marks: 100 Mark

    • General Aptitude = 15 marks
    • Engineering Math = 13 marks
    • Subject Questions = 72 marks
    Marking System Questions Carry1 marksor2 marks.
    Negative Marking in the GATE 2025
    • For 1-mark MCQs,1/3 markswill be deducted for an incorrect answer.
    • For 2-mark MCQs,2/3 markswill be deducted for an incorrect answer.
    • There isno negative markingfor wrong answers to MSQ or NAT Questions.
  • know your subjects & syllabus

    Make your Plan & Timetable on the basis of syllabus. Don't study extra, work smart. Below you will find well researched topics & resources on each Subjects.

  • watch > learn > write

    Watch a lecture, learn from it & write your notes to remember it. Read book for reference while making notes. By this way, you have studied 1 subject thrice in structured way.

  • PRACTICE

    Keep practicing questions & solve problems reularly. Revise notes periodically once in a while.

  • Solve pyqs & test series

    Buy dedicated MADE EASY premium test series for GATE CSE & PYQs here.

ORDER OF STUDY

Subjects for GATE(CSE)

# SUBJECT BOOK
1 Discrete Mathematics Discrete Mathematics & it's Applicationsby Kenneth H Rosen
2 Digital Logic Digital Logic & Computer Designby Morris M Mano
3 C Programming The C Programming Languageby Dennis M. Ritchie
4 Data Structures Data Structures & Algorithms Made Easyby Narasimha Karumanchi
5 Algorithms Design and Analysis Introduction to Algorithmsby CLRS
6 Theory of Computation Introduction to the Theory of Computationby Michael Sipser
7 Compiler Design Compilersby Aho & Ullman
8 Operating System Operating System Conceptsby Galvin Gagne
9 Computer Organization & Architecture Computer Organizationby Carl Hamacher
10 Database Management System Database System Conceptsby Henry F Korth
11 Computer Networks Computer Networks A Top-Down Approachby Forouzan
12 Engineering Mathematics Engineering Mathematics for GATEby Made Easy
13 Aptitude & Reasoning Reasoning & Aptitude for GATEby Made Easy
Discrete Mathematics

✓ Important Topics

  • Mathematical Logic
    • Propositional &
    • First Order Logic
  • Set Theory & Algebra
    • Sets
    • Relations
    • Functions
    • Partial Orders
    • Lattices
    • Groups
  • Combinatorics
    • Counting
    • Recurrence Relations
    • Generating Functions
  • Graph Theory
    • Connectivity
    • Matching
    • Graph Coloring

Suggested Book

Discrete mathematics by rosen

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Discrete Mathematics by Prof. Ashish Choudhary IIIT Bangalore

Tips:-

  • Get conceptual clarity from video lectures & make precise notes for Logics and Graph Theory.
  • Solve all the PYQs to find the pattern of questions asked.
  • Practice from the test series.
Digital Logic

✓ Important Topics

  • Boolean Algebra
  • Minimization
    • K-Maps
  • Logic Functions
  • Combinational Circuits
    • Multiplexers
    • Demultiplexers
    • Encoder
    • Decoder
  • Sequential Circuits
    • Flip Flops
    • Finding Modulus of Counters
  • Number Representation
    • Fixed &
    • Floating Point Numbers
    • IEEE Format, Range & Precision

Suggested Book

Digital logic and computer design book by Mano

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Digital Electronics for GATE CSE by Tutorials Point

Tips:-

  • Read book properly especially the starting 5 chapters till Combinational circuits.
  • Solve all the excercises from book.
  • Give high priority to K-Maps as it will construct most of the questions.
C Programming

✓ Important Topics

  • Array
  • List
  • Linked List
  • Strings
  • Functions
  • Pointers & Static Variables
  • Stack
  • Queue
  • Recursion

Suggested Book

c programming book

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C Programming basics by Vishvadeep Gothi Unacademy

Tips:-

  • About 25% of the complete paper is from C Programming & DSA.
  • Visit all PYQs and types of programs available on YouTube to know all variety of questions.
  • Practicing C will help in placements as well so this subject holds more weightage than any.
Data Structures & Algorithms

✓ Important Topics

  • Data Structures
    • Find no. of leaf nodes, non-leaf nodes, total no. of nodes in tree, height of tree, etc.
    • Binary Trees
    • BST
    • Traversals (Preorder, Inorder, Postorder)
    • Spanning Trees & MST
    • AVL Trees & balancing them after insertion and deletion
    • Properties of Heap
    • Deletion & Insertion in Heap
  • Asymptotic Notations
    • Worst Case - TC & SC of given program
  • Algorithms
    • Searching, Sorting & Hashing
    • Dynamic Programming
    • Divide & Conquer
    • Greedy
    • Knapsack, MCM, LCSS, Job Sequence & Compressing mechanism.
  • Basic theory of P-NP problems

Suggested Book

algorithms book by clrs

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Data Structures by Shubham Agarwal Geeksforgeeks

Algorithm & Analysis of Algorithm by Vishvadeep Gothi Unacademy

Tips:-

  • About 25% of the complete paper is from C Programming & DSA.
  • Visit all PYQs and types of programs available on YouTube to know all variety of questions.
  • Practicing DSA will help in placements as well so this subject holds more weightage than any.
Theory of Computation

✓ Important Topics

  • Regular Expressions & Finite Automata
    • Find no. of states in DFA
    • NFA to DFA conversion
    • Closure properties of FA
    • Finding regular expressions
    • Mealy Moore Machine
  • Context Free Grammar & Push Down Automata
    • Simplification of CFG
    • Identification of Languages, Regular Languages, CFL & Pumping Lemma
  • Turing Machines & Undecidability
    • Decidability property
    • Properties of Recursive & Recursive Enumerable Languages
    • Expressive power of languages
  • Basics of NP Completeness

Suggested Book

algorithms book by clrs

Download .pdf

Introduction to Theory of Computation by Neso Academy

Tips:-

  • Read the book and make notes conceptually.
  • Solve Excercises from bookAutomata Theory by Peter Linz.
  • 80% of questions come from Regular Expressions & Finite Automata
Compiler Design

✓ Important Topics

  • Lexical Analysis
    • Errors in Compilers
    • No. of Lexemes
  • Parser
    • Top Down Parser(LL1)
    • Bottom Up Parser(LR0, SLR, CLR1, LALR1)
    • Find FIRST / FOLLOW
  • Syntax Directed Translation
    • Types of SDT
  • Intermediate Code Generation
    • Code Representation(3AC, DAG)
  • Code Optimization
    • Control Flow Graph (Leader)
  • Runtime Environments
    • Activation Records
    • Access Link
    • Control Link
    • Liveness Analysis

Suggested Book

compilers book

Download .pdf

Introduction to Compiler Design by Neso Academy

Tips:-

  • Parsing and all its techniques (atleast one question from this topic LL(1), LR(1), SLR, LALR, CLR)
  • Finding FIRST & FOLLOW
  • Precedence and Associativity of operators
  • Finding value from Expression Tree
  • Practice questions on Ambiguous Grammar
Operating System

✓ Important Topics

  • CPU & IO Scheduling
    • Finding Turn Around Time & Waiting Time
  • Memory Management
    • Numericals on Page table size, logical address, physical address, inverted page table, etc
    • Virtual Memory
  • Synchronization
    • Semaphores
    • Deadlock
    • Banker's Algorithm
  • Basics of
    • System Calls
    • Processes
    • Threads
    • Inter-process Communication
    • Concurrency

Suggested Book

os book by gagne

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Operating Systems by Vishvadeep Gothi Unacademy

Tips:-

  • Practice numericals on various Scheduling policies to find turn around time and waiting time.
  • Focus more on solving PYQs and test series. Use book more for reference that's it.
  • Solve numericals on memory manangement
Computer Organization & Architecture

✓ Important Topics

  • CPU Control Design
    • Machine Instructions
    • Addressing Modes
    • ALU & Data-Path
    • Horizontal & Vertical programming
  • IO Interface
    • Interrupt
    • DMA
    • Write-through & Write-back Protocols
  • Instruction Pipelining
    • Speed Up of Pipeline vs Non Pipeline architectures
    • Pipeline Hazards
  • Cache & Main memory
    • Mapping Techniques
    • Multilevel Cache
    • Ccache Mmemory Organization
    • Secondary Storage
  • Floating Point Arithmetic

Suggested Book

co book by carl

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Computer Organization & Architecture for GATE CSE by Vishvadeep Gothi Unacademy

Tips:-

  • Watch above YouTube video completely
  • Focus more on the following topics : Memory Mapping, Pipelining, Cache Memory, Addressing Modes.
  • Solve all the previous year questions. Solve questions from any test series thay you might have joined and you are good to go.
Database Management System

✓ Important Topics

  • SQL Queries
  • Normalization
    • Find Normal form & Candidate Keys
    • Decomposition of Relation
    • Integrity Constraints
  • Relational Model
    • Relational algebra
    • Tuple Calculus
    • Joins
  • File Structures
    • Indexing
    • B & B+ Trees
    • Transactions
    • Finding View Serializability & Conflict Serializability
    • Recoverable & Cascade Schedule

Suggested Book

dbms book for gate

Download .pdf

DBMS for GATE CSE by Vishvadeep Gothi Unacademy

Tips:-

  • Solve so many questions, just learn quickly and solve problems
  • In B, B + trees, GATE gives theory questions only
  • Functional dependencies topic has so many questions asked in previous years and is one of the easiest topic. So, do not skip it.
Computer Networks

✓ Important Topics

  • Layering concept
    • OSI & TCP
    • IP Headers Protocol Stacks
  • Data Link Layer
    • Framing
    • Flow Control
    • Ethernet Bridging
    • Error Detection
    • Medium access Control
  • Routing protocols
    • Shortest Path
    • Flooding
    • Distance Vector
    • Link State Routing
  • Application layer protocols
    • DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, DHCP, ARP, POP, ICMP, RARP, Email
  • TRANSPORT LAYER
    • Flow Control & Congestion Control
    • UDP, TCP, Sockets
  • basics of packet & circuit

Suggested Book

computer networks book for gate

Download .pdf

Computer Networks by Ravindrababu Ravula

Tips:-

  • CN syllabus is very vast so its very important to go through the syllabus and read only those things which are relevant to gate
  • Focus more on concept than numericals and make notes precisely
  • CN might seem tough but you can do it
Engineering Mathematics

✓ Important Topics

  • probability
    • Random Variables
    • Conditional probability
    • Bayes Theorem
    • Poisson & Binomial Distribution
    • Mean, Median, Mode & Standard Deviation
  • Linear Algebra
    • Matrices
    • Determinants
    • System of Linear Equations
    • Eigen Values & Eigen Vectors
  • calculus
    • Limit
    • Continuity
    • Differentiability
    • Maxima & Minima
    • Mean Value Theorem
    • Integration

Suggested Book

engineering mathematics book for gate

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Engineering Mathematics for GATE CSE by Gate Academy

Tips:-

  • Focus more on Probability, Determinants, Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors, Calculus & Logics.
Aptitude & Reasoning

✓ Important Topics

  • verbal aptitude
    • Basic English Grammar
    • Basic Vocabulary
  • Quantitative aptitude
    • Data Interpretation
    • Numerical Computation & Estimation
    • Mensuration & Geometry
    • Probability
  • analytical aptitude
    • Logic: Deduction & Induction
    • Analogy: Numerical Relations & Reasoning
  • spatial aptitude
    • Transformation of Shapes
    • Paper Folding
    • Patterns in 2D & 3D

Suggested Book

aptitude and Reasoning book for gate

Download .pdf

General Aptitude for GATE by Avinash Sir Unacademy

Tips:-

  • Practice at the End to keep formulas remembered
  • Practice PYQs & practice from Test Series
  • Aptitude is not a subject. It helps in sharpening the brain.
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