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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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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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
