Tips to crack
GATE 2017 Exam
GATE (The Graduate Aptitude
Test for Engineering) 2017 Exam is a gateway for qualifying candidates to
secure admission for postgraduate programs in centrally funded Indian
institutions. This year IIT Roorkee is organizing institute for GATE Exam.
GATE is highly
competitive entrance exam where lakhs of candidates appear for examination to
crack the exam and hence it requires good tips for GATE preparation.
Here is a list of tips that
you must go through to ace your GATE exam.
1.
Know the Exam pattern :
·
The GATE
Exam is a single paper online examination of three
hours, with 65 questions carrying a total of 100
marks.
·
The question
paper will consist of both multiple choice questions and numerical
answer type questions.
2.
Follow the GATE Syllabus :
·
During your
preparation, aim to complete the given syllabus rather than studying out of
syllabus topics.
·
Since there are
many subjects included in the syllabus, it is important that you should make a
particular study plan to prepare each and every topic of
syllabus.
3.
Read standard text books :
·
Prepare at least
one standard text book for each subject in GATE syllabus.
·
Reading one book
may not cover complete syllabus. In such a scenario you must ensure that
you are not relying on these text books completely. To avoid this, it is
a good practice to actively engage yourself through online platforms that
provide resource material for your practice.
4.
Understand fundamentals and Practice quizzes:
·
Initially focus
on understanding the concepts and later focus on mastering each topic
through the practice tests.
·
For this
purpose, you must aim at solving as many problems/quizzes as
in your capacity on a routinely basis, and keep a constant check on
your preparation level.
·
Preparation
depends on many factors such as individual’s aptitude, fundamentals,
understanding level etc., typically, a rigorous preparation of 4 to 6
months is considered well enough for getting into IISc or IITs.
·
A topic by topic
studying plan will help you understand each topic extensively, with enough practice.
·
Once you have
considerably gone ahead with your preparation, you can start reading all the
chapters again and prepare short notes for all important
topics.
·
These short
notes can help you to recall entire preparation and useful for yourlast-minute
revision.
7.
Recall all concepts and methods :
·
After the
preparation of complete syllabus, spend one month before the exam to recall all
concepts, formulas, methods and examples.
·
Remember the
definitions, important points and formulas during the revision.
·
Always remember
to get your basic concepts clear, it will help you to crack even tough
questions.
8.
Test your Reading, Understanding and Solving skills :
·
In order to
maximize your chances to get a good performance score, you need to minimize the
time you spend during reading, understanding and solving for each
question in the exam.
·
Many of GATE
questions can be answered with reading and understanding. So final goal is to
improve your time to solve each question.
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