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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering - GATE 2024 is a national-level engineering entrance examination, a popular test in India which is conducted for engineering students who intends to get admission into master's Degree Course offered by reputed universities and colleges in India. GATE is a highly competitive entrance exam where lakhs of candidates appear for the examination and hence it requires good tips for GATE 2024 preparation. Here is a list of tips that may help you to ace your GATE exam.
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.
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 make a particular study plan to prepare each and every topic of the syllabus.
Read standard textbooks: Prepare at least one standard textbook for each subject in the GATE syllabus. Reading one book may not cover the complete syllabus. In such a scenario you must ensure that you are not relying on these textbooks completely. To avoid this, it is a good practice to actively engage yourself through online platforms that provide resource material for your practice.
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 possible on a regular basis and improve accuracy and performance in each test.
Preparation Time and Strategy: Preparation depends on many individual factors such as aptitude, fundamentals, understanding level etc., Typically, a rigorous preparation from 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.
Make short revision notes: Once you have 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 the entire preparation and are useful for your last-minute revision.
Recall all concepts and methods: After the preparation of the 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.
Test your abilities: In order to maximize your chances of getting a good performance score, you need to minimize the time you spend reading, understanding and solving each question in the exam. Many of the GATE questions can be answered with reading and understanding. So the final goal is to improve your time to solve each question.