How to Prepare for GATE ??????

I’ll recommend following while preparing for your GATE exams people may differ as this is my personnel opinion :

   Always follow standard books for GATE. Try to cover complete syllabus. If not possible expertise in what ever portion of syllabus you practice.
   Try preparing notes after reading every chapter/topic. This may initially take some time but will help you while revising before paper.
   While reading any chapter/topic do ask your self following questions "What", "How", and "Why" and see improvement
   Best way to prepare is to follow cycle Learn, Test, Analyze, Improve, Learn, Test, Analyze, Improve ……
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   Do remember that GATE is completely objective question based test. Most of time solving objective questions is tricky. Learn tips to solve GATE objective questions from GATE Tutor.
   In case of doubts ask some expert or use forums to discuss questions as provided by examcrazy.com
   Don’t worry if your percentage in university exams is low as GATE admissions do not consider them. Just maintain minimum percentage required by many colleges including IIT’s. Look at GATE Cutoff and eligibility section to know eligibility and cut off of various colleges.
   Group study is one of the best ways of preparation. Divide sections/topics between you and your partner and have a brief session on topic from your friend before you actually start topic. This will save your time and efforts and will improve your and your partner’s understanding on the topic.
   Normally coaching GATE is not required but if you are not able to concentrate much then this is a good option. 

General Tips
   Keep the structure of GATE in mind(25 Quest 1 Mark each, 30 Quest. 2 Marks each with 4 common data questions and 4 Linked Questions).
   Plan your time. Allow more time for high point value questions; reserve time at the end to review your work, and for emergencies. I'll suggest following sequence, but you can keep as per your choice: 2 Marks question, Common Data Questions, Linked questions and then single mark questions.
   Look the whole test over, skimming the quesitons and developing a general plan for your work. If any immediate thoughts come to you, jot them down in the margin 
   Start with the section of the test that will yield the most points, but begin working with the easiest questions to gain time for the more difficult ones and to warm up. 
   Work quickly, check your timing regularly, and adjust your speed when necessary.
   Avoid reading into the questions. When you find yourself thinking along the lines of "this is too easy; there must be a trick..." mark the question and move on to another.  Interpret questions literally. 
   Mark key words in every question. To help find the key words, ask yourself WHAT, WHO, WHERE, WHEN, and HOW? 

Multiple Choice Tips - How to attempt
   Remember in GATE each question will have four choices for the answer, only one is correct and wrong answer carry 33% negative marks
   Read the question (without reading choices) very carefully.
   Mark important key words and look for special key words like not, but, except , or, nor, always, never, and only . Mark these key words. E.g. 
Ques The number of leaf nodes in a rooted tree of n(n>0) nodes, with each node having 0 or 3 children is:

Important words to mark in this are, "n>0" and "or"
The number of leaf nodes in a rooted tree of n(n>0) nodes, with each node having 0 or 3 children is:
Many times we miss words like "or" and whole question in changed. 
   If you can think of answer before reading choices, keep it in mind before reading choices
   Compare with choices and select the best suited answer.
   Most of times choices are made to confuse. If there are two or more options that could be the correct answer, compare them to each other to determine the differences between them.
   If there is an encompassing answer choice, for example "all of the above", and you are unable to determine that there are at least two correct choices, select the encompassing choice.
   Make educated/intelligent guesses - eliminate options any way you can.
   Multiple choices can provide direct short cut to get correct answer, especially in numerical problems. For example in the above question

Example
The number of leaf nodes in a rooted tree of n(n>0) nodes, with each node having 0 or 3 children is:
Choices:
A n/2
B (n-1)/3
C (n-1)/2
D (2n+1)/3

Direct solving the problem can be difficult. Use following short cut.
Imagine few such trees and try to get answer from choices. Lets start with tree with one node, i.e. n = 1. In this case obviously number of leaves should be one(same as root). Putting n=1 in above options only option "D" gives 1. But assure your self with more tries. Next possible value of n = 4 with number of leaves = 3. Putting this is multiple choices only "D" satisfies confirming our solution. 

Solve previous year's papers: To understand the pattern of the exam and get familiar with it, aspirants should solve the previous year's papers of GATE exam. It will also brushes up your basic concepts and exposes you to real exam pattern.

Solve mock test papers: While preparing for the exam it is really important that you should solve as many papers as you can. Solve mock papers to understand the basic concepts. Mock test will give you the image of real paper and make you aware about what type of question will be asked in the exam. So try to solve as much papers as you can.

References  ::

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