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GATE 2025: Sample Papers | Syllabus
Below points can be considered- Get Acquainted with the GATE syllabus This is the first step towards the GATE preparation. You must go through the GATE syllabus thoroughly before commencing your GATE preparation. Review Previous Years' Papers and Get Acquainted with Topic-Wise Weight Age You must go through the previous year papers of GATE. This will help you analyze the question pattern and the difficulty level of the questions.Also, you must segregate the topics with their weight age from GATE perspective. Collect Good Quality Reference Material You must now gather good quality competition books. You must also collect previous years' solved papers of GATE. You can also refer to online video tutorials. Plan and Schedule your GATE preparation You must now prepare a study plan to commence your GATE preparation. You can make a weekly study plan. In this, you can assign a fixed number of topics to a week. You must devote a minimum of 6-7 hours each day to GATE preparation. Start Off with the Most Important Topics and Gradually Advance to Less Important Ones You must plan your GATE preparation in such a way that the most important topics are covered in the earlier phase. Prepare the topics as per their weight age from GATE perspective.Keep the less important topics for the later phase. Efficient Time Management You must develop the habit of managing time efficiently throughout your preparation. Distribute time among the topics as per their weight age perspective. Devote ample amount of time to GATE preparation. Clear Your Concepts You must focus on attaining conceptual clarity since questions in GATE are purely conceptual and based on the practical application of concepts. Learn and Develop Shortcuts and Tricks You must learn shortcuts and tricks for solving the questions quickly. You can refer to books and internet sources for learning shortcuts and tricks. Make Short Notes You must take short notes of all the important formulas, theorems, tricks and shortcuts. This must be done at each stage of preparation. This exercise will gradually boost up your revision. Practice This is essentially the key to success in GATE. You must practice MCQs after preparing each topic. You must consistently solve a wide variety of problems from different competition books. Solving a large number of questions will help you learn the practical application of concepts. Hope this helps!!!
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