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Top 10 GATE Preparation Strategy to Crack GATE Exam

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Updated : Jun 26, 2020, 18:00

By : Ashish Singh Dhanjal

GATE 2021 Exam is a gateway to postgraduate admission in prestigious IIT's/IISc & NIT's and PSU
jobs. The number of candidates may appear in GATE 2021 will be approximately 9 lakhs in 2021.
Preparing for the GATE Exam requires a good strategy to crack the GATE Exam. Gradeup
providing you with the Topper's strategy to prepare the GATE 2021 in the best possible way which
will definitely show you the absolute path to crack GATE Exam. 

Toppers Strategy for GATE Preparation 2021

“With discipline, dedication, and diligence, you will achieve the goal”

Here are the steps of topper's strategy which will help with your GATE preparation:

Know about the GATE Exam

 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.

Know the Syllabus & Weightage of  each subject

 Since there are many subjects included in the syllabus, it is important that you should
observe the complete syllabus.
 Match your knowledge with the GATE syllabus and plan your preparation with known
subjects.
 Know Weightage for each subject based on previous year papers and target your
preparation to carry more marks in GATE exam.
 Select Good Books & Materials for GATE Preparation

 Selections of good study materials and books are very important at the initial stages of GATE
Preparations.
 Reading one or two books are sufficient for each subject. Always give first priority for reading
from a book rather than other resources.
 You may prepare with an online video lecture, course material, coaching notes, etc.
 You can also prepare the books that you have followed during the undergraduate course.

Tips to remember and follow during preparation

 Understand the previous year questions pattern

 Practice previous year questions during preparation
 Try to understand the concepts, practice tests and revise regularly.
 Most of the questions in GATE are conceptual & numerical, so you must try to improve your
solving ability & time management to score a good rank.

Plan your GATE 2020 Preparation

 4 to 8 months preparation plan will be a good idea to crack the GATE exam.
 Create the preparation plan daily wise or weekly wise by giving enough time for each
subject.
 Your plan should include syllabus completion, revision, and practice tests.
 It is a good idea to make a timetable and formulate your daily tasks. Once you have set daily,
weekly and monthly targets, you will see better results for the same amount of effort.

Follow the plan to complete the syllabus

 The first step in the preparation is to start with an easy subject and an important one.
Topper's suggestion is, to begin with, mathematics and one basic technical subject.
 Read topic by topic to complete the entire subject.
 Make a revision note for each topic that should cover all important definition, formulas,
differences, etc.
 Practice topic wise previous GATE questions after understanding each topic.
 Attempt the quizzes/tests for each topic and subject to know your performance.
 Clear all your doubts during your preparation.
 Discuss your doubts on "Gradeup" and Practice quizzes/tests to compare the performance
with others.
 Identify the weakness areas while practising quizzes/tests and try to revise and practice
those topics.

Revise the GATE preparation

 It is not just sufficient enough to prepare revision notes, but also to revise them regularly.
 Read the revision notes on a weekly basis to recall the concepts of prepared subjects.
 Each time you revise the same topic/subject, your revision time will reduce to recall the
concepts.
 Practice the Mock Tests

 You can practice the mock tests in two ways. One is self-practice on a daily basis, and the
other is attempting online mock tests.
 Practice the mock tests to improve performance. Performance depends on how much time
devoted to answering each question and how many questions are answered correctly.

Revise and Practice in the last stage

 Finally, you should give time for both revisions and practice.
 Practice more tests, identify the weaker topics in each test and revise them.
 You can practice 2 to 5 tests on every day and recall all concepts during your practice.
 Your confidence will be increased day by day of this stage.

Last minute strategy for GATE Exam

 During the last two days, you are no need to study any new topics.
 During these two days, focus on revising the concepts.
 Be ready with your examination admit card and know your centre before the exam day.

 Gradeup shares all important information about GATE, articles, daily quizzes, and study
plans. Gradeup also conducts online test series to face similar GATE questions in practice. 

“You may encounter many disappointments.

Be strong.

Tell yourself, “I am good enough, I will try again” 

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