refrence books for gate

Question

Hello everybody!!I have heard a lot of toppers advising to refer from reference books and solving their back exercises.But I am just so confused on which questions to solve.like for example galvin has a lot of problems but which problem is relevant for gate same goes with forouzan or stallings or korth.Please somebody help me out and guide me on which type of questions to solve from these books.There are a lot of questions that have not come in the exam ever but use the concept coming in exam.So whether i need to go through such questions or not?Preparing for gate is really very extensive so i don't wanna waste my time on irrelevant things.I am pretty much clear on theory part though it is just about solving numericals.Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

There are a lot of questions that have not come in the exam ever but use the concept coming in exam

This means they are relevant

i need to go through such questions or not

Go through means? If they are relevant you should be knowing how to solve them. Now if you know how to solve there is no need to solve every question - just enough solving to ensure no boredom. 

Preparing for gate is really very extensive

Around 10 subjects in extensive. But if you study properly and in correct way it is enjoyable and fun. By the time you start practicing full length papers you should have covered all possible type of questions that can be asked (in normal sense) and all portions. 

i don't wanna waste my time on irrelevant things

Spending more time on standard books is always worth. But once you get hold of a topic then you can skip. 

I am pretty much clear on theory part though it is just about solving numericals

Thats what most people think after bachelors. But if you can't solve numericals in GATE, 90% of time it is due to lack of proper theory. When you read a book you won't be getting exactly what the author meant- that's why they put exercise questions so that one gets completely thorough with the topics. Usually the '*' (difficult) questions are not needed for GATE but one can try them if interested.

Prev. year GATE questions are a good idea for what and how questions will be asked. 

Comments

Good evening sir, I am weak in dbms sql andTRC i am trying 5 sums . But my way of writing and solution are diff . Then how should i do this part .?

FOr programming we can excute . But in dbms how to do ?

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Good evening. SQL you can try executing - that's the best. Once you are thorough that means TRC is also thorough though you should see their operators and how they map to SQL.

Answer 2

Following . Even i have the same doubt . I tried TRC too from some dbms book But how would i correct my answers . I recently submitted here but no response . Experts do answer please :)

Comments

See this answer - it is very clear the person who answered has the correct concept. Likewise do for all topics and one can easily get 75+ in GATE. 

https://gateoverflow.in/43817/isro-2013-19

Yes, sometimes responses are not quick here. But most queries will be answered - here question won't get lost unlike FB.. 

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Thank you will try to  do as you say :)