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today,i have appeared in one of ME full length test(5) and while checking , i found ,,made easy crossed all limits.. questions are wrongly answered in almost regular interval..

like 2^35 B is =48GB

16KB=2^17 (someone kill me)

in hashing they are considering key not even in quetion

in apti,clearly right answer (synonym) they are making wrong

wrong answer of hashing,master method,incomplete question and many more

 

ALL THESE IN  A SINGLE TEST

i think ,after exam,you need to evaluate yourself throughly ,without looking at the answers..which is quite disgusting..

so i deviated my self to TESTBOOK and RAVULA test from now on... worst experience in 2017(more massacre than 2016)

Gate 2017 Aspirants this 7 min Vedio prepared by me may help you. Though I m not a professional speaker I just made an attempt to help my dear friends.

Plz give it a try.

https://youtu.be/Lg1lOzCARVU

What is difference between Gate Forum's online classes and Ravindra Babu Ravula's online classes?
Both of them are priced at 20K and GATE Forum also provides online test series and other material, and I am not able to decide which one to go for?

 

PS: If you are looking for mouth feeding you can skip reading below.

Okay first give me 20k so that you can be satisfied for having spend something (investment).

Now, GATE is an exam which is going to test your basic CS knowledge and aptitude for problem solving. All you need is to cover the  syllabus - http://syllabus.gatecse.in  from standard text books - http://books.gatecse.in and be good in aptitude.

If you don't have required subject knowledge - learn from great professors in field - Best Video Lectures for GATE CSE

You need previous questions - see http://book.gateoverflow.in - will be updated with GATE2016 questions by next month.

You have doubt- ask in GATE Overflow
You need preparation tips - follow GATE Overflow

For all resources and statistics you can see GATE CSE

Log into Facebook | Facebook GATECSE FB group is a vibrant group and is the only place where GATE CSE results where predicted accurately and with normalization- thanks to Pragy Agarwal. You can find many experts here. See what happened in GATE 2016 - GATE CSE 2016 Results (Responses)  

If  you need previous results:
Himanshu - AIR 4, 2016
Akash - AIR 28, 2016
Abhilash - AIR 34, 2016
Tushar Shinde - AIR 37, 2016
Shikhar - AIR 49, 2016
Pooja - AIR 51, 2016
Rude - AIR 240, 2016
Rajarshi - AIR 153. 2016

I mentioned only those who were active participants in GATE Overflow and I don't have money or need to offer cars to toppers and get AIR 1 :)

Hi,

Everyone who prepares for any exam needs  to have some to plan of action and has to execute it in order to crack it.Let me annotate it with a quote:

“It’s not the plan that’s important, it’s the planning.” Dr. Gramme Edwards

Here is the  plan which I followed during my preparation:

I  started my preparation from  June 2015.I spent 5-6 days  reading toppers blog and tried to understand their strategy..and what I concluded is that they  all relied on self-study and standard books.I didn’t join any classroom coaching and decided to do the self study..and trust me self-study is best..It increases your knowledge a lot ..I still cherish the time which  I spent in reading standard books.

By mid-October I had completed  syllabus.After that, I just focused on revision and tests.Initially, I started with subject wise tests of Made Easy ..soon I realized that it was time to focus on full-length tests rather than subject wise tests.So last three months ie November 15 to Jan 16 I spent time in revising , practising questions( from std books,TIFR questions),giving mocks ,analyzing them  and strengthening the weak areas

I used to keep track of marks which I was getting in those tests.After giving mock I used to list my mistakes..and discuss those questions on gateoverflow..Giving mocks is important as that boosts your confidence..but blindly following them is bad.And yes one should think of mocks when he/she  is done with all previous year questions.

I used to  maintain diary recording what I studied on daily basis..like if I studied calculus from 1pm-2pm I used to record it .At the end of day, I used to go through diary and see how much I studied that day.This thing was needed to keep me motivated.Motivation and regularity are the basic ingredients to make yourself study worth.

Online sources which were helpful in preparation:

nptel lectures ,

gatecse FB group and gateoverflow(awesome site for gate cs preparation)

https://gateetude.wordpress.com

http://www.engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-2015-topper-interview-ravi-shankar-mishra-air-1-in-computer-science-engineering

geeksforgeeks

Thank you!!!

Pooja Palod

AIR 51,2016

A collection of blogs by previous GATE toppers. Preparation experience and strategies they followed are given in these. 

2024

AIR 8

2021

AIR 8    AIR 13    AIR 75    AIR 118    AIR 123    AIR 152    AIR 152    AIR 179    AIR 206    

AIR 306    AIR 477    AIR 965

2020

AIR 6    AIR 12    AIR 13    AIR 29    AIR 101    AIR 129    AIR 166    AIR 188    AIR 202   

AIR 202    AIR 283    AIR 283    AIR 312    AIR 372    AIR 616

2019

AIR 45    AIR 78    AIR 86   AIR 116    AIR 175    AIR 308    AIR 388    AIR 479    AIR 498   

AIR 582    AIR 558    AIR 673    AIR 888    AIR 1454

2018

AIR 2    AIR 14    AIR 25    AIR 48    AIR 71    AIR 75    AIR 67    AIR 94    AIR 94   AIR 94

AIR 118    AIR 157    AIR 223    AIR 260    AIR 275    AIR 323    AIR 352    AIR 352   AIR 377

AIR 960   AIR 1457   AIR 1644

2017

AIR 5   AIR 20   AIR 28   AIR 31   AIR 35   AIR 37   AIR 39   AIR 70 AIR 72   AIR 77

AIR 88   AIR 164   AIR 167   AIR 172   AIR 174   AIR 207   AIR 242   AIR 248   AIR 265

AIR 297   AIR 302   AIR 383   AIR 2803

2016

AIR 1   AIR 4    AIR 28   AIR 34   AIR 51   AIR 96   AIR 119   AIR 159

2015

AIR 1   AIR 5   AIR 11   AIR 12

> 2015

AIR 8   AIR 1

 

I’ve seen people not taking up jobs and instead go to full time preparation mode immediately after BE/BTech. I believe that is wrong for those from 3rd-4th Tier college students. Instead they should first go for campus placement post BE and prepare along side job until one gets 3 digit rank like 400-700. In case one gets good rank immediately (Top 250) then one can join IIT, but if someone get 400-700 rank then it will be wise decision to do full time preparation afterwards.

Why one should go on job immediately after college instead of taking drop for GATE ->

1. Jobs give people some “Real” knowledge, where as in colleges of India, usually Clerk with Engineer degree are shipped out. It is this jobs that make them “Engineers” not the degree certificates. Whatever learning happens , it happens in training period of jobs and work.
2. Job gives peace of mind , it’ll keep your family and friend quite till you get good rank. For those who take full year drop without good rank as backup, so called “Well wishers” will come to eat the brain , what next if you fail etc. Even while giving exam, you will remain calm if you have job as backup.
3. Job gives money for things one needs -> Yeah this is true, you can buy whatever you need for preparation and other things, for entertaining, for internet, for recharges or any other expense. Those who have big education loans, should try to clear them, it is possible only via job.
4. Job gives reason for getting IIT -> While working on job, it it has service based job, looking at seniors/peers and work pressure, one get enough reasons to try for IIT, including Money.
5. Job gives you valuable experience -> Even though in IIT experience does not matter much for placements, in life, in Gate preparation too, the experience you gain while doing job helps you.
6. Job will teach you value of time and money -> It’ll help you work harder once you drop a year, because you’ll know that how much work you’ll be doing in any job. Once you start earning money automatically you’ll know the value of money.
7. You get weekends, 2 leave per month on every IT job easily , so it wont be too hard to prepare either.

This post is for those who are considering not to take job for preparing GATE and do not even have good ranks in final year. Do take job and get experience, it’ll be helpful. Do not take drop unless you are ready.

 

If you are in job, how you can prepare for GATE while working ?

1. You get 2 days off per week, use them to the extend possible.
2. You will get 2 days leave per month (Majority companies) use them for GATE preparation.
3. You will get 8 to 10 holidays per year in any company , use them for GATE preparation.
4. Before GATE you can take some leave (From 1 week to 3 months) based on your company policies.
5. If your company gives you cab, you can revise while traveling.
6. You can get flash card app ANKI on your mobile ,even while working you might revise for 5 minute in between  work breaks.

Taken from -> https://akashkanasegate2016.wordpress.com

Hi,

When I decided to write about my preparation I collected it all together and all recollected is that whole strategy I had I got from posts various toppers. So now Instead of writing each and every thing again, I’m going to write post link & I’m going to tell what I got from each blog post You can built your strategy from there

1. http://www.engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-2015-topper-interview-ravi-shankar-mishra-air-1-in-computer-science-engineering => I got list of books from to use from him. This is essential read for any future toppers. Read this blog to see how someone can get AIR 1 in just few months of preparation in first attempt. Thank you Ravi for your blog.
2. http://gate2015-tamojit9.blogspot.in/ => This is really nice blog. Do have a good read. Thanks Tamjit for writing this blog. Best thing you can get from this is -> “ REMEMBER THERE IS NO SHORT CUT TO HARD WORK“
3. https://cdn.rawgit.com/AgarwalPragy/GATE16Tips/master/Tips.html => This is blog by Pragy Agrawal. Best thing to take from this is “Flashcards”. This flashcards help me revising. Thanks Pragy for this blog.
4. https://gateetude.wordpress.com/ => This is blog by Pradeep Pandey. Please check ‘https://gateetude.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/gate-paper-structure/’ this post . That is must. Every post by Pradeep is like Gold mine for serious preparing students. Thanks Pradeep for thsi blog
5. Check answer by Arvind Devraj here -> https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-study-for-GATE-so-as-to-get-a-good-rank-to-get-into-IISc He talks about which reference books to use and how to study. This is really great post, and you should definitely go through it if you are serious. Thanks Arvind for writing this blog.
6. http://gatecse.in/ and http://gateoverflow.in/ are two good resources for any serious GATE aspirant. You must go through this websites. Thank you Arjun Suresh , Kathleen bankson for creating this huge corpus of questions, for Gateoverflow book and compiling toppers blog, linking good video lectures etc.

Taken from -> https://akashkanasegate2016.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/how-i-prepared-for-gate-i-used-strategy-of-old-toppers/

I studied in first 6 month of preparation  like crazy. I used to wake up at 5.00 AM , I used to start study in early 6.00 after getting ready and used to study till 11.00 PM. I used to seat for hours straight on computer reading books, watching video lectures, practicing questions etc.  I was gone crazy for GATE. I was so determined, I could study for hours straight and was able to concentrate even at 10 PM even after preparing from 6-10PM. was it right way to go ? Guess ?

 

NO, it is worst way to prepare for any exam. Please do not do something like this .

Now you would ask, why I’m saying please do not prepare with this passion ? because if you prepare like this it’ll hurt your health badly. I used to sit for long hours before and due to that my back started paining badly. Back pain was so severe that I could not even sit at one place without feeling the pain. Then I went to doctor and confirmed that my back pain was just due to wrong seating posture and nothing serious has happened. At the same time I was told do not sit in one place in same position for hours like this. This happened about 3 month before exam, if it had happened week before exam, I might have to forget everything. I had to spend one week taking rest before resuming studies.

So from there onward I started taking breaks in study , I started using Pomodoro technique and stopped non stop preparation. I used to study for 25 minutes & then took 10 minutes break. Out of those 10 minutes I used to spend 8 minutes in walking on terrace in sunshine for healthy vitamin D (Which I lacked due to 6 months over-study) and also started to workout every morning.

Now I’m fully recovered, some back pain is there, but according to Doctor it might take few more months to stop back pain completely. I’ve been told to do more physical activity and stop seating on Computer for hours without breaks.

So morale of the story –> Passion, Determination everything is good as long as it is not hurting you. If you are dead tomorrow your GATE rank is not going to benefit you in any way. So take care of your body, take breaks every 25 minutes unless you are giving mocks.

Check first 2 minutes of following videos ->

Video Regarding Moha 1 -> Here Krishna tells one should know where to stop and control the Moha (Desire) . Even though Moha of doing more study is good thing for exam, do not overdo it , stop after period of 25 minutes and take break. Watch Video.

Video about one should know where to stop -> In this video Krishna talks about we should know where to stop , it is not always necessary to keep going. Self restraint is also very important for life.In our case we should stop after studying for 25 minutes and take break of 10 minutes before restarting. Watch video.

Video about Patience => In this video Krishna talks about Importance of Patience (Sanyam) for success. For success patience is very important quality. For long term success one should be able to stop study after time and take break, and have patience to do that. Watch video.

Taken from ->https://akashkanasegate2016.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/do-not-overstudy/

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