Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Useful Sites

Following are useful sites for GATE aspirants
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Changes in GATE 2009

Paper Inclusions
With effect from GATE 2008, the following two new sections in Engineering Sciences (XE paper) are being introduced:
Section H: Polymer Science and Engineering
Section I : Food Technology

Papers to be merged from GATE 2009 onwards
Separate main paper in Information Technology (IT) will be offered for the last time in GATE 2008. With effect from GATE 2009, IT paper will be merged into Computer Science (CS) paper.

Papers to be discontinued from GATE 2009 onwards
Since three main papers (EC, EE and IN) are available for candidates with background in Electrical Sciences, and a main paper (CS from GATE 2009 onwards) for candidates in Computer Science, it has been decided to discontinue the offering of Computational Science (currently section B) and Electrical Sciences (currently Section C) in the XE paper with effect from GATE 2009. Candidates are being given a final opportunity to opt for these Sections of XE in GATE 2008.

See this link for more details about GATE 
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Saturday, July 5, 2008

GATE Cutoff for 2008

Following liks will help you
IIT Bombay CutOff & Admission
IIT Delhi CutOff & Admission
IIT Kharagpur CutOff & Admission
IIT Kanpur CutOff & Admission
2006 Cutoff
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How to solve GATE OBJECTIVE questions

Most of time students complain that they couldn’t complete their objective paper; they were struck in one or another problem and wasted a lot of time. Some says that their guess went wrong and marks were deducted due to negative marking, some could not read paper completely and missed some easy questions etc etc.

I’ll like to stress that objective paper solving is different from subjective paper. You don’t need to study extra for objective questions but practice little bit.

Your guess in solving objective can bring you in difficulty but some intelligent/educated guess can add valuable marks to your score. Most of time objective questions have some hint in the form of multiple choices for the question.

Following can be used as guidelines for solving objective paper:

General Tips

  • Keep the structure of GATE in mind(20 Quest 1 Mark each, 55 Quest. 2 Marks each, 10 Linked Questions with 2 mark each).
  • 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, 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 Specific Tips

  • Remember in GATE each question will have four choices for the answer, only one is correct and wrong answer carry 25% 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.


I’ll try to include more examples to understand different tricks as and when I get time. But you can always reach me at gate.tutor@gmail.com. I’ll try to solve your problems. I’ll also recommend student to send their tricks/suggestions so that they can be included in this page. I’m looking for contributions from you all to make this page useful for all student appearing in GATE.

Thanks
GATE Tutor
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How to Prepare for GATE??

Preparing for GATE can be as easy as preparing for your college examinations. Just take little cautions while studying any topic and do remember that GATE paper focus on your in depth knowledge of subject, your basics, presence of mind during examination etc.

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

  • Always follow standard books. 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. Click here for expert tips to prepare notes.
  • 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 ……
    Click here for Free GATE, IES, DRDO, CAT, GMAT Mock Tests.
  • Do remember that GATE is completely objective question based test. Most of time solving objective questions is tricky. Learn tips to solve objective questions from GATE Tutor .
  • In case of doubts do 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 Cutoff and eligibility 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 is not required but if you are not able to concentrate much then this is a good option.

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