Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering – GATE Exam 2025

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GATE 2025 Preparation Tips

GATE Exam is one of the toughest exams in the country. According to a survey, every year around 9 lakh candidates appear for GATE Exam. Due to tough competition in GATE Exam, one needs to be prepared well to secure an admission in IITs/IISc. Also, a good rank in exam will get you a PSU (Public Sector Undertakings) Jobs.

GATE Exam aims at rigorous testing of the students’ concepts building in Technical and Non-Technical (Aptitude) Skills. The weightage in GATE Exam for engineering subjects is 70% while that for Aptitude and Maths is 15%.

Preparing for GATE Exam should not be a big worry for students aspiring to get admission in top colleges & PSUs. All they need to have is a proper planning, a great execution, a good mentor and very importantly self-confidence.

Below are some of the tips for GATE 2025 Exam Preparation:

1)Start early: Starting preparing for GATE 2025 Exam in early phase, will help you to plan your studies and a good material, which one needs to have to crack GATE 2025 Exam. Starting early means, half of the battle is won because it will ensure that you will get enough time to manage college studies and gate exam 2025 preparation.

2)Get thorough with the Syllabus and Exam Pattern: It is very necessary to go through the Exam Syllabus and Pattern, as your preparation planning will be completely based on these two things. A good understanding of the exam pattern will give you an idea about how to go ahead on the path of GATE Exam preparation& prepare yourself for GATE 2025 Exam. GATE has many types of questions viz. MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), MSQs (Multiple Select Questions) and NATs (Numeric Answer Types) and also consists of compulsory areas.

3) Know the weightage of your strong subjects: Knowledge about the topic distribution in the question paper is a good strategy to be adapted as it will help you to know the weightage of strong and weak areas and will help you to prepare accordingly. You can go through the GATE previous year’s question papers to see the weightage of subjects and accordingly you can concentrate on those topics which seem to have more questions and weightage in the question paper.

4) Build a Concrete Study Plan: After get familiar with the Exam Pattern and Weightage, it’s time to prepare a thorough study plan. By preparing a study plan, you will be able to equally give your time to an allotted chapter or topic while squeezing in time for mock tests, sample paper practice and also some rest. The following points can be remembered while preparing the study plan:

• Set targets, on daily – weekly and monthly basis.
• Remember to evenly divide topics into difficult, moderate and easy sections.
• Schedule your topics in a way that it doesn’t look too repetitive.
• Give more importance to the topics which have the highest weightage and possibilities of being asked in the exam.
• Make sure you solve enough mock tests and sample papers and also keep a track of all your score checking your graph.
• Break time and its duration should be slotted in a way that you remain fresh even during long study hours.

Similarly, the following points should be avoided while the study plan is being prepared

• Do not overcrowd a single slot with too many tough or difficult topics either way round; take only a couple at a time.
• Do not forget to arrange revision time after finishing every single chapter.
• Do not follow anyone else’s schedule. Make your own study plan as it shall fit best to your taste and help you in a better way.

5)Usage of Reference Books is necessary: A lot of books are often named for references by previous year toppers, which would help in GATE preparation. While the textbooks can be used for studying, it is recommended that extra books should also be looked into to give that extra boost and make your concepts strong.

6) Focus on Engineering Mathematics and Aptitude Test: If prepared well, you can score well in these two compulsory sections of GATE paper. Since these two sections are said to constitute of basic topics, you can prepare well and raise your scores. While Mathematics can be studied along the lines of Engineering, the section of general aptitude can be prepared through newspapers and the past papers of other competitive exams such as CAT and more.

7) Revision is the Main Keyword: The most important part of the preparation for GATE Exam 2025 is to do revision on often basis. One should be not under any impression that once the whole syllabus would be complete; revision will be done. It’s completely wrong, one should do revision after studying any topics or concepts or subjects, so as not to forget what was learned. The revision will aid in the understanding of the topics or concepts and make you more knowledgeable. During revision, it is also advisable to make notes which you can refer later at time of examination. Also, solve last 20 years’ paper and check with solutions to avoid small mistakes. Doing this, contributes majorly in your preparation.

Here are some more tips which can be followed to prepare for GATE 2025:

• Prepare notes in your words after completing each chapter or subjects. Do practice with maximum number of questions as possible on given topic or subjects which will make you perfect. These habits certainly strengthen of your preparations.

• Analyse your preparation. After completing every mock test or solving sample papers, it is important to check and try to correct all of the wrong answers marked by you. This will ensure that you will not wrongly answer the same question next time.
• It is important to take care of your health. Make sure to eat healthy food and to get enough sleep. Lack of sleep will just make it hard for you to study.
• Do not give up on co-curricular activities. It is important to indulge in things other than studies for a while to refresh the mind.

Keep yourself motivated and focus on your own preparation.