How to score under 100 AIR in GATE Exam?

GATE Exam offers a lifetime opportunity to all the candidates who are planning to pursue higher studies from prestigious institutions like IISc, IITs, NITs, etc. or dreaming of securing a job into the PSUs, which handle the major projects across India. To convert your dreams into reality, you need to stand out of the crowd with a great score in GATE Exam.

To get a single- or double-digit rank in your GATE exam, the candidate needs to have a rigid study plan for GATE exam, which they need to follow by heart, as to make a path for their dreams to come true.

So, below given are some rules which you need to follow for securing under 100 AIR in GATE Exam:

1. Be clear with your aim

The candidate should be clear about the goal to be achieved. The goal can be passion to study higher or securing a great job or any other. Once the goal is defined, the path towards it can easily be drawn.

2. Discipline and honesty

Initially, before starting the preparation, every candidate has a strong study plan, but as the time passes, only a few remain to adhere to their schedule till the last minute of the GATE exam, and it is only these candidates who can stand as top rankers.

So, it is advisable to make a short term plan, maybe for each fortnight, whatever suits you. After every 14 days, you can evaluate yourself and check your progress.

3. For securing under 100 in GATE Exam, you need to work 110%

The rank achieved by any candidate is proportional to the hard work done as well as the portion of the GATE Exam syllabus covered. If you are aiming for under 100 AIR, you need to be prepared with a high portion(90% and above) of the GATE Exam syllabus.

You cannot afford to leave any topic or subject untouched, due to high uncertainty in GATE Exam, where every single mark is important and lose of it can cost you to fall by a dozen of ranks.

4. Be open to all resources

It is quite natural to have doubts while preparation of any national level exam like GATE. First try to solve them on your own, next, try discussing it with your group and classmates. Still if some doubts remain unsolved, go for resources like videos, tutorials and educational applications.

5. Practice makes a man prefect

Practice as much as possible for GATE Exam, it is the only solution for best preparation.

The more you practice, the more you understand its logic, and the more comfortable you get with the subject.

Don’t hesitate to practice the same thing several times. The time you consume over solving one question will decrease the number of errors you made earlier.

6. Solve previous years’ GATE Exam papers

Previous years’ papers are the most important section in GATE Exam preparation.

If a candidate can solve the last 10 years’ papers thoroughly, he/she will be clear will the trend, pattern and marking system.

Also, you’ll get a vivid idea of the expected types of question in the next GATE exam.

7. Short notes and revision

Make a habit of jotting down keywords while you are going through any topic. Next, fix a day in a week, say Sunday when you shall revise all the topics you have studied up till now, from your short notes. This will help you in memorizing maximum thing with minimum efforts.