If you want to clear the GATE exam in the first attempt, you should have to plan particular strategies and follow these strategies every day. 

  • Take the syllabus papers for the GATE based on your stream
  • Select standard textbooks for each subject based on your stream
  • After gathering all the study materials for your preparation make a study plan as your comfort and start preparing the GATE.
  • We know that all the streams have common subjects Aptitude and Engineering maths first complete these two topics completely without leaving any single topic.
  • After completing the common subjects than now focus on your subjects, before that make detailed information about previous years marks for each subject.
  • Then first prepare the subjects which have high marks, and prepare your own notes for your reference in the future.
  • In between your preparation take a needful guidance from previous year toppers and their preparation strategies to crack the GATE.
  • You have to keep the short term time management goals for your subjects based on the syllabus and complete the preparation of these subjects on days, weeks and months.
  • Some people start their GATE preparation the 3rd year of their education, for these people they have to equally manage the GATE preparation and present year education.
  • After completing the preparation all the syllabus thoroughly one time, you have to take a practice test on GATE, which is available on many online platforms.
  • After completing the exam in the stipulated time, you have to check your self-realization about your standards of preparation is reached or not.
  • After that based on your realization if you are satisfied with your result then continue the same preparation strategy again for better results for your GATE exam otherwise change the needful adjustment in your preparation strategy and again prepare all the subjects well.
  • While reaching near to your exam, you have to increase preparation time on the GATE exam, and complete the preparation before 3 months to the Exam date.
  • After completing your preparation and gained satisfactorily and confidence in your preparation, then start the revision of your previous preparation of the GATE exam.
  • Before the Exam date, you have to keep revision and practice again and again for better confidence and results.
  • You have to keep practice by taking the online exam, again and again, to keep time frame on the mind.
  • Up to now we have to discussed the preparation plan about the GATE exam, and now we have to discuss how to attempt the GATE exam and which answers should we answer for better scores.
  • From the year 2014 GATE exam is conducted in online mode, first of all, you need to read all the guidelines on how to attempt Exam and choosing option. These thinks will be practiced on mock exams.
  • While answering the question, you have to mark the answers in which you have 100% confidence that the answer is correct, otherwise, each wrong answer shows negative marking in the total score.
  • So, while the answer only answers the right answers if you have any doubt in answer leave it unanswered.

So, these above points are some of preparation and exam answering tips for engineering students to crack GATE exam