Tips and Tricks for GATE 2012 Aspirants

  1. Aim for taking GATE exam varies from candidate to candidate. Students from private engineering colleges try to get into M.Tech in order to have stamp of the better known institutions and for them reasonable percentile serves the purpose. On the other hand, students studying in well established institutes may aim to get into IIT or other equivalent institutions. For them very high percentile is essential.
  2. Normally 3 to 4 months of serious study will be sufficient for the preparation.
  3. Those students who are in final year have to schedule their studies as semester exam in winter and other engagements may absorb lot of time.
  4. First of all make a proper strategy before starting preparation of the examination.
  5. You have to choose the subject and study as per the syllabus mentioned in the GATE brochure.
  6. Collect the Syllabus for the GATE exam.
  7. Collect all the relevant books for the subject. This collection must include the books for Fundamental and basic concepts as well as for specific problems, guide book for GATE and previous year question papers.
  8. Always try to go through the standard books which are easily available and in which you can easily understand the concepts. This will improve your learning ability.
  9. Mean time you should be in touch with some GATE experienced persons for proper guidance.
  10. Read syllabus and question papers carefully so that it will easy for you to make a proper approach.
  11. Start preparing from the initial topics i.e. the basic ones and note down the basic concepts (definitions, unit, dimension etc.) as well as necessary theories, formulae etc.
  12. Try to solve as many problems as possible from different book as well as try to find more and more tricks.
  13. Try to apply your own logics and tricks in solving problems and note it down because it will save your time in the examination hall.
  14. Conduct self tests based on various chapters. Continue the self tests and try to achieve a very good score.
  15. Practice more and more problems and follow the same procedure for the rest of the chapters and subjects.
  16. Finally, go for self tests based on whole syllabus and if necessary take help of others in conducting self-tests.
  17. To do all these things one has to spend lots of time on studies and should be very sincere throughout the preparation.
  18. One month before the examination you should start revising the course as many times as possible so that on the day before the exam you will be prepared enough to crack the exam.
  19. In the revision stage concentrate more on the selected topics.
  20. Always reach the examination centre 30 min before the start of the exam. It helps you to stay cool and calm during exam.
  21. Keep all your necessary stationeries and admit card with you before going to the examination centre.
  22. During exam try to attempt section A which is compulsory and that to Q1 carrying one mark each and those in Q2 carrying two marks each.
  23. It’s very important to manage the time well during the exam. So manage the time well during the exam.
  24. In the examination hall one should not get panickly upon receiving the question paper rather candidates should stay cool before the test so that they do not get confused while attempting the paper.
  25. Time management is important but not at the cost of answering the paper accurately.
  26. Always try to attempt only those questions in which you are pretty confident and you know the answer very well.
  27. Read the questions carefully and apply proper logic before marking the answer.
  28. Always avoid the negative marking.
  29. Do not attempt unnecessary questions in which you are not confident because that may cost you much.
  30. Do not try to get hold of the entire syllabus prescribed by GATE. A selective preparation would be a very helpful concept and should be learned accurately.
  31. Memorization of any problem without a clear idea of the concept will be a futile exercise.
  32. I feel that it is better to have flexible time plan before going to exam and have a balance of mind. It helps in avoiding the silly mistakes.
  33. Results of qualified candidates in GATE will give All India Rank and indicate percentile score. For example, a percentile score of 99 means you are in the top 1% category of the candidates who appeared for GATE.
  34. Candidates who get less than 70 percentile get no score card.
  35. After publication of GATE results, students must apply to individual Institutes to get their application forms.
  36. Institutes advertise M.Tech admissions in leading newspapers from 1st April till end July. However some Institutes do not advertise and therefore students have to get the forms themselves.
  37. Admission in the Institute is based on GATE percentile.
  38. The concerned Institute may conduct written test and/or interview for the purpose of admission.
  39. During the pursuit of M.Tech, you are paid a scholarship of Rs. 5000 per month by the Government of India. This amount is enough for living expenses including purchase of books etc. the scholarship is paid for the entire period of M.Tech.

Top 10 engineering colleges of World

Statistics revealed that a big number of students go abroad to study in destinations other than US. Students are now exploring new avenues to study their desired course in foreign countries. Students are now visiting other countries like UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are quite popular among the students. Singapore is also emerging as another hot study destination among Asian students. It offers quality education at a reasonable cost. Dubai is another famous destination among students who want to pursue higher education abroad in UK and USA, but can not join universities there due to lack of funds. Now, they can study in Dubai at a very lower fee. The trend to study in UK or USA is changing now, many students are visiting Dubai to study in Oxford University, Dubai, as a student you will be offered the same education and study the same curriculum, but you will get this education at a very reasonable price. These factors are playing a vital role in changing the mindset of students, especially of those who wants to study abroad.

Before moving to any foreign university students do a lot research about the university, their rankings, scholarships, visa details and other factors like fee, living expenses, study environment and hostel facility. The ranking of any university depends upon many factors like the facility offered to students, placements, faculty, standard of education and many more factors. This list of top engineering colleges across the world will help you to judge the institutes before you think to get enrol in one of them.

List of top engineering colleges across the world:
Sl. No. University Name Points
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),United States 100.0
2 University of California, Berkeley United States 93.9
3 Stanford University United States 85.3
4 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States 81.6
5 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 76.2
6 Carnegie Mellon University United States 71.6
7 Imperial College London United Kingdom 70.9
8 Georgia Institute of Technology United States 68.9
9 University of Tokyo Japan 67.4
10 University of Toronto Canada 66.0

New assessment criteria for IITs aspirants

There are 15 IITs in the country and every year a large number of students graduate from these IITs. These IITs are very well renowned and globally acclaimed. To get admission into one of the prestigious IITs students have to clear the Joint Entrance Exam jointly conducted by the IITs of the country. All the aspiring candidates who wish to pursue graduation and post-graduation programs from the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) after qualifying the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) will be assessed (in academics) on the basis of ‘ Credit-Base Performance’ (CBP), from the coming academic session commencing from July 2011.

In future, all the students will be awarded degrees on the basis of CBP. Even, though the present grading system of Cumulative Preference Index (CPI) will remain as one of the parameter to judge a student’s performance, however, the main importance will be given to CPB. SG Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur informed that now the students will be evaluated on the same basis. He also proposed to uniformalise the criteria for promoting students from one semester to another across all IITs-a demand frequently made by students.

GATE Exam solutions 2011

GATE Exam solutions 2011 would be useful to candidates taking the GATE 2011 exam. Candidates can evaluate their performance using the solution set released.

GATE solutions are also instrumental in preparing for the GATE exam. To score well, it is important for students to refer to previous year question papers. Solving previous year question papers give you an idea of the type of questions that are asked in the exam. After solving, you can refer to GATE answer key. You can refer to detailed solutions for understanding the concepts. This will help you in finding out GATE answers that you marked incorrect. Focus more on the questions that you marked incorrect.

GATE key to score well in GATE paper is to be confident and prepare well for the exam using mock tests. The paper has only objective type questions. There are four choices to each multiple choice question and student has to select the correct GATE answer to the question.

In addition to the abovementioned, there are some numerical type questions which will have number as GATE answer. This will help you know your strengths and weaknesses. The paper also has negative marking. So, it is advisable that you do not mark GATE answers to every question. Attempt those questions that you are sure about.

GATE 2011 results will be declared on March 15, 2011. The results will be available on the official website. The scores are valid for two years from the date of announcement of results.

GATE 2011 Answer Key

GATE 2011 Answer Key

Candidates can refer to GATE 2011 answer key and solutions to evaluate their performance in the exam. Referring to GATE key and solutions will give the candidates an idea as to how much score you may expect in GATE result. There is a lot of competition and students need to score high to get admission into their desired institute. It is essential that students are able to get an idea of their performance and expected results. The answer key for 2011 gate exam would be available once the offline GATE exam 2011 is conducted on the 13th February 2011.

GATE 2011 Answer Key & Solutions

GATE 2011 online examination was conducted on 30 January 2011. The offline exam is scheduled to be held on 13th February 2011. After the examination is over, candidates anxiously wait for GATE 2011 answer key and solutions. All top education portals across the cyber space release GATE 2011 answer key and solutions.

GATE 2011 Answer Key and Solutions

GATE 2011 online examination was conducted on 30 January 2011. All top education portals across the online release GATE 2011 answer key and solutions for all the GATE branches. Here i am sharing those GATE 2011 Answer Key and Solutions with you.

GATE 2011 Answer key 2011 for Civil Engineering
Q. No Answer Q. No Answer
1 D 36 A
2 A 37 C
3 C 38 B
4 B 39 D
5 B 40 C
6 C 41 B
7 A 42 C
8 C 43 B
9 A 44 A
10 B 45 B
11 B 46 *
12 D 47 B
13 A 48 D
14 A 49 B
15 C 50 C
16 A 51 C
17 D 52 B
18 B 53 D
19 D 54 C
20 D 55 *
21 A 56 B
22 D 57 A
23 D 58 D
24 C 59 B
25 A 60 C
26 D 61 A
27 C 62 C
28 B 63 D
29 A 64 C
30 D 65 A
31 D
32 B
33 C
34 A
35 B


BT
1 A 2 D 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 7 B
8 B 9 10 D 11 12 B 13 A 14 A
15 C 16 17 C 18 B 19 A 20 A 21
22 C 23 24 C 25 C 26 C 27 B 28 D
29 30 31 32 B 33 34 35 C
36 A 37 B 38 C 39 A 40 B 41 A 42 B
43 B 44 B 45 C 46 C 47 C 48 C 49
50 51 52 53 54 B 55 B 56 A
57 B 58 B 59 C 60 B 61 C 62 D 63 C
64 A 65 D
EC


Branch: Electronics & Communication Engineering
Q. No Set-A Set-B Set-C Set-D Q.
No
Set-A Set-B Set-C Set-D
1 A C A D 36 C C D A
2 B C C C 37 A D C C
3 C D A A 38 A B B B
4 A B D A 39 A B B B
5 C B D A 40 A B D D
6 A A D A 41 D C D C
7 D B A B 42 C C C C
8 D A C A 43 D C D C
9 D A A B 44 D D A B
10 A A C B 45 B B A B
11 C A B D 46 B B A B
12 A D A C 47 C C A D
13 C A C C 48 C C D A
14 C C D A 49 C C A D
15 D B A C 50 D A C C
16 B C A A 51 A D C C
17 B A A D 52 D A D A
18 A C A D 53 D A D A
19 B A B D 54 A D A D
20 A D A A 55 A D A D
21 A D B C 56 D A C B
22 A D B A 57 A C B D
23 A A D C 58 C B D D
24 D C C B 59 B D D A
25 C A C A 60 D D A C
26 D A B C 61 A A C D
27 B A C B 62 A C C C
28 B A B B 63 C D D A
29 B A D D 64 D C A A
30 C D C D 65 C A A C
31 C C C C
32 C D C D
33 D D B A
34 B B B A
35 B B B A
EE

Code: A

1 D 2 A 3 B 4 D 5 A 6 B 7 A
8 A 9 C 10 B 11 D 12 D 13 C 14 D
15 B 16 A 17 A 18 C 19 A 20 C 21 B
22 C 23 C 24 A 25 D 26 B 27 C 28 C
29 B 30 A 31 A 32 A 33 A 34 35 B
36 A 37 D 38 B 39 A* 40 C 41 C 42 B
43 D 44 B 45 A 46 C 47 C 48 C 49 B
50 B 51 D 52 A 53 D 54 A 55 C* 56 D
57 D 58 A 59 C 60 B 61 C 62 B 63 A
64 C 65 D
ME

Set-A

1B 2D 3B 4A 5C
6A 7C 8C 9D 10B
11B 12D 13D 14C 15C
16A 17C 18A 19D 20B
21D 22A 23B 24C 25B
26B 27C 28A 29C 30B
31D 32B 33D 34D 35A
36C 37A 38D 39D 40A
41A 42 C 43B 44C 45B
46A 47A 48B 49 C 50C
51B 52B 53D 54C 55D
56D 57A 58B 59A 60A
61D 62A 63A 64A 65C

Set:-B
1B 2C 3B 4A 5D
6B 7D 8A 9C 10A
11C 12D 13C 14D 15B
16B 17D 18C 19C 20A
21C 22A 23B 24B 25D
26A 27A 28B 29C 30B
31C 32A 33A 34D 35D
36A 37C 38A 39D 40D
41B 42D 43B 44C 45A
46B 47C 48B 49 C 50C
51B 52C 53D 54B 55D
56A 57A 58A 59A 60D
61A 62A 63C 64A 65D

Set:- C
1D 2C 3B 4B 5D
6C 7C 8A 9C 10A
11B 12D 13B 14B 15C
16B 17A 18D 19B 20D
21A 22C 23A 24C 25D
26C 27A 28D 29D 30B
31D 32B 33C 34A 35C
36B 37A 38A 39B 40C
41B 42 C 43A 44A 45D
46D 47A 48C 49B 50B
51C 52B 53D 54C 55D
56A 57B 58D 59C 60A
61C 62A 63D 64A 65A

Set:-D
1D 2C 3A 4C 5A
6D 7B 8D 9A 10B
11C 12B 13D 14B 15B
16A 17C 18A 19C 20C
21D 22B 23B 24D 25C
26A 27D 28D 29A 30A
31C 32B 33C 34B 35A
36A 37B 38C 39A 40C
41B 42D 43B 44D 45D
46A 47C 48C 49B 50B
51C 52C 53D 54B 55D
56D 57A 58B 59A 60B
61D 62A 63A 64C 65A