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GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering): What are

textbooks to follow for GATE CSE Preparation? Are we supposed to learn fully from a single textbook or is it advisable to

refer different parts from different textbooks and does pr eparing from somespecific textbook gives me an edge over others who have prepared fromsome other textbook.

How about learning materials from coaching centres

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Shreyash Srivastava, AIR 228, GATE(CS) 2012...

Votes by Abhinna Agrawal, Anonymous, Gaurav Garkoti, Quor a User, and 35 more.

Cracking the GATE exam doesn't require a specific book set. You have options as

for which book to choose. My advice is to go with the one that you find interesting,

but yes, it should be of some value.

The courses that we take for GATE are like a complete story. You can read topicsfrom different books as long as the story in your mind about the subject does not

miss a few characters. But there is a certain drawback. Who prepares the GATE

question papers? It is the IIT professors and they have their own set of books that

they are comfortable with. The questions and notations that would be used in the

GATE exam are more likely to be from these books.

About how GATE is different from JEE: In JEE, you need to be a hard nut to

crack the exam. You need to know how to solve a particular type of question (that

is, if you are not intuitive enough to find the solution on your own, and that is what is

taught at all the coaching centres). In GATE, you need to have an in-depth

knowledge about your specific field. The syllabus is vast and you cannot help but

study.

Here are some books that I used while preparing for GATE 2012.

Algorithms:  Introduction to Algorithms by Rivest, Cormen, Stein, Leiserson,

generally known as clrs. There is no beating this book. It is like the bible for a

CS engineer.

Operating System: "Operating System Principles" by Galvin. I liked the

book. Read semaphores well and solve a lot of problems. There are a couple of 

other books by Tanenbaum and Stallings which could be useful for certain

topics.

Theory of Computation: "Theory of Computation"  by Ullman. The book is

very hard on your eyes with so many weird symbols involved, but if you

concentrate well, you would get every point of it. Another one is "Introduction

to the Theory of Computation"  by Michael Sipser . This I fiound more helpful

for interviews.

Computer Networks: "Computer Neteorking: A top-down approach"  by

Kurose-Ross and "Computer Networks"  by Tanenbaum, There have been

questions in the past directly from Tanenbaum. But Kurose-Ross is what I

preferred. There are other books by William Stallings and Behrouz Forouzan

which could be useful for certain topics. Forouzan is relatively easy but i don't

advice you to read as the main book for preparation.

Computer Organisation: "Computer Organisation"  by Carl Hamacher . The

problem with this subject is that professors in IITs prefer Patterson, but the

syllabus for GATE is more in accordance with Hamacher.

Programming and Data Structures: Have a good hold on basic programming

in C. Coremen is good enough for data structures.

Graph Theory: "Graph Theory with Applications to Engineering and 

Computer Science"  by Narsingh Deo. I personally did not refer to it for GATE

exams but read it for semesters. It is a good experience.

Database Systems: "Database System Concepts"  by Korth

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Upvote • 5+ Comments • Updated 21 Dec

Compiler Design: "Principles of Compiler Design"  by Aho and Ullman.

Read parsing well and also Syntax Directed Translation(SDT) well. .

Digital Logic: "Digital Logic and Design"  by Morris Mano.

Software Engineering: "Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach" 

by Pressman. Need not read the whole book but a few important concepts like

Cyclomatic Complexity, Coupling and Cohesion, etc.

Web Technologies: Have an idea about basic HTML, XML, etc.

This is what i meant when i said that the syllabus for GATE is vast. Reading only a

few selected topics from each subject could sometimes do the trick (if you are

lucky). But it wont create any interest in the subject and you might find it very hard

to solve deep questions.

Try solving previous 10 year question papers. There is a book from G K

Publications that includes previous year question papers. But don't use i for cross

checking your solutions. You would find a lot of wrong answers in there. DO NOT

trust it for solutions.

About using learning material from coaching centres: You could find material

from Made Easy to be good enough, but nothing beats a thoroughly written book. I

did not personally prefer using the coaching material and there are a lot of 

discrepancies in the questions as well as the answers.

 All the best!

 

Upvote • Comment • 9 Apr 

Anonymous

i also found Testbook  interesting. It is done by some IITians for f...

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Darshan Vanan, JRF@IISc

Vote by Vinay Patel.

always follow standard author books for each topic.refer books whic...

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Thanks.... list of <a href="http://www.careerg...

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for dbms molina ullma...

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