What are the best GATE Preparation Materials?

Updated on Jun 18, 2020 - 1:14 p.m. IST by Team Careers360

What are the best GATE Preparation Materials? - Candidates who will be appearing for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) must be struggling to find out the best GATE 2021 preparation materials. Questions like what are the best GATE preparation material?, Where will I find them? and more must be coming up in the candidate’s mind. To answer all these questions, Careers360 has compiled the best preparation material for GATE in this article. By going through this article, candidates can find the best books to refer for GATE, syllabus of GATE, exam pattern, mock test and more. Knowing about the best GATE preparation material will help candidates to understand the syllabus, topics and chapters well which will indirectly contribute in boosting the preparation for the entrance test. Moreover, studying thoroughly with the best preparation material of GATE will enable candidates to score good in the examination. For 2021, IIT Bombay will be conducting GATE in computer-based test mode (online) tentatively in the first week of February. So,there is ample time for GATE aspirants to prepare for the entrance test. Go through the article to check out what are the best GATE preparation materials?

To begin the preparation for GATE 2021, candidates can refer to the best study materials like previous year’s question/sample papers, recommended books which carry most commonly asked topics, attempt mock tests once released by the authorities and topic-wise notes. Below Careers360 Team has compiled all the best GATE preparation materials which candidates may require to score well in the examination:
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Best Books to Refer For GATE Preparation

Books play a very important role in preparing for any examination and referring to the right book is the key to score well. So for the reference of the candidates, mentioned below are a few of the best books for GATE preparation. These books for GATE preparation are highly recommended by subject experts and GATE toppers.

Best Books for GATE - Agricultural Engineering (AG)

Book’s Name	Author Name
Soil & Water Conservation	VVN Murty
Concept of Agricultural Engineering	Mohanty Das
Farm Machinery	Three Authors

Best Books for GATE - Computer Science (CS)

Recommended Books	Author’s Name
Architecture	Hamacher
Algorithm	Cormen
Operating System	Galvin
TOC - Theory of Computation	Ullman

Best Books for GATE - Chemical Engineering (CH)

Book’s Name	Author’s Name
Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering	Fogler
An Insight into Chemical Engineering	M.Subbu
Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics	JM Smith
Chemical Engineering For Gate Principles Solved Problems & Objective Type Questions	Ram Prasad
Heat Transfer	JP Holman
Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes	BK Dutta
Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering	McCabe - FPM and MO

Best Books for GATE - Electrical Engineering (EE)

Recommended Books	Author’s Name
Electrical machines	Nagrath, Kothari
Fundamentals of circuits	Alexander, Sadiku
Power Electronics	P S Bhimbhra

Best Books for GATE - Civil Engineering (CE)

Recommended Books	Author’s Name
Environment 1 and 2	S K Garg
Steel	Bhavikati
Fluid mechanics	R K Bansal
Open channel flow and engineering hydrology	K Subramanya
RCC	Pillai and Menon
Soil mechanics and foundation engineering	Gopal and Ranjan
Highway engineering	Khanna and Justo

Best Books for GATE - Geology and Geophysics (GG)

Book’s Name	Author’s Name
Complete Master Guide GATE	Amresh Singh
Geophysics	Telford

Best Books for GATE - Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Recommended Books	Author’s Name
Fluid Mechanics	R.K. Bansal (Numerical point of view), Frank M.White (For understanding)
Heat Transfer	Cengel (For understanding concept)
Production Engineering	Swadesh Singh
Thermodynamics	P.K.Nag
Theory of Machine (TOM)	S.S. Ratan

Best Books for GATE - Production and Industrial (PI)

Recommended Books	Author’s Name
Fluid Mechanics and Machinery	Modi & Seth
Heat Transfer	Made Easy Class Notes
IC engine	Mathur Sharma
Material Science	Made Easy Class Notes & Swadesh Singh
Machine Design	VB Bhandari
Production	S K Mondal Notes Swadesh Sing
Refrigeration	Made Easy Class Notes
Strength of Material	Sadhu Singh
Thermodynamics	P.K Nag
Theory of Machine	SS Ratan

Candidates can also refer to the below given table to check the best recommended books for GATE preparation subject-wise, in detail:

Best Books for GATE Preparation

GATE Papers and Code	Link
Civil Engineering (CE)	Click Here
Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology (CS)	Click Here
Electrical Engineering (EE)	Click Here
Electronics and Communication (EC)	Click Here
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	Click Here

Solve Previous Year’s GATE Question Papers

To score good, it is important to solve previous year’s question papers. Solving previous year’s question papers will help candidates to know about the type of questions asked, weightage and division of topics in the syllabus. Every year authorities release GATE question papers for all disciplines. Candidates can check last year year GATE question papers from below given table:
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GATE 2020 Question Papers (Official)

Paper Code	Question Paper Link
Aerospace Engineering (AE)	Click Here
Agricultural Engineering (AG)	Click Here
Architecture and Planning (AR)	Click Here
Biotechnology (BT)	Click Here
Civil Engineering (CE)	Click Here (CE-1)
Civil Engineering (CE)	Click Here (CE-2)
Chemical Engineering (CH)	Click Here
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)	Click Here
Chemistry (CY)	Click Here
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)	Click Here
Electrical Engineering (EE)	Click Here
Ecology and Evolution (EY)	Click Here
Geology and Geophysics (GG)	Click Here
Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	Click Here
Mathematics (MA)	Click Here
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	Click Here (ME-1)
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	Click Here (ME-2)
Mining Engineering (MN)	Click Here
Metallurgical Engineering (MT)	Click Here
Petroleum Engineering (PE)	Click Here
Physics (PH)	Click Here
Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)	Click Here
Statistics (ST)	Click Here
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF)	Click Here
Engineering Sciences (XE-A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)	Click Here
Life Sciences (XL-P, Q, R, S, T, U)	Click Here

Click on GATE question papers to check all previous year’s paper

Attempt GATE Mock Test

Every year, IIT conducting GATE exam releases mock tests for candidates to practice and get familiar with the online exam. GATE who are trying to find out what are the best GATE preparation materials must practice and keep mock tests in their bucket list. By attempting mock test candidates will be able to get familiar with the GATE exam pattern as it is the stimulation of the real exam which helps them in preparing in a better way. Candidates must note that authorities release separate mock tests for the various GATE papers conducted.

Click on GATE Mock Test link to access all the previous/upcoming year’s mock test

Above stated things will help candidates to prepare in a most effective manner for GATE 2021. With this, I hope now candidates have got the answer for What are the best GATE preparation Materials?.

Good Luck!