Gate 2017- time table and plan

Time available =8*30=240 days=150*12+60*14+30*14=3060 hrs.

1. Phase 1 (10 days, 8hours /day) (done before may itself)
o Understanding gate syllabus
o Preparation plan
o Books
2. Phase 2 (150 days, 12 hours /day)
o Studying books & solving papers
o Study one topic and do 25 years past papers from that topic alone
o Prepare own notes
3. Phase 3 (60 days, 14 hours /day)
o Study
o Revise
o Go through all made easy notes, ankur gupta notes and standard book
PowerPoint slides
o Do test series 4 full length test by made easy
4. Phase 4 (30 days, 14 hours / day)
o Revision
o Test series

GATE syllabus topics

Engineering
Mathematics
Strength of
materials
Structural analyses
Construction
material and
management
Concrete structures
Steel structures
Geotechnical
engineering
Fluid mechanics
Irrigation and
hydrology
Environmental
engineering
Transportation
engineering
Geomatics

weightage

Days devoted

15 marks

25 days , 3 hrs. /day

4 marks

7 days, 1 hrs./day

5 marks
3marks

7 days , 2 hrs./day
3 days , 1 hrs./day

5 marks
3 marks
15 marks

4 days , 1 hrs./day
4 days , 1 hrs./day
20 days , 1 hrs./day

5 marks
9 marks

10 days, 2 hrs./day
10 days ,1 hrs./day

9 marks

10 days , 2hrs./day

9 marks

10 days , 1 hrs./day

15 marks
10marks

15 days, 1 hrs./day
daily

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General aptitude

TOTAL
days, 17 hrs. / day

100 marks

125

Month wise schedule

May structures
June water resource
July- environmental
Aug- mathematics
Sept-geotechnical
Oct- transportation & surveying
Aptitude daily 20 minutes per day and 2 hrs. practice session every sat & Sunday.
Day wise
May

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July

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