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Cracking GATE,
the smart way

Prepared by Mechanical AIR-1, AIR-14, AIR-37

and various other GATE and ESE toppers
About this
preparation guide
EXERGIC is a name known to thousands of sincere GATE aspirants. On a
daily basis, we receive messages, mails and calls from hundreds of aspirants
to guide them regarding GATE preparation.

To make this information flow smooth and consistence, we have prepared

this complete preparation guide.

Many other GATE and ESE toppers have also contributed in preparing this
preparation guide and have given valuable inputs.

Our Philosophy
In this preparation guide, you will also come across the courses and
guidance provided by EXERGIC for comprehensive GATE preparation.

Why so? Look. We come across many aspirants who tell us that they wished
they knew about EXERGIC earlier. It really is a bad feeling for us.

We just want you to be aware of your preparation options for GATE. So that,
you can make an informed decision.

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Let's begin
Getting a top rank in GATE can be a daunting thought specially when you
start thinking about the competition from lacs of other aspirants.

But if you think about the sincere competition, it is among few 2-3
thousand aspirants only. And you are definitely one of those.

This will be long and detailed guide but if you read till the end, it is going
to be very effective.

However, if you have any specific query after completing this, then you
can contact our expert team of GATE, ESE and ISRO toppers to help you
by mailing us on support@exergic.in

Overview
Here is a list of what we are going to cover in this guide:

The art of making notes

Managing GATE along with college / job
Sources to solve questions
Reasons why aspirants fail
3-dimensions of GATE prep } EXCLUSIVE READ

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Art of notes making
for GATE
When starting to prepare, generally aspirants are having a tendency
to make notes in great detail but after few months, they realise that
since they understood the concepts right and if they are regularly
solving numericals, they will rarely need to read those detailed
notes again. So, how to make useful notes without wasting time?

Look there are two types of notes that we

recommend you should make

SHORT
NOTES
This include formulas plus 1-2 liner concepts which cover the whole relevant
GATE syllabus in shortest time possible. Try to write very common and obvious
concepts as short as you can. No need to write full sentences. You can use
diagrams, flow-charts, arrow etc to make it short and crisp.To give you an idea, you
have to make them so concise that you can revise 1 subject in just 2-3 hours.

NUMERICAL
NOTES
When you solve a good question from Exergic question bank or test series and you
observe something conceptually new in that question, just note down the learnings
on that question in a separate notes.
Note whatever new you learnt from that question. Keep revising these notes weekly.
This way you will never forget the learning from these questions and numerical
solving capability will also improve gradually, which is very important for GATE.

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Cracking • College gives you a leeway to have
around 75% attendance. So you can miss

GATE with around 25% of the lectures. Plan those 25%

well. Do not skip your college to sleep in

college
Preparing for GATE along with
managing regular college
chores can get tricky
sometimes. But if managed
properly, it is easiest way to
prepare for GATE. All it needs is
a good plan and
your determination.
Chandresh Mahajan, founder of Exergic,
not only secured an AIR -37 in GATE 2014 For example, mechanical engineers can
in first GATE attempt but also managed to take images of subjects like Material
be the topper of his batch securing a
CGPA of 9.59. Keeping his experience as
a reference, we are providing you
guidance on how you can do it too.
your hostel if you are feeling sleepy or
unwell. Better to attend college and sleep
on last bench. Save those 25% for GATE
Preparation leaves.
• You spend a LOT of time in your college
daily. If you do not utilize that time for
GATE, it is going to get difficult. Study for
GATE even in college hours.
• Since it might not be possible to solve
GATE numerical in the regular college
classes, you can study theoretical subjects
which do not need much mental attention.
Science, Manufacturing and Production,
and study them in college in your mobile.

Points to keep in mind:

• First make up your mind that GATE is
your priority, and not your college
studies. The place where you should
compromise is college studies and not
GATE preparation.

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• After every few hours, pay little attention to
what is going on in the class so that you “Either you
have a very rough idea of what is being bear the pain of
taught and you will get a break as well.
discipline or
• If you are preparing well for GATE, many you bear the
subjects taught in your college will be easy pain of
for you since conceptual and numerical part
consequences”
will be covered by GATE preparation.

• For subjects which are not in GATE, try to cover the class content every week for
them in college hours only. It takes very less time since such subjects are limited
and easy.

We have given below a free time table and study schedule for college going GATE
aspirants. You can use that to make one for yourself.
Keep in mind that it is a rough estimate. You may modify it according to your college
hours/other constraints.

EXERGIC provides highly detailed Day-wise study plan to our Video Course
users. So, if you are planning to enroll, you can skip this time table.

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Cracking
GATE with
Job
Chandresh Mahajan (founder of
Exergic) has worked with Indian
Oil Corporation Ltd. for about
15 months before resigning.
After adding his opinion to the
experience of many of our
students who did it along with
9-5 job, we have a few valuable
inputs for you.
Top 3 difficulties you face when you
prepare with job:
1. Since god made bosses to be bad in
nature and sap your joy away, your mood
is generally low when you get back from
office. Mood is not that bad when you
return from college.
2. Since you have more money to spend
when you are in job, you think you
deserve a movie on weekends or that
Netflix subscription to spend at least few
hours relaxing. Bad!
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3. Remember that guy who stopped
preparing for GATE/IES after getting
college placement? When you are in a job,
somewhere in the back of your mind you
know that even if you do not crack
GATE/IES, you still have a job to feed
yourself. This push you into a comfort
zone. Comfort zones are worst things for
your preparations.
Minimizing above mentioned 3
negatives:
1. Try to get as less noticed as you can in
your job. Maintain a low profile. Stay away
from your boss. If you are good or bad in
his eyes, both ways you will get more work.
Stay neutral. Try to display as less
emotions as you can in office.
2. We cannot tell you how important
weekends are. They are the most
important days of your life if you want to
do anything big in your life. I work every
day. Every Saturday. Every Sunday. You do
not have to feel bad about this. You must
work every day of you life when you are in
20s. Avoid movies and things that waste
your time. Medical studies on human life
have shown that life on earth is possible
without watching movies for few months.
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Top 3 benefits you get when you
You can sleep less and take rest in the
prepare with job:
office or lunch hours but avoid long breaks
from studies due to any reason.
1. You do not have to appear in semester
exams. Preparing for semester exams and
2. Try to study as much as you can in the
attending them is a major time wastage
office. Study when you travel, when you go
for college students.
to washroom, in short breaks from work, in
every freakin’ place you can. All these
2. Your colleagues in job won’t waste
small efforts, when added together, will
your time as your friends did in college. I
convert into big success. Mark these
am not saying that friends are bad, but
words! And when you will think about this
when you are trying to prepare for
after cracking that exam, sweet tears will
competitive exams, try to keep your friend
roll down your eyes.
zone minimal. Your real friends will
support you in your preparations.
3. Make investments in collecting useful
resources for your preparations. You can
3. You have money to spend on
read 20 reference books from your own in
purchasing any course. In college, you
2 years, but you can get same knowledge
have to convince you parents for majority
in much much better way in just 300-400
of your monetary decisions.
hours from effective courses for GATE.
Maximizing above mentioned 3 Why not save time (which you have less)
positives: by spending some money (which you
have in a job) on good courses?
1. Since you do not have any semester
exams, try not to loose touch with
preparations due to any other lesser
important reasons. Losing touch not only
stops your progress, it also drags you back
since you start forgetting what you knew.
You have to invest 4-5 hours daily in
preparations irrespective of anything.

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Sources to solve
questions
It is needless to say that it is impossible to get a good rank
without solving good questions. The most common way in which a
regular aspirant solve questions is by attending Test Series, which is
a MUST for every sincere GATE aspirant.

But there is something very wrong if you directly start attempting

test series.

Why solving test series

DIRECTLY is harmful

Test series show your All India Rank for every test that you give and test series is
attended by almost everyone (who is just starting to prepare as well as those who
are attempting GATE since last 2 years), so aspirants hesitate in attending tests.

This hesitation increases more if they do not get good ranks in their initial tests.
This is not good for any aspirant if they start comparing their marks with others
from the very beginning.

Look. The starting phase of question solving is to learn and cement concepts and
not to compare yourself with others. But many fresh aspirants gets disheartened if
they score bad and get over excited if they score good. Both of these states are not
good if you want to get a good rank in GATE.

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 How to eliminate
these dangers?
So, given that attempting test series is a must, you should keep telling yourself that I
will improve gradually. Never take your marks in mock tests too seriously. Just focus
on learning and improving.

We have seen many aspirants who were not so good in test series but they got very
good AIR and those as well who were among the toppers in test series but they
failed to perform in GATE.

So, keep yourself emotionally balanced while attempting test series.

Benefits of solving questions

without timer initially
When you just complete a topic, best way to do is to solve questions without the
timer running (which cannot be done from Test Series).

When there is no times and competition, you focus on concepts building and
accuracy. And GATE is all about accuracy - not speed.

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 3 reasons why
aspirants fail?
In mechanical engineering, we study about the failure of
material / component in order to make a safe design, right?

To succeed, understanding failures is extremely crucial.

Lack of guidance
25%
Lack of concepts
35%

Lack of practice
40%

"Hundreds of aspirants have concepts to get into top

50 but still only 50 people make it. Why?

Because students underestimate the power of

right practice and genuine guidance."

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How to make these 3
areas your strength?
Let's see what we recommend students in order
to reach their maximum in least time.

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you reach your maximum in every way possible.

Be it learning, practicing or giving Premium guidance and

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