In the very beginning take only one test a week to start off with; you can start with

topic-wise tests, then

proceed to subject-wise tests. This way your subject will get prepared thoroughly.

5 months before the examination start taking 2 tests per week.

3 months before the GATE examination take 3 tests a week

When only 2 months remain for the GATE exam, take about 4- 5 tests per week.

One month before the main GATE exam take 1-2 tests every day. Make sure that some of these tests are
topic-wise tests, some are subject-wise, and some are full syllabus tests.

10 days before the main GATE exam stop taking tests. This is the time to revise formulae/concepts and
solve questions in a non-test mode

The day before the main GATE exam only revises and forget about any more tests. Write and revise
formulae so that it gets revised very well and you can recollect them in the examination hall.

start full test atleast 45 days before the final exam so that you have ample amount of time to have
critical analysis of your own mock test results. Three hours of full mock test should be followed by atleast
1 hour of complete analysis.