S.

No Subject Name Gate Marks Reference Books

(1991-2015)
Min Avg Max
1 TOC or FLAT 3 6 8 Ullman
2 Compiler Design 3 4.5 6 Dragon(aho,Ullman,Ravisethi)
3 SCLD or DLD 3 5.5 8 R.P.Jain,morrismano,zho kohavi
4 CN 6 8 9 Tanelaum,Forozaun
5 OS 6 8.5 12 MM-Galvin,Syn-Tanela
6 DBMS 6 7.5 11 Nava the(old Edition)
7 Algorithms 9 12 15 Coreman,Shini,CLRS
8 DS and 1 7 14 Same as algorithms have and Dennis
Programming Ritchie
9 CO 2 5.6 9 J.P.Hayers,Peterson,Paul Chowdary
(microprocessor)

“Start your journey with easier things then everything before you
becomes very easy”

* This order of subjects is more helpful for your preparation.

*These are core subjects of CS. In every year out of 100 marks 60 marks are from
these 9 subjects.
*If a person answered 60 questions perfectly his rank absolutely in top 100. The
accuracy of answering is the main aspect in GATE CS exam.

“Accuracy of Answering Questions is the Main Agenda of any

GATE Aspirant”
Other Subjects
S.No
Subject Marks Ref Books
Min Avg Max
**10 Software Engineering 0 2.6 5 Pressman
**11 Web Technologies 0 0.8 2 NPTEL Videos
** -May or not ask in gate exam

Engineering Mathematics
(Practice requires more and more)
1 Mathematical Logic 0 2.1 4 Kenneth Rosen
2 Probability 0 3.2 6 Sheldon m Ross
3 Set Theoryand Algebra 0 4.30 12 IIT JEE Books
4 Combinatrics 0 0.8 2 ,,
5 Graph Theory 0 3.1 5 Sudharshan
6 *Linear Algebra 1 2.2 3 IIT JEE
7 Numerical Methods 0 1.2 2 Any Local Book
8 Calculus 0 1.9 5 IIT JEE Books
*Refers to very important
Compulsory Questions
1 Numerical Ability(NA) 6 7.8 5 Arun Sharma
2 Verbal Ability(VA) 5 7.2 9 Word Power Made
Easy, Reading Novels
Eleven IIT’s are going to conduct the GATE exam one by one in
every year. In this year 2016 GATE exam is going to conduct by
the IISC Bangalore. From the last few year’s iisc gave some GATE
papers. After a brief studying of all those papers we may know
the fact that is “It mainly focuses on Engineering Mathematics”.
The one and only institute which focus mainly on mathematics
and gave more than 10 marks.