tips to succeed in gate exam

Tips to succeed in GATE Exam

tips for GATE for students to a clear-cut preparation strategy, you will be able to succeed.
31. Study Plan for the GATE Exam
The exam will test candidates conceptual knowledge. Standard books for GATE exam are available. Time available should be properly apportioned for each section. Prepare well for all the portions thoroughly. They can try to prepare some notes on each chapter after they read. This will be helpful during the revision period. There are many websites available in online which will help to analyze their preparation level. The GATE Exam consists of objective type questions and sometimes solving these questions is tricky. The candidate should go through previous year question papers and model papers. This will offer you an idea about the exam.
32. Dont Forget Your Wrist Watch and Calculator
Now a days, most of us have left the habit of wearing a wrist watch because of mobile phones. But this thing is not going to work in a competition exam like GATE. For calculator, I would just say that most of the time its not need, specially in GATE Computer Science but still its better to keep it with you.
33. Keep a Water Bottle With You
This is one of the very important things. If you are in exam and you are thirsty, then your mind will be distracted. I would suggest that dont take much water at a time. Just take small sips of water whenever you feel thirsty. Dont think that you will purchase the water bottle from some shop near to your exam center. You might end up in some exam center where there is no shop near by.
34. Keep Pencil Eraser and Sharpener
Most of you might be thinking that you have to mark the GATE OMR sheet using a ball pen, so you dont need to keep these things. My suggestion is that fill the omr sheet using ball pen, but solve the questions only using pencil. The space given in the exam paper is not much, so you cant afford to do a long calculation again if you make some mistake. In another case, suppose if you draw a wrong diagram using ball pen, then you will have to draw it again, but with pencil, you can correct it easily. This thing had happened with me in GATE 2010, thats why I thought to mention it.
35. Say No to Heavy Breakfast
Dont take heavy breakfast, otherwise you will feel sleepy in the exam. Better take light breakfast and fruits. Also keep some packets of biscuits.
36. Wear comfortable clothes
This is the thing most of us usually dont care, but its very important. You should be able to sit comfortably in the exam otherwise your mind will be distracted. Hence say no to tight jeans for one day.
37. Keep a Clip Board With You
I hope you understood why you need this. It will be needed if the furniture in the classroom is not good. So its better to be on the safe side.
38. Reach the Exam Center Before Time
Reach at least one hour before time. You will find a very long queue at exam center. So for peace of mind, its necessary that you reach before time. I would also suggest that if you are thinking to use your own vehicle to reach the exam center, then keep some backup plan to avoid situations like bike puncture. Better come with some family member.
39. Dont Study Anything the Day Before Exam
Since you have already spent so much time in studying, you need this one day break so that your mind can fit things in it properly. Try to take rest as much as possible which will relax your mind and you will be able to solve more difficult problems in the exam.
40. Increase Your speed
Today I am going to tell you how you can improve your speed and reduce the number of errors in the exam. My experience is that if you can just reduce the number of errors, you will end up with a very good rank. The key idea here is time management, which will help you with this. You might be thinking that 3 hours time is more than enough for solving the GATE exam paper and you dont need to worry about time. Its true that 3 hours is more than enough for solving the GATE exam paper, but its true only if you do good time management. I suggest that the day before your exam think about the strategy, you are going to use in the exam, to get better result.