7 Best Tricks to Get an Excellent GATE Cutoff Score
By : Sandhya S | Jun 27, 2022
Is your GATE exam nearing, and you don't know how to plan your study to get the maximum cutoff? GATE is one of the most popular exams students take every year. Students will have a lot of stress and worries to get good marks despite the difficulties.
This blog has listed some essential tricks to score high in the exam. Know all of them in detail by reading the complete blog. Let's get started!
1. Check the Previous Cutoff Trends
The GATE Cutoff marks determine your admission to institutes like IIT, NIT, and IISc for higher education. Here we have listed the previous years' cutoff for 2021. Candidates can refer to the below list to know the cutoff trends, which will help them understand and analyze the probable cutoff for 2022.
GATE 2021 Branches | Gen | OBC/EWS | SC/ST/PWD |
Geology and Geophysics | 44.8 | 40.3 | 29.8 |
Civil Engineering | 29.2 | 26.2 | 22.0 |
Biotechnology | 30 | 27 | 20 |
Mechanical Engineering | 33 | 29.7 | 22 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 41.8 | 37.6 | 27.8 |
Chemistry | 36.2 | 32.5 | 24.1 |
Mathematics | 29 | 26.1 | 19.3 |
Electrical Engineering | 30.3 | 27.2 | 20.2 |
Computer Science | 26.1 | 23.4 | 17.4 |
Electronics and Communication | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences | 37.9 | 34.1 | 25.2 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 36 | 32 | 24 |
2. Formulate a Study Plan
Formulating a study plan is vital to prepare for better results in the GATE exam. Check the syllabus, split them into half, and create a schedule so that you can cover the entire portion before the exam.
For example, suppose you are preparing a schedule for the civil exam. In that case, you divide Engineering Mathematics, Structural Engineering, and Geotechnical Engineering into one half and Environmental Engineering, Transportation, and Geomatics Engineering into another half. By allotting sufficient time, you can complete them at the earliest.
3. Find Out Easy and Difficult Topics
You can organize and plan your studying according to the easier and more challenging topics. You can always start the easier ones at first as it takes less time to study and keep the problematic portion next so that you have a lot of time to prepare and give more attention to them
For instance, if you consider Geotechnical and transportation Engineering in civil to be easier, you can complete them first and go for the tougher concepts like structural engineering to be completed, or you can go alternatively till covering the whole syllabus.
4. Prioritize the Highest Mark Weightage Section
Knowing the marking procedure helps students prioritize the topics with the highest mark weightage. For instance, the highest mark weightage topics for the GATE civil is.
- Geotechnical and Environmental with 14%
- Engineering Mathematics with 13%
- General Aptitude with 14%
- Structural Analysis with 8%
- Transportation Engineering with 7%
- Construction Materials & Management with 3%
- Engineering Mechanics with 1%
- R.C.C with 5%
- Geomatics Engineering with 8%
- Solid Mechanics with 2%
- Steel Structures with 2%
This topic-wise weightage list helps one to prepare better. By prioritizing all these essential topics, the probability of scoring good marks is high.
5. Practice Mock tests
As there are lakhs of candidates participating every year in the GATE exam, there is a high level of competition. So, candidates are advised not only to prepare for the exam effectively but also to practice many mock tests.
Solving mock tests and previous years' question papers will help analyze the difficulty of the exam through which one can be prepared better before the main exam. Additionally, this helps to increase your speed and improve knowledge retention.
6. Ensure Multiple Revision
Revising the entire syllabus is crucial to prepare for the exam. Students can revise the portions whenever they have time. Use short notes to include all important definitions, formulas, and more to recall the concepts in less time. You can also highlight the key points to revise effectively.
With continuous revision, knowledge of the subject remains intact and you will be more confident during the GATE exam.
7. Manage Your Time During Exam
Time management plays a vital to score good marks in the GATE 2022. The exam duration is of 3 hours, and the students can complete their exam within the given interval. If questions asked are easy to moderate, it might not consume much time. But if questions are tough, the candidate must make the right choice to answer the question first and learn to manage the time effectively.
The smart choice is leaving the question that takes more time as it leaves you less time to solve other questions.
Concluding Thoughts
We hope the information gave you a clear idea to score high on the GATE exam. Inculcating these suggested tricks during your preparation will benefit you by acquiring the maximum cutoff.
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