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GATE CS Exam Guide

Everything around the subjects: how the GATE CS paper is built and marked, the full syllabus with links to every lesson, where to get official previous year papers and how to analyse them, study plans for six and three months, a formula sheet for revision and a free mock test whose numerical answers are recomputed by a program.

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1Know the Exam

  1. GATE CS Exam Pattern and Marking SchemeGATE CS exam pattern explained: 65 questions, 100 marks, MCQ, MSQ and NAT, negative marking, section weightage and how to calculate your raw score.
  2. GATE CS Syllabus 2027 Subject-wiseThe GATE Computer Science syllabus for GATE 2027 aspirants, subject by subject, with the topics to study and links to free lessons for each section.
  3. GATE CS Previous Year Papers and How to Analyse ThemWhere to download official GATE CS previous year question papers and answer keys, and a step-by-step method to analyse them topic-wise for your own preparation.

2Study Plans

  1. GATE CS 6-Month Study PlanA week-by-week 6-month GATE CS study plan: subject order, daily hours, revision cycles, previous year papers and mock tests, with links to free lessons.
  2. GATE CS 3-Month Study PlanA focused 3-month (12-week) GATE CS study plan for fast preparation or final revision: high-yield subjects first, daily targets, mocks and a last-week checklist.

3Revision

  1. GATE CS Formula Sheet for Quick RevisionGATE CS important formulas on one page: algorithms, data structures, OS, networks, COA, digital logic, DBMS, discrete maths and probability, with solved checks.

4Mock Tests

  1. GATE CS Mock Test 1 (30 Questions, Free)A free GATE CS mock test with 30 original questions across aptitude, maths and every CS subject, in MCQ, MSQ and NAT formats with full solutions.