85+ MARKS STUDY PLAN IN GATE – ME

85+ MARKS STUDY PLAN IN GATE – ME

1 Year that’s Too Much. You Can Secure Above 80 Marks In Gate In Mechanical Engineering, If You Are Sincere With Your Studies For 7–8 Months. First Of All You Should Do A Thorough Analysis Of The Exam. I Am Doing It for Mechanical Engineering Here:-

SNO	SUBJECT	MARKS	LEVEL
1	ENGG MATHS	15	Easy To Moderate
2	GA & ENGLISH	15	Easy And Scoring
3	PRODUCTION	13-18	Easy To Moderate
4	SOM	8-10	Moderate To Difficult
5	TOM	6-8
6	HMT+ FM + MACHINERY	12-15	Moderate To Difficult
7	THERMO + IC + P PLANT+ RAC	13-15	Moderate To Difficult
8	INDUSTRIAL ENGG	4-6	Moderate
9	EM + DOME	8-10	Easy to Moderate
10	MS + RAC	4-6	Moderate To Difficult

First Of All These Are Not Exact Marks They Vary From Set To Set So Does The Difficulty Level. Hence It Is A General Overview Of The Paper.

Well If You Look At The Point 1,2 And 3 You Can Make It Out That Those Three Subjects Should Be Given Priority Otherwise You Are Doomed. I

Got 15/15 In (Apti+Eng), 9/13 In Maths, 13/16 In Production. Approx (37/44) But Then In Tom, SOM And Fluid HMT I Got (31/35) (All Are

Approximate Calculations). But Again One Should Analyse His Strengths And Weakness And Then Choose Accordingly I Was Not So Good In

English Until March 2015. But Now I Am Quite Comfortable With It (Got 83/100 In ESE 2017 And 75/100 In ESE 2018).

1. GENERAL APTITUDE & ENGLISH – Being An Engineer You Are Expected To Be Good In Aptitude And Yeah You Have The Luxury Of Using A Calculator Too. If You Are Not Good In Apti You Should Try  To Solve Previous Year Paper Of Gate For All The Branches As This Part Is Common. Go For Basic Books Like R.S.Agrawal And GATEFORUM Notes Of Chetna Mam But You Should Be Comfortable In Handling Apti (Easy Bearing Fruit Don’t Lose On This). English Is A Very Funny Language Isn’t It, Not For Us Right?

We All Did Our Engg. In English For 4 Years But We Are Not Comfortable With It Are We?

English Consists Of Vocab Part And Grammar Part.There Is A Saying “Vocab Can’t Be Built In A Day”. One Stop Solution For Vocab Is WORD POWER MADE EASY By Norman Lewis Yeah The Book With The Red Cover Small And Thick. I Read It Twice Or Thrice From Cover To Cover. Believe Me Guys If You Read It Thoroughly You Will Feel Quite Comfortable With The Words Asked In Gate, Be It Altruist, Martinet Or Any Other Word. This Book Is A Must Read You Can Compliment It With Reading The HINDU Daily ( If You Are An ESE Aspirant) Jotdown The Difficult Words And Find Out Their Meaning. Editorials Will Help You In Improving Your Grammar Skills. For Grammar There Are Around 100 Rules Given In Hari Mohan Prasad Book Solve It, Try To Remember The Rules (You Can’t Mug It Up) But If You Do Practice Then You Will Remember It. One Of The Reason I Practiced It Extensively Was- I Was A Serious ESE Aspirant It Helped Me With English As Well As Current Affairs (Secured A Decent 148.88/200 In General Ability). I Mugged Up 3000 Words Of GRE Using “MEMRISE” App.But It Is Redundant For GATE. GATEFORUM Material For English Is Very Good And It Will Suffice. Having A Superior Vocal Will Not Only Help In GATE But In Exams Like CAT, SAIL, CSE, SSC-CGL So Cost To Benefit Ratio Is High. If Done Once You Will Remember It Forever.

2. Engineering Math’s – It Is Very Easy And Scoring Part. Solve   

      B.S.Grewal, GATEFORUM Book And Previous Year GATE        

      Papers. Mug Up All The Formulae And Rewrite Them Again And 

      Again. Engineers Are Good At Maths Aren’t We??

3. PRODUCTION – So Here It Is The Most Important   

      Technical Subject Of Mechanical Engineering Carrying Around 15-20 

      Marks. Just One Word For It “ Akhilendra SIR KA JAADU”      

      GATEFORUM  Guys Would Have Understood It. Akhilendra Sir’s  ] 

      Notes It Is More Than Enough. I Solved It 4–5 Times Mugged Up     

      All The Formulae And Except For 1 Autocad Question Solved It All.   

      Solve All The Previous Year Questions. Most Of The Questions Will  

      Either Be Same Or Of Same Type. I Didn’t Studied Any Book.

AKHIL SIR NOTES + PREVIOUS YEAR QUES+ GATEFORUM TEST SERIES DON’T GO BEYOND THAT.

4. SOM – Ravi Sir Taught Me SOM. I Did His Notes 5–6 Times. And Got All The Questions Correct Except For One Mistake I Did

With Units (Answered 84 Instead Of 84000 Kilo Mega Mistake). For SOM Ravi Sir Notes And Test Series Is More Than Enough. No

Books Until You Are Pursuing Research In Design.

5. TOM – What I Did Was Hariveer Sir Notes, GATEFORUM WORKBOOK, Previous Year GATE And ESE Questions And Test Series. Give Emphasis On Vibrations And Gears. One Can Refer NPTEL Videos They Are Really Very Good, I Referred It For Cams. It Is A Difficult Subject So Try To Understand It Conceptually. I Got 8/8 In TOM.

6. FM And HMT – FM Is A Difficult Subject But Manish Gupta Sir Makes it Easy for Me. Refer NPTEL If You Are Not In GATEFORUM. Main Focus Should Be On Boundary Layer Theory, Laminar Flow, Dynamics And Kinematics. Mug Up All The Formulae As They Are Confusing And Difficult. HMT Is Easier As Compared To FM Give Preference To Heat Exchanger, Shape Factor Problems, Forced Convection And Lumped Analysis. I Secured (6/6) In HMT, It Was One Of My Strongest Subjects. No Book Needed I Did GATEFORUM Notes + Prev. Year GATE And ESE Test Series. Machinery Can Be Avoided Or Put In Less Effort In It.

7. Thermo + IC Engine + Power Plant – Thermo Is Favorite

 Subject Of Most Of The Mechanical Engineers Isn’t It? In Thermo

 Concentrate On Entropy, Available Energy And Second Law   

 Problems. No Need to Solve PK Nag It Can Be Read For Theory Only   

For ESE.Do Solve Previous Year Papers Theoretical Questions Might   Be Tricky. In IC Engine Just Mug Up Diesel, Otto And Dual Cycle  Formulae And Questions Of If Heat Addition Is Same Which Will Have Higher Efficiency Type Question. Though This Year They Asked A Question From Oxidation Reaction Of Fuels. Power Plant Is Very Easy Do Brayton Cycle And Rankine Cycle Theory And Numerical.

8. Industrial – It Is Easiest Of All Remember All The Formulae Focus On PERT/CPM, Linear Programming And Inventory. Special Thanks to Chetna Mishra Mam for Making it Easy for Me. Do Solve

Previous Year And Test Series.

9. Machine Design – It Is Somewhat Difficult And Conceptual     Understanding Is Required. Focus On Brakes, Riveted And Welded

Joints, Clutches And S-N Curve. Do Solve Previous Year Questions 4–5 Times.

10. Material Science And RAC – Weightage Is Low So No Need To Read Them Thoroughly. Read Heat Treatment, Iron Carbide In MS. In RAC Vapor Compression And Properties Of Moist Air Is Very Important. You Must Remember Formulae For Specific Humidity, Relative Humidity Etc As Numerical Questions Are Asked Mostly. Don’t Put In Too Many Efforts In These Too.

11. Engineering Mechanics – Focus On Trusses, Friction And Rolling. It Is Easy If You Are Comfortable With Physics, Wasn’t Easy For Me Worked Hard Got (6/6) Marks In It.

Few Other Things One Must Do In The Preparation Span Which I Feel Necessary Is

1. Uninstall WhatsApp And Deactivate Facebook. It Is Quite Essential I Was In An Exile For 11 Months. Didn’t Went For A Movie, Didn’t

Watched A Cricket Match, Stopped Talking To Most Of My Friends Studied Daily For Around 12–14 Hours (Including Coaching).

2. Maintained A Timetable Where I Made Weekly Plans, 3 Day Plan And Daily Plan And Gave My Best To Complete It.

3. Enjoy Your Studies Don’t Take It As A Burden If You Enjoy It You Will Definitely Make It Through.

4. Competition Is Fierce In GATE Even Small Mistake Will Make Your Rank Fall From 100s To 600s And You Are Out Of The Race. So Don’t Think If You Leave English And Focus Only On Technical You Can Secure A Good Rank. Yes You Can but Remember There Are Guys like Me Who Will Not Leave Any Stone Unturned So We Should Cover All The Subjects Properly?

5. And Last But Not The Least If You Work Hard Enough You Will Succeed And Even Luck Will Be There With You. I Do Remember A Question On Charpoy’s Test Was There Which I Saw 2 Days Before GATE So Yeah “God Helps Those Who Help Themselves”.

I Worked Hard For 11 Months (I Gave ESE Too) Gave My Best And Then Again I Installed Facebook, What’s App And Whatnot.

Your Fight Is Not Against the 2 Lakh Aspirants It Is Against Yourself If You Do Have The Patience, Perseverance You Will Sail Through Or You Can Be One Among the 1,99,500 Aspirants Thinking What Went Wrong. I Got 5 Job Offers This Year Just Because Of My Shear Hard Work And Determination. You Can Watch Motivational Videos Too. Just Give Your Best And Leave Rest Up To The GOD. So Guys This Was My

Analysis Of Mechanical Engineering.

 Aptitude, English And Engg Maths Section Remains The Same For All The Branches.

All The Best Guys.

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DILEEP TIWARI

RANK 36

ME BRANCH

GATE 2018