SAIL Tips and Previous Experience

(I) Technical : is easy.(Attempt at least 80 questions)(Marks one can easily obtain >50 marks)

Subjects in descending order of preference :

1. Industrial Engineering(Industrial Safety(**)(OSHA))
2. Production Engineering
3. TOM, SOM
4. FM, FMc
5. PP,IC, Thermo
6. MD
7. RAC




(II) Non Technical(specially emphasis on this portion)(This will decide your selection) :

1.  English(Attempt all) :

Very simple English no need to emphasis on it. Easy Paragraph(5 plus questions) etc.

2.  GK(marks at least 10) :

Simple GK -- Persons in News, Books and Authours, only GK no need to go through vast History, Geography etc)

3.  Aptitude:

Study and Practice(*)Made easy book or RS aggarwal.

Questions mainly from Men and Work, Stocks(*)

4. Reasoning :

Only Verbal and its a mix of Apti questions and some reasoning also.(Refer RS aggarwal)



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Experience of 2013(anonymous Candidate)

GATE Exam For Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Aptitude Test Of Engineering(GATE) 

Every year in the month of Feb-March various IIT's conduct this prestigious exam for M.Tech/Phd Admission along with PSU's who recruit engineers for graduate level jobs across India.

So with the inclusion of PSU's GATE became a tough nut to crack with the cut throat competition. So a planned preparation of subjects is required.

GATE focus on basic concepts with numerical solving skills.

• For Concepts = a good theoretical study of subjects
• For Numerical Solving Skills = Practice Practice and Practice.

So one should plan his preparation well ahead of exam. 8 month before GATE exam would be sufficient but you can add more time.

Steps for Preparation 

• For 1st 4 months try to cover all syllabus.
• After that Revise each subject simultaneously make short notes of important definitions, formulae and concepts.
• After revising each subject solve all numericals of that chapter from MADE EASY PREVIOUS SOLVED PAPERS(Link below) book.
• Similarly for rest of subjects.
• Try to revise subjects 3-4 times in 3 months.
• During last 2 months take any online test series(Made easy or GATEForum) and practice more and more.
• Solve last 20 years questions.
• Write all formulae on a piece of paper again and again.
• In the end a week before exam stay calm and prepare only for some hours, don't put much pressure on yourself.

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