Concepts.for.GATE

 GATE allows virtual key board to use during examination. You will just have to click on calculator icon, and calculator will be displayed on your screen board.  You can only take help of mouse and not key board. So practice accordingly. Try to solve problems from GATE virtual calculator only so that on exam day you don't feel it troublesome. display of virtual calculator is like as shown in image. You can find offline virtual calculator from clicking on this following link: GATE virtual calculato r  Procedure to use GATE Virtual Calculator: 1)   Simple Arithmetic Calculations: To calculate 7*(2+3) 7*(2+3) 2) For  Eg. for tan(2 degree) ( Similar for sin, cos operations also) tan(2 degree) 3) For Log or ln operations Eg. for 1*log(3) + 2 1*log(3) + 2 4) for e to the power anything Eg.  e 2 e 2 5) For n factorial (n!) Eg.  (5!)*3-4 (5!)*3-4 6) For valuate nth power of any number: Eg.  8 4    (same for, nth root also) 8 4 7) for log with base Eg. for log 2 (base 10) for log 2 (base 10

This write up is trying to answer 'How to prepare for GATE ? ' So, here are some important tips from my side which can help you for better study. 1) There are two important thing you need to know before starting your preparation for any exams. First one is proper syllabus. You can have printed copy of syllabus. You can paste this printed copy on somewhere, where you can see it easily anytime you want during starting of any topic. Before starting any topic from any book, please see syllabus first, and think under which topic or chapter this is going to help me. Second important thing is, from where you have to study each topic and at how depth you have to study each topic. There are many topics in every exams,  from where majority of questions were asked. You can refer previous year paper analysis for that. You can see previous year questions, so that you can expect what kind of questions and at what depth you have to prepare. You can make list of important topics for exams whic