GATE CS Notes (According to GATE 2025 Syllabus)
GATE stands for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. GATE is a national-level exam conducted by IISc-Bangalore and the seven old IITs; GATE 2025 is going to be conducted by IIT Roorkee. GATE 2025 Notification has not been released yet. Official Notification of GATE 2025 is going to be released by IIT Roorkee soon. After clearing the GATE exam, candidates are eligible for Master of Technology (M.Tech)/Master of Engineering (ME) from the most prestigious institutes, and job opportunities in PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings). It is a computer-based online exam and the main goal of GATE CSE is to test the technical aptitude of engineers.
The GATE Computer Science exam is generally conducted in the first or second week of February, and the GATE score is valid for 3 years. The official notification of GATE 2025 Exam is yet not released. Stay tuned to our website for all the information regarding GATE 2025 Exam. The GATE exam is conducted once a year. The GATE exam consists of 65 questions, including 10 General Aptitude and 55 core subject questions. The duration of the exam is 3 hours.
There are three types of questions that come into the GATE exam:
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
- Multiple Select Questions (MSQs)
- Numerical Answer Type (NAT)
This GATE CS Tutorial will help you to understand the GATE Syllabus in a very organized manner and helps you in preparing for the exams for each subject. In this tutorial page, you will find the articles related to each topic that are mentioned in the GATE Syllabus.
General Aptitude
The syllabus or important topics of General Aptitude for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
General Aptitude Notes for GATE CSE |
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Verbal Aptitude |
Basic English Grammar Tenses Articles Verb-Noun Agreement Basic Vocabulary Words Phrases in context Reading and comprehension Narrative sequencing |
Quantitative Aptitude |
Data graphs (bar graphs, pie charts, and other graphs representing data) 2- and 3-dimensional plot Maps Tables Numerical computation and estimation Powers Exponents and logarithms permutations and combinations |
Analytical Aptitude |
Logic: deduction and induction |
Spatial Aptitude |
Transformation of shapes Translation Rotation Scaling Mirroring Assembling Grouping Paper folding, cutting, and patterns in 2 and 3 dimensions |
Engineering Mathematics
The syllabus or important topics of Engineering Mathematics for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Discrete Mathematics
The syllabus or important topics of Discrete Mathematics for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Discrete Mathematics Notes for GATE CSE |
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Propositional and First-Order Logic |
Introduction to Propositional Logic Predicates and Quantifiers Set 1 Predicates and Quantifiers Set 2 Some theorems on Nested Quantifiers |
Sets, Relations, Functions, Partial orders,
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Relations and their representations Closure of Relations and Equivalence Relations Properties and Types of Functions Inverse functions and composition of functions Total number of possible functions |
Combinatorics: Counting, Recurrence
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Inclusion-Exclusion and its various Applications |
Graphs: Connectivity, Matching, Coloring |
Walks, Trails, Paths, Cycles, and Circuits in Graph Number of nodes and height of a binary tree Graph measurements: length, distance, diameter, eccentricity, radius, center Graph Isomorphisms and Connectivity Planar Graphs and Graph Coloring |
Data Structures & C Programming
The syllabus or important topics of Data Structures & C Programming for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Data Structures & C Programming Notes for GATE CSE |
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Programming in C |
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Recursion |
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Arrays |
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Stacks |
Implementation of Stack using SLL |
Queues |
Implementation of Queue using Array Implementation of Queue using Linked List |
Linked List |
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Trees |
Introduction to Trees |
Binary Search Trees |
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Binary Heaps |
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Graphs |
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Hashing |
Collision Resolution Technique Open Addressing (Linear Probing, Quadratic Probing, Double Hashing) |
Misc |
CATEGORY ARCHIVES: DATA STRUCTURES |
Algorithms
The syllabus or important topics of Algorithms for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Theory of Computation
The syllabus or important topics of the Theory of Computation for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Compiler Design
The syllabus or important topics of Compiler Design for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Database Management System
The syllabus or important topics of Database Management System for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Computer Networks
The syllabus or important topics of Computer Networks for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Operating System
The syllabus or important topics of Operating System for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Digital Logic and Design
The syllabus or important topics of Digital Logic and Design for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
Computer Organization and Architecture
The syllabus or important topics of Computer Organization and Architecture for the GATE CSE exam are provided below.
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