Agricultural Engineering GATE 2019 Exam Pattern, Reference Books, Preparation Tips

Candidates appearing in GATE 2019 Agricultural Engineering (AG) must know proper syllabus and preparation tips of the subject for better GATE Score. Details regarding which topics have to be studied for the examination will be available in GATE 2019 AG syllabus.

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national level examination for admissions to Postgraduate Programmes (ME, M.Tech, MS, Direct PhD) in institutes like IITs and IISc and other with financial assistance offered by MHRD. GATE scores are also used by the Public Sector Units (PSUs) for recruiting individuals for various prestigious government jobs with attractive remuneration.

GATE 2019 will be conducted in the first week of Feb. 2019 for all the eligible candidates, the application form for which will be available in 1st week of September 2018 and according to previous trends the GATE 2019 examination will be conducted in 1st week of February.

For all those who are aiming for GATE 2019, this is the high time to start preparing for the same. The exam pattern and syllabus of Agricultural Engineering (AG) GATE exam are officially prescribed by the Indian Institutes of Technology. In order to study and gain practice, it is important to use the most recommended GATE 2019 Books for Agricultural Engineering (AG). Check them all here.

In this article, all the details related to Preparation tips and tricks peculiarly for AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING students will be mentioned, all the important steps that they should follow as well as all the reference books with syllabus will be specified.

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GATE 2019 Agricultural Engineering Exam Pattern

The most important and prior step is to go through the complete syllabus and then exam pattern for the same. The exam pattern is officially given by GATE conducting Institute. So it is recommended to go through it thoroughly and then plan the study schedule according to the weightage of different topics.

Compulsory sections of General Ability and Engineering Mathematics will be present in the GATE examination. All of the questions asked in the exam will be based on the syllabus of GATE 2019 for Agricultural Engineering.

The paper pattern is as follows

It consists of basically two type of questions namely

1. Multiple Choice Questions which are objective type questions each having 4 choices of answers. They are of 1 or 2 marks in all Sections. It also includes negative marking. Hence, for each correct answer 1 will be added and for each incorrect answer 0.33 mark will be deducted and for each 2 marker question correct answer gives 2 marks and incorrect answer deducts 0.66 marks.
2. Numeric Answer Questions are different from Previous MCQs. They do not include any choices they have answers which are real numbers which are to inserted by virtual keypad appeared on the monitor via mouse. They also carry 1 or 2 marks in different sections. No negative marking is there for the same.

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Reference Books for GATE 2019 Agricultural Engineering

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GATE 2019 AG Preparation Tips

The preparation is done in steps is more effective. So preparation for GATE 2019 should be divided in below steps like:

1.) Checking Exam pattern and syllabus: The same as mentioned above.

2.) Collecting all the study materials: Often times the books which are best according to others person is not suitable for you. So it is highly advisable to just go through all the reference books, their content, especially their way of explanation if it suits you, or only if it is understandable and it should be followed. The best way to know if your preparations are appropriate or not is by attempting mock tests. Collecting study material is important but it should also be kept in mind that you are aiming for best so concentrate on quality, not the quantity. How many books you refer is not important but how much focused you are on each topic is more important.

3.) Make a study schedule: As the paper pattern shows every individual section has its own different weightage hence a study plan is important. You should divide time among all the sections. Each section should be attempted each day say if Aptitude is given 1 hour daily and so is engineering mathematics then the core subjects should be given at least 2 hours. The important topics should be covered first.

Every topic that you are covering should be noted in your handwriting as it makes memorize faster. But it is also to study smart which means you need to write only those points that are important or comes under ‘must remember ones‘.

4.) Practice as many questions as you can: Since GATE  is highly competitive Exam, the only thing that can make you better from other competitors would be your speed and accuracy which can only be attained when you practice questions. Setting the target and completing it with maximum correct answers is what you need. Practising Model papers, Mock test papers and previous year questions papers gives you an idea about important questions and the type of questions that can be asked. And here is a Pro Tip as you start referring to questions start marking them as follows:

If say for a question the correct answer comes in

First attempt – do not mark

Second attempt – mark it with  integer 3

Third attempt – mark it with 2

And then the questions whose solutions are tricky, their solutions should be seen and understand and then should be attempted again and marked as 1.

Hence during revision, the sequence of questions will be from questions with sign 1 to the following signs 2, 3 and so on. This will make your revision faster and better. Must note Revisions are extremely important, hence should be done periodically.

5.) Before Exams: Don’t go for new topics just go with older ones, revise them and get a command over them.  Solve mock test and previous year question papers.

6.) Eat healthy, Think healthy: Motivation is very important when you are aiming for any thing. So be motivated dont to let yourself be stressed all the time. Get good sleep. Eat healthy because eating healthy things would make grasp faster and let you memorize things better. Competitive exam preparations are always hectic but giving yourself break is important as well to keep to enthusiastic.

All the Best!!!

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