GATE 2027 Mentorship Session 40 - With Chiranjeev Patel, IISc Bangalore (AIR 43, GATE CS 2026)

[00:00:35]So, hello everyone.

[00:00:36]I am Chiranjeevi Patel.

[00:00:38]And I am here for your today's mentorship session.

[00:00:43]So, if you want to ask any doubt any kind of doubt, you can just raise your hand or write the doubt in the chat.

[00:00:53]So that I can solve your doubt.

[00:01:27]>> Sir, am I audible?

[00:01:29]>> Yeah, you're audible.

[00:01:31]>> Good evening. Sir, I am currently I've just finished my college a few months back and right now like I have finished a couple of subjects.

[00:01:43]But like I am sir suffering from a bit of backlog and looking at that I feel like like I have missed the train or something like that.

[00:01:51]Currently sir, I have like I am I am almost finished discrete mathematics and I have solved previous questions of some of the topics which I finished. Apart from that sir, I have been engineering mathematics and C programming the topics. I had done C programming in the previous attempt also. So, I only covered the parts which I thought I had lagged upon.

[00:02:12]And currently the syllabus due to some personal problems, I was not able to follow the lecture schedule provided. So, I'm feeling a bit demotivated by that sir. Basically that there is a two too much of syllabus to go like that.

[00:02:29]>> See, uh you have covered discrete mathematics and C programming. Okay, so rest of the nine subject nine major subject you have to cover. So, what you do is first you plan means how we how we will you cover all the subjects because uh covering all the lectures from the main course is I think is it's very difficult for you also to cover all the subjects from the main course. So, what you do is you try to complete some of the subjects from the summary lectures. Means the compact course there there is also compact course in the uh Go classes. So, uh so some subject you can cover it through that compact course or course also like uh uh I also covered the TOC from that.

[00:03:15]Uh so, you can cover TOC and uh DBMS also.

[00:03:18]Uh so, uh the major major subject means the the subject which are means if you will cover it from the main uh main course, you will take at least I think uh 1.5 to 2 months if you do parallelly two to two subjects like TOC, DBMS.

[00:03:33]These are big subjects. It will take time.

[00:03:35]Okay?

[00:03:37]So, uh your plans you first you should plan key till I think uh till November you should plan key I will cover all these subjects whatever I have to do till November. After that November in December and January you will do only the revision and the mock test.

[00:03:55]>> Right, sir.

[00:03:58]>> So, firstly what you do is key what you first you figure it out means which subject you will cover from the main course and which subject you will cover from the compact course.

[00:04:07]Write down the number of hours in all the courses and divided by the remaining number of days you will get the exact number means how many hours of study you have to cover the daily lectures.

[00:04:21]So, according to that you can do that.

[00:04:25]>> Sir, one more doubt if you would allow.

[00:04:27]>> Mhm.

[00:04:28]>> Sir, regarding the solving of previous year questions sir like when immediately after covering a specific topic I solve the previous year questions and the weekly quizzes of that topic. But sir, there are certain questions in the previous year questions that require some other concept only like I feel like you do what they like in probability also I tried there were some questions they were related to major theory and something like that so very different.

[00:04:55]>> See, prob Probability is a very generic topic means you will get questions in every topic means like probability question could be found in operating system also in the DSA there is a part paging sorry hashing. You will find some questions of hashing in the probability also and in discrete mathematics also and means what I'm trying to say is key probability you will find probability everywhere.

[00:05:23]But If you leave probability other than probability there are uh few subjects in which you will find that some questions are a bit means there are a topic which you which you have not studied. It's okay means it's okay to leave one or two questions because uh uh going for that one or two question you have to uh study the whole concept and all. So, it will waste your time.

[00:05:49]So, what you can do is key you can skip one or two question. But, if you feel like key you are getting uh four or five question from the same topic, then you should study that topic.

[00:05:59]Okay?

[00:06:01]>> Yes, sir.

[00:06:02]>> Because right now you have only covered two subjects. So, you don't have much time to uh much time remaining. So, you have to focus on your major subjects.

[00:06:10]First, cover the all the subject, then uh then do all of these things.

[00:06:14]Means uh try to cover these uh small small topics.

[00:06:19]>> Yes. Thank you, sir. Sir, congratulations on your joining.

[00:06:23]>> Uh thank you. Thank you very much.

[00:06:30]Anyone else?

[00:06:32]You can unmute yourself.

[00:06:49]You can write your doubt in chats also.

[00:06:53]If you're not comfortable uh on your audio.

[00:07:13]See, best test series is Go Classes because I have taken three test series.

[00:07:19]Uh two from other institute.

[00:07:21]Uh and one from Go Classes.

[00:07:23]See, uh when you will compare these these test series means Go Classes test series with other other test series, you will you will came to know key it is uh the level of questions are totally different because uh in the other test series what will what what they used to do is key they used to tweak some uh tweak the GATE previous year questions and give the uh give give those questions in a test series. But in GO Classes, you will find the questions above the GATE level, means from the different universities questions and all. So, it is a tough question. I I accept that, but it is very good for your GATE preparation because if you will able to solve the tough question, then the easy question is just a piece of cake for you.

[00:08:12]Sree [clears throat] Kavya, is your doubt clear?

[00:08:31]Ar Dikshit has asked the doubt. Uh sir, currently I'm in second year and these subjects are new to me. So, what is my strategy and I completed my engineering mathematics in first year.

[00:08:42]See, uh you completed your engineering mathematics from the course point of view, uh but uh on the GATE point of view, there are few topics that you need to cover also.

[00:08:53]Uh in the probability and in the statistics part. So, what your strategy should be? First, you try to cover your syllabus at the end of your second year.

[00:09:03]Means, you will take somewhere around 1 year. Uh take one full year and complete the syllabus whole syllabus.

[00:09:10]Or do all the revisions of it and all the things, means solve previous year questions, uh revise the subject, and give mocks and uh give give 1 year to full and after that what do you what you do is give your your main focus, your total focus will be on revision and your mock test.

[00:09:27]Mock test analysis and revision should be your major uh major concern. So, that uh see, if I I if you will give mock test somewhere around 20, 25, 30, then it is then it will help you a lot and you can easily get a under under rank. You have a plenty of time time left left right now.

[00:09:50]But but don't take this time lightly that you have 1.5 years left.

[00:09:56]So start preparing yourself for right now and give at least one year on your syllabus. You can easily cover your syllabus. You have to watch daily of somewhere around 3.5 to 4 4 hour lectures a day if you go from Google classes.

[00:10:11]So >> [clears throat] >> 1 hour 1 year of that and 6 months on your mock test and revision. That is a very good strategy and it is a very pretty pretty much of time.

[00:10:37]I just want to ask doubt, so you can ask. You can unmute yourself.

[00:10:45]If you're not comfortable with audio, then you can write the doubt in the chat doubt in the chat.

[00:11:05]>> Hi sir, myself Pooja.

[00:11:08]>> Mhm.

[00:11:09]>> Actually I'm from non-IT background. So while studying, I started with Python.

[00:11:16]When I'm studying Python, I'm easily forgetting what I read yesterday. So that is very challenging for me. How How can I overcome this?

[00:11:28]>> So you're preparing for DNA?

[00:11:32]>> Yes >> sir. Yes sir. I'm preparing for uh the >> See, programming language is totally based on your practice, means you have to write some codes and do some practice on it, means try to first start with the simple codes, try to implement it on the interpreter and means then after that try to print any pattern, means you will get a lot of questions about the star pattern, printing star pattern and all. So, after doing that means it will take I think 10 to 15 days to get comfortable with any language.

[00:12:06]After that you will you will [clears throat] love that language and you will try to you will getting you will get understand means how this language works and you will get to know what are the different data types in this in those in those language, what are the classes and oops concept and all. You will get it very easily.

[00:12:29]>> Okay. Okay. Thank you for your insight, sir. I will try this.

[00:12:33]>> Okay, yeah. Thank you.

[00:12:51]Hello brother. I have completed syllabus. I am making short notes and giving test, but while making short notes it's little hard to revise revise complete notes. How do I make short notes?

[00:13:04]>> [clears throat] >> See, first you should right now you should try to revise from your main main notes, means your big notes. But try to revise all the subjects at least two to three times. Then after that you will you will easily understand what to write in the short note and what what you don't have to write.

[00:13:25]>> [clears throat] >> And in short notes you don't write You just write the formulas and the important points that you think it is important. And uh through that you will easily can get the whole syllabus done revision.

[00:14:33]Anyone else?

[00:14:43]Anyone else want to ask any other doubt?

[00:15:05]How to complete fast syllabus?

[00:15:08]Uh Kuldeep Yadav has asked this question that how to complete the fast syllabus.

[00:15:15]See, there is no hack to complete uh complete any subject fast.

[00:15:22]Uh you what you can do is you can watch the lectures in the 2x.

[00:15:26]>> [clears throat] >> So that you can cover the more more topics in the same span of time.

[00:15:31]Uh, but you have to study every each and every topic each and every topic. So there I don't think there is any shortcut to complete any complete the syllabus fast.

[00:15:42]You have to manage it on your own means try to watch lectures or I think for maybe 6 to 8 hours a day.

[00:15:54]Uh, did you used to revise test series questions also?

[00:15:58]See, >> [clears throat] >> I don't used to revise the test series question. What I used to do is key if I give any test means any mock test, I used to do the complete analysis of it. Means complete analysis means I have I used to write down all the 65 questions and uh, and on each question I used to write that whether it is a conceptual mistake or whether it is silly mistake and I I used to write the topic of it. So after after doing all these things, then I used to start revising my notes means which which topic I have I was not able to solve the question of which topics. So I used to revise the revise those topics and talk talking about the test series questions. So I used to maintain a small book where I used to write my all my silly mistakes and it is also my question book. Means in in those in that book I used to write only the question that I feel key it is a very good good question or it could be it could be a potential question. So that question I used to write it or or some question which I used to make mistake on on those question again and again. So I used to write that those questions only.

[00:17:35]>> Any other doubt?

[00:17:43]I hope if you are here, you are here to ask some doubt. You you want to clear your doubts. So, don't feel shy or something like that.

[00:17:51]Uh ask any ask me anything if if you want to ask me uh on any topic, I can answer uh any type of any type of question.

[00:18:00]I'm here to help you.

[00:18:12]Sir, what is strategy? Uh sorry, what is strategy you followed to solve PYQs? I mean, you solved them in bunch of 80 to 200 at once or regularly solving five and each a day.

[00:18:24]See, what I used to do is key if I complete any any subject, then I used to touch the PYQ of that subject. And >> [clears throat] >> on any particular day, I would I would feel key I I would say I would I used to solve somewhere around 20 to 20 to 25 questions. It's not like that key I used to daily solve the question. Uh in week, I used to solve I think two or three days I give to solve to solve PYQs.

[00:18:52]So, like that I used to solve solve PYQs and cover the PYQ questions.

[00:19:15]>> Thank you, Naman.

[00:19:24]See, if you have any silly doubt also that you feel key this is a very silly silly doubt means what what I will think. So, you can ask. I During my preparation, I had lots of doubts, but unfortunately, I I could not get anyone to ask my doubts, but I used to reach someone on LinkedIn, but they don't used to reply me.

[00:19:47]So, like that. So, if you're getting a chance, then you can ask.

[00:19:54]>> [clears throat] [clears throat] >> Getting around 50 to 60, sometimes 70 % marks in topic and subject-wise test is is it normal? Yeah, it is very normal. Means if you are getting 70% in the subject test or in the topic-wise test, then it is very good. Actually, it is good.

[00:20:30]Because uh >> [clears throat] >> the questions or topic-wise questions and subject-wise questions of GoClass are very good. I think if there are 15 question, out of those 15 question, there are eight question, I think eight to nine question that are tough.

[00:20:44]So, if you're getting somewhere around 70%, then it's very good.

[00:20:48]I just joined the meeting, bhaiya, and I am having a problem with the consistency. Like how did you manage this or what can be good strategy for anyone to maintain consistency? So, see, I used to tell everyone that to maintain consistency, you need not to become you need not to be a motivated because if you are motivated, then you can do it for 10 15 days.

[00:21:14]But, you need to be a disciplined man.

[00:21:17]Means daily getting up early, watching the lectures, solving PRQs, and solving questions, and revising the syllabus, and sleep, then repeat the same repeat the same again and again. You should do the same boring thing the same boring thing again and again. So, what you do is key you should grasp those things. Means you should be disciplined enough so that you should wake up without without your alarm.

[00:21:48]And uh consistency is a very tough thing. Means doing the same daily boring thing again and again it it's very tough here. What I mean is uh even me also I I don't want to means some there was a day there were days where I don't want to study. Means I don't want to study, but I force myself key at least I should revise the syllabus. I don't want to watch the lectures, but at least I I should uh see my previous lectures and all revise it so that at least I have studied for I studied something that day.

[00:22:33]>> [laughter] >> Anything else?

[00:22:59]It is after doubt.

[00:23:02]Do we have to complete all the tests which are there in test series or only complete few tests or obtain confidence on a particular subject?

[00:23:10]See, if you have time that you can solve all the subject-wise tests and all the topic-wise tests, then you can do that.

[00:23:17]See, I used to tell everyone that key treat the subject-wise test and the test series Sorry, subject-wise test and topic-wise test as as your questions.

[00:23:26]Means as your question booklet. Because GoClass does not provide any DPP or something like that. So, you should treat those questions as a subject means subject-wise question and the topic-wise question. You should treat treat treat those questions as a normal question as a DPP questions.

[00:23:40]But, when you solve the PYQs, you should give some respect to the PYQs. You should analyze each and every question, each and every options carefully. So, following these strategy, you can get a very good rank.

[00:23:56]Or score very good marks in GATE.

[00:24:06]Got it, bhaiya.

[00:24:07]So, for consistency, basically a fixed practical routine should be uh made. Uh yes.

[00:24:13]See, uh fixed practical [clears throat] routine means key you should wake up and you should first you should plan your uh day. Means what what are the things that you have to do in the in in in in this particular day.

[00:24:26]And at the end of that day, you should achieve those uh those things. Means you you should be able to do all those uh all those goals that you have decided.

[00:24:50]Okay.

[00:24:51]Anyone else?

[00:24:55]Arpit Srivastava, sir, I want to ask which is more important more important complete syllabus till November start uh test or complete 60% syllabus but thoroughly uh asking for GATE DA.

[00:25:09]See, completing the whole syllabus is is not a big deal because uh you can complete your syllabus till January also, but uh solving the problem of all the topics that you have studied is it is very important. So, what you have what you should do is key till uh means whatever syllabus have you covered, you should be able to solve the questions of all those topics. Means you you should be able to solve the PYQs of all those topics. And uh uh talking about GATE DA, uh the GATE DA and GATE CS have common seven subjects. So, I think uh this strategy can be for the both uh GATE DA and GATE CS. So, what you try try to do is key you should uh comprehensive try to cover the syllabus till November. Means whatever you have covered till November, don't uh don't try to cover more than uh don't don't try to extend the time uh above November because you should you will need at least two months to revise the subject and to give the mock test, to analysis of it, and revise it again and again. So, till November try to complete the as much syllabus as you can. Uh after that you should totally focus on PYQs, uh PYQs, mock test, and uh revision.

[00:26:31]Uh I'm thinking to make uh short notes and complete and short notes and complete topic topic and subject test by end of August.

[00:26:42]Uh make short notes and complete Okay.

[00:26:45]Okay.

[00:26:46]From September I want to go with GATE PYQ and revision of short notes for all subjects and full length test. It is good idea. See, if you have completed your syllabus, don't wait for anything. You start doing the You start solving the P P Y Qs right now. You start giving the a full length mock test right now. And you start revising your revising your subject.

[00:27:08]You should not make uh means uh I would not recommend you to make a short notes right now. First, what you do is key you should revise your whole syllabus for at least two times. Then after that, you should uh what you should make your own short notes.

[00:27:22]Because uh if you will revise the revise your syllabus for two three times, then you will you will not forget uh means anything. Because right now, if you try to solve some P Y Qs, you will feel like this topic I have not uh I'm not remembering this topic and I'm forgetting these things. But after doing revision of all the subject two three times, you will uh get it very easily and you will uh write the short notes on your own.

[00:27:48]Sir, did you also apply for job during uh preparation or do some DSA to stay in touch with programming? I got offer from service based company. I don't want to join there, but my family is skeptical that uh what if you don't get through etc. Uh it is hard to stay at home and be jobless. Could you share how could you how you put up with the pressure after you first attempt? It is really inspiring for uh to see you and do. So, see, I was I was doing uh internship in uh fintech startup. Uh >> [clears throat] >> And in my college itself, I I uh I am pretty good at DSA and CP. I was doing doing CP and I think I I was somewhere around 1400 something rating on Codeforces and 18 uh 1790 or something like uh rating on CodeChef. So, I was good at programming, uh I believe.

[00:28:44]And >> [clears throat] >> uh after I joined the company, I worked there for 6 months, but I feel like I am not made for this.

[00:28:52]Uh, because from the first year itself, I I was thinking to go for uh higher studies, but at the at that moment, I get influenced by some people because they are also going for prepare uh, preparation of jobs and all.

[00:29:12]So, I did that also. But when I left the job, I did not feel like I should I should be doing this.

[00:29:19]So, I dropped out from the job and got preparation of somewhere around 9 to 10 months and here I am.

[00:29:29]And uh how you could manage it, it's totally depend on you means what you do is here have confidence on yourself. Don't think don't don't think much of these things.

[00:29:41]Focus focus totally on your studies and on your preparation.

[00:29:47]Uh But I have seen some people also the who have got very good rank during their job also.

[00:29:57]One of my friend, he got all India rank 184 and he was working full time in Cognizant.

[00:30:05]Sorry, Capgemini.

[00:30:11]So, there are there are also these type of examples. So, it totally depends on you means what you want to do and how you want to do. You have to just give it all means you have to work very hard.

[00:30:22]Very hard very hard.

[00:30:40]And during my preparation, I did not apply for any job because my goal was very clear that I have to go for totally go for gate and nothing else.

[00:30:53]And I did not do any programming means any job related job dedicated programming like coding or something like that. I was just doing the DSA of gate syllabus itself.

[00:31:13]Anyone else?

[00:31:17]Sir, I am actually in similar situation.

[00:31:20]I was pupil on code forces and three star on code set, but I left that for gate. Thank you, sir. And you are right.

[00:31:27]One has to believe in one thing and put all of all all efforts to it. Thank you, sir. It really helps.

[00:31:35]Thank you, Anuman. It's very great that great that you are book pupil on code forces means I think above 1200 rating.

[00:31:43]It is on It is pupil on code forces. And three star means above 1600 rating. That's a very good rating.

[00:31:52]So, if you have if we if you are pupil on code forces, then I think you can easily solve C DSA and algorithm question pretty much very easily means I think you would be able to solve uh means DSA you can do all the all the questions of DSA. And in C, you have to study some topics. And in algorithm, you just need to focus on graph theory.

[00:32:21]uh remain that you can uh you can do, yeah.

[00:32:26]You can You should focus on other subjects also.

[00:32:57]>> So I'm actually okay, okay. I'll take this down.

[00:33:12]Anyone else want to ask some doubt?

[00:33:14]Or should I end this session here?

[00:33:23]Sir, I was weak in three graph etc. Stack and other related questions are seemed approachable. Thank you, sir, for your advice and guidance.

[00:33:33]Wishing you a best for your journey ahead.

[00:33:36]Thank you, Naman.

[00:33:37]And See, I know that if your people are good for certain you will you are you are able to solve I think two three questions of any contest. And the fourth I think fourth or fifth question third fourth fifth question are of the tree and graph. So you are not able to solve those questions. So you should try lead code questions for tree and graph questions.

[00:34:36]>> Right sir, thank you sir. It was great session. Thank you Naman.

[00:34:40]Anyone else?

[00:34:44]Or should we end this session?

[00:34:47]I think I will wait for 9:40. If anyone will ask the doubt, then I will answer.

[00:34:54]Or I will okay.

[00:34:56]I disconnected last time.

[00:35:00]Yes, Kuldeep.

[00:35:02]You want to unmute yourself?

[00:35:26]Kuldeep, you want to ask any doubt?

[00:35:30]I asked how to complete uh syllabus fast. So, I answered it that if you there is no any particular method that you can cover the syllabus fast. You What you can do, you can watch the lectures on 2x or you can cover the syllabus with summary lectures and compact courses that is in order that that is on Google classes. So, through this you can cover this syllabus fast.

[00:35:56]If I watch 2x, then I then not understand. So, see initially you will face problem that you would not be able to grasp things on 2x, but eventually after watching one or two lecture, you will you will get to grasp things and you will get to understand what you will means you will be comfortable after one or two lectures, yeah.

[00:36:22]You just try to watch the lecture on 2x for one or two two lectures. If you are not comfortable, then you switch to 1.5 x, but try to watch the lectures on 2 x.

[00:36:31]It will save you a lot of time.

[00:36:41]See, I know that key watching Sachin sir lecture on 2 x is bit difficult, but Deepak sir you can Deepak sir's lecture you can watch on 2 x very easily. You know?

[00:36:57]Kuldeep There are some questions after lectures in same video. It take It takes much time.

[00:37:10]Yeah.

[00:37:11]See, some questions will take some time because some questions are tough also, some questions are easy also.

[00:37:20]So, during uh lectures if you are Okay. Okay.

[00:37:25]It Actually, it is a very good strategy that you saw you try to solve the lectures questions uh on your first on your own, then you watch the lectures.

[00:37:34]So, uh you should do that matlab What can I say? What can you say? What What can I suggest you?

[00:37:44]See, some question in lectures also it is very tough to to be solved, but you need to solve you you need to at least try that question at least once. So, that when you get the solution, you will feel that key what uh what things that I am not able to think or what are the So, the So, because of this you will improve your analytical skill.

[00:38:20]Uh please give me a final advice to me for my situation as I mentioned my own situation.

[00:38:26]>> [snorts] >> Okay.

[00:38:32]Okay. Okay. Okay.

[00:38:37]Uh, see, uh, you have completed your whole syllabus. So, what you should do, you should start giving the mock test.

[00:38:43]You should start analyzing it. You should focus on your revision and solving PYQs. So, these three are the only thing that you need to do. You need to do. And now, don't waste your time on uh, topic-wise test and subject-wise test. If you get some extra time, then you try to solve those question. But, currently focus on mock test, uh, mock test analysis, PYQs, and revision. Four things.

[00:39:17]Uh, So, you are asking about short notes.

[00:39:42]hashtag Are you asking about short notes? Means, how to prepare short notes?

[00:39:49]Okay. So, uh, uh, what you can do is key, uh, firstly, uh, on each and every topic, uh, you write down the all the formulas that are there or any anything that you feel key it it is important to write, then you write it down or any diagram you feel key you should draw, then you should draw it. So, try to write as less as less things as as it can be in the short notes.

[00:40:17]Okay.

[00:40:19]What is your secret? How you got this rank? What plan you followed by you?

[00:40:25]What has followed by you?

[00:40:28]So, what is my secret? I don't have any secret there. Means, I just used to watch the lectures, solve previous year questions, and give the mocks.

[00:40:36]I completed my syllabus in mid of November, and uh I gave almost uh 1.5 months for my revision.

[00:40:44]I used to revise with my own uh means, big notes. I used to revise those uh all the notes again and again. I I I think I revised at least at least for two, three times, and I did not make any short notes. Uh there was a copy of mine uh in in in that copy, I only used to write the silly mistakes.

[00:41:05]And the question which I feel it is a bit difficult or any important question, I used to write those things only.

[00:41:13]And nothing I used to write anything uh else from this.

[00:41:18]But, I I I'm I'm not telling you to not to make short notes. You should make make short notes if you feel.

[00:41:25]Okay.

[00:41:26]So, how many hours you watched videos daily? So, uh when I started my preparation in I think April, at that time I used to study I used to watch the lecture somewhere around 6 to 7 hours.

[00:41:40]But, eventually after after that I there was a 15 days gap because of my semester exams.

[00:41:47]And after that uh I started the preparation again. And same uh four, five hours of lectures.

[00:41:55]But, after I think in uh July last year, there was some personal personal work. So, because of that uh somewhere around I skipped my preparation for somewhere around 20 20 to 25 days.

[00:42:11]But, uh uh in August in mid of August, I think 17 or 18 August, I started my preparation and I counted the like number of lectures that was remaining that that I have to complete. I planned my journey that how I will cover it, which subject I will cover it from the compact course, which subject I will cover it or cover from the whole subject means whole subject course. So, after doing all all those things, I used to study somewhere around 6 to 7 hours of lectures. I used to watch 6 6 to 7 hours of 7 hours of lectures daily.

[00:42:44]Just after completing syllabus in May, I directly gave GATE set one CS paper. I scored 43 marks with uh up uh with 89.

[00:42:54]I want to push the score to 70 plus and hope 80 plus. I wish to get I see I am giving full efforts.

[00:43:02]See, if you scored 43 marks in set one, it is uh means you have covered the syllabus, but you have not revised it. Uh my set was also set one.

[00:43:13]I got 77 raw marks and my normalized marks were uh I think 79.87.

[00:43:20]So, uh if you are if you have a scored 43 marks, then I feel ki you have completed your syllabus. You know all the topics, but it's just that ki you are not revised you have not revised it. So, focus on your revision and mock test and give solve the PYQs.

[00:43:37]So, these things these three things you I think you have uh 6 months left. And during this 6 months, don't take it lightly that you have a lots of time.

[00:43:47]You don't have lot of time. Try to give mock test in 2 to 4 days. Means in weekly you can give two mock tests after two three three days.

[00:43:57]And what you do is ki you should you should analyze the mock test uh wisely.

[00:44:05]So, that eventually your marks will increase.

[00:44:08]So how how have you given any mock test?

[00:44:11]Full length mock test?

[00:44:19]Has that?

[00:44:33]I gave one and scored 39 in it. Got and I got fear fear and left. See, it is very normal when I started my mock test journey means when I gave my first mock test, I think I got somewhere around 32 or 33 marks.

[00:44:51]And uh 33 uh 32 and 33 marks.

[00:44:56]But I did not give up. I con- I I I constantly gave the mock test. So give the mock test in the mock environment means you should give the mock test from 9:00 to 12:00 or 2:00 to 5:00.

[00:45:09]Give Give the mock test in this environment and don't try to see anything from your lectures. Um sorry, any- anything from your notes or online. You just check your own knowledge. Means there are I have seen there are people who have scored very good in mocks and all, but they have not scored uh good in exams.

[00:45:29]In main exam.

[00:45:55]So anything else or anyone else want to ask any doubt or anything about GATE or beyond the gate or other from gate, you can ask me.

[00:46:25]Be careful a little bit and a bit how to score marks. See, uh for aptitude, I in aptitude I got 15 out of 15.

[00:46:34]I did not follow any lectures for aptitude. What I did What I did is key I just solved all the PYQs of aptitude for last 15 year PYQs of first I solved the CS CS, then after that I solved the other subject Sorry, other branch aptitude questions also.

[00:46:56]So, first try to solve all the PYQs of aptitude and you will good to go. You don't need to watch any particular lecture or anything for aptitude. And DM in DM DM is a bit tough. It's just because key it is very big.

[00:47:11]In DM you should focus on graph theory because it is very important and from the graph theory itself approximately six to seven marks come every year. Six to seven marks of questions come from graph theory. Even in I think 2023 or 2024, there was somewhere around 30 to 14 marks of questions from the graph theory itself.

[00:47:33]So, it is a very uh very weightageful subject topic a graph theory. And other than graph theory, you should focus on propositional logic because it is very easy.

[00:47:45]I have left some topics of some topics of first order logic because I was not confident enough key I am studying those lots of lectures and there were only one one question or maybe one question in four five years. So I I feel it is not worth it. So I left first order logic and after that I have covered all the syllabus of discrete mathematics remaining remaining topics group theory and all.

[00:48:20]It is tough because you have to remember all those topics all those topics at a once.

[00:48:46]Anyone else want to ask any doubt?

[00:49:15]So I feel everyone's doubt has been cleared.

[00:49:20]Can we end this session here?

[00:49:45]Thank you brother.

[00:49:46]Thank you hashtag.

[00:49:48]So I don't know your name.

[00:49:52]You are a very mysterious man.

[00:49:55]Thank you, sir. It is a very candid session.

[00:49:59]Thank you, Naman.

[00:50:02]Let us wait for 3 4 minutes.

[00:50:09]Thanks, bro, for help us.

[00:50:12]Thank you, Kuldeep.

[00:50:42]So, thank you, everyone.

[00:50:46]Thank you for joining the session.