GATE Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)
Paper pattern
Engineering Mathematics, as this paper sets it
- Propositional and First-Order Logic
- Sets, Relations, Functions, Partial Orders and Lattices
- Monoids and Groups
- Graph Theory — Connectivity, Matching and Colouring
- Combinatorics — Counting, Recurrences and Generating Functions
- Linear Algebra — Rank, Consistency, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
- Vector Spaces, Rank–Nullity, Decompositions and Quadratic Forms
- Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
- Differentiation and Applications of Derivatives
- Integration and Definite Integrals
- Probability and Statistics — Random Variables, the Five Distributions and Bayes
Computer Science and Information Technology — discipline chapters
- Number Representations and Computer Arithmetic
- Boolean Algebra, Minimisation and Combinational Circuits
- Sequential Circuits — Flip-Flops, Counters and Timing
- Machine Instructions, Addressing Modes and the Data Path
- Cache, Main Memory and Secondary Storage
- Instruction Pipelining, Hazards and the I/O Interface
- Programming in C, and Recursion
- Arrays, Stacks, Queues and Linked Lists
- Trees, Binary Search Trees, Heaps and Graph Representations
- Asymptotic Complexity, Recurrences, Searching, Sorting and Hashing
- Divide and Conquer, Greedy, and Dynamic Programming
- Graph Traversals, Minimum Spanning Trees and Shortest Paths
- Regular Expressions, Finite Automata and Regular Languages
- Context-Free Grammars, Push-Down Automata and the Pumping Lemmas
- Turing Machines, Decidability and Undecidability
- Lexical Analysis and Parsing
- Syntax-Directed Translation, Runtime Environments and Intermediate Code
- Local Optimisation and Data Flow Analysis
- System Calls, Processes, Threads and CPU Scheduling
- IPC, Synchronisation and Deadlock
- Memory Management, Virtual Memory and File Systems
- ER Model, Relational Algebra, Tuple Calculus and SQL
- Functional Dependencies, Normal Forms and Integrity Constraints
- File Organisation, B+ Trees, Transactions and Concurrency Control
- Layering, Switching and the Data Link Layer
- IP Addressing, Fragmentation, Routing and the Support Protocols
- Transport and Application Layers
Frequently asked questions
Is this GATE Computer Science and Information Technology material free?
Yes. Every chapter is free to read in English and Hindi. A free account adds scored practice, the full-length CS mock test in the real 65-question pattern, and the AI mentor.
How much of the GATE CS syllabus is covered?
The whole paper: 11 Engineering Mathematics chapters as this paper's syllabus words them, and 27 chapters across all 9 discipline sections. General Aptitude is shared by every paper.
What is the GATE exam pattern?
65 questions for 100 marks in 180 minutes: General Aptitude for 15 marks and the paper for 85. A wrong MCQ costs a third of its marks; MSQ and NAT questions carry no negative marking.
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