Best books for GATE preparation include books from SS Rattan, RS Khurmi, Cormen, Galvin and Hamacher. It is crucial for the aspirants to make a choice of the right set of GATE books for their preparation. Best books are those which cover the entire GATE syllabus. Reading further, you will get a paper wise list of best books for GATE 2020. As an add-on, we have also provided information on past years’ GATE question papers which are also a good source of GATE preparation.
Before moving on to the list of best GATE books 2020, let us first understand the syllabus for GATE exam. GATE syllabus has been released by IIT Delhi (the exam conducting authority) for all the 25 papers including Biomedical engineering as the new entrant. It is crucial for candidates to study the entire GATE syllabus. Once the exam syllabus is done, candidates can move towards practicing mock tests and previous year papers.
GATE 2020 will be conducted by IIT Delhi on February 1, 2, 8, & 9. The exam will be held for admission to the MTech, MArch, MSc and PhD programmes offered at IITs, NITs, IIITs and CFTIs.
Best Books for GATE 2020 exam
Take a look at some of the best books for GATE preparation. We have enlisted the GTAE books for some of the popular engineering branches including mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electronics and communication engineering, information technology, computer science engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering and biomedical engineering (new entrant for GATE 2020).
GATE Books 2020 for computer science (SC)
| Books | Author |
| Architecture | Hamacher |
| Operating System | Galvin |
| Algorithm | Cormen |
| TOC- Theory of Computation | Ullman |
GATE Books 2020 for agriculture engineering (AG)
| Books | Author |
| Soil & Water Conservation | VVN Murty |
| Concept of Agricultural Engineering | Mohanty Das |
| Farm Machinery by Three Authors | (popularly known by this name) |
GATE Books 2020 for electrical engineering (EE)
| Books | Author |
| Power Electronics- | P S Bhimbhra |
| Electrical machines | Nagrath, Kothari |
| Fundamentals of circuits | Alexander, Sadiku |
GATE Books 2020 for chemical engineering (CH)
| Books | Author |
| Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering | Mc Cabe -FPM and MO |
| Heat Transfer | JP Holman |
| Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes | BK Dutta |
| Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering | Fogler |
| Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | JM Smith |
| Chemical Engineering For Gate Principles Solved Problems & Objective Type Questions | Ram Prasad |
| An Insight into Chemical Engineering | M.Subbu |
GATE Books 2020 for mechanical engineering (ME)
| Books | Author |
| Thermodynamics | P.K.Nag |
| Theory of Machine (TOM) | S.S. Ratan |
| Production Engineering | Swadesh Singh |
| Fluid Mechanics | R.K. Bansal, Frank M.White |
| Heat Transfer | Cengel |
GATE Books 2020 for civil engineering (CE)
| Books | Author |
| RCC | Pillai and Menon |
| Soil mechanics and foundation engineering | Gopal and Ranjan |
| Fluid mechanics | R K Bansal |
| Open channel flow and engineering hydrology | K Subramanya |
| Highway engineering | Khanna and Justo |
| Environment 1 and 2 | S K Garg |
| Steel | Bhavikati |
GATE Books 2020 for production and industrial engineering (PI)
| Books | Author |
| Production | S K Mondal Notes
Swadesh Sing |
| Heat Transfer | Made Easy Class Notes |
| Thermodynamics | P.K Nag |
| Material Science | Made Easy Class Notes & Swadesh Singh |
| Fluid Mechanics and Machinery | Modi & Seth |
| Machine Design | VB Bhandari |
| Theory of Machine | SS Ratan |
| Refrigeration | Made Easy Class Notes |
| Strength of Material | Sadhu Singh |
| IC engine | Mathur Sharma |
GATE Books 2020 for electronics and communication engineering (ECE)
| Books | Author |
| Electronic Devices Circuits | Boylested and Neshelsky |
| Microelectronic Circuits | Sedra and Smith |
| Solutions of Network Analysis | GK Publications |
| Graph Theory | Narsing Deo (Cutset and Others) |
| Network Analysis | Van Valken Burg |
| Network Analysis | Soni and Gupta |
| Electric Circuits | Schaum’s Series |
| Circuit Theory | Chakravarthy |
| Engg. Circuit Analysis | Hayt and Kemmerly |
| Network Theory | Prof Yoganarasimhan |
GATE Books 2020 for other GATE papers
| Papers | GATE Books |
| Geology and Geophysics | Complete Master Guide GATE – Amresh Singh |
| Bio Technology | Lehning M Prescott, Eldon John, Lehninger |
| Instrumentation & Control | Natesan, Mukherjee & Chakrawarthy |
| Information Technology | GATE 2020 Last Year Papers |
| Architecture | The Road Ahead, GATE Architecture |
| Marine Engineering | RK Rajput, RK Bansal, |
| Paint Technology | PK Nag |
| Chemical Engineering | Cengel & Boles |
| Oil Engineering | RK Bansal, RK Rajput |
Previous year GATE question papers
Practicing from mock test and GATE question papers is one of the best ways to strengthen your exam preparation. This will help a candidates to get the real time exam day feel and prepare them to take the same amount of pressure as on the day of exam.
Previous year GATE question papers are easily available online for your exam prep. A number of publishers have also compiled GATE question papers in a form of book.
