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GATE CSE 2025 Syllabus
Section 1: Engineering Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics: Propositional and first-order logic. Sets, relations, functions, partial orders, and lattices. Monoids, Groups. Graphs: connectivity, matching, coloring. Combinatorics: counting, recurrence relations, generating functions.
Linear Algebra: Matrices, determinants, a system of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, LU decomposition.
Calculus: Limits, continuity, and differentiability. Maxima and minima. Mean value theorem. Integration.
Probability and Statistics: Random variables. Uniform, normal, exponential, Poisson, and binomial distributions. Mean, median, mode, and standard deviation, Conditional probability, and Bayes theorem.
Section 2: Digital Logic
Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization. Number representations and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).
Section 3: Computer Organization and Architecture
Machine instructions and addressing modes. ALU, data path, and control unit. Instruction pipelining, pipeline hazards. Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory, and secondary storage; I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode).
Section 4: Programming and Data Structures
Programming in C. Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary search trees, binary heaps, graphs.
Section 5: Algorithms
Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst-case time and space complexity. Algorithm design techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide‐and‐conquer. Graph traversals, minimum spanning trees, shortest paths.
Section 6: Theory of Computation
Regular expressions and finite automata. Context-free grammar and push-down automata. Common and context-free languages, pumping lemma. Turing machines and undecidability.
Section 7: Compiler Design
Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation. Runtime environments. Intermediate code generation. Local optimization, Data flow analyses: constant propagation, liveness analysis, common subexpression elimination.
Section 8: Operating System
System calls, processes, threads, inter‐process communication, concurrency, and synchronization. Deadlock. CPU and I/O scheduling. Memory management and virtual memory. File systems.
Section 9: Databases
ER‐model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL. Integrity constraints, normal forms. File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees). Transactions and concurrency control.
Section 10: Computer Networks
Concept of layering: OSI and TCP/IP Protocol Stacks; Basics of the packet, circuit, and virtual circuit switching; Data link layer: framing, error detection, Medium Access Control, Ethernet bridging; Routing protocols: shortest path, flooding, distance vector and link-state routing; Fragmentation and IP addressing, IPv4, CIDR notation, Basics of IP support protocols (ARP, DHCP, ICMP), Network Address Translation (NAT); Transport layer: flow control and congestion control, UDP,
TCP, sockets; Application layer protocols: DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, Email.
Best GATE CSE Books
| Topic | Book Name | Author |
| Aptitude | A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning | R.S. Aggarwal |
| Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations | R.S. Aggarwal | |
| Programming & Data Structure | The C Programming language | Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie |
| Classic Data Structures | Debasis Samanta | |
| Algorithms | Introduction to Algorithms | Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein |
| Computer Networks | Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach | James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross |
| Operating Systems | Operating System Concepts | Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne |
| Databases | Database System Concepts | Silberschatz, Sudarshan, Korth |
| Theory of Computation | An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata | Peter Linz |
| Computer Organization & Architecture | Computer Organization and Architecture | Hamacher, Vranesic, Zaky |
| Engineering Mathematics | Higher Engineering Mathematics | B. S. Grewal, Edition |
| Digital Logic | Digital Logic & Computer Design | M. Morris Mano |
| Complier Logic | Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools | Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, D. Jeffrey Ulman |