GATE 2025 Books: Exam Dates (OUT), Check Top-Rated GATE books for CS, ME, DA, EE, CE and more

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GATE 2025 Books: IIT Roorkee is all set to conduct the GATE 2025 exam on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025, in two sessions. Candidates can check the best GATE 2025 books (subject-wise) for preparations on this page. The entrance test will be conducted online for three hours. The conducting authorities also issued the GATE 2025 admit card on the website on January 7, 2025, mentioning the exam day, date, time, paper code and other details. IIT Roorkee has also added a new two-paper combination list for all 30 test papers and branch-wise exam dates.

IIT Roorkee has also activated the GATE mock test links (subject-wise) for aspirants to understand the GATE 2025 exam format, difficulty level, and marking scheme. Now that there is less than a month remaining for the GATE exam, it’s time to utilise the time revising from the top-rated GATE books. GATE 2025 preparation is incomplete without good GATE 2025 preparation books.

Candidates can check here the best available books for the GATE 2025 Exam. For smoother and more conceptualised preparation, referring to a standard book for understanding and a GATE-specific book for more focused learning and practice is always advisable, followed by the previous year's question paper. Candidates can check GATE 2025 preparation books for CS, CE, ME, DA, EE, EC, XL and more. Candidates must explore the right resources and gather books for GATE 2025 preparation. The GATE 2025 application form registrations are now over. Candidates should be well-prepared for the GATE exam as per the GATE 2025 exam dates.

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Candidates should select and buy the right GATE preparation books as early as possible as it helps them cover the syllabus well and on time. For more information, read below;

Commonly asked questions

Q: which is the best book for GATE EC preparation?

Candidates must know that GATE EC paper contains several sections, Most of the time each section requires a good book to prepare with efficacy. Candidates can check best recommended books for respective section listed below.

Engineering Mathematics: Engineering Mathematics by B.S.Grewal
Networks, Signals and Systems: Network Analysis by Mac Van Valkenburg
Electronic Devices: Solid State Electronic Devices by B.G. Streetman and Sanjay Banerjee
Analog and Digital Circuits: Electronic Devices and Circuit by R. L. Boylestad and L. Nashelsky & Digital Logic and Computer Design by M Morris Mano
Control Systems: Control Systems Engineering I.J. Nagrath, M. Gopal
Communications: Principle of Communication System by Taub & Schillings
Electromagnetics: Principles of Electromagnetics by Matthew N.D. Sadiku & S.V. Kulkarni

Candidates can check the complet booklist and resources for GATE 2025 EC preparation through this link: GATE Complete Book List

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Q: Can you suggest some good books for the preparation of GATE for CSE?

Those candidates who are preparing for the GATE Computer Science Engineering paper should refer to the best GATE Computer Science Engineering books 2025 so that their chances of cracking the entrance exam increase. It is important to choose a good book in the preparation journey, and simultaneously, the right strategy also matters. Here, we have listed some books for CSE that may help students in their preparation. Engineering Mathematics:

Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig, Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by Kenneth Rosen.\
Theory of Computation: An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata by Peter Linz
Computer organisation & Architecture: Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach by Hennessy and Patterson and
Computer organisation and Embedded systems by Carl Hamacher.
Programming & Data Structures: Classic Data Structures by Debasis Samanta
The C Programming language by Dennis Richie. Digital Logic: Digital Electronics by S. Salivahanan & S. Arivazhagan and Digital Design by Morris Mano.
Computer Networks: Computer Networks by Peterson & Davie and Data Communications and Networking by Kurose & Ross and Behrouz A. Forouzan.
Algorithms: Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen and Data Structures & Algorithms by R. S. Salaria.
Compiler Design: Compiler Design in C by Allen I Holub and Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools by Aho & Ullman.
Operating System: Operating Systems by Stallings and Operating System Concepts by Galvin.
Databases: Database System Concepts by Henry. F. Korth and Normalization and indexing by Shamkant B. Navathe.

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Q: When will the GATE 2025 registration start?

IIT Roorkee has REVISED the GATE 2025 application form dates. As per the revised schedule, GATE 2025 registrations had started on 28 August, 2024. The last date for GATE 2025 registration have been extended to October 3, 2024 (without late fees). Earlier, candidates had to submit the application form by 26 September 2024, with regular fees. Candidates will be able to submit the GATE 2025 application form with late fees until October 11, 2024 (extended).

Candidates can complete information by clicking on the given link: GATE 2025 Application form. To enroll for the GATE exam, candidates have to pay a requisite fee of INR 900 (for female/SC/ST/PWD candidates) and INR 1800 (for other candidates) during the regular period. A late fee of INR 500 is charged for candidates applying after October 3, 2024.

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Q: Can you suggest good books for GATE Mechanical Engineering preparation?

Here are some of the most recommended books for GATE ME paper. Candidates must focus on getting good but limited resources whether its books, PYQs or notes and revise them frequently. This way they can ensure better result in the following GATE exam. Candidates can find below books for each section of GATE Mechanical Engineering syllabus;

Applied Mechanics and Design: Engineering Mechanics by SS Bhagavati & The Theory of Machines by SS Ratan

Fluid Mechanics: 1000 Solved Problems in Fluid Mechanics by K Subramanya

Thermal sciences: Internal Combustion Engines by V Ganeshan and Power Plant Engineering by PK Nag

Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering: Material Science and Metallurgy by OP Khanna and Industrial Engineering and Management by OP Khanna

Candidate can find out the complete list of GATE ME Books via the Given link; Complete GATE Books List

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How to utilize the best GATE books during the last phase of GATE preparation?
GATE 2025 Books for Aerospace Engineering (AE)
GATE 2025 Books for Computer Science (CS)
GATE 2025 Books for Electrical Engineering (EE)
GATE 2025 Books for Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
GATE 2025 Books for Mechanical Engineering (ME)
GATE 2025 Books for Civil Engineering (CE)
GATE 2025 Books for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA)
GATE 2025 Books for Life Sciences (XL)

How to utilize the best GATE books during the last phase of GATE preparation?

To effectively utilize the best GATE books during the last phase of your preparation, aspirants can follow the following strategies -

1. Revising Key Concepts -

Focus on the summary sections or the highlighted parts/notes from the GATE books.
Go through the important formulas, terms, derivations, and shortcuts mentioned in the books. For example, R.K Bansal is best for engineering subjects.

2. Solve Chapter-Wise Problems-

Choose a standard book and practice the end-of-chapter problems or solved examples.

3. Prioritize High-Weightage Topics -

Refer to the GATE 2025 exam syllabus to identify the high-weightage topics.
Focus on the chapters that are popular in the GATE trends. For example, algorithms and operating systems are quite popular for GATE CS.

4. Solve Previous Year Questions -

Most of the GATE books include questions from the previous year. Candidates can refer to those for practice and GATE 2025 revision.
Take timed tests from practice sets available in the GATE CS, ME, MA, EE, EC, PH, BT, and CH books.

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GATE 2025 Books for Aerospace Engineering (AE)

Candidates can check the best GATE 2025 Aerospace Engineering (AE) books here -

Section	Topics	Book	Author
Aerodynamics	Basic Fluid Mechanics Measurement and Visualisation Techniques Compressible Flows	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics	John D. Anderson, Jr
		Aerodynamics of Engineering Students	E.L Houghton, P.W. Carpenter
		Gas Dynamics	E. Rathakrishnan
Flight Mechanics	Airplane performance Static Stability	Aircraft Performance and Design	John D. Anderson, Jr
		Introduction to Flight	John D. Anderson, Jr
		Airplane Performance, Stability, and Control	Perkins and Hage
Propulsion	Turbomachinery Axial Turbines Aerothermodynamics of aircraft engines	Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion	Hill & Peterson
		Gas Turbines	V Ganesan
		Elements of Rocket Propulsion	George P. Sutton
Engineering Mathematics	Linear Algebra Calculus Differential Equations Complex Analysis	Advanced Engineering Mathematics	Erwin Kreyszig
		Advanced Engineering Mathematics	HK Dass
		Advanced Engineering Mathematics	RK Jain, SRK Iyengar
Structures	Strength of Materials Structural Dynamics	A Textbook of Strength of Materials	RK Bansal
		Strength of Materials	Stephen Timonshenko
		Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students	THG Megson

GATE 2025 Books for Computer Science (CS)

Candidates can check the best available options of GATE 2025 CSE Books for each section of Computer Science and Information Technology;

Section	Topic	Books	Author
Digital Logic	Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits	Digital logic and computer design	M. Morris Mano
Digital Logic	Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits	Modern digital electronics	R.P jain
Computer Organization and Architecture	Machine instructions ALU Memory hierarchy I/O interface	Computer Organization and Architecture	William Stallings
Computer Organization and Architecture	Machine instructions ALU Memory hierarchy I/O interface	Computer organization	Carl Hamacher
Programming and Data Structures	Programming in C	The C programming language	Dennis M.Ritchie
	Programming in C	C: The complete reference	Herbert Schildt
	Data Structure	Fundamentals of data structure	Sartaj Sahni
	Data Structure	Data structures and algorithms MADE EASY	Narasimha Karumanchi
Algorithms	Algorithm design techniques Dynamic programming	Introduction to algorithms	Thomas H.Cormen
Algorithms	Algorithm design techniques Dynamic programming	Fundamentals of computer algorithms	Rajasekaran, Sahni, Horowitz
Theory of Computation	Regular expressions and finite automata Turing machines and undecidability	An introduction to formal languages and automata	Peter Linz
Theory of Computation		Automata theory, languages and computation	John E Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman
Compiler Design	Lexical & liveness analysis Intermediate code generation	Compilers' principles, techniques and tools	Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman
Compiler Design	Lexical & liveness analysis Intermediate code generation	Principles of Compiler Design	Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman
Databases	ER-model Relational model SQL	Database System Concepts	Henry Korth
Databases	ER-model Relational model SQL	Fundamentals of database system	Elmasri Navathe
Computer Networks	Concept of layering Fragmentation and IP addressing	Data communication and networking	Behrouz A. Forouzon
Computer Networks	Concept of layering Fragmentation and IP addressing	Computer networks	Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wetherall

GATE 2025 Books for Electrical Engineering (EE)

Candidates can check GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) books here;

Section	Topics	Book	Author
Electric circuits	Network Elements DC and AC networks	Fundamentals of Electric Circuits	Charles. K. Alexander
		Engineering Circuit Analysis	WH Hayt, SM Durbin
		Circuit Theory: Analysis & Synthesis	Abhijit Chakraborti
Electromagnetic Fields	Electromagnetism EM Waves Induction	Engineering Electromagnetics	W H Hayt, John A Buck
Electromagnetic Fields	Electromagnetism EM Waves Induction	Electromagnetic waves and Radiating Systems	Edward C. Jordan, Keith G. Balmain
Signals and Systems	LTI Systems Z-Transform and Laplace Transform Fourier Representation of Signals	Signals And Systems	Oppenheim Alan V, W Alan, NS Hamid
		Signals and Systems	A. Anand Kumar
		Signals and Systems	Simon Haykin, Barry Van Veen
Electrical Machines	Transformer AC-DC Machines Motors	Electric Machinery fundamentals	Stephen J. Chapman
		Electric Machinery	P.S. Bimbhra
		Electric Machinery	Fitzgerald and Kingsley
Power Systems	Power Generation Concepts Load Flow Methods, Bus Impedance and Admittance Matrices Symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault analysis System stability concepts	Elements of Power System Analysis	William D Stevenson
		Electrical Power Systems	C.L. Wadhwa
		Electrical Power Systems by	Ashfaq Hussian
		Power System Engineering	D.P. Kothari and J. Nagrath
Control Systems	Feedback principle Linear time-invariant systems Nyquist and Bode Plots P, PI & PID controllers Routh Hurwitz Criteria	Control Systems Engineering	I.J. Nagrath, M. Gopal
		Automatic Control Systems	B.C. kuo, Farid Golnaraghi
		Modern Control Engineering	Katsuhiko Dgata
		Principles of linear system and signals	BP Lath
Electrical and Electronic Measurements	Bridges and Potentiometers Measurement	Electrical and Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation	AK Shawhey
Electrical and Electronic Measurements	Bridges and Potentiometers Measurement	Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Technique	AD Helfrick William D. Cooper
Analog and Digital Electronics	Amplifiers: characteristics and applications Boolean Algebra and K-Map A/D and D/A converters Combinatorial and sequential logic circuits	Integrated Electronics	Jacob Millman Christos C Halkias
		Digital Logic and Computer Design	M Morris Mano
		Electronic Devices and Circuit	Robert L. Boylestad Louis Nashelsky
Power Electronics	Characteristics of Semiconductor Devices Rectifiers Principles of Choppers Principles of Inverters	Power Electronics	P.S. Bimbhra
Power Electronics		Devices, Circuits and applications	Muhammad H. Rashid

GATE 2025 Books for Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)

Candidates can check GATE 2025 EC Books here;

Section	Topic	Books	Author
Networks, Signals and Systems	Circuit Analysis Continuous-time Signals Discrete-time Signals	Fundamentals of Electric Circuits	Charles K. Alexander & Matthew N.O. Sadiku
		Engineering Circuit Analysis	William H. Hayt
		Network Analysis	Mac Van Valkenburg
Electronic Devices	Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors Carrier Transport P-N junction	Semiconductor Physics and Devices	Donald A Neaman & Dhrubes Biswas
		Solid State Electronic Devices	Ben G. Streetman and Sanjay Banerjee
		Semiconductor Devices	S. M. Sze
Analog Circuits	Diode Circuits BJT and MOSFET Amplifiers Op-amp Circuits	Integrated Electronics	Jacob Millman Christos C Halkias
		Electronic Devices and Circuit	Robert L. Boylestad Louis Nashelsky
		Micro Electronics circuit	Sedra & Smith
Digital Circuits	Number Representations Sequential Circuits Data Converters Semiconductor Memories Computer Organization	Digital Electronic Principles and Applications	Ronald J. Toccii
		Digital Logic and Computer Design	M Morris Mano
		Modern Digital Electronics	R.P. Jain
Control Systems	Feedback principle Linear time-invariant systems Nyquist and Bode Plots P, PI & PID controllers Routh Hurwitz Criteria	Control Systems Engineering	I.J. Nagrath, M. Gopal
		Automatic Control Systems	B.C. kuo, Farid Golnaraghi
		Modern Control Engineering	Katsuhiko Dgata
		Principles of linear system and signals	BP Lath
Communications	Random Processes Analog Communications Information Theory Digital Communications	Analog and Digital Communication Systems	Simon Haykin
		Principle of Communication System	Taub& Schillings
		Modern digital and analog Communications system	BP Lathi
Electromagnetics	Maxwell's Equations Plane Waves and Properties Transmission Lines	Principles of Electromagnetics	Matthew N.D. Sadiku & S.V. Kulkarni
		Elements of Electromagnetics	Matthew N.O. Sadiku
		Engineering Electromagnetics	William Hayt

GATE 2025 Books for Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Candidates can check GATE ME Books;

Section	Topics	Book	Author
Applied Mechanics and Design	Engineering Mechanics	Engineering Mechanics- New Age International	S S Bhavikatti
	Engineering Mechanics	An Introduction to Mechanics	Daniel Kleppner and Robert Kolenkow
	Mechanics of Materials	Strength of Materials	Timoshenko & Gere
	Mechanics of Materials	Mechanics of Materials	RC Hibbeler
	Theory of Machines	The Theory of Machines	SS Ratan
	Vibrations	Mechanical Vibrations	G K Grover
	Machine Design	Designs of Machine elements	VB Bhandari
Fluid Mechanics	Fluid Mechanics	A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines	RK Bansal
		Fluid Mechanics	Frank White
		1000 Solved Problems in Fluid Mechanics	K Subramanya
Thermal sciences	Heat Transfer	Heat & Mass Transfer	JP Holman & S Bhattacharyya
	Thermodynamics	Engineering Thermodynamics	P.K. Nag
	Thermodynamics	Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach	Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
	Applications of Thermodynamics	Refrigeration & Air Conditioning	C.P. ARORA
		Internal Combustion Engines	V. Ganesan
		Power Plant Engineering	P.K. Nag
Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering	Engineering Materials Casting, Forming and Joining Processes	Material Science and Metallurgy	OP Khanna
		Callister's Materials Science and Engineering	R. Balasubramaniam
	Machining and Machine Tool Operations Metrology and Inspection Computer Integrated Manufacturing Production Planning and Control Inventory Control Operations Research	Industrial Engineering and Management	O. P. Khanna
		Industrial Engineering and Organization Management	S. K. Sharma Savita Sharma
		Industrial Engineering and Production Management	Telsang Martand

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GATE 2025 Books for Civil Engineering (CE)

Candidates can check GATE 2025 CE books here;

Section	Topic	Book	Author
Structural Engineering.	Structural Analysis	Structural Analysis	RC Hibbler
	Structural Analysis	Basic Structural Analysis	CS Reddy
	Construction Materials and Management	Construction Project Management	K.N. Jha
	Construction Materials and Management	Construction Planning Management	B. C. Punamia
	Concrete Structures	RCC. Design	A. K. Jain & S N Sinha
		Reinforced Concrete Design	Pillai & D. Menon
		Prestressed Concrete	NK Raju
	Steel Structures	Design Of Steel Structures	SK Duggal
	Solid Mechanics	Strength of Materials	BC Punamia
	Solid Mechanics	Mechanics of Structure	S.B. Junnarkar Dr. H.J. Shah
Geotechnical Engineering	Soil Mechanics Foundation Engineering	Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics	Gopal Ranjan ASR Rao
		Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering	S. K. Garg
		Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering	KR Arora
Geomatics Engineering	Surveying, leveling & photogrammetry	Surveying (vol. I & II)	BC Punamia
Geomatics Engineering	Surveying, leveling & photogrammetry	Surveying (vol. I & II)	SK Duggal
Water Resources Engineering	Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics	Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines	RK Bansal
		Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Machines	K Subramanyam
		Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics	Dr. P.N. Modi & Dr. S.M Seth
	Hydrology	Hydrology	K. Subramanya
	Irrigation engineering	Irrigation Water Resources and Waterpower Engineering	Dr. PN Modi
	Irrigation engineering	Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures	S. K. Garg
Environmental Engineering	Water and Wastewater Quality and Treatment Air Pollution Municipal Solid Wastes	Environmental Engineering (vol. I & II)	S. K. Garg
		Environmental Engineering (vol. I & II)	BC Punamia
		Environmental Engineering	Peavy & Rowe
Transportation Engineering	Transportation Infrastructure	Railway Engineering	S.C. Saxena & S.P. Arora
	Transportation Infrastructure	Airport Engineering	S. K. Khanna & M. G. Arora
	Highway Pavements Traffic Engineering	Highway Engineering	Khanna & Justo
		Highway Engineering	L.R. Kadiyali.
		Highway Engineering	S. K. Sharma

GATE 2025 Books for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA)

Candidates can check GATE DA Books here;

Section	Topic	Books	Author
Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms	Basic data structures Search algorithms Graph algorithms theory	Fundamentals of Data Structures in	Horowitz & Sahani.
		Classic Data Structures	Debasis Samanta
	Programming in Python	Python Programming – An Introduction to Computer Science	John M Zelle
Database Management and Warehousing	ER-model SQL Data types and transformation Data warehouse modelling	Database Management Systems	Raghu Ramakrishnan.
		Fundamentals of Database System	Navathe
		Database System Concepts	Korth and Sudarshan
Machine Learning	Supervised Learning Unsupervised Learning	Mathematics for Machine Learning	Marc Peter Deisenreth, A. Alde Faisal
		Hands-on Machine Learning with Scikit- Learn, Keras & TensorFlow	Aurélien Géron
		Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective	Kevin Murphy
		Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning	Christopher Bishop
Artificial Intelligence	Search & Logic Reasoning under uncertainty topics Approximate inference through sampling	Artificial Intelligence by Example	Denis Rothman
		Artificial Intelligence Basics	Tom Taulli
		Artificial Intelligence	Stuart Russell & Peter Norvig

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GATE 2025 Books for Life Sciences (XL)

Best Books for XL-P (Chemistry)

Section	Topic	Books	Author
Atomic Structure and Periodicity	Atomic models Periodic Tables & properties	Inorganic Chemistry	J. E. Huheey
Atomic Structure and Periodicity	Atomic models Periodic Tables & properties	Concise Inorganic Chemistry	J. D. Lee
Structure and Bonding	Chemical bonding Bonding theories and other properties	Concise Inorganic Chemistry	J. D. Lee
Structure and Bonding	Chemical bonding Bonding theories and other properties	Inorganic Chemistry	Meissler & Tarr
s, p and d Block Elements	Oxides, halides and hydrides of alkali, alkaline earth metals	Concise Inorganic Chemistry	J. D. Lee
Chemical Equilibria	Conditions for Chemical Equilibrium and effects	Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis	Richard Mishel
Chemical Equilibria	Conditions for Chemical Equilibrium and effects	Chemical Kinetics	Keith J Laidler
Electrochemistry	Electrochemistry	An Introduction to Electrochemistry	Samuel Glasstone
Electrochemistry	Electrochemistry	A Textbook of Physical Chemistry (3rd Vol)	K L Kapoor
Reaction Kinetics	Order of reaction Catalyst Enzyme reactions	A Textbook of Physical Chemistry (5th Vol)	– K. L. Kapoor
Reaction Kinetics	Order of reaction Catalyst Enzyme reactions	Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis	Richard Mishel
Thermodynamics	Fundamental concepts Laws of Thermodynamics	Physical Chemistry	Thomas Engel & Philip Reid
Thermodynamics	Fundamental concepts Laws of Thermodynamics	A Textbook of Physical Chemistry (2nd Vol)	K L Kapoor
Structure-Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms	Acids and bases Stereochemistry Other concepts	Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds	E. L. Eliel
	Acids and bases Stereochemistry Other concepts	Organic Chemistry	Clayden, Greeves, Warren and Wothers
Chemistry of Biomolecules	Amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids and nucleotides Lipids, DNA, and more	Organic Synthesis the disconnection approach	Stuart Warren
Chemistry of Biomolecules		Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis	William Carruthers, Iain Coldham