GATE Preparation

Hi Akshay,
I have sorted some important books as per your query below. Refer to them for GATE in Civil engineering:
1. (I) Strength of Material: Dr. R. K. Bansal
2. (ii) Strength of Material: U. C. Jindal
3. Structural Analysis: Theory of structures S. Ramamrutham & R. Narayan
4. R. C. Design: Reinforced Concrete Design Devdas Menon & S. Pillai
5. Design of Steel Structure: S. K. Duggal
6. Environment Engineering:
Water Supply Engineering: Environmental Engineering v.1
&
Sewage Disposal and Air Pollution Engineering: S. K. Garg
7. Soil Mechanics: Basics and Applied Soil mechanics Goal Ranjan & A. S. R. Rao.
8. (I)Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics: Dr. P. N. Modi & Dr. S. M Seth
9. (ii)Fluid Mechanics in SI Units: Yunus Cengel
10. Highway Engineering: S. K. Khanna & C. E. G. Just
11. Surveying (vol. 1,2,3): B. C. Punia, Ashok Jain & Arun Jain
12. Engineering Hydrology: K Subramanya
13. Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures: S. K Garg
Hope this helps.
Thanks.

There are two things –
One, you want to clear GATE and second you want to score a good rank. For No.1, just Study for a month from any Xyz BT book.
For No. 2, you have to follow a long and laborious path, I think 6-8 months are necessary for GATE prep. Just make proper time schedules, undertake regular test and study regularly
Now coming to the books
The wonder and magic book - Biotechnology a problem approach by pathfinder academy (don't make a mistake to overlook this book.)
The above book is though sufficient in many ways but to score a rank of 30 or less from a rank of 200, you need to carry extra. Alongside pathfinder read standard book of every subject i.e. Kuby, Prescott, t a brown, Doran, Shuler, Whittaker, Alberts and all the standard books of subjects that you have read in these 4 years of engineering. The other books that you would require is Maths, sample paper and previous year solved question books of pathfinder academy. Believe me these would be sufficient and it might sound much but once you start preparing through them, they would become doable and necessary. All the Best.

Hi Vinoth have a look. How to Prepare for GATE 2019 Mechanical Engineering (ME).
GATE is a national level examination which is considered a tough nut to crack. Students take on various study methods while preparing for the examination. Some of the preparation methods have been listed out to give that extra boost to the candidates. Make sure you know your syllabus before starting off with any studies, it is important for the candidates to know their syllabus. Candidates should check their official syllabus of Mechanical Engineering (ME). Early preparation is the key for success. The earlier the candidates start their preparation, the better it is. This will give the candidates time to study all of the topics properly with additional time for revision. Check all important study materials while preparing, the candidates should use all of the important books and study materials. By preparing using the books, the candidates will be have higher chances of doing well in the examination. Solve Mock Tests and Sample Papers Candidates are advised to solve sample papers and mock test during their preparation process. This will allow the candidates to practically apply what they have studied and check their mistakes so that they can rectify it. Previous Year GATE Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Since the syllabus for Mechanical Engineering of GATE 2019 has not been released yet, the candidates can refer to the previous year syllabus. The GATE syllabus will be updated as soon as it is released by the official authorities. Hope this will help you. Best of luck.

Fundamentals of Aerodynamics - John D. Anderson, Jr. Aerodynamics for Engineering Students - E. L. Houghton, P. W. Carpenter
Other reference books:
Gas Dynamics - E. Rathakrishnan
Modern Compressible flow - John D. Anderson, Jr. FLIGHT MECHANICS (Performance, Stability & Control)
Introduction to Flight - John D. Anderson, Jr. OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS:
Aircraft Performance & Design - John D. Anderson, Jr. Airplane Performance, Stability and Control - Perkins & Hage
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
Advanced Engineering Mathematics - Erwin Kreyszig
Advanced Engineering Mathematics - RK Jain, SRK Iyengar
Advanced Engineering Mathematics - HK Dass
PROPULSION
Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion - Hill & Peterson
Gas Turbines - V Ganesan
OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS:
Elements of Rocket Propulsion - George P. Sutton
Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion - Jack D Mattingly
STRUCTURES
A Textbook of Strength of Materials - RK Bansal
OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS:
Aircraft Structures for engineering students - THG Megson
Strength of Materials - Stephen Timoshenko
These books are available at all Local Book Stores. If you are familiar with online shopping, you can buy them at nearly all online stores also. The full set of new books (the first one in each category) will cost you around Rs. 3000. Direct Links are given here for your ease.

How to prepare for PSUs Entrance Examination:
Question Paper mainly consists of two major sections:
Technical Section: Subject specialisation of related stream
Non-Technical Section: General Awareness, Current Affairs, English Language, Reasoning & Aptitude. Hence to crack PSUs competitive exam, candidate should prepare for both technical and non-technical sections, where 50% to 70% questions are from technical and remaining questions from non-technical sections. Be aware of exam pattern of different PSUs like number of technical questions, number of non-technical questions, negative marking, exam duration, marks per question etc. Always make it a habit of referring to previous year question papers. Prefer Reference books for derivations, equations, conceptual thought process, theory etc. Use shortcut techniques for numerical solving instead of traditional methods to save time.
Practice previous year question papers and analyze the weak topics and concentrate more on those topics. Always try to solve question papers in a given time frame to obtain an idea as how many questions you are able to solve in given limits.
Group Discussion Round: Group Discussion is a crucial round conducted for shortlisted candidates. Good communication skills, topic knowledge, team spirit, leadership qualities, patience level and presence of mind are the major parameters to be considered.
Personal Interview: The personal interview is conducted to judge the personality of a candidate. Sound technical knowledge, positive attitude, body language, good communication skills play an important role to clear personal interviews. Candidates should be prepared with questions about their strengths and weaknesses and answer all questions confidently.

4-5 hours a day, starting from the 5th sem is sufficiently good amount of time and should enable you to crack get with an excellent score (provided that you continue your preparations with dedication and interest). A good strategical starting point would be to make the best use of this vacation period (May-July). This is not to mean that you need to cancel all your family trips and other fun plans, rather you just need to slowly start getting into the rhythm of the preparation phase during this vacation.
1. Thermodynamics (P. K. Nag)
2. Machine Elemnts (V. B. Bhandari)
3. Fluid Mechanics
4. Material Science (O. P. Khanna)
5. Automobile (Kripal Singh)
6. Strength of Material (R. K. Rajput)
7. Dynamics of Machine
8. IC Engine (V. Ganeshan)
9. Engineering Mathematics\
10. Quantitative Aptitude (R. S. Aggrawal). .