Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is conducted to test the comprehensive understanding of various subjects in undergraduate in engineering and science and is designed to test the students on how well they know rather than how much they know. Keeping this in mind and preparing from books for GATE CSE (Computer Science Engineering), aspiring students should emphasize the importance of theoretical as well as practical knowledge of various subjects and concepts while studying from books for GATE CSE. With the competition being tough, you will have to make sure that you leave no stones left unturned.

We bring you the best books for GATE CSE that you can refer to during your preparation to simplify the preparation process for the upcoming exam and to develop your conceptual and analytical skills.

Syllabus and GATE CSE Books (Computer Science Engineering)

Topics in Books for GATE CSE	Some Important Topics from GATE CSE Syllabus	GATE CSE Books Name and Author’s Name
Engineering Mathematics	Matrix Determinant, Eigen values, Propositional Logic and Predicate Logic, Conditional Probability, Relations	Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by Kenneth Rosen Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig
Digital Logic	Combinational Circuits : Multiplexers, De-multiplexers and Decoders, Sequential Circuits, Number System, Minimization of Boolean Expressions	Digital Design by Morris Mano Digital Electronics by S. Salivahanan & S. Arivazhagan
Computer Organization and Architecture	Cache Organization, Pipelining, I/O Data Transfer, Addressing Modes, Number Representation	Computer Architecture – A Quantitative Approach by Hennessy and Patterson Computer Organization and Embedded systems by Carl Hamacher
Programming and Data Structures	Recursive Programs, Stacks, Queue, Trees, Graphs	The C Programming language by Dennis Richie Classic Data Structures by Debasis Samanta
Algorithms	Algorithm Analysis, Sorting Algorithms, Heaps, Graph Algorithms, Divide and Conquer & Greedy Algorithms	Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen Data Structures & Algorithms by R.S. Salaria
Theory of Computation	DFA, Regular Expressions, Regular Languages, Closure Properties, Undecidability	An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata by Peter Linz NPTEL lectures by Kamala Krithivasan
Operating System	Synchronization Mechanisms, Concurrency in IPC environment, Virtual Memory, CPU Scheduling Algorithms, Techniques of Memory Management, Implementation issues of File system design	Operating System Concepts by Galvin Modern Operating System by Andrew Tanenbaum
Databases	Relational Algebra, SQL Queries, Transactions, Serializability, Normalizations	Normalization and indexing by Shamkant B. Navathe Database System Concepts by Henry. F. Korth
Computer Networks	Sliding Window Protocol, TCP/UDP, IPV4/IPV6,Ethernet, Encryption and Decryption Algorithms	Computer Networks by Peterson & Davie Data Communications and Networking by Kurose & Ross and Behrouz A. Forouzan

Finally, the books for GATE CSE (Computer Science Engineering) are not restricted to just the above-mentioned books. My advice is to go with the one that you find interesting and try to improve your basic concepts that would be very helpful in securing high scores.

Also, try solving previous years question papers. GATE CSE book “Practice Workbook – Computer Science for GATE“ from Arihant Publications includes last year solved papers.

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