Mistakes To Avoid

Question 1

asked angle BAD and given solution of angle ABD

Answer 1

Read Question Carefully

Question 2

Considered bitwise operator to Logical operator (& != &&)

Answer 2

Read Question Carefully

Question 3

Answers to select was “FALSE” and attemptes assuming “True”

Answer 3

Read Question Carefully

Question 4

SDT answer gave for “aabdc” but actual question was for “aadbc” (bd != db)

Answer 4

Read Question Carefully

Question 5

32 - (6 + 5 + 5) = 16.
I wrote 15. (2 marks lost)

Answer 5

Calculation Mistake

Question 6

Forgot to subtract common combination from asked two different ones.

Answer 6

Concept and Question understanding issue.

Question 7

Didn’t read “integer” word in question and gave answer for all numbers

Answer 7

Read Question Carefully

Question 8

in question there was “OR” mensioned and I took question as “AND”

Answer 8

Read Question Carefully

Question 9

forgot to calculate log in log(tan45) and got answer as 1 (correct = 0)

Answer 9

Reevaluate the question and solution method.

Question 10

Asked conditioned probability and I gave total probability

Answer 10

Read Questions Carefully

Question 11

Calculation mistake in jumping quickly to conclusion. It was (9 - 3) and I put (9 - 4) without rechecking.

Answer 11

Always recheck calculations

Question 12

Calculation mistake in calculation of leaf nodes of tree. Miscalculated internal node as leaf.

Answer 12

Recheck the calculations. Especially those in which have very high confidence of concept.

Question 13

Didn’t read “Only” word in the option and chose it but another option was answer

Answer 13

Keep close attention to words like “Exactly, Only, Most, Never, Always” these create more restriction on answer and may have chance of being False.

Question 14

Mistake in binary conversion of 13
it is 1101 and I put 1011

Answer 14

Recheck every binary conversion.

Question 15

Asked SP with 20% profit. I gave CP as answer.

Answer 15

Read the question before an attempt and read the question after an attempt

Question 16

mistake in calculation of denominator to nominator

Answer 16

Recheck all the steps of calculations before moving to next step.

Question 17

Given 5% and I took 5.
5% was 4 in that case

Answer 17

Read Question Carefully

Question 18

In operating system scheduling Mistake in calculation of Waiting time (5 - 4 = 1) but I took it as 2.

Answer 18

Recheck every calculation before moving forward.

Question 19

Knew the method but due to lengthy avoided doing it and lost 2 Marks in Calculus L’Hospital rule

Answer 19

Do not procrastinate. if know the method then complete it then and there.

Question 20

Thought it was printing mistake and assumed the incorrect option.

Answer 20

Never think of printing mistake in GATE. Always give your best answer without assuming. If it’s incorrect, then it IS INCORRECT. no need to assume that it may be printing mistake and so take it as correct. NO!

Question 21

Used wrong formula for nCr

Answer 21

Don’t get in over confidence.

Question 22

Asked for false statement and one statement had “not correct” format. i.e.(membership is not decidable for recursive language.) I did’nt read “not” and took it whole sentence true. which was false.

Answer 22

Read Options Carefully. especially for true false type ones.