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While preparing for GATE 2021, referring to the best books for GATE 2021 will be very important. Books are an important source for exam preparation, and it, therefore, makes complete sense to gather all the study material beforehand.
There are plenty of books available in the market for GATE 2021 preparation. Those who are preparing for GATE should search for best GATE 2021 books that not just cover a particular section of the exam but include all the other sections as well. You can basically choose books that cover everything you need to study as part of your preparation. You may also select the books based on authors' names that are renowned in the field of education.
Look at the table below to find out the highly recommended and best books for GATE 2021 civil engineering:
Subjects | Books Name |
For Engineering Mathematics | Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by Kenneth Rosen Higher Engineering mathematics by B.S. Grewal Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig |
For Structural Engineering | Theory of Structure by CK Wang, S. Rammamrutham, L.S. Negi & Jangit Theory of Elasticity by Timoshenko & Gere Theory of Structure by Wilbur & Norris Strength of Materials/Mechanics of Structure by Gare & Timoshenko, E. Popove, L. Singer, B.C. Punamia, Rammamrutham |
For Geotechnical Engineering | Soil Mechanics by Gopal Ranjan & Rao, Venkat Ramaiha, S. K. Garg, B.C. Punamia, V N S Murthy |
For Water Resources Engineering | Water Resources by S K Garg Water and Waste Water by SK Garg 1 and 2 Fluid Mechanics- RK Bansal and Fox and Richard |
For Transportation Engineering | Transportation by Justo Khanna |
For Environmental | Environmental Engineering by S. K. Garg Part I & Part II Waste Water Engineering by B. C. Punamia Part I & Part II |
For Geomatics Engineering | Surveying (vol. 1,2,3) by B.C.Punia, Ashok Jain, Arun Jain |
GATE 2021 mechanical engineering best books are as follows -
Subjects | Books |
For Design of Machine Elements | Machine design - V.B. Bhandari |
For Engineering Mechanics | Engineering Mechanics by Bhavikatti Engineering Mechanics by Beer and Johnston, Engineering Mechanics by R K Rajput |
For Fluid Mechanics | Fluid Mechanics by R K Bansal Fluid & Hydraulics- Modi and seth |
For Heat Transfer | Heat and Mass Transfer by J P Hollman and R C Sachdeva Heat Transfer by Cengel and Holman |
For Industrial Engineering | Industrial Engineering by O P Khanna, Buffa and Sarin |
For Manufacturing Engineering | Production Technology: Manufacturing Processes, Technology and Automation by R.K. Jain |
For Strength of Materials | Strength of Materials - Gere & Timoshenko, B C Unamia, Sadhu Singh, Ramamrutham |
For Thermal Science | Engineering Thermodynamics by P.K. Nag |
For Thermo Dynamics | Engineering Thermodynamics by P K Nag and Rajput Thermodynamics by Cengel. |
For the Theory of Machines | Theory of machines by Ratan |
For Vibrations | Mechanical Vibration by Grover |
GATE 2021 electrical engineering best study materials/best books are as follows -
Subjects | Books |
For Engineering Mathematics | Advanced Engineering Mathematics by E.Kreyszig |
For Electric Circuits | Transient Analysis Of Electric Power Circuits by Arieh L Shenkmann Circuit Theory: Analysis & Synthesis by Abhijit Chakrabarti |
For Electromagnetic Fields | Elements of Electromagnetics by Mathew N. O. SADIKU Engineering Electromagnetics by William H. Hayt |
For Signals and Systems | Signals and Systems by Oppenheim and Wilsky Signals and Systems by Nagoor Kani |
For Electrical Machines | Electrical Machinery by P.S Bimbhra |
For Power Systems | Power Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Kothari Power Systems by JB Guptha & CL Wadhwa |
For Control Systems | Control Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Gopal |
For Electrical and Electronic Measurements | Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation by AK Sawhney |
For Analog and Digital Electronics
| Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Boylestad Digital Design by M.Morris Mano Integrated Electronics : Analog And Digital Circuits And Systems by Christos C. Halkias, Chetan D. Parikh Jacob Millman |
For Power Electronics | Power Electronics by MH Rashid Power Electronics by P.S.Bimbhra |
GATE 2021 Electrical and communication engineering best books are as follows -
For Engineering Mathematics | Higher Engineering Mathematics – Dr. BS Grewal Engineering Mathematics – Erwin Kreyszig Advanced Engineering Mathematics – Dr. HK Dass Advanced Engineering Mathematics by R. K. Jain, S. R. K. Iyengar |
For General Aptitude | Quantitative Aptitude – R. S. Agarwal Logical Reasoning – R. S. Agarwal Objective English – Hari Mohan Prasad Quantitative Aptitude by CAT by Arun Sharma |
For Network Theory | Network Theory by Alexander Sadiku Circuit Theory by A.Chakraborty Network Analysis by Van Valkenburg Engineering Circuit Analysis – Hayt & Kammerly Linear Circuit Analysis- De Carlo/Lin |
For Electronic Devices | Integrated Electronics:- Jacob Millman & Christos C. Halkias Solid State electronic Devices- Ben Streetman and Sanjay Banerjee Semiconductor devices – David Neamen Semiconductor devices-S. M. Sze DC Analysis of MOS Transistor-Tsivid |
For Analog Circuits | Micro Electronics circuit – Sedra & Smith Linear ICs – Gaekwad Analog Electronics, Electronics devices, and circuits – Donald A Neaman Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Robert L Boylestad & Nashelsky Pulse and Digital Electronics by Millman and Taub |
For Digital Circuits | Digital Electronics – Morris Mano Microprocessor Architecture, Programming and Application with the 8085 – Ramesh Gaonker Digital Electronic Principles and applications by Ronald J. Toccii, Pearson Publications Digital circuits and design by Salivahanan Fundamentals of digital systems by Anandkumar Digital Logic and Computer Design by M.Morris Mano |
For System & Signal | Signals & Systems By Alan V. Oppenheim Modern digital and analog Communications system by BP Lathi Digital Signal Processing by S.K Mitra Signals & System – Oppenheim & Schafer Signals & System – Proakis Signals & System – Schaum Series-H.P. Hsu |
For Control System | Automatic Control Systems – Benjamin C Kuo Modern Control System – Katsuhiko Ogata Control Systems Engineering by Norman Nise Control Systems by Nagarath and Gopal NPTEL Video lectures by M. Gopal |
For Communications
| Analog and Digital Communication System by Simon Haykin Principle of Communication System by Taub& Schillings Modern digital and analog Communications system by BP Lathi Electronic Communication Systems by Kennedy and Davis (just the Noise chapter) |
For Electro-Magnetics | Elements of Electromagnetics by Matthew N.O. Sadiku Network lines and fields by J.D Ryder (Transmission lines part) Electromagnetic waves and Radiating Systems by Jordon and Balmain Antenna Theory by Balanis NPTEL Lectures by Prof. R. Shevgaonkar Engineering Electromagnetics-William Hayt Schaum’s Outline of Electromagnetics -Joseph A Edminister Antenna And Wave Propagation-KD Prasad |
GATE 2021 best books for computer science are as follows -
Subjects | Books |
Computer Science | Operating System by Galvin Algorithm by Cormen Architecture by Hamacher TOC- Theory of Computation by Ullman |
GATE 2021 agricultural engineering best books list is as follows -
Subjects | Books |
Agricultural Engineering | Concept of Agricultural Engineering by Mohanty Das Soil & Water Conservation by VVN Murty Farm Machinery by Three Authors |
GATE 2021 chemical engineering best books are as follows -
Subjects | Books |
Chemical Engineering | JP Holman by Heat Transfer Mc Cabe -FPM and MO by Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering BK Dutta by Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes Fogler by Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering JM Smith by Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Ram Prasad by Chemical Engineering For Gate Principles Solved Problems & Objective Type Questions M.Subbu by An Insight into Chemical Engineering |
Best geology and geophysics study materials for GATE 2021 are here -
Subjects | Books |
Geology and Geophysics | Complete Master Guide GATE by Amresh Singh Geophysics by Telford |
Gate 2021 production and industrial best books are as follows -
Subjects | Books |
Production and Industrial | Thermodynamics by P.K Nag Heat Transfer by Made Easy Class Notes Production by Swadesh Sing, S K Mondal Notes Material Science by Made Easy Class Notes & Swadesh Singh Fluid Mechanics and Machinery by Modi & Seth Machine Design by VB Bhandari Strength of Material by Sadhu Singh Refrigeration by Made Easy Class Notes IC engine by Mathur Sharma Theory of Machine by SS Rattan |
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