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GATE CSE Syllabus 2018 with Weightage (Topic wise),

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GATE 2018 is almost two months away, aspirants preparing for GATE CSE 2018
must be in search of latest GATE Syllabus for Computer Science & Engineering.
Thus, we're providing subject wise GATE CSE syllabus with the wieghtage of last
two years paper set. You can check out topic wise GATE syllabus for CS exam and
download PDF for the same.

GATE 2018 Syllabus for Computer Science (CSE), Download PDF

1. General Aptitude
Verbal Ability
Subject Topics Paper 2017 (Weightage) Paper 2016 (Weightage)
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Average Average
Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2
Weightage Weightage

English
Grammar

Sentence
Completion

Verbal
Verbal Analogies
4 4 4 8 8 8
Ability Word Groups

Instructions

Critical
reasoning and
verbal
deduction

Numerical Ability 

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Subject Topics
Set Set Average Set Set Average
1 2 Weightage 1 2 Weightage

Numerical
computation

Numerical
Numerical
estimation  11  11  11  7  7  7
Ability 
Numerical
reasoning and
data interpretation

2. Engineering Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Discrete Propositional and  3  5  4  7  4  6
Mathematics rst-order logic
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Sets, relations

Functions

Partial orders and

lattices

Groups

Graphs:
connectivity,
matching,
colouring

Combinatorics:
counting,
recurrence
relations,
generating
functions

Linear Algebra

Paper 2017 (Weightage) Paper 2016 (Weightage)

Subject Topics Set Average Average
Set 2 Set 1 Set 2
1 Weightage Weightage

Matrices

Determinants

The system of
linear
Linear equations  3  3  3  1  4  3
Algebra
Eigenvalues
and
eigenvectors,
LU
decomposition

Calculus 

Subject Topics Paper 2017 Paper 2016

(Weightage) (Weightage)
 Set Set Average Set Set Average
All Exams 1 2 Weightage 1 2 Weightage

Limits

Continuity and
differentiability
Calculus   5  6  6  5  1  3
Maxima and minima

Mean value theorem

Integration

Probability

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Random variables

Uniform, normal,
exponential, Poisson and
binomial distributions
Probability  2  4  3  3  1  2
Mean, median, mode &
standard deviation

Conditional probability &

Bayes theorem

3. Digital Logic

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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1 2 Weightage 1 2 Weightage

Digital Number  4  11  7.5  3  3  3

Logic representations and
computer arithmetic
( xed & oating point)

Combinational and
sequential circuits

Boolean Algebra
 Minimization
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4. Computer Organization and Architecture

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Machine
instructions and
addressing modes

ALU

Data‐path and
control unit

Computer Instruction
Organization & pipelining  11  6  9.5  6  6  6
Architecture Memory hierarchy:
cache

Main memory

Secondary storage

I/O interface
(Interrupt and DMA
mode)

5. Programming and Data Structures

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Programming & Programming  11  4  12.5  12  11  11.5

Data Structures in C

Recursion

Arrays

Stacks

Queues
 Linked lists
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Trees

Binary search
trees

Binary Heaps

Graphs

6. Algorithms

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Searching, sorting,
hashing

Asymptotic worst-
case time and space
complexity

Algorithm design
techniques: greedy,
Algorithms dynamic programming  4  7  5.5  6  9  7.5
and divide‐and‐
conquer

Graph Search

Minimum spanning
trees

Shortest paths

7. Theory of Computation

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Theory of Regular expressions  8  9  8  9  9  9

Computation and nite automata
 Context-free grammars
and
All Exams pushdown
automata

Regular and context-

free languages

Pumping lemma

Turing machines

undecidability

8. Compiler Design

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Lexical analysis

Parsing

Syntax-directed
Compiler translation
 6  4  4.5  5  5  5
Design
Runtime
Environments

Intermediate code
generation

9. Operating System

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Operating Processes  6  6  6  9  9  9
System
Threads

Inter‐process
communication

Concurrency and
synchronization
 Deadlock
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CPU Scheduling

Memory management
and virtual memory

File systems

10. Databases

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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ER‐model

Relational model:
relational algebra,
tuple calculus, SQL

Integrity
constraints, normal
Databases  8  8  8  5  5  5
forms

File organization,
indexing (e.g., B
and B+ trees)

Transactions and
concurrency control

11. Computer Networks

Paper 2017 Paper 2016

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Subject Topics
Set Set Average Set Set Average
1 2 Weightage 1 2 Weightage

Computer Concept of layering  9  5  7  10  10  10

Networks
LAN technologies
(Ethernet)

Flow and error control

techniques, switching
 IPv4/IPv6, routers and
routing
All Exams algorithms
(distance vector, link
state)

TCP/UDP and sockets,

congestion control
PRACTICE SEARCH
Application layer
protocols (DNS, SMTP,
POP, FTP, HTTP)

Basics of Wi-Fi

Network security:
authentication, basics of
the public key and private
key cryptography, digital
signatures and
certi cates, rewalls

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